![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() As long as the script by Trevor Sands is as "coherent and unconfusing" as promised, then we might have the next great sci-fi film coming up in the next few years to look forward to. In my original article on the Hyperion Cantos, I specifically said, "Dan Simmons' world in Hyperion seems grand enough to fulfill my desires, it will just come down to who they get as a director and whether Sands' script is any good." While I wasn't the biggest fan of The Day the Earth Stood Still, I do think Derrickson has a lot of potential, and if anything, working on that film gave him a chance to learn and develop his sci-fi directing. The story is set in the distant future, and regards a space war that threatens Hyperion, a planet known for Time Tombs - large artifacts that can move through time and are guarded by a gruesome monster called the Shrike. While there are four total novels in the series, Derrickson will be directing a film that combines the first two books, "Hyperion" and "The Fall of Hyperion". ![]() These novels focus on seven pilgrims who travel to the world Hyperion, the homeland of the creature known as Shrike, in search of answers to mysterious riddles that plague them. It looks like they've found their director - Scott Derrickson of The Day the Earth Stood Still most recently. The Hyperion Cantos books, written by Dan Simmons, became a staple of the Sci-Fi genre during the 1990s surge. Back in April of last year, we announced that Warner Brothers had picked up the rights to Dan Simmons' Hyperion Cantos series of sci-fi books. ![]()
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