Hey folks, Harry here with one of the most exciting announcements I've seen in a while. Kimberly Peirce, the director of the amazing BOYS DON'T CRY... as an emotionally taut and telling story as has been told in years... is in final negotiations to direct Arthur C Clarke's wonderful CHILDHOOD'S END. Serious science fiction fans have loved this book for nearly 50 years now, and it is nice to see a director with such a strong sense for HONEST storytelling... who can wrench such emotions and create such tension to be brought to this project.
My only question right now is who is doing the screenplay. The article in Hollywood Reporter states that there is no screenwriter yet, but one will be brought on soon. Well, it has long been known that Clarke wrote his own screenplay for CHILDHOOD'S END. I've read this myself and loved it. This is the man that co-wrote the greatest science fiction script of all time... ahem2001ahem... I hope they at least look at and talk to Clarke about the possibility of using it. If they need a copy, they can go buy one HERE!!! Folks, this is absolutely the sort of science fiction news I love waking up to hear!
