reiher@UCLA-CS.ARPA (05/24/84)
From: Peter Reiher <reiher@UCLA-CS.ARPA> A recentt article in the LA Times dealing extensively with Steven Speilberg mentioned some of his projects which have a science fiction/fantasy bent. Here they are, and they don't sound exciting: A remake of "Peter Pan", which will *not* star Michael Jackson. A remake of "A Guy Named Joe", a 1940s fantasy about a dead flyer who returns to earth to help a living one. "Protector", a story about a children's camp in outer space. There were also a few non-sf films under consideration. There is no certainty that these project will go anywhere, or, if they do, that Spielberg will direct rather than produce. No further word on whether Spielberg is still interested in "Schindler's List", a true story about an Eastern European industrialist who, for no reason other than simple humanity, saved the lives of several hundred Jews from the Nazis at great risk to his own life. This was almost assumed to be Spielberg's next project, for quite some time. Peter Reiher