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'Robopocalypse' fast-tracked at DreamWorks
'Robopocalypse' fast-tracked at DreamWorks
By Ace Fernandez Again? Where's IT when you need them? DreamWorks Studios and Doubleday have pre-emptively acquired film and publishing rights to Daniel H. Wilson's unpublished manuscript, "Robopocalypse," which explores the fate of the human race after a robot uprising....
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Dreamworks Picks Up 'Robopocalypse,' Endorses Author's Anti-Robot Stance
:: The Playlist :: — ... painted a portrait of an impotent robot revolution (we know those fuckers would NOT fail to kill John Connor in the middle of a goddamned Terminator factory), and the latter was as close to robot pornography as we're gonna get. Let's face it, robots are evil and want to kill us, and Hollywood isn't helping. One man seems to want to turn this around, based on the early impressions of a manuscript he's written entitled " Robopocalypse ." Writer Daniel H. Wilson , a PhD in robotics, has seen his unpublished work purchased by ...

DreamWorks unleashes the Robopocalypse!
Total Film News — ... about robotics," he says. "My hope is that the story we tell will make the robots of the future proud of us humans." And it's not the only techno disaster-themed book of Wilson's making its way through the development tubes - Paramount already has How To Survive A Robot Uprising: Tips On Defending Yourself Against The Coming Rebellion. Which one will be first? And will we even know the difference? [Source: Heat Vision Blog] PS You'd better watch your computer as you read this ...

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