It seems that director Doug Liman will be taking us on a journey across time in the upcoming adaptation for Jack Finney’s novel, Time and Again, according to reports from Variety. Lionsgate has picked up the rights for Finney's illustrated novel, first published in 1970. Liman will be joined by long-time collaborator David Bartis on production duties. Finney's book tells the tale of artist Simon Morley (commonly referred to as Si) and his time traveling escapades in New York between 1970 and 1882.
- 7/27/2012
- by Ben Pittard
- GetTheBigPicture.net
Lionsgate has confirmed to EW that they have acquired the rights to the 1970 Jack Finney novel Time and Again, news first reported by Variety’s Showblitz. The time travelling adventure follows New York illustrator Simon Morley, who — by way of a military experiment — goes back in time to 1882 and falls in love with a woman named Julia. Simon must decide whether to stay in the past with the woman he loves, or return to the present where he belongs.
The novel has been bounced around Hollywood for a number of years — Robert Redford even tried to get a project off the ground in the ‘90s.
The novel has been bounced around Hollywood for a number of years — Robert Redford even tried to get a project off the ground in the ‘90s.
- 7/26/2012
- by Will Morley
- EW - Inside Movies
Hollywood has been trying to get a big screen adaptation of the illustrated novel Time and Time Again for years, and now Jumper and All You Need is Kill director Doug Liman is going to give it a shot for Lionsgate.
The book was created by Jack Finney and was first published in the 1970s. It's a romantic time-travel tale that follows a man named Simon Morley, who's a Manhattan illustrator that enlists in a secret government experiment and is transported from the mid-20th century to 1882 New York, where he falls in love and finds himself forced to choose between his lives in the present and the past.
I've been meaning to read this book forever, maybe it's about time I buckle down take some time and read it. It sounds like a great story, and I'm sure it will make for a good movie. Hopefully everyone is motivated...
The book was created by Jack Finney and was first published in the 1970s. It's a romantic time-travel tale that follows a man named Simon Morley, who's a Manhattan illustrator that enlists in a secret government experiment and is transported from the mid-20th century to 1882 New York, where he falls in love and finds himself forced to choose between his lives in the present and the past.
I've been meaning to read this book forever, maybe it's about time I buckle down take some time and read it. It sounds like a great story, and I'm sure it will make for a good movie. Hopefully everyone is motivated...
- 7/26/2012
- by Venkman
- GeekTyrant
Variety is reporting that director Doug Liman will direct the sci-fi film Time and Again for Lionsgate. Based on Jack Finney’s classic novel of the same name, there have been plans to adapt the story for the big screen for almost twenty years now and finally, it looks like things may get rolling on this one. No word yet on when exactly Liman plans to shoot but he has agreed to step behind the camera for the studio.
For those not familiar with the source material, it follows “a young Manhattanite, Simon Morley, finds himself in 1882 after partaking in a government experiment.” Though I haven’t read the novel, it sounds like an interesting story and one that I think Liman could do a good job with.
The director just had his Tom Cruise-starring sci-fi film All You Need is Kill greenlit earlier this week, so if that...
For those not familiar with the source material, it follows “a young Manhattanite, Simon Morley, finds himself in 1882 after partaking in a government experiment.” Though I haven’t read the novel, it sounds like an interesting story and one that I think Liman could do a good job with.
The director just had his Tom Cruise-starring sci-fi film All You Need is Kill greenlit earlier this week, so if that...
- 7/26/2012
- by Matt Joseph
- We Got This Covered
Apparently “Time and Again” is a movie that one Hollywood star or another has been trying to get made since it was first published in 1970. Big names like Paul Newman and Robert Redford were all previously attached at one point or another, but never managed to get the film made. The “illustrated novel” was written by Jack Finney (of “The Body Snatchers” fame) and its latest champion is “The Bourne Identity’s” Doug Liman. Movie studio Lionsgate has now nabbed the rights to the property and has now set Liman to write and produce. The novel, which spawn a sequel in 1996 (one year after Finney’s death), is called a romantic time-travel tale that “follows Simon Morley, a Manhattan illustrator who enlists in a secret government experiment and is transported from the mid-20th century to 1882 New York, where he falls in love and finds himself forced to choose between...
- 7/26/2012
- by Nix
- Beyond Hollywood
In Hollywood there are plenty of movies that get made and others that get canned, but there is also a very special place called Development Hell. It is in this place, also known as Development Limbo, where certain scripts and adaptations hang in a perpetual state of not being made. There are many famous examples of this, such as John Kennedy Toole's A Confederacy of Dunces (which actually recently found new life) and now another one of those is once again trying to get into production. Variety reports that Lionsgate has acquired the rights to Jack Finney's illustrated novel Time and Again and have hired director Doug Liman to helm the project. The book, which was first published in 1970, is about an illustrator living in New York named Simon Morley who volunteers to take part in a secret government project. The experiment ends up sending him back to...
