Louis Leterrier's 'G'

[Walts Ghost]

Originally Posted by Slashfilm

Louis Leterrier to Direct Sci-Fi Disaster Movie 'G'

Clash of the Titans/The Incredible Hulk director Louis Leterrier has signed on to direct and produce the science fiction disaster movie G for Universal Pictures. What is it about? Good question… The plot is being kept tightly under wraps but Heat Vision says it has “shades of The Day After Tomorrow and Taken.”

What does that mean? My guess on the limited knowledge we have on the project is that a man must avenge the kidnapping of his wife and daughter and prevent some evil bad guy from using a device which would alter Earth’s gravity (G, get it?) and destroy the world… Yeah, lets hope its much MUCH better than the logline that I spent 60 seconds on.

Pitch me! What do you think this sci-fi disaster film might be about?

The project is said to be based on an original idea of Management 360’s Guymon Casady, who will produce with Mark Gordon via his MG360 banner. The good news is that Casady and Gordon don’t yet have a script and are currently on the search for screenwriters to pen this epic tentpole movie. Wait, how can no writers be good news?

The plan is for Leterrier to direct G after he helms the magic-infused heist film Now You See Me, which has been described as “The Prestige meets The Town as a team of FBI agents hunts down a group of illusionists who perform miracle heists during their shows and shower the booty on their audiences.”

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Slash film really didn't do their homework on this, cause Leterrier has talked about the project before.(Edit: They've reported on the movie before too. They really should go back and look at their old articles. ) It was formally known as Gravity:

Originally Posted by Slashfilm

First up, this is not Gravity as in the Alfonso Cuarón 3D sci-fi space thriller that will have an insane opening shot.

No, this is an altogether different film called Gravity. This one has been described as ‘The Day After Tomorrow meets Taken,’ and Clash of the Titans and The Incredible Hulk director Louis Leterrier is now attached to direct.

Pajiba has the news, explaining that the film is about ” a father who has to search for his lost child as the world stops spinning and Earth begins to lose its gravity.” This is an in-development situation, so we’re not likely to hear anything too firm about it yet, and when we do hear more, in all likelihood the film will have a different title. The project is with Mark Gordon Productions and Universal, with George Nolfi (The Adjustment Bureau) reportedly producing.

But let’s go back to that logline, just in case you didn’t properly process it the first time. Gravity is about a father who has to search for his lost child as the world stops spinning and Earth begins to lose its gravity.

Think about that for a second. No gravity. Everyone is starting to float — they all look like they’re in the middle of a street encounter with David Blaine. How utterly insane do most people go? And if there’s a Taken-like aspect to the plot, how do chases happen when there is no gravity? This movie might be the first true action ballet ever to be made.

Also: what stops the Earth spinning? Superman? The lost child? Does the world gradually slow down, so that gravity lessens by degrees over the course of the film? The logline inspires SO MANY QUESTIONS.

This will pretty much have to be in 3D, won’t it? And star Nicolas Cage. Please star Nicolas Cage.

Sounds awesome to me. I can't wait to see it. It could be really awesome.

[vegeta88]

Interesting concept. Terrible science, but I'll be interested.

[Walts Ghost]

Originally Posted by vegeta88

Interesting concept. Terrible science, but I'll be interested.

Yea, the science will be ridiculous. But Leterrier has a pretty good track record to me. The only one I didn't really enjoy was Clash of the Titans. So if this is anything like Unleashed and The Incredible Hulk, his favorite two movies, I'd be very excited!