People love Quentin Tarantino. While I've never been his biggest fan, his next rumored project is a supposed reboot of the classic pulp radio hero, The Shadow, a more sinister Batman in essence that cloaked himself in the shadows and hunted gangsters. The Shadow last hit movie screens in the mid-90's with Alec Baldwin playing the titular character. It's long been known that a reboot of The Shadow was in the works at Fox, but Tarantino has supposedly been hired to co-write the movie with the belief that he'll be directing as well. The original Shadow from the '40s was fairly violent, dripping with pulp, and set in the world of gangsters. This is a perfect match of heroic adaptation for Tarantino, all assuming the rumor is true.
In other news, Disney has bought a pitch from Freshman director Joe Kosinski, who helmed Tron Legacy for the studios, which is riding great tidal waves of anticipation. Obviously Disney believes in Kosinski cause they're investing in his next movie, an adaptation of his own graphic novel he created called Oblivion. Oblivion tells a story, " set in post-apocalyptic Earth, where civilization lives above the clouds and scavengers illegally collect artifacts from the polluted and destroyed surface below. When one young scavenger discovers a crashed spacecraft planetside - and a beautiful women within he rejoices at the find. Little does he realize that his discovery will lead him to a journey filled with romance, adventure and unimaginable danger." That's the official description, and it's caught me, hook, line, and sinker. Kosinski is shaping up to be a fine talent, with me already dizzy with excitement for his debut feature, Tron Legacy, and Oblivion sounds just like my cup of tea. I'm extremely looking forward to both of Kosinski's features with Disney, and I'm gonna keep a close eye on his career as he seems to be shooting upward.
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