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   > Robin Williams has been signed to play Dr. Smith in the movie, and this
   > will be officially announced shortly.  Keanu Reeves is being considered
   >
   > The plot will be "serious", as opposed to the frequent excursions into
   > camp during the TV series.  Supposedly the new Space Family Robinson
    
    
    Why bother doing it, then?  And why use Robin Williams for that role,
    when there are acters who could play that campily evil persona so much
    better?
    
    feh!
    
    E Grace

    
    Well it was either between Williams or Nathan Lane I bet. Personally I
    could see Williams 'doing up' the character well so no problem there.

    I really like the idea of the movie opening in the year the Jupiter 2
    orignally "lifted off" in LIS:TOS too.

    However I can't imagine a serious take on the TV programme though. Even
    when it tried to be serious (try watching the 'serious' pilot for
    laughs today) it still came across as high camp.

    Does it say something about the 1990's that we are taking all the fun
    60's camp out of today's remakes - first "Batman" and now this? 

    -Erik

    
    	Remember that the "Batman" movies weren't intended to be models
    	of the TV show ... they were intended to be models of "The Dark
    	Knight", which was very, well, dark.
    

    
    I know. The high camp "Batman" wasn't true to its "Dark Knight" roots.
    But it was the more fun of the two concepts the new films could have
    chosen to jump off from.
    
    I wonder if this LIS production would see itself in the light of
    "finally doing LIS right" to restore LIS's image in the SF circles...
    

    Maybe I've gotten old and cynical ("maybe"?), but the more I think
    about it, the more I think that Mark Goddard has gotten hold of some
    unreliable information regarding the casting, and just parroted it on
    that radio talk show.  I've seen the Dr. Smith casting rumor/desire
    being bandied about on the Lost in Space listserver (or whatever they
    call those automatic mailing list things) for months now.  He may have
    just picked up something from that (or one of its readers) and decided
    it was for real.
    
    Also, the "dysfunctional family" stuff appears to be based on a summary
    of an alleged early story outline that was posted on one of the "Lost
    in Space"-related Web sites months ago, which may or not be reliable
    (it's been officially "denied", but that could mean just about anything
    as well).
    
    Given that, I'll probably refrain from posting any more rumors about
    this movie, even though I've seen others.  I mean, how many people
    really care that "The [new] Jupiter 2 is still saucer shaped"?
    Other than me, that is?  :-)
    
    Chris

    >     really care that "The [new] Jupiter 2 is still saucer shaped"?

    What! Is _nothing_ sacred??? :-) :-)

    
    Why Keanneau (sp) Reeves? I wouldn't put him in that role at all as I
    don't think he has developed enough to carry this type of movie. I only
    saw part of Johnny Mnemonic so can't say how well he did in it, but
    other reviews of his other films haven't been too weel/kind either.
    
    

    And what about the robot?  It'd be neet if they pulled the original out
    of mothballs.  Or maybe get Brent Spiner to do his thing.
    
    -dave

    
    	Or Shields or Yarnell.
    

    > And what about the robot?  It'd be neet if they pulled the original out
    > of mothballs.
    
    Six or seven years ago, the original robot was bought by collector(s)
    and completely re-furbished, and it's in great condition.  Since around
    1990, it's made several appearances at conventions, in news features,
    and on the Sci-Fi channel (the latter with the "original guy" in the
    suit, Bob May).
    
    Still, I doubt they'll use this robot for the movie because, as much as
    I love the guy :-), he does look a bit dated, technologically.  That
    is, he looks like what mid-1960's people thought a futuristic robot
    would look like.
    
    
    re: Keanu Reeves as Major West
    
    Someone said (oh-oh, more rumor :-)) that Reeves already has a filming
    commitment that's supposedly around the same time as the projected
    "Lost in Space" filming, so that reportedly makes it unlikely that
    he'd play the Don West role.
    
    The name that I hear on most fans' wishlists (strictly as a "wish",
    not a rumor as to the actual casting) to play Dr. Smith is someone
    named Tim Curry.  I have no idea who this is, so I can't comment, but
    maybe some of you folks know him.  Fans who've seen his work keep
    saying he'd be "perfect" [insert shoulder shrug here].
    
