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Sid + Marty at Comic Con: A New LotL in Development!

posted 12 years ago by moundshroud
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Awesome news for LotL fans!

Sid & Marty have brought David Gerrold back to relaunch LotL. The plan is to start with a LotL novel, and then launch a new feature film.

Marty: We just got back together with David, because even though the movie in my opinion was a disaster, the bottom line is that we want to do another movie about Land of the Lost and hopefully we’ll do it the right way. This will be a little way down the road. So, in the meantime, we decided that if we wrote the novel on Land of the Lost, this would be great. David is writing the novel.

They were also asked about their thoughts on the movie:

Sid: Oh my God! You know what happened? When something goes wrong, we always have to blame somebody else. But, of course, Universal bought the rights and Will Ferrell was totally in charge and we were there every single day. Marty was there even more than I was. When a studio puts out $100 million… I mean, we did the TV show for maybe $60,000 an episode. A $100 million and you think, maybe we’re old and we’re over the hill, and they must know what they’re doing, but we questioned it right from the beginning. I asked Will Ferrell many times “Why are you doing that?” It’s like Saturday Night Live. I hate to use the word, that four-letter word that starts with an “F.” “Why are you doing those kinds of jokes because that’s not our audience?” And now, they’ve got kids and they can’t even bring their kids. Who is this movie for? Maybe he inhaled?

The session was highlighted by the showing of the original demo reel the Kroffts used to pitch LotL to NBC. Check out the article for a detailed description of the reel, as well as a full transcript of the Krofft session.

http://collider.com/comic-con-sid-marty-krofft/180792/

[–] Dark_Sithlord 12 years ago

Thanks so much for posting this. This surely comes as welcomed news. I never thought the studio would let Land of the Lost see the light of day again after that Will Farrell fiasco. Never say never, I suppose.

I hope they get it right this time and I think Sid and Marty need to have a greater influence on the direction this project should take. I didn't get a chance to read the article yet (a little pressed for time) but I've bookmarked it. Will read later and comment.

[–] bri_55118 12 years ago

If David Gerrold is on it , that's great news indeed.

[–] Peterkoss90 12 years ago

I hope it's more like the series about the family. I was looking forward to it years ago then I saw the previews for the will Farrell version and I was like what the heck is this.

[–] wearetheborg-1 12 years ago

Any new news? I thought this would have been dead in the water after the last film.

[–] Aitch-5 12 years ago

I'm at least relieved to hear that Sid and Marty weren't exactly fans of Will Ferrell's peculiar rendition of "Land of the Lost." If they're trying to make a more sensible film version, that's good news.