By Adnan Tezer Dec 2, 2009, 4:35 GMT
Disney is set to remake their 1979 sci-fi film “The Black Hole.”According to The Hollywood Reporter, Joseph Kosinski and Sean Bailey, the director and producer of Disney’s upcoming “Tron: Legacy,” and writer Travis Beacham would be collaborating on the film. The original followed a group of space explorers aboard the USS Palomino who come across a lost ship, the USS Cygnus, hovering outside a black hole. After boarding the Cygnus, the explorers meet the commander of the ship, Doctor Hans Reinhardt. Reinhardt lords over an army of faceless robots, and explains that his crew deserted him as he planned to go through the black hole. The crew from the Palomino soon discover that the robots are what remain of the former crew and that Reinhardt has "reprogrammed" them.The film starred Maximilian Schell, Robert Forster, Joseph Bottoms, Yvette Mimieux, Anthony Perkins, and Ernest Borgnine, while the main robot characters were voiced by Roddy McDowall and Slim Pickens.At the time of the original’s release in 1979, it was the most expensive movie Disney had ever produced with a price tag of $26 million. It was also Disney’s first PG-rated film.The plot details for the remake are under wraps.
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