Genre: Science Fiction/Adventure.
Studio:
Fox Family Films.
Production Company:
Unknown.
Project Phase: Development Hell.
Who's In It:
Unknown.
Who's Making It:
James Wong, Glen Morgan (Screenwriters); a remake of the 1966 film Fantastic Voyage.
Premise: Scientists are miniaturized and inserted into a living human body.
Release Date: Unknown.
Developments:
February 28, 1997... James Wong and Glen Morgan, writers best known for their work on the hit series The X-Files, have been chosen to write the latest draft for the remake.
Comments: One of the ideas being tossed around by the Centropolis group is to utilize fiber-optic cameras that are inserted into the body to shoot interior scenes.
Devlin and Emmerich have swiftly become a major force in the sci-fi moviemaking scene, following up on their Independence Day success with this project and Supertanker.
Rumors: Unknown.
Scoop Feedback:
September 15, 1996... This person writes to tell us some gossip about how the remake of Fantastic Voyage may be shaping up. Some thought may be given to have cameos of the original cast members. The scooper tells us that, according to what they know, "Miniaturization was revealed to produce toxic cancer which killed members of the original cast. This story (penned by Emmerich and Devlin, with their usual unoriginal echoes of ID4) concerns a saucer crash/retrieval. The alien recovered is dying, and it falls to members of the team (including, supposedly, Dean Cain and Sandra Bullock) to find out what terrestrial disease is contributing to the alien's ongoing and terminal illness. Don't expect this soon, as apparently their deal with Fox favors Godzilla."
Remember kiddies, it's just rumor and gossip so far. Nothing has been officially announced concerning the plotline or any casting decisions. [Scoop furnished by 'Jericho Fist'.]
October 6, 1996... With all the members of the original cast dead with the exception of Raquel Welch, this may be the reason for the rumor that no original cast members will be seen in the new movie. [Scoop reported anonymously.]
March 4, 1997... The writing duo of James Wong and Glen Morgan, best known for their work on the hit series The X-Files, have been chosen to write this picture's latest draft. Roland Emmerich and Dean Devlin, the remake's producers, will polish the script afterwards. [Scoop sent in by Joe Hanna.]
January 19, 1998... The latest comes from 'Morpheus', who tells us that the current angle has dropped the alien being-as-host. Now, the movie opens in 2041 as two miniaturized crews (one being a Navy SEAL team) are injected into the President of the United States. [Thanks to 'Morpheus' for the shot of hemoglobin.]
February 10, 1998... Writers Glen Morgan and James Wong were guests of The Sci-Fi Channel's IRC forum late in January, and were asked how the progress of this movie's script was coming along. The duo said that the script was finished in June, but, and the scooper quotes the pair, "Devlin & Emmerich are probably going to Sony but the rights to FV are owned by FOX so there's been some hang-up in the picture because of that." How Devlin and Emmerich's Sony deal will impact the progress of this flick remains to be seen. [Scoop sent in by Ryan Salmon.]
May 28, 1998... "This film is currently in developmental hell since Devlin and Emmerich have recently gone over to Sony, leaving Fox. Since Fox has the rights to the film, and D&E are no longer with them,it's probably up in the air as to who will make it, and when it will be made (if at all). The only reason Glen Morgan and Jim Wong agreed to write it in the first place was because they are friends with Devlin and Emmerich and William Fay." [Sent in by 'Freakout'.]
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