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'Forbidden Planet' Script Reportedly Gets Leaked; Story Thrown Out 
Straczynzki rightfully rails against Interweb
By Robert Falconer | Saturday, March 14, 2009
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J. Michael StraczynzkiAccording to a recent report over at Skewed and Reviewed, Babylon 5 creator/producer and Changeling screenwriter J. Michael Straczynzki allegedly revealed that he has had to terminate his script for the proposed Forbidden Planet trilogy movie remake/prequel due to elements of it being leaked on the Internet.
 

"Because so much of the Forbidden Planet screenplay was leaked out, Warners and I have decided to chuck the screenplay in its entirety and start over." he told the site. "This is the direct result of the leaks that showed up on the nets, including detailed script reviews of a project that was barely a week old, and which would effectively destroy any anticipation of the movie because by the time it finally reached the screen in 2010 or thereabouts, the story would be old news. So we're starting fresh, and we're going to keep a tight lid on the script this time."
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Released in 1956, Forbidden Planet's storyline was inspired by Shakespeare's play "The Tempest". The film starred Walter Pidgeon, Anne Francis and Leslie Nielsen.


"So to the sites that say, 'Where's the harm, it's not like they're gonna toss out the script because we blew the contents of same all over the nets,' well, yes, that's exactly what it's like, and it's precisely your responsibility that a year's worth of work was destroyed. So we start anew, with the determined hope that the next draft will be even better, and far more secure, than the last one."

Though we've been unable to corroborate this story, if true, loose lips indeed sink scripts, and it's hard to fault Straczynzki for being angry. Let's all just hope that we didn't lose out on a really cool storyline as a result.

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