Quote from: RakaiThwei on Aug 13, 2014, 08:47:13 AM
We would all love to see the return of the Colonial Marines but I wouldn't hold my breath. Again, not impossible but unlikely at this point in time. And while that would definitely please a lot of fans on this forum.. I'm mildly curious to how Fox would feel about that as well. It seems like a risk that they wouldn't be willing to take.. A risk which should have been taken years ago.. I'd say as far back as to 1995 when people were championing the movie to get made.
I've never heard about someone's Guantanamo Bay in Space idea.. However I've heard great things about Sil's script. If AvP is going to be rebooted...
The weird thing - some of us remember what soldiers looked like in 86... and what they look like now. The whole body armour "look" isn't that far away from Cameron's team. (even the neck protectors - ok, modern ones look more like ww2 german helmets, but I don't remember those in the 80s. I'll have to google image search now)
That aside - agggh... its agonising. Pulse rifles vs plasma casters and all that - it'd be epic.
I've not read Sil's script, but I'm a firm believer in "follow your dreams" (assuming that SiL isn't already a paid up screenwriter working in the industry and has a realistic chance of doing this through "the business.") then it could be worth pursing.
That said, I think one would need an agent first to get a look in at this massive property?
I do know its pretty hard to get a shot doing anything like that as an "unknown" - sending unsolicited material is a minefiled, I think - there's the legal issues of copyright, but for me the bigger scare is that in many studios fine print is a line about owning the property. Let's say I send my "Expendabelles" script to Lionsgate (unsolicited). I'm pretty sure that some reserve the right to take and use in whatever, way, shape or form they want (I remember a line on one site about "present and yet to be invented media" - talk about covering your arse!)."
I used to think that "if it was good, they'll surely just say "this guy is great, let's use his stuff." But I really think the reality is "this stuff is great, lets get it re-written by someone we know!" I don't know why that's the case as most new scriptwriters would be happy at getting the thing made and work for buttons to do it. But, from my very limited experience, that seems to be how it does work.
However, I love it when things like SiLs script happen, so don't stop believing!