- 7/26/2012
- cinemablend.com
For better or for worse, Doug Liman is not slowing down anytime soon. Things have been a little hazy on his front since Fair Game hit in 2010, but, in the same week that his Tom Cruise-starrer, All You Need Is Kill, got the greenlight from Warner Bros., word has come in of yet another sci-fi tale being thrown his way.
Now, Variety says Liman will, eventually — this, by the way, could mean anywhere from “next year” to “when we all have gray hair” — shift his attention toward Lionsgate’s Time and Again. Well, perhaps that suggestion of ownership isn’t exactly fair; it’s actually Jack Finney‘s Time and Again, a classic novel that’s had big screen plans for nearly twenty years.
When reading about the source material, you can understand why there’s been so much desire to make it happen: The book’s premise is a classic time travel story.
Now, Variety says Liman will, eventually — this, by the way, could mean anywhere from “next year” to “when we all have gray hair” — shift his attention toward Lionsgate’s Time and Again. Well, perhaps that suggestion of ownership isn’t exactly fair; it’s actually Jack Finney‘s Time and Again, a classic novel that’s had big screen plans for nearly twenty years.
When reading about the source material, you can understand why there’s been so much desire to make it happen: The book’s premise is a classic time travel story.
- 7/26/2012
- by jpraup@gmail.com (thefilmstage.com)
- The Film Stage
Jack Finney's classic Time and Again finds helmer in Doug Liman Summit Entertainment has picked up rights to develope the classic illustrated novel Time and Again into a feature film, attaching Doug Liman to helm, as well as produce with Dave Bartis, his partner in Hypnotic, reports Variety. The sci-fi romance which was first published in 1970, is a time travel story following a young Manhattan illustrator called Simon Morley, who signs up for a secret government experiment, and is sent back to New York, 1892. While there, he falls for a beautiful young woman, leaving him juggling whether he should live in the past or present. The novel has sold over 200,000 copies through the years.
- 7/26/2012
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Jack Finney's classic Time and Again finds helmer in Doug Liman Summit Entertainment has picked up rights to develope the classic illustrated novel Time and Again into a feature film, attaching Doug Liman to helm, as well as produce with Dave Bartis, his partner in Hypnotic, reports Variety. The sci-fi romance which was first published in 1970, is a time travel story following a young Manhattan illustrator called Simon Morley, who signs up for a secret government experiment, and is sent back to New York, 1892. While there, he falls for a beautiful young woman, leaving him juggling whether he should live in the past or present. The novel has sold over 200,000 copies through the years.
- 7/26/2012
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Doug Liman will direct "Time and Again" for Lionsgate, which just acquired the film rights to Jack Finney's classic illustrated novel. The director of both indie fare ("Swingers") and big-budget action films ("The Bourne Identity"), Liman will produce the film with Hypnotic partner Dave Bartis. The book, which has a sequel, must still be adapted for the big screen. First published in 1970, it tells the story of Simon Morley, a Manhattan sketch artist selected by a government agency to participate in a secret project. The project appears to be an effort to...
- 7/26/2012
- by Lucas Shaw
- The Wrap
Like a sweaty, snarling, Ott wrestler, Jack Finney’s illustrated 1970 novel Time And Again has beaten off all Hollywood’s champions who have tried to wrestle it to the cinematic mat and force it on screen. Now Summit / Lionsgate is hoping Doug Liman might be the man with the gumption to finally crack the adaptation.Finney’s romantic time travel tale follows Simon Morley, an illustrator living in ‘70s New York who agrees to be part of a secret government programme. He’s zapped back to 1882 where he falls in love with a beautiful woman and must decide between his life (and current girlfriend) in the present and the past. It sounds a bit like Kate & Leopold except, y'know, not dreadful.Time And Again slowly built up a huge following and Finney even wrote a sequel, From Time To Time, which arrived one year after he died in 1996.The first...
- 7/25/2012
- EmpireOnline
A complaint made against long-running theatre production Puppetry of the Penis has been thrown out by the Ad Standards Bureau.
The complaint made against the billboard was that it “thrusts the male genital part into the public arena for entertainment and laughs.”
A request made for the billboard, located in Bowen Hills in Brisbane, to be taken down has been rejected.
Puppetry of the Penis Creator Simon Morley commented: “I’m relieved by the Board’s decision but to be frank I’m still in disbelief the complaint made its way to the Advertising Standards Board in the first place. At the end of the day some people see the word penis and get very defensive.”
Puppetry of the Penis was informed by the Ad Standards Bureau that the complaint had been dismissed, although a formal case has yet to be published.
The complaint made against the billboard was that it “thrusts the male genital part into the public arena for entertainment and laughs.”
A request made for the billboard, located in Bowen Hills in Brisbane, to be taken down has been rejected.
Puppetry of the Penis Creator Simon Morley commented: “I’m relieved by the Board’s decision but to be frank I’m still in disbelief the complaint made its way to the Advertising Standards Board in the first place. At the end of the day some people see the word penis and get very defensive.”
Puppetry of the Penis was informed by the Ad Standards Bureau that the complaint had been dismissed, although a formal case has yet to be published.
- 3/22/2012
- by Robin Hicks
- Encore Magazine
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