The "Buck Rogers" estate, overseen by the Nowlan Family Trust, have sent a cease-and-desist letter to Legendary Entertainment about the studio developing a TV reboot of "Buck Rogers", for producers Don Murphy ("Transformers") and Susan Montford at Angry Films:
"...according to the notice the 'Buck Rogers Interests' have signed an agreement with Skydance Productions LLC to produce 'Buck Rogers' content, adapting the 1928 novella 'Armageddon 2419 A.D.', written by Philip Francis Nowlan and published in the science fiction pulp magazine 'Amazing Stories'.
"...'Anthony Rogers', a 'World War I' veteran is investigating strange phenomena in an abandoned Pennsylvania coal mine for his company, the 'American Radioactive Gas Corporation', when he is trapped by a cave-in.
"Exposed to radioactive gas, Rogers falls into suspended animation and reawakens 492 years later in the 25th century.
"Thanks to spies and infiltrators, what used to be America, is now ruled by the Chinese 'Han'...
"...according to the notice the 'Buck Rogers Interests' have signed an agreement with Skydance Productions LLC to produce 'Buck Rogers' content, adapting the 1928 novella 'Armageddon 2419 A.D.', written by Philip Francis Nowlan and published in the science fiction pulp magazine 'Amazing Stories'.
"...'Anthony Rogers', a 'World War I' veteran is investigating strange phenomena in an abandoned Pennsylvania coal mine for his company, the 'American Radioactive Gas Corporation', when he is trapped by a cave-in.
"Exposed to radioactive gas, Rogers falls into suspended animation and reawakens 492 years later in the 25th century.
"Thanks to spies and infiltrators, what used to be America, is now ruled by the Chinese 'Han'...
- 1/24/2023
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
The "Buck Rogers" estate, overseen by the Nowlan Family Trust, have sent a cease-and-desist letter to Legendary Entertainment about the studio developing a TV reboot of "Buck Rogers", for producers Don Murphy ("Transformers") and Susan Montford at Angry Films:
"...according to the notice the 'Buck Rogers Interests' have signed an agreement with Skydance Productions LLC to produce 'Buck Rogers' content, adapting the 1928 novella 'Armageddon 2419 A.D.', written by Philip Francis Nowlan and published in the science fiction pulp magazine 'Amazing Stories'.
"'Anthony Rogers', a 'World War I' veteran is investigating strange phenomena in an abandoned Pennsylvania coal mine for his company, the 'American Radioactive Gas Corporation', when he is trapped by a cave-in.
"Exposed to radioactive gas, Rogers falls into suspended animation and reawakens 492 years later in the 25th century.
"Thanks to spies and infiltrators, what used to be America, is now ruled by the Chinese 'Han'...
"...according to the notice the 'Buck Rogers Interests' have signed an agreement with Skydance Productions LLC to produce 'Buck Rogers' content, adapting the 1928 novella 'Armageddon 2419 A.D.', written by Philip Francis Nowlan and published in the science fiction pulp magazine 'Amazing Stories'.
"'Anthony Rogers', a 'World War I' veteran is investigating strange phenomena in an abandoned Pennsylvania coal mine for his company, the 'American Radioactive Gas Corporation', when he is trapped by a cave-in.
"Exposed to radioactive gas, Rogers falls into suspended animation and reawakens 492 years later in the 25th century.
"Thanks to spies and infiltrators, what used to be America, is now ruled by the Chinese 'Han'...
- 12/26/2022
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
Legendary Entertainment continues developing a feature film reboot of "Buck Rogers", for producers Don Murphy ("Transformers") and Susan Montford at Angry Films:
"...the new film will adapt the 1928 novella 'Armageddon 2419 A.D.', written by Philip Francis Nowlan and published in the science fiction pulp magazine "Amazing Stories", following 'Anthony Rogers'...
"...a 'World War I' veteran who is investigating strange phenomena in an abandoned Pennsylvania coal mine for his company, the 'American Radioactive Gas Corporation', when he is trapped by a cave-in.
"Exposed to radioactive gas, Rogers falls into suspended animation and reawakens 492 years later in the 25th century.
"Thanks to spies and infiltrators, what used to be America, is now ruled by the Chinese 'Han' who invaded the US hundreds of years earlier using fleets of airships armed with disintegration rays.
"Using wartime strategies, Rogers paves the way for a future reclamation of America..."
In 1929, "Buck Rogers" appeared in newspaper comic strips,...
"...the new film will adapt the 1928 novella 'Armageddon 2419 A.D.', written by Philip Francis Nowlan and published in the science fiction pulp magazine "Amazing Stories", following 'Anthony Rogers'...
"...a 'World War I' veteran who is investigating strange phenomena in an abandoned Pennsylvania coal mine for his company, the 'American Radioactive Gas Corporation', when he is trapped by a cave-in.
"Exposed to radioactive gas, Rogers falls into suspended animation and reawakens 492 years later in the 25th century.
"Thanks to spies and infiltrators, what used to be America, is now ruled by the Chinese 'Han' who invaded the US hundreds of years earlier using fleets of airships armed with disintegration rays.
"Using wartime strategies, Rogers paves the way for a future reclamation of America..."
In 1929, "Buck Rogers" appeared in newspaper comic strips,...
- 11/6/2022
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
Legendary Entertainment continues developing a feature film reboot of "Buck Rogers", for producers Don Murphy ("Transformers") and Susan Montford at Angry Films:
"...the new film will adapt the 1928 novella 'Armageddon 2419 A.D.', written by Philip Francis Nowlan and published in the science fiction pulp magazine "Amazing Stories", following 'Anthony Rogers'...
"...a 'World War I' veteran who is investigating strange phenomena in an abandoned Pennsylvania coal mine for his company, the 'American Radioactive Gas Corporation', when he is trapped by a cave-in.
"Exposed to radioactive gas, Rogers falls into suspended animation and reawakens 492 years later in the 25th century.