    Chris

    
    	Tim Curry was the "Sweet Transvestite from Transylvaaaaaaania"
    	in "The Rocky Horror Picture Show".
    

    Reportedly (yeah, I know I said I wouldn't do anymore rumors, but this
    one seems more definite than the other junk I've seen), the director
    of the "Lost in Space" movie is going to be Stephen Hopkins.  Here
    are his movies, none of which I've ever seen:  :-)
    
    - Highlander (second unit action sequence director)
    - Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child (director)
    - Predator 2 (director)
    - Judgement Night (director)
    - Blown Away (director)
     
    Chris

    
                                 Tim Curry

Actor filmography

  1. McHale's Navy (1997)
  2. Lover's Knot (1996) .... Angel
  3. Muppet Treasure Island (1996) .... Long John Silver
  4. "Daisy-Head Mayzie" (1995) TV Series .... Finagle
  5. "Mask, The" (1995) TV Series (voice) .... Pretorius
  6. Congo (1995) .... Herkermer Homolka
  7. "Superhuman Samurai Syber-Squad" (1994) TV Series (voice) ....
     Kilokahn
  8. Pebble and the Penguin, The (1994) (voice) .... Drake
  9. Shadow, The (1994) .... Farley Claymore
 10. "Death of Some Salesmen" (1993) TV Series .... Pa Brackett/Ma
     Brackett/Winona Brackett
 11. National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1 (1993) .... Jigsaw
 12. Three Musketeers, The (1993) .... Cardinal Richelieu
 13. "Fish Police" (1992) TV Series (voice) .... Sharkster
 14. FernGully: The Last Rainforest (1992) (voice) .... Hexxus
 15. Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992) .... Mr. Hector, Concierge
 16. Passed Away (1992) .... Boyd Pinter
 17. "Big Deals" (1991) TV Series .... Christopher Nissell
 18. "Prince Valiant" (1991) TV Series (voice) .... Sir Gawain
     ... aka "Legend of Prince Valiant, The" (1991)
 19. "Steadfast Tin Soldier, The" (1991) TV Series (voice) ....
     Jack-in-the-Box
 20. Oscar (1991) .... Dr. Thornton Poole
 21. "Marzipan Pig, The" (1990) TV Series (voice) .... Narrator
 22. "Peter Pan and the Pirates" (1990) TV Series (voice) .... Captain
     James T. Hook
 23. Hunt for Red October, The (1990) .... Doctor Petrov
 24. Stephen King's It (1990) (TV) .... Pennywise
     ... aka It (1990) (TV)

 25. "Abel's Island" (1988) TV Series (voice) .... Abel
 26. Pass the Ammo (1988) .... Rev. Ray Porter
 27. "Wiseguy" (1987) TV Series .... Winston Newquay (1989)
 28. Worst Witch, The (1986) (TV) .... The Grand Wizard
 29. Clue (1985) .... Wadsworth
 30. Legend (1985) .... Darkness
 31. Ligmalion (1985) (TV) .... Eden Rothwell Esq.
 32. Ploughman's Lunch, The (1983) .... Jeremy Hancock
 33. Annie (1982) .... Rooster Hannigan
 34. Blue Money (1982) (TV) .... Larry Gormley
 35. Oliver Twist (1982) (TV) .... Bill Sikes
 36. Times Square (1980) .... Johnny LaGuardia

 37. Shout, The (1978) .... Robert Graves
 38. "Life of Shakespeare" (1977) TV Series .... William Shakespeare
 39. Rocky Horror Picture Show, The (1975) .... Doctor Frank-N-Furter
 40. Three Men in a Boat (1975) (TV) .... Jerome K. Jerome
 41. "Napoleon and Love" (1974) (mini) TV Series .... Eugene
 42. "Schmoedipus" (1974) TV Series .... Glen

           Copyright � 1990-1996 The Internet Movie Database Ltd

    i LOVE THE SHOW LOST IN SPACE.  IS THERE ANY CHANNEL IN THE METRO WEST
    AREA THAT STILL SHOWS THIS SHOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
    
    PLEASE TELL ME.................... I have not seen this show since I
    was in Florida about 7 years ago!
    
