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Dr. Who, one of the World’s most successful and longest running science-fiction TV series, will soon make its way to the big screen. The director behind the last four Harry Potter films, David Yates, will be working with BBC to make the film adaptation a reality.
The television show will undergo several major changes during its transformation into a Hollywood movie. The current screenwriters behind the hit drama series, Russell T Davies and Steve Moffat, will have no involvement with the creation of the movie’s screenplay.
"Russell T Davies and then Steven Moffat have done their own transformations, which were fantastic, but we have to put that aside and start from scratch," said Yates.
Furthermore, without a cast or screenwriter, the release of this feature film won’t happen anytime soon. "We're looking at writers now. We're going to spend two to three years to get it right," Yates said. "It needs quite a radical transformation to take it into the bigger arena."
While Yates said that he aims at retaining the British sensibility of the flick, one potential prospect for the job of screenwriter is Steve Kloves, the Harry Potter scriptwriter. Though American, Yates believes that Kloves did an excellent job at capturing British sensibility in the previous Potter films he wrote.
Fans of Matt Smith (the guy who presently plays the Doctor in the TV show) may be in for a little disappoint, since it’s unlikely that Smith will land the lead role.
This isn’t the first time Dr. Who will hit the silver screen – Gordon Flemyng directed the first two films “Doctor Who and the Daleks” which was released back in 1965, and “Doctor Who: Daleks' Invasion Earth 2150 AD” a year after.
The television show will undergo several major changes during its transformation into a Hollywood movie. The current screenwriters behind the hit drama series, Russell T Davies and Steve Moffat, will have no involvement with the creation of the movie’s screenplay.
"Russell T Davies and then Steven Moffat have done their own transformations, which were fantastic, but we have to put that aside and start from scratch," said Yates.
Furthermore, without a cast or screenwriter, the release of this feature film won’t happen anytime soon. "We're looking at writers now. We're going to spend two to three years to get it right," Yates said. "It needs quite a radical transformation to take it into the bigger arena."
While Yates said that he aims at retaining the British sensibility of the flick, one potential prospect for the job of screenwriter is Steve Kloves, the Harry Potter scriptwriter. Though American, Yates believes that Kloves did an excellent job at capturing British sensibility in the previous Potter films he wrote.
Fans of Matt Smith (the guy who presently plays the Doctor in the TV show) may be in for a little disappoint, since it’s unlikely that Smith will land the lead role.
This isn’t the first time Dr. Who will hit the silver screen – Gordon Flemyng directed the first two films “Doctor Who and the Daleks” which was released back in 1965, and “Doctor Who: Daleks' Invasion Earth 2150 AD” a year after.