"Thanks to spies and infiltrators, what used to be America, is now ruled by the Chinese 'Han' who invaded the US hundreds of years earlier using fleets of airships armed with disintegration rays.
"Using wartime strategies, Rogers paves the way for a future reclamation of America..."
In 1929, "Buck Rogers" appeared in newspaper comic strips,...
"...the new film will adapt the 1928 novella 'Armageddon 2419 A.D.', written by Philip Francis Nowlan and published in the science fiction pulp magazine "Amazing Stories", following 'Anthony Rogers'...
"...a 'World War I' veteran who is investigating strange phenomena in an abandoned Pennsylvania coal mine for his company, the 'American Radioactive Gas Corporation', when he is trapped by a cave-in.
"Exposed to radioactive gas, Rogers falls into suspended animation and reawakens 492 years later in the 25th century.
"Thanks to spies and infiltrators, what used to be America, is now ruled by the Chinese 'Han' who invaded the US hundreds of years earlier using fleets of airships armed with disintegration rays.
"Using wartime strategies, Rogers paves the way for a future reclamation of America..."
In 1929, "Buck Rogers" appeared in newspaper comic strips,...
- 8/31/2022
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
Legendary Entertainment continues developing a feature film reboot of "Buck Rogers", for producers Don Murphy ("Transformers") and Susan Montford at Angry Films:
"...the new film will adapt the 1928 novella 'Armageddon 2419 A.D.', written by Philip Francis Nowlan and published in the science fiction pulp magazine "Amazing Stories", following 'Anthony Rogers'...
"...a 'World War I' veteran who is investigating strange phenomena in an abandoned Pennsylvania coal mine for his company, the 'American Radioactive Gas Corporation', when he is trapped by a cave-in.
"Exposed to radioactive gas, Rogers falls into suspended animation and reawakens 492 years later in the 25th century.
"Thanks to spies and infiltrators, what used to be America, is now ruled by the Chinese 'Han' who invaded the US hundreds of years earlier using fleets of airships armed with disintegration rays.
"Using wartime strategies, Rogers paves the way for a future reclamation of America..."
In 1929, "Buck Rogers" appeared in newspaper comic strips,...
"...the new film will adapt the 1928 novella 'Armageddon 2419 A.D.', written by Philip Francis Nowlan and published in the science fiction pulp magazine "Amazing Stories", following 'Anthony Rogers'...
"...a 'World War I' veteran who is investigating strange phenomena in an abandoned Pennsylvania coal mine for his company, the 'American Radioactive Gas Corporation', when he is trapped by a cave-in.
"Exposed to radioactive gas, Rogers falls into suspended animation and reawakens 492 years later in the 25th century.
"Thanks to spies and infiltrators, what used to be America, is now ruled by the Chinese 'Han' who invaded the US hundreds of years earlier using fleets of airships armed with disintegration rays.
"Using wartime strategies, Rogers paves the way for a future reclamation of America..."
In 1929, "Buck Rogers" appeared in newspaper comic strips,...
- 8/20/2022
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
Legendary Entertainment continues developing a feature film reboot of "Buck Rogers", for producers Don Murphy ("Transformers") and Susan Montford at Angry Films:
"...the new film will adapt the 1928 novella 'Armageddon 2419 A.D.', written by Philip Francis Nowlan and published in the science fiction pulp magazine "Amazing Stories", following 'Anthony Rogers'...
"...a 'World War I' veteran who is investigating strange phenomena in an abandoned Pennsylvania coal mine for his company, the 'American Radioactive Gas Corporation', when he is trapped by a cave-in.
"Exposed to radioactive gas, Rogers falls into suspended animation and reawakens 492 years later in the 25th century.
"Thanks to spies and infiltrators, what used to be America, is now ruled by the Chinese 'Han' who invaded the US hundreds of years earlier using fleets of airships armed with disintegration rays.
"Using wartime strategies, Rogers paves the way for a future reclamation of America..."
In 1929, "Buck Rogers" appeared in newspaper comic strips,...
"...the new film will adapt the 1928 novella 'Armageddon 2419 A.D.', written by Philip Francis Nowlan and published in the science fiction pulp magazine "Amazing Stories", following 'Anthony Rogers'...
"...a 'World War I' veteran who is investigating strange phenomena in an abandoned Pennsylvania coal mine for his company, the 'American Radioactive Gas Corporation', when he is trapped by a cave-in.
"Exposed to radioactive gas, Rogers falls into suspended animation and reawakens 492 years later in the 25th century.
"Thanks to spies and infiltrators, what used to be America, is now ruled by the Chinese 'Han' who invaded the US hundreds of years earlier using fleets of airships armed with disintegration rays.
"Using wartime strategies, Rogers paves the way for a future reclamation of America..."
In 1929, "Buck Rogers" appeared in newspaper comic strips,...
- 6/16/2021
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
Hollywood is about to see double with Buck Rogers. The pulp hero, who is already getting a TV reboot starring George Clooney from Legendary Pictures, is also getting a new movie, this one from Skydance and backed by the estate of author Philip Francis Nowlan. And while competing projects about a single character are not uncommon in Hollywood, […]
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- 2/3/2021
- by Hoai-Tran Bui
- Slash Film
Legendary Pictures maintains it is the rightful owners of the “Buck Rogers” rights following the latest legal threat from the Nowlan Family Trust, who claims they own the rights.
Legendary was hit with a cease and desist letter on Tuesday over the planned reboot with George Clooney, which was announced last week.
“We have secured the rights we need to proceed with our project and the company will not comment any further on these baseless claims,” Legendary said via a spokesperson. “This same party has been claiming for years that they have rights which they do not have and have been trying to inhibit projects based on rights they do not legally control.”
Clooney and Grant Heslov will executive produce a new television adaptation of “Buck Rogers” for Legendary under their Smokehouse banner. “Transformers” producer Don Murphy and Susan Montford will produce via their Angry Films banner along with Flint Dille,...
