Hollywood Picks Up Two Sci-Fi Pitches After ‘Battle: Los Angeles’ Wins Weekend
By Germain Lussier/March 14, 2011 3:30 pm EST
First up, Variety is reporting that Sony bought Agent OX, which will be produced by Neil Moritz and written by Daniel Kunka (12 Rounds). The script follows “a human spy living on an alien planet who must stop an invasion of Earth.”
We can all agree it looks really bad and lazy that basically hours after Battle: Los Angeles (which isn’t even a very good movie, by the way) was branded a hit, two studios buy pitches in the same genre. It wreaks of desperation and playing catch up. Of course, this brand of copycatting happens almost everyday in almost every business, but in a creative medium, it really doesn’t look good.
However, there is silver lining. Neither of these ideas seem to be based on source material. Much like Battle: Los Angeles, they’re original ideas for sci-fi action movies. (Battle LA isn’t exactly “original,” but technically it is). I’d much rather see people come up with original ideas that are influenced by popular culture than carbon copies of material that’s already out in the world.
Do you think either of these flicks with fly?
