‘Buck Rogers’ Movie Rights
Written by andy on May 12th, 2008 in Movies.
Nu Image/Millennium Films has acquired the rights to create a live action Buck Rogers movie from the Dille Trust, which is controlled by the surviving members of the originator of the Buck Rogers comic strip John F. Dille.
Disney has held the rights in recent years, but the Dille family has decided it could have more control by assigning the property to a smaller company.
Nu Image/Millennium is the same company that nabbed the rights to create a live action Conan from Paradox Entertainment and now has a Conan project set up at Lionsgate.
While reporting on the story Variety indicated that sources at Millennium specifically denied earlier reports at IGN, which had Frank Miller set to direct the latest screen incarnation of Buck Rogers.
From its origin in the pulp science fiction magazines to its tremendous success as a newspaper comic strip, and radio show, to a Hollywood run that has included serials, TV series, and movies, the Buck Rogers property has a rich history that spans more than eight decades of American popular culture—and it is apparently a property that is about to undergo a serious revival.
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