Legendary was hit with a cease and desist letter on Tuesday over the planned reboot with George Clooney, which was announced last week.
“We have secured the rights we need to proceed with our project and the company will not comment any further on these baseless claims,” Legendary said via a spokesperson. “This same party has been claiming for years that they have rights which they do not have and have been trying to inhibit projects based on rights they do not legally control.”
Clooney and Grant Heslov will executive produce a new television adaptation of “Buck Rogers” for Legendary under their Smokehouse banner. “Transformers” producer Don Murphy and Susan Montford will produce via their Angry Films banner along with Flint Dille,...
- 2/3/2021
- by Umberto Gonzalez
- The Wrap
Exclusive: A growing dust-up over classic outer space hero Buck Rogers isn’t a fight over rights, and it won’t be warming up to become one if Legendary Entertainment has anything to say about it.
The Buck Rogers estate, overseen by the Nowlan Family Trust, on Tuesday fired off a cease-and-desist letter to Legendary about its recent announcement that it was developing a TV reboot of the popular sci-fi property. George Clooney and his Smokehouse partner Grant Heslov are set to executive produce Legendary’s Buck Rogers project with a script by Brian K. Vaughn and Angry Films’ Don Murphy and Susan Montford also producing.
In the brief-ish letter sent by email and snail mail to Michael Ross, Legendary Entertainment’s EVP Business Affairs, the estate contends that “the Buck Rogers interests” have already penned an agreement with David Ellison’s Skydance Productions to exploit the property.
“Be advised...
The Buck Rogers estate, overseen by the Nowlan Family Trust, on Tuesday fired off a cease-and-desist letter to Legendary about its recent announcement that it was developing a TV reboot of the popular sci-fi property. George Clooney and his Smokehouse partner Grant Heslov are set to executive produce Legendary’s Buck Rogers project with a script by Brian K. Vaughn and Angry Films’ Don Murphy and Susan Montford also producing.
In the brief-ish letter sent by email and snail mail to Michael Ross, Legendary Entertainment’s EVP Business Affairs, the estate contends that “the Buck Rogers interests” have already penned an agreement with David Ellison’s Skydance Productions to exploit the property.
“Be advised...
- 2/3/2021
- by Anthony D'Alessandro and Dominic Patten
- Deadline Film + TV
Hollywood may be doubling up on Buck Rogers.
Even as Legendary and George Clooney are developing a multi-medium take on the classic man-out-of-time pulp hero, Skydance is working on its own, competing, version, sources tell The Hollywood Reporter.
Skydance is working with the estate of Philip Francis Nowlan, the man who introduced the hero in the late 1920s. The project is in the earliest of stages; unlike Legendary’s project, which has several producers and a writer in the form of Brian K. Vaughan, Skydance’s has no talent involved at this time.
The character of Anthony Rogers first appeared in the 1929 novella, Armageddon 2419 A....
Even as Legendary and George Clooney are developing a multi-medium take on the classic man-out-of-time pulp hero, Skydance is working on its own, competing, version, sources tell The Hollywood Reporter.
Skydance is working with the estate of Philip Francis Nowlan, the man who introduced the hero in the late 1920s. The project is in the earliest of stages; unlike Legendary’s project, which has several producers and a writer in the form of Brian K. Vaughan, Skydance’s has no talent involved at this time.
The character of Anthony Rogers first appeared in the 1929 novella, Armageddon 2419 A....
Hollywood may be doubling up on Buck Rogers.
Even as Legendary and George Clooney are developing a multi-medium take on the classic man-out-of-time pulp hero, Skydance is working on its own, competing, version, sources tell The Hollywood Reporter.
Skydance is working with the estate of Philip Francis Nowlan, the man who introduced the hero in the late 1920s. The project is in the earliest of stages; unlike Legendary’s project, which has several producers and a writer in the form of Brian K. Vaughan, Skydance’s has no talent involved at this time.
The character of Anthony Rogers first appeared in the 1929 novella, Armageddon 2419 A....
Even as Legendary and George Clooney are developing a multi-medium take on the classic man-out-of-time pulp hero, Skydance is working on its own, competing, version, sources tell The Hollywood Reporter.
Skydance is working with the estate of Philip Francis Nowlan, the man who introduced the hero in the late 1920s. The project is in the earliest of stages; unlike Legendary’s project, which has several producers and a writer in the form of Brian K. Vaughan, Skydance’s has no talent involved at this time.
The character of Anthony Rogers first appeared in the 1929 novella, Armageddon 2419 A....
Legendary Entertainment continues developing "Buck Rogers" as a limited series, feature film and anime, adapting the novella "Armageddon 2419 A.D." written by Philip Francis Nowlan and published in the 1928 science fiction pulp magazine "Amazing Stories":
"...'Anthony Rogers', a 'World War I' veteran, investigating 'strange phenomena' in an abandoned Pennsylvania coal mine for his company, the 'American Radioactive Gas Corporation', is suddenly trapped by a cave-in.
"Exposed to radioactive gas, Rogers falls into suspended animation and reawakens 492 years later in the 25th century.
"Thanks to spies and infiltrators, in what used to be America, is now ruled by the Chinese 'Han' who invaded the US hundreds of years earlier using fleets of airships armed with disintegration rays.
"Using wartime strategies, Rogers paves the way for a future reclamation of America..."
In 1929, "Buck Rogers" appeared in newspaper comic strips, radio in 1932, a 12-part movie serial in 1939...
...and comic books, toys and video games.
"...'Anthony Rogers', a 'World War I' veteran, investigating 'strange phenomena' in an abandoned Pennsylvania coal mine for his company, the 'American Radioactive Gas Corporation', is suddenly trapped by a cave-in.
"Exposed to radioactive gas, Rogers falls into suspended animation and reawakens 492 years later in the 25th century.
"Thanks to spies and infiltrators, in what used to be America, is now ruled by the Chinese 'Han' who invaded the US hundreds of years earlier using fleets of airships armed with disintegration rays.
