Why no Buck Rogers live-action movie?

[Eliseu Gouveia]

I think you mean hot pants, not shoes.

I was trying to keep it classy. :D

[ForeverTaskmaster]

I think you mean hot pants, not shoes.

Twiki knows the score.

He sure does.

[dupersuper]

He sure does.

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[Ood Omega]

They were working on a Buck Rogers movie, but I haven't seen anything about it for a few years now.

Do you happen to know who has the rights to the property currently?

[PretenderNX01]

There is nothing wrong with the original Buck Rogers. And who could play Erin Gray's role? Nobody. That's who.

That's wasn't "the original Buck Rogers" though this was:

Buster Crabbe is every space-hero.

God help us all, last I heard about a Buck Rogers movies was that Frank Miller was going to write and direct it.

I checked Wiki and that was 2008, for 2010 they linked to an Deadline article that says:

Paul WS Anderson has locked a deal to direct a new version of the classic tale of a fighter pilot who quickly acclimates to the future and puts his skills to use defending the planet against invaders. The character launched in the 1920s and has been the subject of comic books, radio and movie serials, and two TV series, the latter of which ran on NBC and starred Gil Gerard.

Iron Man scribes Art Marcum and Matt Holloway will write the screenplay.

Do you happen to know who has the rights to the property currently?

Deadline also says:

The Buck Rogers rights are controlled by Paradox, the company behind a new version of Conan the Barbarian that is currently shooting in Bulgaria

[marshal99]

Buck Rogers , the only episode i always remember is the space vampire one.

[Howard Allan]

Duck Dodgers in the 24 1/2 century.

[Bo-Man]

I would love to see a Buck Rogers film. Not one by Frank Miller, The Spirit was crap along with his latter graphic novels.

[RoyalTailor]

I've never cared for nor liked Frank Miller's books nor movies. It is my hope and prayer that Scott Snyder, Peter Berg or J.J. Abrams will produce and create the new Buck Rogers movie. Back in 2010 SyFy Channel announced that they had ordered and put into production a Buck Rogers TV series that would first debut online but we've heard and seen nothing of it. I loved SyFy's reboot of Flash Gordon and so I'm curious as to what happened to their Buck Rogers series.

[dupersuper]

Buck Rogers , the only episode i always remember is the space vampire one.

I always loved the episode that introduced Hawk.

[Basara]

I loved SyFy's reboot of Flash Gordon and so I'm curious as to what happened to their Buck Rogers series.

Wow, I think you might be the only person I've ever met of that is a fan of that reboot. I have a feeling the horrendous ratings the Flash Gordon reboot got factored in on the decision to do a Buck Rogers reboot.

Then again, SyFy does love to produce truly awful movies. I'm surprised they haven't hired Uwe Boll as a featured writer yet.

[DeadXMan]

That was a while back, like, before The Spirit came out. Last I saw the Iron Man guys were writing it, and it was going to be directed by Paul W. S. Anderson.

....I'll take Frank Miller.

[Ood Omega]

I've never cared for nor liked Frank Miller's books nor movies. It is my hope and prayer that Scott Snyder, Peter Berg or J.J. Abrams will produce and create the new Buck Rogers movie. Back in 2010 SyFy Channel announced that they had ordered and put into production a Buck Rogers TV series that would first debut online but we've heard and seen nothing of it.

Are they still doing that? I haven't heard anything about a new BR film other than FM doing it but that was a couple years ago. Is Frank Miller really writing/directing a new BR movie or is that just a rumor?