[FormerACLUmember]

Oh my Ford! Are they going to finally make a film version of this old anachronism? Who is going to watch this turkey?

[HoosierHawk]

The movie might not be a bad idea, if it remains faithful to the book, and most viewers understand that "A Brave New World" is where American society is curently heading.

But I doubt it. The movie will be distorted, or the media will play on the "powerful performance" of DiCrapio.

I'd like to think I'm wrong, but, (cynic that I am), I can imagine movie-goers leaving the theater and asking where they can purchase Soma.

[blackbart.223]

"DiCaprio will play John the Savage, who lives a “natural” life on a reservation while the rest of cloned humanity is lulled into docility with sex, soma (drugs) and feelies (films that also involve the senses of smell and touch). He finally escapes celebrity to become a lighthouse keeper."

And in the end he knocks himself off if I remember correctly. I haven't read the book for some time.

[Philo-Junius]

Shut up and take the soma; I’m glad I’m a beta.

[buwaya]

There was a BBC mini-series, oh, over 20 years ago.

It wasn’t half-bad if I recall correctly. It was true to the book.

I don’t see the box-office potential for this as a 2-hour movie, if done as per the book. The romance is pretty perfunctory, there are no real thrills or action or spectacle. It is a fairly humorous novel about ideas, not good material for money-making. I would compare to Mike Judge’s “Idiocracy”.

[kb2614]

I think I’ll just stick to reading the book. Hollywood isn’t very smart and will screw this up. DiCrapio is soooo overrated its ridiculous.

[Wiseghy]

I saw the book as about an out of control state imposing total Socialism, over mind, body and soul. The spooky part was how the Nazi's immediately made the book's fantasy world seem suddenly real, in all it's horrid detail.

As always, Hollywood will try to spin this into a Right Wing horror tale. They will destroy the story and ruin the film as a result.

They really can't see past their hatred for big corporations as the source of the world's evil, (a la Blade Runner) even as they use big corporations to produce and distribute their films.

[Zeon Cowboy]

This is one of my favorite books, and Ridley Scott is one of my favorite directors! I’m looking forward to this one.

[Blind Eye Jones]

They should have Huxley meet George Orwell and both write a story that ended up being buried in a monastery on Mullholland Dr. where certain monks know of its existence and kill other monks to keep it safe. Until Sean Connery shows up...

[norton]

It was a warning then,
it was a good read since then,
it will be a yawner on the screen today.

[atomicpossum]

To the Leftists in Hollywood, the novel probably seems Utopian.

Either that, or they’ll turn it into a condemnation of the Bu$HitlerCo administration.

[Paleo Conservative]

Brave New World it the DemcRATS's blueprint for how society should work.

[WorkingClassFilth]

He finally escapes celebrity to become a lighthouse keeper.

Wrong. He finally escapes by hanging himself in the lighthouse.

I do hope that Leonardo does his own stunts in this film...

[LRS]

But, will they cast Geraldo Rivera as Primo Mellon?

[nyyankeefan]

with DiCaprio in this crapper....it will do as well as the great film of the century......gigli!!!!!!

[napscoordinator]

This might be an interesting movie. I mean maybe some people will finally decide that we don’t want America to end up like that.

[Bean Counter]

If Ridley Scott directs “Brave New World”, that would be big news indeed. If done properly, this could make quite a movie.

There have been worse books chosen for movies...”Naked Lunch” comes to mind...

[jiggyboy]

I’m certain I saw a version of this on TV a couple of years ago, maybe on the Sci-Fi channel. Leonard Nimoy was the top bad guy.

[redgolum]

Worse thing about reading Brave New Word today is that it seems like current events, instead of the future.

Same with 1984.