    Thanks,
    Randi-Lee

    re: .13
    
    "McHale's Navy"?  Oh no, say it ain't so...  Do I dare ask who's
    been cast in this?  Besides that, most of the audience for that
    series at the time consisted of WWII vets who were... about the
    same age that I am now (gulp...).  Who's going to be interested
    in such a movie now?  Anyway, they already sorta re-made "McHale's
    Navy" for all intents and purposes, with that recent Kelsey Grammar
    flick that I accidentally saw while cringing on an airplane flight.
    
    I do wish they'd stop making these movies based on old TV series.
    They almost never work, at least for me.  Leonard Nimoy was right,
    it's almost impossible to "re-capture that lightning in a bottle"...
    it's the particular actors, writers, producers, and even the era,
    that made a TV show popular in its time and place.  You can't just
    take the concept and re-package it, it's not the same.
    
    
    re: .14
    
    If you want to have something with which to compare the new movie,
    the cable Sci-Fi Channel carries the old series, currently on weekday
    mornings at 9:00 AM.  Also on Columbia House Video, mail-order.
    
    Chris

    Well, Stephen Hopkins has been signed and is all set to direct and
    produce this.  It is supposed to start production February 1.
    
    Also producing will be Mark Koch, chairman of Prelude Pictures, which
    owned the rights, and Akiva Goldsman ("A Time to Kill" and ""Batman and
    Robin").
    
    E

    I've read a couple of reports claiming that someone named Gary Oldman
    has been signed by New Line Cinema to play Dr. Smith in the "Lost
    in Space" movie that will begin shooting next month.
    
    As usual, I have no idea who he is :-).  Someone said he played
    Lee Harvey Oswald in the "JFK" film.
    
    I haven't heard any other casting news, but I do get the feeling
    that the film isn't going to feature a lot of what we'd think of
    as "big names".
    
    Chris

> ... Gary Oldman ...  As usual, I have no idea who he is :-).

	Bring up your favorite Web browser and goto the url:

		http://altavista.notes.lkg.dec.com:8000/

	and use the search string:

		+url:movies +"gary oldman"

	to find other references to him in this conference.  Chances
	are you've seen him as the star in other movies before but
	just don't realize it.

    re: -1
    
    Gary Oldman is becoming a big name.  He played Dracula in "Bram Stoker's
    Dracula", Beethoven in that Beethoven movie (can't remember the name),
    and was in "The Professional" and half a dozen other movies that have come
    out in the last few years. 
    
    He's a good actor IMO.
    
    Ken
    
    
    

    
    	And he was in "The Scarlet Letter", or whetever the name of the
    	newest remake was.
    

> ... Beethoven in that Beethoven movie (can't remember the name), ..
> and was in "The Professional" ...

	Both of these movies, as well as the Scarlet Letter that Shawn
	mentions turn up the the AltaVista NOTES search results that
	I mentioned in the previous reply.

	And I have a feeling Shawn will soon be posting Gary's Web bio ...

    The Beethoven movie was "Immortal Beloved". Oldman was also in "Romeo
    Is Bleeding". Hey, what was the topic of this file again:)?
    
                                                               
    Gary S.

    Here's some interesting additional casting info on "Lost in Space".
    By the way, at least one web site linked from a Yahoo page contains
    a hint of an outrageous spoiler (IMHO), from one of the film execs
    yet (who should know better!), so you might want to avoid those
    for now.  :-)  I don't see that particular item mentioned in the
    particular posting below, though.
    
    Chris
    
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Quoted From: http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/97/01/30/y0010_14.html
Thursday January 30 9:10 PM EDT 

William Hurt and Heather Graham To Star With Gary Oldman In New
Line Cinema's `Lost In Space'

LOS ANGELES, Jan. 30 /PRNewswire/ -- William Hurt is in final negotiations
to star with Heather Graham in New Line
Cinema's highly anticipated science-fiction action-adventure thriller "Lost
In Space," it was announced today by Richard
Saperstein, Executive Vice President of New Line Productions. 

