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Mars
Movies Information
Today, Cinescape.com released information
on all three of the Mars Movies that are currently in production.
Please note, the information revealed in the MISSION TO MARS article
(M2M) holds true with the version of the script
that I've read. 9/28/99
M2M
Details
Story elements and details are
coming to light from Brian DePalma’s Mission To Mars project
at Disney. According to the L.A. Times, the film will finish up
on a "speculative" ending along the lines of Close Encounters
of the Third Kind. Regarding the film’s possible overtones
of first contact with other lifeforms, producer Tom Jacobson, simply
says, "There is this collective unconscious desire to have
Pathfinder come over a rise and find something, and part of our
story addresses that desire on everyone's part. There's no one hard
and fast rule about how we actually do this. It's not like the Apollo
expedition in that it hasn't actually been done. But the science
adds a level of credibility and realism that is more respectful
of the audience."
Cameron's 'Mars" Info
In the Mars movie derby, James
Cameron’s efforts are likely to get loads of attention, even
if they appear to be the last of the three to reach fruition. Regarding
the project, Lightstorm prez, Rae Sanchini, revealed to the L. A.
Times how Cameron’s projects are unlike the other two saying,
"If you make a feature you've got to have big explosions and
alien fossils and bigness, the kind of feature elements that allow
a film to compete in a crowded high-stakes market." After seeing
Tom Hanks’ From the Earth to the Moon HBO miniseries, Sanchini
says that Cameron "wanted to make films that while they have
eye candy and scope and excitement, there is time to develop the
characters of people who would invest years in something like this."
Hoffman Talks 'RED PLANET'
Helmer Antony Hoffman may be just
a little more stressed than usual considering what his Mars movie
project, Red Planet, has going up against it. While talking to the
L.A. Times, Hoffman revealed, "Frankly, to be in the same paragraph
as James Cameron and Brian De Palma is pretty cool--and humbling
and a little intimidating. It kind of revs it up a little more."
Hoffman adds, "Last year it was asteroids. Now, it's Mars.
Maybe in 2001 it'll be starfish. It's the Hollywood way."
Hoffman then goes on to describe why his
film will stand apart from James Cameron’s Mars projects as
well as Brian De Palma’s Mission To Mars for Disney saying,
"It's definitely not 'Armageddon.' It's not, 'Let's rock and
take over the world!' It questions whether we must go [to Mars]
and at what cost."
The Times story also throws in a spoiler
from the film’s story. Don’t read the next part if you
don’t want to know what happens.
Okay, you’ve been warned.
The Times reports that the film’s story
also includes the murder (reported
here last week - Bert) of an astronaut by another of his crew.
Regarding the scene, Hoffman explains that NASA, who they hoped
to have on board as consultants, had some problems with that, Hoffman
explains, "NASA couldn't get their heads around [that]. The
system breaks down. They didn't want that. And while I really wanted
NASA's approval, I said, 'It's more important dramatically to get
what I need than it is to get the little logos on the ships.'"
Read the script
review to M2M
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