So, When An Adaptation Of ENDER'S GAME Doesn't Work Out, You Get Stuck On A ROCK 'EM SOCK 'EM ROBOTS Movie!?

Merrick here...
An apparently somewhat reliable source for Pajiba says The Powers That Be are gearing up for a ROCK 'EM SOCK 'EM ROBOTS movie.

Word from the Cog is that Wolfgang Peterson is even attached to this (very bad) idea, but then again, Peterson (Poseidon, Troy) is no stranger to bad ideas. Kurt Wimmer (Salt, Law Abiding Citizens is also possibly on board as screenwriter (that aspect of the story is a little fuzzy, for … er … anonymous reasons).

...says Pajiba HERE. I honestly don't even know what to say, or where to start, with this one folks. Other than... NOTE THAT Pajiba seems to be leaving a margin for error here - let's hope their sources are wrong in this case. About all of it. Wolfgang's movies are all over the place as far as I'm concerned, but two Petersen projects that interest me greatly are his dramatically re-tooled and reconstructed version of TROY (available HERE) and his 293 minute cut of DAS BOOT (available HERE). Like long-form THE LORD OF THE RINGS films, the expanded and tweaked TROY is a radically different experience than what we saw during its initial release - much fuller, richer, and dramatically altered. That uber-long DAS BOOT I mentioned? Essentially represents a TV miniseries cut of the same picture we saw distilled into theaters. Interesting stuff all around. And, by the way, as far as we know, they're not mistaking a ROCK 'EM SOCK' EM ROBOTS movie for REAL STEEL.
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