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Steven Spielberg to Direct ‘Robopocalypse’ from ‘Cloverfield’ Writer?
Having just watched E.T. and Jaws for the upteenth time, I couldn’t help but wonder when Steve Spielberg was gonna get me all excited again. It looks like I won’t be waiting long as THE premiere director could be getting dropping his hat in the ring for Robopocalypse, an adaptation of Daniel H Wilson epic about the human race’s attempt to survive an apocalyptic robot uprising, reports Deadline. Cloverfield writer Drew Goddard, who also directed MGM’s forthcoming The Cabin in the Woods, is penning the adaption. Wilson hasn’t finished the book yet, but word is Goddard has gotten underway and that it’s a serious candidate. My only question is how do you do this cooler and different than Terminator and Matrix? This is a TALL order if you ask me. I pray that Spielberg abandons The Adventures of Tin Tin: The Secret of the Unicorn; who the hell wants to see that?!
“You will never be better than me.”
Two-time BAFTA winning filmmaker Joe Wright (Hanna, “Black Mirror“) is set to direct the feature adaptation of post-apocalyptic thriller novel, Juice, Deadline reports today.
Emmy winner Abi Morgan (Shame, “Eric”) will adapt Tim Winton‘s novel for Working Title Films.
In Juice, “A young husband and father is recruited into a top-secret resistance organization, to join the ranks of militia men tasked with targeting the isolated and wealthy culprits responsible for this global catastrophe. When a mission goes wrong, he finds himself on the run, having to fight to the end to survive in this hostile world.”
It’s set in a world ravaged by climate-change disaster.
“I couldn’t be more thrilled that Tim Winton has entrusted us with his extraordinary epic,” Wright told Deadline. “The story is both a thrilling modern family saga and an urgent call to action. I cannot wait for audiences to experience it on the big screen.”
Winton added, “I’m pleased to know a filmmaker of Joe Wright’s calibre has chosen to adapt Juice for the screen. His capacity to portray the turmoil and the turning points of nations and peoples as well as private individuals distinguishes his work as a director and I’m confident that Juice is in good hands.”
Juice was initially published in October 2024 and longlisted for The Climate Fiction Prize 2026.
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