"Using wartime strategies, Rogers paves the way for a future reclamation of America..."
In 1929, "Buck Rogers" appeared in newspaper comic strips, radio in 1932, a 12-part movie serial in 1939...
...and comic books, toys and video games.
- 1/29/2021
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
George Clooney is heading to the 25th century.
Through his production company Smokehouse Pictures, Clooney has signed on to executive produce a new limited series for Legendary based on the classic sci-fi character Buck Rogers, Variety has confirmed. Clooney will executive produce with partner Grant Heslov. A rep for Clooney says the actor-director is only signing onto the project in a producing capacity, and will not star, contrary to other reports. Legendary had no comment.
Brian K. Vaughan will write the series. Smokehouse is joining Angry Films heads Don Murphy and Susan Montford as producers, as well as Flint Dille, the grandson of the creator of the serialized comic strip that made Buck Rogers a household name in the 1930s. The series does not currently have distribution.
Rogers first appeared as Anthony Rogers in the August 1928 issue of the seminal science fiction magazine “Amazing Stories,” in a novella titled “Armageddon 2419 A.
Through his production company Smokehouse Pictures, Clooney has signed on to executive produce a new limited series for Legendary based on the classic sci-fi character Buck Rogers, Variety has confirmed. Clooney will executive produce with partner Grant Heslov. A rep for Clooney says the actor-director is only signing onto the project in a producing capacity, and will not star, contrary to other reports. Legendary had no comment.
Brian K. Vaughan will write the series. Smokehouse is joining Angry Films heads Don Murphy and Susan Montford as producers, as well as Flint Dille, the grandson of the creator of the serialized comic strip that made Buck Rogers a household name in the 1930s. The series does not currently have distribution.
Rogers first appeared as Anthony Rogers in the August 1928 issue of the seminal science fiction magazine “Amazing Stories,” in a novella titled “Armageddon 2419 A.
- 1/29/2021
- by Adam B. Vary
- Variety Film + TV
George Clooney, fresh from The Midnight Sky, is set to exec produce the television reboot of Buck Rogers.
Clooney and his Smokehouse co-founder Grant Heslov have joined the project, which is being written by comic book artist and Lost writer Brian K. Vaughan. Legendary is the studio.
Although no acting deals are in place, reports suggest that Clooney is being lined up to star.
The pair will exec produce with Angry Films’ Don Murphy and Susan Montford and Flint Dille, the grandson of John F. Dille, the publisher of the original Buck Rogers comic strip.
It is based on the character created by Philip Francis Nowlan in 1928, which was later turned into a television series – Buck Rogers in the 25th Century for NBC. The show ran for two seasons from 1979.
It centered around Captain William Anthony “Buck” Rogers, played by Gil Gerard, a pilot, whose spacecraft malfunctions and Rogers is...
Clooney and his Smokehouse co-founder Grant Heslov have joined the project, which is being written by comic book artist and Lost writer Brian K. Vaughan. Legendary is the studio.
Although no acting deals are in place, reports suggest that Clooney is being lined up to star.
The pair will exec produce with Angry Films’ Don Murphy and Susan Montford and Flint Dille, the grandson of John F. Dille, the publisher of the original Buck Rogers comic strip.
It is based on the character created by Philip Francis Nowlan in 1928, which was later turned into a television series – Buck Rogers in the 25th Century for NBC. The show ran for two seasons from 1979.
It centered around Captain William Anthony “Buck” Rogers, played by Gil Gerard, a pilot, whose spacecraft malfunctions and Rogers is...
- 1/29/2021
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
George Clooney will executive produce a new television adaptation of “Buck Rogers” for Legendary, and it is Legendary’s intention for Clooney to star in the project, insiders with knowledge told TheWrap.
Grant Heslov will also executive produce the project alongside Clooney under their Smokehouse banner. “Transformers” producer Don Murphy and Susan Montford will produce via their Angry Films banner along with Flint Dille, the grandson of the original Buck Rogers creator. New York Times bestselling and award-winning comic book creator, television and film writer Brian K Vaughan has been tapped to write the television adaptation.
The project is based on the characters and concepts introduced in the 1928 novella “Armageddon 2419 A.D.” novella by Philip Francis Nowlan. The story followed “Anthony Rogers,” a mining engineer from the 20th century who awakens from suspended animation after 500 years to find himself in the middle of a planetary war.
Nowlan and Chicago newspaperman John F.
Grant Heslov will also executive produce the project alongside Clooney under their Smokehouse banner. “Transformers” producer Don Murphy and Susan Montford will produce via their Angry Films banner along with Flint Dille, the grandson of the original Buck Rogers creator. New York Times bestselling and award-winning comic book creator, television and film writer Brian K Vaughan has been tapped to write the television adaptation.
The project is based on the characters and concepts introduced in the 1928 novella “Armageddon 2419 A.D.” novella by Philip Francis Nowlan. The story followed “Anthony Rogers,” a mining engineer from the 20th century who awakens from suspended animation after 500 years to find himself in the middle of a planetary war.
Nowlan and Chicago newspaperman John F.
- 1/28/2021
- by Umberto Gonzalez
- The Wrap
New York Times bestselling and award-winning comic book creator, television and film writer Brian K Vaughan has been tapped to write the television adaptation of “Buck Rogers” for Legendary. The deal falls under Legendary’s overall pact with Vaughan.
“Transformers” producer Don Murphy and Susan Montford will produce via their Angry Films banner along with Flint Dille, the grandson of the original Buck Rogers creator.
The project is based on the “Armageddon 2419 A.D.” novella by Philip Francis Nowlan that introduced the Buck Rogers character in 1928. The story centers on a coal mine inspector who awakens from suspended animation after 500 years to find himself in the middle of a planetary war.
“Buck Rogers” has been adapted into various comic strips, a movie serial, radio and television shows. Developed by Chicago newspaperman John F. Dille in the 1930s, it immediately became one of the world’s most popular comic strips, read...