Based on the classic 1960s television series, the film adaptation begins
production this March in London under the direction
of Stephen Hopkins ("Ghost In The Darkness"). Hurt and Graham will star as
John and Judy Robinson, a father and daughter
who, along with other family members, become perilously lost in space when
their rocketship is sabotaged. As previously
announced, Gary Oldman stars as the despicable Dr. Smith. New Line
anticipates releasing the special effects-packed film
next year and hopes to develop "Lost in Space" as a franchise. 

"As our tentpole project for next year, this is one of New Line's biggest
priorities and it is coming together beautifully,"
Saperstein said. "Heather Graham and William Hurt add to a fantastic cast
and a uniquely talented production team that will
make `Lost in Space' one of the most anticipated films of 1998." 

New Line secured the remake rights to "Lost in Space" from Prelude Pictures
in August, 1994. Veteran filmmakers Mace
Neufeld and Robert Rehme will executive produce the film, with Prelude's
Chairman Mark Koch sharing producing duties
with screenwriter Akiva Goldsman ("Batman and Robin," "A Time to Kill") and
Hopkins. Saperstein was responsible for
landing the project at New Line. 

"Lost in Space," which ran on CBS from 1965 to 1968, chronicled the
adventures of the Robinson family, the crew of a
spaceship who wander from planet to planet in their quest to return home. 

Hurt can currently be seen as a bitter investigative-journalist-turned-
tabloid-reporter in the box-office hit "Michael." After
making his debut in "Altered States," Hurt went on to star in some of the
most memorable films of the 1980s, including the
erotic thriller "Body Heat;" the influential ensemble comedy "The Big
Chill;" James Brooks' newsroom comedy "Broadcast
News," for which he received both Oscar and Golden Globe Award nominations;
the screen adaptation of Anne Tyler's "The
Accidental Tourist;" "Children of a Lesser God;" and his Oscar winning role
as a South American prisoner obsessed with
movies in "Kiss of the Spider Woman." He has also starred in "Eyewitness,"
"Gorky Park," "A Time of Destiny," "I Love You
To Death," and "Alice." Last year, Hurt starred in Wayne Wang's acclaimed
drama "Smoke," and recently completed
production on "Dark City" for director Alex Proyas and New Line Cinema. 

Heather Graham is among Hollywood's most sought-after actresses since
starring in the sleeper hit "Swingers." Along with
"Lost in Space," she is currently in production with Robert Downey Jr. in
"Two Girls and A Guy," and will next be seen
starring in New Line's comedy "Boogie Nights," with Burt Reynolds, Mark
Wahlberg and Julianne Moore. 

Bolstered by a number of impressive and acclaimed performances, she has
starred in independent feature films ranging from
Gus Van Sant's "Drugstore Cowboy" to David Lynch's "Twin Peaks: Fire Walk
With Me." Her other film credits include
"Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle," "Diggstown," "Even Cowgirls Get The
Blues" and "Six Degrees of Separation." 

Graham's deal was negotiated by Michael Davis at CAA and longtime managers
Heather Reynolds and Richard Picerni of
First Artists Management. Hurt is represented by Hylda Queally at the
William Morris Agency. SOURCE New Line Cinema

    
    	Heather Graham?
    
    	Yay!!  She looked wonderful in "License to Drive".
    

    Anyone wishing to see a QuickTime movie trailer for the "Lost in Space"
    movie can check it out at:
    
    http://www.nlcpub.com/Trailers/Lost/LOST.MOV
    
    You'll need to have the QuickTime Add-In installed, but if you
    don't already have it, you can optionally download it when you
    attempt to access the site.
    
    No actual scenes from the movie, but an interesting "concept teaser".
    It was intriguing, more or less, until they came in at the end with...
    well, never mind, you decide.  :-)
    
    Also available at the New Line Cinema site (www.nlcpub.com and/or
    www.nlc.com) is the now-complete cast list for the movie, full of
    actors that I mostly don't know, because I haven't kept up with
    movies over the years.
    
    Chris

    In an "emergency cast replacement" (because the director didn't like
    the originally-cast actor), "Friends"' Matt LeBlanc has replaced
    Sean Patrick Flanery in the role of Major West.
    
    This being a nice, polite forum, I'll refrain from further comment.
    
    Chris