Forever War - Joe Haldeman

[owenbre]

I'd heard rumors that this was going to be Ridley Scott's next project but now that he's doing a new Alien prequel it seems to have died.

Any one know if this is still gonna go ahead?

[Bromptonboy]

That is a pity - I would love to see this project on the big screen.  Get some new material out there.

[davekill]

No, haven't heard any news. Ridley Scott could do the story justice.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Forever_War

[owenbre]

On October 12, 2008, Ridley Scott confirmed that after a 25 year wait for the rights to become available, he is making a return to science fiction with a film adaptation of the book.[12]

In March 2009, Scott confirmed that the film would be in 3D citing James Cameron's Avatar as an inspiration for doing so. "I'm filming a book by Joe Haldeman called Forever War. I've got a good writer doing it. I've seen some of James Cameron's work, and I've got to go 3D. It's going to be phenomenal."[13][14]

In the summer of 2010, Scott revealed that State of Play scribe Matthew Michael Carnahan, was currently on the fourth draft of a screenplay originally written by Blade Runner scribe David Peoples.[15][16]

Screenplay originally written by David Peoples,nice  ;)

[owenbre]

I hope it goes ahead,the scenes of them training on the surface of Charon Pluto's moon will be amazing in 3D

[Rico]

I think I read this book a long time ago.  Keep in mind many possible movie projects get tossed around and only a tiny percent actually get made.