“Transformers” producer Don Murphy and Susan Montford will produce via their Angry Films banner along with Flint Dille, the grandson of the original Buck Rogers creator.
The project is based on the “Armageddon 2419 A.D.” novella by Philip Francis Nowlan that introduced the Buck Rogers character in 1928. The story centers on a coal mine inspector who awakens from suspended animation after 500 years to find himself in the middle of a planetary war.
“Buck Rogers” has been adapted into various comic strips, a movie serial, radio and television shows. Developed by Chicago newspaperman John F. Dille in the 1930s, it immediately became one of the world’s most popular comic strips, read...
- 12/10/2020
- by Umberto Gonzalez
- The Wrap
In addition to "Star Wars" 'space opera' spin-offs, followed by a developing "Flash Gordon" reboot, Legendary Entertainment have scored the rights to "Buck Rogers", for producers Don Murphy ("Transformers") and Susan Montford at Angry Films:
"...the new film will adapt the 1928 novella 'Armageddon 2419 A.D.', written by Philip Francis Nowlan and published in the science fiction pulp magazine "Amazing Stories", following 'Anthony Rogers', a 'World War I' veteran who is investigating strange phenomena in an abandoned Pennsylvania coal mine for his company, the 'American Radioactive Gas Corporation', when he is trapped by a cave-in.
"Exposed to radioactive gas, Rogers falls into suspended animation and reawakens 492 years later in the 25th century.
"Thanks to spies and infiltrators, what used to be America, is now ruled by the Chinese 'Han' who invaded the US hundreds of years earlier using fleets of airships armed with disintegration rays.
"Using wartime strategies, Rogers...
"...the new film will adapt the 1928 novella 'Armageddon 2419 A.D.', written by Philip Francis Nowlan and published in the science fiction pulp magazine "Amazing Stories", following 'Anthony Rogers', a 'World War I' veteran who is investigating strange phenomena in an abandoned Pennsylvania coal mine for his company, the 'American Radioactive Gas Corporation', when he is trapped by a cave-in.
"Exposed to radioactive gas, Rogers falls into suspended animation and reawakens 492 years later in the 25th century.
"Thanks to spies and infiltrators, what used to be America, is now ruled by the Chinese 'Han' who invaded the US hundreds of years earlier using fleets of airships armed with disintegration rays.
"Using wartime strategies, Rogers...
- 11/17/2020
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
Buck Rogers may be returning to our screens once again as it's been reported that Legendary Entertainment is in the final stages of closing a deal for the rights to the character. Although he was first created by Philip Francis Nowlan in 1928 for an issue of Amazing Stories, most know of Buck Rogers thanks to the short-lived TV series Buck Rogers in the 25th Century developed by Battlestar…...
- 10/15/2020
- by Kevin Fraser
- JoBlo.com
The classic space opera hero Buck Rogers is coming back, according to The Wrap. Legendary Entertainment (Godzilla: King of the Monsters) has snagged the movie rights to the 92-year-old character, with producers Don Murphy (Transformers) and Susan Montford set to steer the project through Murphy’s Angry Films production company.
Buck Rogers brought sci-fi elements like ray guns, rocket ships, lasers and jet packs into popular culture, with the property’s vision of the future and emphasis on action and adventure influencing everything from Disney’s Tomorrowland attraction to George Lucas’ original concept for Star Wars.
The movie will bring Buck all the way back to his roots by adapting Armageddon 2419 A.D., the 1928 novella in which the character made his debut. Written by Philip Francis Nowlan and published in the iconic pulp fiction magazine Amazing Stories, the tale follows the adventures of Anthony Rogers, a World War I veteran...
Buck Rogers brought sci-fi elements like ray guns, rocket ships, lasers and jet packs into popular culture, with the property’s vision of the future and emphasis on action and adventure influencing everything from Disney’s Tomorrowland attraction to George Lucas’ original concept for Star Wars.
The movie will bring Buck all the way back to his roots by adapting Armageddon 2419 A.D., the 1928 novella in which the character made his debut. Written by Philip Francis Nowlan and published in the iconic pulp fiction magazine Amazing Stories, the tale follows the adventures of Anthony Rogers, a World War I veteran...
- 10/14/2020
- by Don Kaye
- Den of Geek
Legendary is in the final stages of putting together a deal for the movie rights to swashbuckling sci-fi hero Buck Rogers, multiple individuals with knowledge of the project tell TheWrap.
“Transformers” producer Don Murphy set up the project at Legendary and is producing through his Angry Films banner along with Susan Montford.
The project is based on the “Armageddon 2419 A.D.” novella by Philip Francis Nowlan that introduced the Buck Rogers character in 1928. The story centers on a coal mine inspector who awakens from suspended animation after 500 years to find himself in the middle of a planetary war.
Armageddon 2419 A.D.
“Buck Rogers” has been adapted into various comic strips, a movie serial, radio and television shows. Developed by Chicago newspaperman John F. Dille in the 1930s, it immediately became one of the world’s most popular comic strips, read by millions daily in the newspapers all over the world.
“Transformers” producer Don Murphy set up the project at Legendary and is producing through his Angry Films banner along with Susan Montford.
The project is based on the “Armageddon 2419 A.D.” novella by Philip Francis Nowlan that introduced the Buck Rogers character in 1928. The story centers on a coal mine inspector who awakens from suspended animation after 500 years to find himself in the middle of a planetary war.
Armageddon 2419 A.D.
“Buck Rogers” has been adapted into various comic strips, a movie serial, radio and television shows. Developed by Chicago newspaperman John F. Dille in the 1930s, it immediately became one of the world’s most popular comic strips, read by millions daily in the newspapers all over the world.
- 10/14/2020
- by Umberto Gonzalez
- The Wrap
Natural Born Killers and Transformers grew up in Hicksville on New York's Long Island, reading the space adventures of Buck Rogers in comics and later watching the 1970s NBC series. Once Murphy made a name for himself in entertainment, he saw other producers including Jerry Bruckheimer and Avi Lerner claim adaptation rights even though the copyright on Armageddon 2419 A.D., the 1929 novella by Philip Francis Nowlan that introduced the Buck Rogers character, wasn't renewed in the 1950s....
