joe_haldeman @ 2015-05-02T18:07:00

While we were in the air between Poland and Florida, this story unfolded–Thursday, 11:18 AM: EXCLUSIVE: Warner Bros. and Sony are battling to set upthe feature adaptation of the popular sci-fi actioner The Forever War with ChanningTatum attached to star and Jon Spaihts (Prometheus, Doctor Strange, Passengers)scripting. The Forever War, written by Joe Haldeman, is considered one of thebest science fiction stories of all time and won numerous awards. The book,which also was continued in two sequel novels, was written in 1974 and alsospawned a graphic novel. The story is an analogy about the Vietnam War, a endlesswar where soldiers fight with no clear idea about why they are engaged in combat.So something indeed has happened/is happening.  I await word from my agent (whoalerted me when the first story broke) and of course a line of sweating minionspushing wheelbarrows full of money up my sidewalk.UPDATED, Thursday, 6:15 PM: Warner Bros outbid Sony late Thursday after a spiritednegotiation and is now in business with a new possible franchise, The ForeverWar with Channing Tatum on board to star. The script is being penned by JonSpaihts and will be based on Joe Haldeman’s book. Richard Edlund had the rightsto the book for 27 years, and it had been at Fox for the past seven with RidleyScott, but after several scripts, it never made it to the big screen. Hopefully,this time, the 41-year-old classic sci-fi novel — said to be one of the bestbooks of the genre — finally will get made.Fingers and toes crossed!Joe