remake, anyone?
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JimmyZappa — 11 years ago(November 21, 2014 03:53 PM)
Interesting considering I work for a company that has the rights to the name "H.G. Wells' Invisible Man" for TV adaptations worldwide.
It's been a little over a decade since you made that post, I guess we can assume your version is in development hell?
Stuff like this reminds me of "Movie Poop Shoot.com" from Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back. -
tomlazer — 21 years ago(October 23, 2004 10:56 AM)
Yes, I stated a few weeks ago that a remake of the Invisible Man as a movie and a TV mini series are in the production stages at this time. This film is a direct adaptation to the novel. The 1933 movie and subsequent remakes were far from the original story. This interpretation tells the tale the way Wells meant it to be told. Thomas Lee Howell is the screenwriter known for his Scifi novel series Hegira. The producer will be Lithuania Films and Media Arts International. Now if this message is not deleted as the last one was perhaps Wells Fans and Invisible man fans will know that there is a new greater version being produced for release in 2005.
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spidyfan77 — 21 years ago(October 23, 2004 09:33 PM)
It seems like every time someone tries to do a horror movie "the way it was meant to be told" the end result is crap like Mary Shelley's Frankenstein. The main problem is that the original movies are so embedded in our collective consciousness that anything else doesn't jibe.
And to be honest, I read the book of Invisible Man in middle school.the movie is better. Heh.
As far as special effects go, what exactly can you do to make it better? The guy will still be essentially invisible and people will have to act like he's attacking them. -
tomlazer — 21 years ago(October 26, 2004 03:02 PM)
Thanks for the concern. Actually there was so much left out of the original movie it barely resembled an H.G. Wells story.
The fact that Jack Griffin was an albino. His father committed suicide after Griffin stole money that wasn't his. Thomas Marvel is an important character completely overlooked. H. G. Wells was a genius and sticking close to his novel pays him the respect due to an author of his status and calibre. For this exact reason we would never dilute or weaken a potentially blockbuster plot. Invisible Man will be produced the correct way. I also has 104 screenplays to my credit, 200 songs, 29 shorts and so on. I didn't just decide one day to be a screenwriter. It has taken years of hard work studying formatting, sentence structure, character development etc. And writing writing, writing. My scifi series Hegira has eight screenplays ala Star Wars style and a TV series with 19 one hour episodes. Invisible Man is also formatted as a mini series for BBC TV. -
devv1988 — 18 years ago(August 17, 2007 04:23 PM)
To Mr. Howell,
I have the utmost respect for what you've said here. Wells is easily one of my favorite authors, because he was a brilliant man well beyond his time. I am going into film school as of this fall, and have always dreamed of making Wells the way it was meant to be made: truthful to its original genius. Here's to making something worthy of Wells. -
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tomlazer — 13 years ago(March 17, 2013 08:52 AM)
Eric Fulcher stars as Jack Griffin 'The Invisible Man' in Dark Star productions independent film. Co starring Edward Sacco, Lyle DeRose, Candace Maxwell, Blake Huber. Now filming in Denver and Akron Colorado.
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bradford-1 — 19 years ago(May 30, 2006 06:58 PM)
To the screenwriter:
Will your version address how someone totally invisible can still see? I never read the book, so I don't know if Wells ever addressed it. I know Stan Lee sure didn't when it came to Sue Storm, the Invisible Girl! -
tomlazer — 13 years ago(March 17, 2013 08:44 AM)
The only things that do not vanish are his eyes which are pink from albinism. This is why he wears dark glasses or shades most of the time due to light sensitivity. So my answer is yes- it is explained in our movie.
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Simon_Callahan — 19 years ago(June 20, 2006 08:31 PM)
Actually, the Shaw Festival in Niagara-on-the-Lake just opened a play version of The Invisible Man. The special effects are amazing (especially when he takes the bandages off his head) and the script is (IMO) much better than the 1933 version (mainly because it follows closer to the original book).
SPOILERSIn the play, James Griffin (not Jack Griffin like in the movie) gives an actual scientific reason for being invisible (removing all pigment from his body), and goes mad not from the drug that made him invisible but because he has so much freedom (the same principle used in Lord of the Flies, where the boys become feral because they can do whatever they want). He also speaks of an invisible cat.
The character of Millie (the mentally challenged daughter of the inkeeper) is given a bigger role, and becomes invisible, herself, at the end (she stole one of Griffin's potions).
Kemp lives at the end, and the play isn't much of a slasher like the movie is. In fact, there is only one death, and that is James Griffin himself as he commits suicide by jumping off a building. -
moviebuff109 — 18 years ago(May 10, 2007 06:43 PM)
I wanna remake but I want rly good acting and for it to be based really well on the book and not chanhged around to much
spoiers below dont reed if u didnt reed book
I didnt liek how kemp died in the movie and a few other things wrre changed around. I would love a movie 95% correctly based on originla book. -
rebeccadean935 — 18 years ago(September 03, 2007 06:59 AM)
I love and adore HG Wells book but for some reason I always remeber the Griffin from the League of Extraordinary gentlemen who does appear to give of more of whta Wells was getting at in that he has a morals and will betray anyone even those who would be his friends for greater gain..
Thtas also why I think of him as Hawleyunfortunately