The Black Hole Remake plus Oblivion's IMAX Poster

Some of you may not remember this movie, but Disney’s The Black Hole might be rebooted. Writer Jon Spaihts, the man behind the original Prometheus script, is currently working on the script for the remake of the 1979 The Black Hole. His work is going to be based on a previous draft, written by Travis Beacham, from Guillermo del Toro’s, Pacific Rim. Linked to the project is also, the director of the upcoming Oblivion, Joseph Kosinski (Tron: Legacy). By the time Tron: Legacy premiered, director Joseph Kosinski, had to choose what is next job would be, and he had to choose between two movies, The Black Hole or Oblivion. He chose Oblivion. Those who were more attentive, might have seen some references to The Black Hole in Tron: Legacy, inside the young Sam Flynn’s bedroom, there is a poster of the film in his wall, as well as an action figure of Old B.O.B. on the shelf next to some Tron figures.

from right to left Vincent and Old B.O.B.

The Black Hole told the story of a group of space explorers, aboard the USS Palomino, and one day while returning home to Earth from one of their trips, they discover a lost ship, the USS Cygnus, near a black hole. Dr. Hans Reinhardt, the commander of the USS Cygnus has planned go through the black hole, and for that purpose e lures the crew of the USS Palomino and tries to turn them into faceless robots so they can serve him.

Here is the trailer for the 1979 The Black Hole:

The original film had Maximilian Schell as the lunatic commander of the USS Cygnus, Dr. Hans Reinhardt and the late Anthony Perkins as Dr. Alex Durant, Robert Forster as Captain Dan Holland, Joseph Bottoms as the Lieutenant Charles Pizer, Yvette Mimieux as Dr. Kate McCrae, the late Ernest Borgnine as Harry Booth and Tom McLoughlin as Captain S.T.A.R.

For those of you that have watched the 1997 sci-fi horror movie, Event Horizon by Paul W.S. Anderson, starring Laurence Fishburne, Sam Neill, Kathleen Quinlan, Joely Richardson, Richard T. Jones, Jack Noseworthy, Jason Isaacs, Sean Perwee, Peter Marinker, Holly Chant, you can see the influence of The Black Hole.  

On a separate note, Jon Spaihts is also working on a script for the reboot of Universal’s The Mummy, but apparently he has some competition in the project, from Billy Ray, whom was one of the writers of the screenplay for The Hunger Games.

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Oblivion, the movie that director Joseph Kosinski, choose to do instead of The Black Hole, just got a special one sheet poster for its IMAX premiere, and with a title like “Earth Is A Memory Worth Fighting For”, I’m already having goosebumps all over my spine. Oblivion, starring Tom Cruise, Olga Kurylenko and Morgan Freeman is schedule to hit theaters on the 19^th of April of 2013 on both IMAX and regular theaters. So it’s just around the corner (can’t wait).    

Here is the poster:

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