Book to Movie

Synopsis

They are in your house. They are in your car. They are in the skies…Now they’re coming for you. In the near future, at a moment no one will notice, all the dazzling technology that runs our world will unite and turn against us. Taking on the persona of a shy human boy, a childlike but massively powerful artificial intelligence known as Archos comes online and assumes control over the global network of machines that regulate everything from transportation to utilities, defense and communication. In the months leading up to this, sporadic glitches are noticed by a handful of unconnected humans – a single mother disconcerted by her daughter’s menacing “smart” toys, a lonely Japanese bachelor who is victimized by his domestic robot companion, an isolated U.S. soldier who witnesses a ‘pacification unit’ go haywire – but most are unaware of the growing rebellion until it is too late.

When the Robot War ignites — at a moment known later as Zero Hour — humankind will be both decimated and, possibly, for the first time in history, united. Robopocalypse is a brilliantly conceived action-filled epic, a terrifying story with heart-stopping implications for the real technology all around us…and an entertaining and engaging thriller unlike anything else written in years.

Facts

Steven Spielberg has tapped Robopocalypse as his next directorial project. DreamWorks, Walt Disney Pictures and 20th Century Fox will distribute the film. Anne Hathaway (The Dark Knight Rises, Les Miserables) was recently rumored to be up for one of the film’s lead roles, and has now confirmed her involvement:

Chris Hemsworth (The Avengers, The Cabin in the Woods) will also star. Ben Whishaw (Skyfall, Cloud Atlas) is reportedly being looked at to play a hacker named Lurker in the film.

Robopocalypse is currently scheduled for theatrical release on April 25th, 2014.

 

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Christopher Lee - 90

Yesterday was Christopher Lee's birthday and he is spry 90. He continues to work and thrill audience well into the age that most men are in the ground.

I can thank him for a terrifying childhood. Mother's milk for a latchkey boy was Hammer Films. Lee, along with Peter Cushing, made hours speed by in wide-eyed fear and fascination.

I am certain that my love for reading and all things that go bump in the night was formed here.

His grumbling voice, his piercing eyes, and his ability to instill fear even in the most ludicrous of roles has made him, for decades, one of my favorite actors.

I relish every one of his latest roles; knowing they are soon coming to an end.

But the boy inside me knows I will never out live the terror he and his films showed me.

Again, happy birthday, Mr. Lee! A loyal lifelong fan!