Slice of SciFi #190: Interview with “Repo!: The Genetic Opera’s” Terrance Zdunich & Darren Lynn Bousman

 

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Slice of SciFi #190: Interview with “Repo!: The Genetic Opera’s” Terrance Zdunich & Darren Lynn Bousman

In the News:

• SciFi to SciFact: Scientists in Stockholm use virtual reality goggles to create the illusion of body-swapping.
• “Superman: Secret Origin” will explore Clark Kent growing up to become the Man of Steel
• Free broadband?!?  It could happen.  It depends on the outcome of an FCC vote on December 18th.

Krazy Joe’s Punch in the Junk:  Joe hands out the first punch in the junk to a television network for canceling “Pushing Daisies”

Movie Talk:

• J. Michael Straczynski says his version of “Forbidden Planet” isn’t necessarily a remake or a sequel.
• “The Witches” is getting remade–this time as a stop-motion animated film.

Slice of Trivia: This week Kurt in St. George tests the studio crew and you with three new clips.  Email your clips to Kurt at Slice of Trivia. Your entries could get picked and played on the show.

TV Talk: Last spring, television executives purchased new series based on the pitch and concept and without a finished pilot.  While heralded as revolutionary at the time, the reality is most of those shows are struggling or have been canceled.

Interview:  This week, we talk to Darren Lynn Bousman, the director of “Repo!: The Genetic Opera.” and Terrance Zdunich, one of the writers of “Repo!” The duo talk about bringing the stage production to the silver screen.

In the Future:

• Robert Sawyer’s “Flashforward” is in development to become a series for ABC.
• Neil Gaiman says a “Sandman” movie could be a reality in the next five to ten years.

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