George Clooney Eyed to Star in ‘Buck Rogers’ Revival at Legendary

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Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefThe Hong Kong International Film Festival, scheduled to have taken place from the end of March, has been postponed due to the ongoing COVID-19 crisis. Organizers also canceled remaining screenings in the Cine Fan community outreach program.This decision follows the Hong Kong government’s moves earlier this week to extend social distancing measures until April 20, 2022.

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Katie Price has vowed to stand by her fiancé Carl Woods after his recent brush with the law. He has been charged with using abusive or threatening insults or behaviours. Carl, who was arrested following an alleged incident in Essex last August, is due to appear in court on March 10.

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Legendary Pictures is remaining confident they’re the rightful owners of the “Buck Rogers” rights after the latest legal threat from the Nowlan Family Trust, who claims they own the rights.Legendary was hit with a cease and desist letter on Tuesday over the planned reboot with George Clooney which was announced last week. “We have secured the rights we need to proceed with our project and the company will not comment any further on these baseless claims,” said Legendary via a spokesperson.

EXCLUSIVE: A growing dust up over classic outer space hero Buck Rogers isn’t a fight over rights, and it won’t warming up to become one if Legendary Entertainment have anything to say about it.

48-year-old Ben Affleck just said his “Armageddon” days are behind him, but for 59-year-old George Clooney? Maybe they’re just getting started— and just when you think you’ve got someone pegged, they switch gears on you. Clooney seemed to be out of the game of genre and franchises—even his sci-fi film, “The Midnight Sky,” is more adult-oriented, a melancholy look at humanity’s place in the galaxy.

according to The Hollywood Reporter, which added that while there’s no acting deal currently in place, it could be a “potential starring vehicle” for the veteran actor.Legendary is developing the adaptation, written by Brian K. Vaughan, as a possible jumping-off point for a subsequent film and anime off-shoot.Buck Rogers first appears in the pulpy sci-fi magazine Amazing Stories in 1928 as a war vet who falls into a coma and wakes up in the 25th century.

Buck Rogers.In addition to being an executive producer, the project could also be a “starring vehicle” for Clooney, according to The Hollywood Reporter.First appearing in in the 1920s before becoming a comic book mainstay in the 1930s, Buck Rogers is a NASA astronaut who falls into a coma and wakes up in the 25th century. The success of a late ’70s film led to the release of the popular TV series starring Gil Gerard and Erin Gray.There have been previous attempts to revive the Buck Rogers franchise.

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48-year-old Ben Affleck just said his “Armageddon” days are behind him, but for 59-year-old George Clooney? Maybe they’re just getting started— and just when you think you’ve got someone pegged, they switch gears on you. Clooney seemed to be out of the game of genre and franchises—even his sci-fi film, “The Midnight Sky,” is more adult-oriented, a melancholy look at humanity’s place in the galaxy.

Adam B. Vary Senior Entertainment WriterGeorge Clooney is heading to the 25th century.Through his production company Smokehouse Pictures, Clooney has signed on to executive produce a new limited series for Legendary based on the classic sci-fi character Buck Rogers, Variety has confirmed.

George Clooney, fresh from The Midnight Sky, is set to exec produce the television reboot of Buck Rogers.