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- 7/20/2018
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Natural Born Killers and Transformers grew up in Hicksville on New York's Long Island, reading the space adventures of Buck Rogers in comics and later watching the 1970s NBC series. Once Murphy made a name for himself in entertainment, he saw other producers including Jerry Bruckheimer and Avi Lerner claim adaptation rights even though the copyright on Armageddon 2419 A.D., the 1929 novella by Philip Francis Nowlan that introduced the Buck Rogers character, wasn't renewed in the 1950s....
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- 7/20/2018
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Angryfilms is reportedly set to adapt Philip Francis Nowlan's 1928 science fiction story "Armageddon 2419 A.D." which originally appeared in Amazing Stories magazine.
What's so special about this story ? The main character of Anthony Rogers went on to score a more familiar name - 'Buck Rogers'. In the story, Rogers is held in suspended animation where he survives for just short of five centuries.
He awakens on an Earth that is caught in a futuristic Civil War, with the remnants of the United States battling both futuristic Soviets and Mongolians. Newspaper syndicator John F. Dille expanded upon the character with a daily syndicated comic strip which brought him to mass audiences - ultimately spawning film and radio serials and an early 1980s TV series.
Interestingly enough, one of the screenwriters of the new project is Flint Dille, John F. Dille's grandson. The new film, which Ed Neumeier ("Robocop,...
What's so special about this story ? The main character of Anthony Rogers went on to score a more familiar name - 'Buck Rogers'. In the story, Rogers is held in suspended animation where he survives for just short of five centuries.
He awakens on an Earth that is caught in a futuristic Civil War, with the remnants of the United States battling both futuristic Soviets and Mongolians. Newspaper syndicator John F. Dille expanded upon the character with a daily syndicated comic strip which brought him to mass audiences - ultimately spawning film and radio serials and an early 1980s TV series.
Interestingly enough, one of the screenwriters of the new project is Flint Dille, John F. Dille's grandson. The new film, which Ed Neumeier ("Robocop,...
- 7/10/2015
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
There has been a ton of speculation about Damon Lindelof and Brad Bird's sci-fi collaboration "Tomorrowland" (named after a Disney theme world), formerly titled "1952." Plot comparisons to Steven Spielberg's "Close Encounters" had fans extremely excited, and then a fascinating article from entertainment journalist and Disney expert Jim Hill popped up that took the mysterious project in a slightly different direction.
Hill claimed the film, inspired by a box of Disney World memorabilia circa 1952, would be based on an unproduced television series that the U.S. government approached Walt with. The show would reveal to American audiences that those alien buggers they had been hearing about all over the news were real. A scoop on website HitFix, however, suggests yet another possibility — one that could be even stranger than the "UFOs are real" plotline. A leaked synopsis being used by a Hollywood agency to cast the 2014 film reads as follows:
"A teenage girl,...
Hill claimed the film, inspired by a box of Disney World memorabilia circa 1952, would be based on an unproduced television series that the U.S. government approached Walt with. The show would reveal to American audiences that those alien buggers they had been hearing about all over the news were real. A scoop on website HitFix, however, suggests yet another possibility — one that could be even stranger than the "UFOs are real" plotline. A leaked synopsis being used by a Hollywood agency to cast the 2014 film reads as follows:
"A teenage girl,...
- 3/4/2013
- by Alison Nastasi
- MTV Movies Blog
Feature Ryan Lambie Jan 25, 2013
Does an image tweeted by director Brad Bird hint at the true identity of his 1952 sci-fi project?
Inspiration for movies can come from all sorts of places - books, videogames, magazine articles, and even internet memes (see Safety Not Guaranteed). Brad Bird's enigmatic work-in-progress - currently going under the working title 1952 - takes its inspiration from an extremely unusual source: a box of stuff opened up at Disney's offices in Burbank, California.
Other than this snippet of information, the only things we've learned about 1952 are as follows: that it's a science fiction movie with a Close Encounters sense of Spielbergian wonder, that George Clooney's name is attached to it, and that Jeff Jensen (stuntman, actor, and writer) and Damon Lindelof are working on its script.
The dearth of facts about Brad Bird's film have led to all sorts of speculation - most notably,...
Does an image tweeted by director Brad Bird hint at the true identity of his 1952 sci-fi project?
Inspiration for movies can come from all sorts of places - books, videogames, magazine articles, and even internet memes (see Safety Not Guaranteed). Brad Bird's enigmatic work-in-progress - currently going under the working title 1952 - takes its inspiration from an extremely unusual source: a box of stuff opened up at Disney's offices in Burbank, California.
Other than this snippet of information, the only things we've learned about 1952 are as follows: that it's a science fiction movie with a Close Encounters sense of Spielbergian wonder, that George Clooney's name is attached to it, and that Jeff Jensen (stuntman, actor, and writer) and Damon Lindelof are working on its script.
The dearth of facts about Brad Bird's film have led to all sorts of speculation - most notably,...
- 1/24/2013
- by ryanlambie
- Den of Geek
Howard Chaykin will revive Buck Rogers. The veteran cartoonist has been announced as writer and artist on a new Hermes Press comic book series. Best known for its reprints - including some of the legendary pulp hero - the publisher has promised an "all new take" on the character by the American Flagg! creator. "When [Hermes publisher Dan Herman] casually asked me whether I had any interest in reviving Buck Rogers, my reaction was first physical - genuine goose bumps - followed by complete delight at the thought of paying back a concept that was so utterly seminal in my thinking about our medium and our field," said Chaykin. The science fiction hero first appeared in Armageddon 2419 Ad in the pages of the August 1928 issue of Amazing Stories, written by Philip Francis Nowlan. The comic will be unveiled at the "Buck Rogers, Past, Present and Future" panel at 6pm on Friday, July 13 at San Diego Comic-Con International.
