Once he's done with Jason Bourne 5, director Paul Greengrass looks like he'll be tackling George Orwell's 1984...
The last adaptation of George Orwell's 1984 saw John Hurt taking on the role of Winston Smith, with Michael Radford directing. Fittingly, that was released in 1984. Fast forward 30 years, and another take on the classic novel is coming, but this time with Paul Greengrass at the helm.
Greengrass, whose next project is set to be his return to the world of Jason Bourne (having previously helmed The Bourne Supremacy and The Bourne Ultimatum), has been linked to the project by Deadline. Sony Pictures is funding the new 1984, and James Graham, who previously penned Finding Neverland, is currently on scripting duties.
Scott Rudin and Gina Rosenblum are attached as producers, The earliest we'd imagine the watchful eye of Big Brother could return to the screen would be 2017, assuming the next Bourne film takes priority for Greengrass.
The last adaptation of George Orwell's 1984 saw John Hurt taking on the role of Winston Smith, with Michael Radford directing. Fittingly, that was released in 1984. Fast forward 30 years, and another take on the classic novel is coming, but this time with Paul Greengrass at the helm.
Greengrass, whose next project is set to be his return to the world of Jason Bourne (having previously helmed The Bourne Supremacy and The Bourne Ultimatum), has been linked to the project by Deadline. Sony Pictures is funding the new 1984, and James Graham, who previously penned Finding Neverland, is currently on scripting duties.
Scott Rudin and Gina Rosenblum are attached as producers, The earliest we'd imagine the watchful eye of Big Brother could return to the screen would be 2017, assuming the next Bourne film takes priority for Greengrass.
- 11/20/2014
- by simonbrew
- Den of Geek
There are at least as many modern invented languages as there are natural ones, including some you might not think of as invented.
For instance, aspects of ancient languages like Hawaiian and Modern Hebrew are invented to bring them up to date, so that they can meet the demands of the twenty-first century. Other languages -- Cornish, Néo-Breton, and Neo-Galician, for instance -- are reconstructed for political and ideological reasons, to re-establish and reinvigorate national or ethnic identities.
In the sixteenth through eighteenth centuries, Neo-Latin revitalized Latin so that it could become an international language of science and, to a very limited degree, it still is one today -- newly discovered species of plant or animal get new Latin names.
In contrast, Volapük, Esperanto, Ido, Dil, Spokil, and dozens of other languages, were invented as "international auxiliary languages," structurally close enough to major natural languages for anyone to learn them easily.
For instance, aspects of ancient languages like Hawaiian and Modern Hebrew are invented to bring them up to date, so that they can meet the demands of the twenty-first century. Other languages -- Cornish, Néo-Breton, and Neo-Galician, for instance -- are reconstructed for political and ideological reasons, to re-establish and reinvigorate national or ethnic identities.
In the sixteenth through eighteenth centuries, Neo-Latin revitalized Latin so that it could become an international language of science and, to a very limited degree, it still is one today -- newly discovered species of plant or animal get new Latin names.
In contrast, Volapük, Esperanto, Ido, Dil, Spokil, and dozens of other languages, were invented as "international auxiliary languages," structurally close enough to major natural languages for anyone to learn them easily.
- 12/14/2011
- by Michael Adams
- Aol TV.
George Orwell's 1984 meets The Terminator? In the spirit of brilliant film ideas, here are my pitches for some cyborg sequels
It's redundant to point out the impact that George Orwell's 1984 has had on popular culture over the years – inspiring everything from cinema to television to journalism to a towering pile of hamfisted concept albums – and yet there's a downside to this. In a world of Big Brother and Room 101 and doublespeak, there's a danger that new generations will just see the book as a bundle of oblique references and not a complete work of literature in itself.
Or at least they would, but for the benevolent geniuses that are Howard Gordon and James Wong, the men behind 24 and the first and third Final Destination movies respectively. Between them, Howard and Wong have devised a film – and an inevitable young-adult fiction franchise – titled 2084. It sounds brilliant. Not only...
It's redundant to point out the impact that George Orwell's 1984 has had on popular culture over the years – inspiring everything from cinema to television to journalism to a towering pile of hamfisted concept albums – and yet there's a downside to this. In a world of Big Brother and Room 101 and doublespeak, there's a danger that new generations will just see the book as a bundle of oblique references and not a complete work of literature in itself.
Or at least they would, but for the benevolent geniuses that are Howard Gordon and James Wong, the men behind 24 and the first and third Final Destination movies respectively. Between them, Howard and Wong have devised a film – and an inevitable young-adult fiction franchise – titled 2084. It sounds brilliant. Not only...
- 7/21/2011
- by Stuart Heritage
- The Guardian - Film News
After suffering multiple black eyes in the blogosphere and plenty of ire from Kindle users, Amazon has finally decided to make good on its ill-advised decision to delete illegally distributed copies of George Orwell's 1984 from users' Kindle e-reader devices.
Those who purchased the book only to find it remotely deleted from their devices without warning will receive a digital copy of the book–with all their annotations still intact--or a $30 credit for Amazon products. Or they can just opt for a $30 check. Considering they paid just 99 cents for the book, it's not such a bad deal for customers. It has, however, been quite the ordeal for Amazon.
Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos offered the following apology to customers in an email sent to those affected by the mass deletion:
"This is an apology for the way we previously handled illegally sold copies of 1984 and other novels on Kindle.
Those who purchased the book only to find it remotely deleted from their devices without warning will receive a digital copy of the book–with all their annotations still intact--or a $30 credit for Amazon products. Or they can just opt for a $30 check. Considering they paid just 99 cents for the book, it's not such a bad deal for customers. It has, however, been quite the ordeal for Amazon.
Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos offered the following apology to customers in an email sent to those affected by the mass deletion:
"This is an apology for the way we previously handled illegally sold copies of 1984 and other novels on Kindle.
- 9/4/2009
- by Clay Dillow
- Fast Company
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