Luc Besson has discovered a new genre – numbered movies! He did District B-13 and the sequel District 13: Ultimatum (losing the B) and now he has Section 8 that he’s working on. Next up? Maybe Division 10 or Regiment 6 or Lot 49.
So Section 8: as per most Besson movies (he wrote and will produce this one) it has a killer concept. There’s a space station 50 miles above the Earth, and it houses 500 of the worst criminals in cryosleep. At least it did, until they all woke up. Like I said, killer concept. It will, of course, be in 3D.
The film, with a budget of just over 30 million dollars, will be directed by Irishmen Stephen St Leger and James Mather, who got attention with their short film Prey Alone (embedded below). There’s going to be a whole bunch of prep, as the film is FX heavy, and then it will shoot this summer. There’s already a Hollywood studio circling the English language film for domestic distrib.
Via Variety
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I've always thought that the moon should be turned into a prison colony, like Australia. Of course this will prove disastrous after a hundred years when the Earth/Moon wars begin
The moon as prison colony at war with earth was already done in the book the Moon is a Harsh Mistress.
This was a story in 2000AD in the 80's called "Harry 20 on the High Rock" about a space station prison.
And it's already been done as a film – "Fortress 2: Re-Entry"!
Interestingly, the porno version of "Fortress 2: Re-Entry" is "Fortress 2: Re-Entry".
seriously this movie will be in 3D? why? will any movie with any little bit of special effects in it be in 3D now? How about we make a bio pick about Eli Whitney IN 3D! Imagine how sweet the cotton gin will look in 3D! (I assure you the sarcasm is quite heavy)
I hope you were referencing my brilliant short novel.
Philip K Dick also did an Earth-Moon war novel.
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