- 7/10/2012
- by Digital Spy
- Comicmix.com
There has to be some background for this column, or at least a little bit of story, just so readers can understand why I would be so excited about a particular book that I finally found in my favorite used bookstore a couple of weeks ago.
This whole thing really starts back when I was a tiny little starry-eyed sprocket. My mom and dad took me to dinner at a restaurant that just happened to have those square gumball machines that had a glass panel in the front and those plastic capsules with little toys or pieces of jewelry or other gewgaws sure to attract the attention of small children and make them beg endlessly to get something and relieve their parents of the horrible burden of all that change in their pockets. The machine that I was eying had a shiny holographic printed card in the front with stars...
This whole thing really starts back when I was a tiny little starry-eyed sprocket. My mom and dad took me to dinner at a restaurant that just happened to have those square gumball machines that had a glass panel in the front and those plastic capsules with little toys or pieces of jewelry or other gewgaws sure to attract the attention of small children and make them beg endlessly to get something and relieve their parents of the horrible burden of all that change in their pockets. The machine that I was eying had a shiny holographic printed card in the front with stars...
- 7/20/2011
- by dragonwomant
- Boomtron
"Buck Rogers", the first comic strip outer space hero, is being relaunched by director Paul W.S. Anderson from a screenplay by "Iron Man" co-writers Art Marcum and Matt Holloway, for Paradox Entertainment, currently rebooting "Conan."
The new film will be lensed in 3D for producers Lawrence Abramson, Jeremy Bolt and Fredrik Malmberg, with George Furla, Anderson and "Buck Rogers" estate holder Flint Dille executive producing.
"Buck has already been such a huge influence on action-adventure franchises like 'Star Wars' and 'Indiana Jones,' so for me it is a thrilling opportunity to be allowed to return to the source and relaunch such an epic character," Anderson said.
"...Before caped heroes were leaping tall buildings, Buck Rogers was spanning the stars . . . and the centuries. A man accidentally thrust into an extraordinary future, Buck is science fiction’s first superstar and one of our culture’s most enduring icons.
In its original version,...
The new film will be lensed in 3D for producers Lawrence Abramson, Jeremy Bolt and Fredrik Malmberg, with George Furla, Anderson and "Buck Rogers" estate holder Flint Dille executive producing.
"Buck has already been such a huge influence on action-adventure franchises like 'Star Wars' and 'Indiana Jones,' so for me it is a thrilling opportunity to be allowed to return to the source and relaunch such an epic character," Anderson said.
"...Before caped heroes were leaping tall buildings, Buck Rogers was spanning the stars . . . and the centuries. A man accidentally thrust into an extraordinary future, Buck is science fiction’s first superstar and one of our culture’s most enduring icons.
In its original version,...
- 9/28/2010
- by Michael Stevens
- SneakPeek
“Buck Rogers” is making a warming a spot for himself in new media with this upcoming webseries from Cawley Entertainment Company and Retro Film Studios. The webseries, entitled “Buck Rogers In The 25th Century”, launches from the “Generation One” Buck Rogers franchise.
Cawley Entertainment Company and Retro Film Studios have secured the rights with the Dille Family Trust for the project. The franchise owner, Flint Dille will be involved with the project in an Executive Producer capacity.
Here are excerpts from press releases describing the webseries below:
Buck Rogers has seen various incarnations of the character on television, movies, radio and in books. This will be the first live action series of Buck Rogers in nearly 30 years and the first web based series of the characters.
Executive Producer James Cawley will be bringing Buck back to his beginnings telling the story from the perspective of a 22 year old Buck Rogers...
Cawley Entertainment Company and Retro Film Studios have secured the rights with the Dille Family Trust for the project. The franchise owner, Flint Dille will be involved with the project in an Executive Producer capacity.
Here are excerpts from press releases describing the webseries below:
Buck Rogers has seen various incarnations of the character on television, movies, radio and in books. This will be the first live action series of Buck Rogers in nearly 30 years and the first web based series of the characters.
Executive Producer James Cawley will be bringing Buck back to his beginnings telling the story from the perspective of a 22 year old Buck Rogers...
- 3/28/2010
- by Lillian 'zenbitch' Standefer
- ScifiMafia
Buck Rogers is coming to the big screen in 3D with Paul W.S. Anderson directing from a script by "Iron Man" co-writers Art Marcum and Matt Holloway.According to Variety, Lawrence Abramson, Jeremy Bolt and Fredrik Malmberg will produce through Paradox Entertainment.Buck Rogers, about a fighter pilot who awakens in the 25th century, was introduced in 1928 as Anthony Rogers in Philip Francis Nowlan's novella "Armageddon 2419 A.D." in the pulp magazine "Amazing Stories." The character was later renamed Buck Rogers and was featured in the comic strip "Buck Rogers in the 25th Century," which was published from 1929 to 1967. Its success paralleled the development of space technology in the 20th Century and spawned radio shows, films and TV shows...
- 3/25/2010
- by Adnan Tezer
- Monsters and Critics
After a lot of fits and starts, Buck Rogers is finally going to wake up in the 25th century again — thanks to Paul W.S. Anderson, who has signed on to direct a 3D feature film based on the character originally created by Philip Francis Nowlan and was launched way back in the 1920s. The character’s most famous incarnation is, no doubt, the TV show “Buck Rogers in the 25th Century” starring Gil Gerard and the comely Erin Gray. Anderson is of course no stranger to genre filmmaking, having recently directed the sci-fi/actioner “Death Race” remake, and before that, the Kurt Russell sci-fi actioner “Soldier”. He was also responsible for “Event Horizon” and the “Resident Evil” films. Basically, if you saw a cool sci-fi movie and thought the premise rocked, but the execution was, eh, just sort of okay, then it was probably a Paul W.S. Anderson film. The...
- 3/25/2010
- by Nix
- SciFiCool.com
"Buck Rogers", the first comic strip outer space hero, is being relaunched by director Paul W.S. Anderson from a screenplay by "Iron Man" co-writers Art Marcum and Matt Holloway, for Paradox Entertainment, currently rebooting "Conan."
The new film will be lensed in 3D for producers Lawrence Abramson, Jeremy Bolt and Fredrik Malmberg, with George Furla, Anderson and "Buck Rogers" estate holder Flint Dille executive producing.
"Buck has already been such a huge influence on action-adventure franchises like 'Star Wars' and 'Indiana Jones,' so for me it is a thrilling opportunity to be allowed to return to the source and relaunch such an epic character," Anderson said."
"...Before caped heroes were leaping tall buildings, Buck Rogers was spanning the stars . . . and the centuries. A man accidentally thrust into an extraordinary future, Buck is science fiction’s first superstar and one of our culture’s most enduring icons. In its original version,...
The new film will be lensed in 3D for producers Lawrence Abramson, Jeremy Bolt and Fredrik Malmberg, with George Furla, Anderson and "Buck Rogers" estate holder Flint Dille executive producing.
"Buck has already been such a huge influence on action-adventure franchises like 'Star Wars' and 'Indiana Jones,' so for me it is a thrilling opportunity to be allowed to return to the source and relaunch such an epic character," Anderson said."
"...Before caped heroes were leaping tall buildings, Buck Rogers was spanning the stars . . . and the centuries. A man accidentally thrust into an extraordinary future, Buck is science fiction’s first superstar and one of our culture’s most enduring icons. In its original version,...
- 3/25/2010
- by Michael Stevens
- SneakPeek
Buck Rogers In The 25Th Century, the first science fiction comic strip, hit the newspapers in 1929, finally ending its long run in 1967. Writer Phil Nowlan created the character in two Sf pulp stories (published in Amazing Stories) before teaming with artist Dick Calkins on the spin-off strip. Buck Rogers is a former Air Force officer who falls into suspended animation while investigating a strange gas in a mineshaft. He awakens 500 years later to an America that has been conquered by Monguls. Buck meets Wilma Deering, who recruits him to fight the invaders; Dr. Huer, a brilliant scientist who will soon have Buck rocketing to other planets; and Wilma’s brother Buddy. Sometime space pirate “Killer” Kane became Buck’s primary nemesis along with Kane’s sultry assistant Ardala Valmar. No sooner has Buck vanquished the invaders than he, and the Earth, are confronted by the menace of the Tiger Men from Mars.
- 12/18/2009
- by no-reply@starlog.com (Dan Scapperotti)
- Starlog
James Cawley is boldly going where a few others have gone before. The producer of Star Trek: Phase II has teamed with screenwriter/novelist Flint Dille for a Buck Rogers web series and hopes to produce twenty 40-minute web episodes about the space adventurer. (Thanks to TrekMovie.com for the scoop.) Cawley Entertainment secured the rights to the classic character – created in 1928 by Philip Francis Nowlan – and will focus on how Rogers went from World War I to 25th century Earth using a “retro-contemporary” look and CGI. Dille and Cawley will serve as executive producers of the web series, with Dille also serving as a consultant; the property has been owned by the Dille Syndication Co. since John F. Dille purchased the character for the comic strip in 1929. Cawley has already cast his Buck Rogers and is going with an actor he’s familiar with: Bobby Rice, who played Peter Kirk in Phase II.
- 1/14/2009
- by Lesley Goldberg
- Tubefilter.com
No sooner did Buck Rogers get optioned for a feature film this summer than the rumors named Frank Miller as the director, something that everyone involved has denied until now. The Hollywood Reporter and Variety both say Odd Lot Entertainment is close to signing Miller to adapt the comic strip to the screen.
Odd Lot hired Miller to direct The Spirit, which opens on Christmas Day and producer Deborah Del Prete let slip in October that Miller would move to the science fiction hero next. Odd Lot obtained the rights from Nu Image/Millennium, which has been holding the rights since the summer, obtained from the Dille Trust. The Trust is headed by John Flint Dille, a longtime friend of Miller's, and he may have started the rumor at the time of the deal.
Miller will reportedly write and direct the adaptation which will likely follow his personal dark vision of dystopias.
Odd Lot hired Miller to direct The Spirit, which opens on Christmas Day and producer Deborah Del Prete let slip in October that Miller would move to the science fiction hero next. Odd Lot obtained the rights from Nu Image/Millennium, which has been holding the rights since the summer, obtained from the Dille Trust. The Trust is headed by John Flint Dille, a longtime friend of Miller's, and he may have started the rumor at the time of the deal.
Miller will reportedly write and direct the adaptation which will likely follow his personal dark vision of dystopias.
- 12/19/2008
- by Robert Greenberger
- Comicmix.com
It’s pretty amazing what people accidentally will say on the red carpet at awards shows. The most recent example happened over the weekend when The Spirit producer Deborah Del Prete referred to her next project with director Frank Miller was an old sci-fi hero. This virtually confirmed the rumor that began over the summer that Miller would tackle the first Sf comic strip character.
When the rumor first surfaced over at IGN, Nu Image/Millennium Films quickly told him “that no deal is set yet for the rights or Miller, and that they are still mulling over director contenders.”
IESB's Robert Sanchez could not get Del Prete to confirm if she was referring to Flash Gordon or Buck Rogers, both of whom have been optioned for film this year. The site did some additional digging and report, “sources very close to the Miller camp…confirmed the sci-fi hero that...
When the rumor first surfaced over at IGN, Nu Image/Millennium Films quickly told him “that no deal is set yet for the rights or Miller, and that they are still mulling over director contenders.”
IESB's Robert Sanchez could not get Del Prete to confirm if she was referring to Flash Gordon or Buck Rogers, both of whom have been optioned for film this year. The site did some additional digging and report, “sources very close to the Miller camp…confirmed the sci-fi hero that...
- 10/24/2008
- by Robert Greenberger
- Comicmix.com
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