A video game expert Alex Rogan finds himself transported to another planet after conquering The Last Starfighter video game only to find out it was just a test. And so we shouldn’t be surprised that someone came along to capitalize on these two trends. The Last Starfighter: Alex Rogan / Beta Alex Just the Way You Are: Jack the Answering Service Guy 1985 Waiting to Act: Body Snatcher Guy 1987 Jaws: The Revenge: Michael Brody 1988 The Wizard of Loneliness: John T. 1997 Plan B: Jack Sadler 2001 Mach 2: Keith Dorman 2007 Shadowbox: Morell - Shadow Man Short 2008 The Least of These: Mark Roberts 2009 21 and a Wake-Up It’s just that now some of the best gaming experiences didn’t require you to leave the comforts of home. The Last Starfighter follows the story of Alex Rogan (Lance Guest), a teen living in a trailer park who loses out on a scholarship and worries that he’ll end up going nowhere. Music is by Craig Safan and cinematography by King Baggot. This had been created by Rogue One‘s Matt Allsopp to help visualize the potential movie. Quarters were being broken out everywhere and slammed into slots. But what do you have when you do that? One of the biggest box office stars in the world with a mug of root beer for a face or the guy who hasn’t been part of a meaningful project for the last 25 years? We’ve chatted on Twitter about it. By the time I was becoming conscious, home consoles in the form of the first Nintendo system were hitting shelves across North America and had been for a couple of years. This is pure conjecture on my part. Nothing related to movies cracks the top ten when it comes to the kinds of personalities that people like to watch on YouTube, and I think that is salient insofar as it shows us how far behind interest in movies is as compared with the insatiable interest in gaming. Involving Betuel in the creative process more deeply may be the answer. The word “budge” makes it sound like a pecuniary issue. Well, get ready to go back once again, as one of the writers behind the cherished 1984 sci-fi adventure The Last Starfighter, Jonathan R. Betuel, has now offered a promising update on his long-gestating sequel. You can often find Whitta talking inside baseball about the video games industry on the Kinda Funny Games podcast. The Last Starfighter is released to lukewarm reviews but grows to cult status over the ensuing decades. You know what I mean. Oct 21, 2020 #2 So the previous Starfighter wasn't the last then? We’ll bring you all the latest news as it comes in vis-a-vis The Last Starfighter 2. It will take some convincing though for Whitta and Betuel to drum up enough money to get the picture off the ground. To get a movie made now I’m not sure you’ll be able to strip away the politics of needing to cast a woke assemblage of new starfighters. Supporter. Nick Castle. Joined Sep 9, 2011 Messages "The leads are now parents and time has passed," he said. Pure 80s family movie essence: plain stupid, but ah so good-spirited and heart-warming. What's changed is time itself, certainly as the video world and the alien world have continued to tick away. In his New Year’s Day review for The Last Starfighter Ebert struck a dad note about the fad: The way to get rich, they say, is to invent something that’s cheap and habit-forming, and get a patent on it. Cast Lance Guest Alex Rogan Robert Preston Centauri Dan O'Herlihy Grig Catherine Stewart Maggie Barbara Bosson Jane Rogan Norman Snow Xur Kay Kuter Enduran Dan Mason Lord Kril Maggie Cooper Rylan Sergeant John Maio Friendly Alien Suzanne Snyder John O'Leary Rylan Bursar George McDaniel Kodan Officer Charlene Nelson Rylan Technician Robert Starr Underling Al Berry He has a partner named Gary Whitta who wrote Not in the pages of Cinemafanique, not in the pages of the god-damned New York Times neither. 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Will THE SUICIDE SQUAD get an R rating? We’ll see how things proceed in Starfighter-land but don’t get your hopes up for something that will break the mold. This comes to us courtesy of Movie Hole. What isn’t clear is whether it was about the money or about a creative stake in the film. It wasn’t until the release of Street Fighter 2 and Mortal Kombat that I saw how powerful the experience could be with players standing there betwixt screen and joystick obsessively tickling the buttons. It’s not that arcades suddenly became less cool (maybe they did) when the first Nintendo began to dominate. Meet the cast and learn more about the stars of The Last Starfighter with exclusive news, pictures, videos and more at TVGuide.com The Last Starfighter was one of the first CGI-heavy movies ever made, which makes it an important film in the history of cinema. And when it did everything would shrivel up and the stakes would be zero. “I think it was 2005 and it was going to be at that point a 30 year, 35 year sequel. There are no TV airings over the next 14 days. He was recruited to join the team of best Starfighters to defend their world from the attack. The Last Starfighter is a 1984 science fiction adventure film directed by Nick Castle. Video game expert Alex Rogan finds himself transported to another planet after conquering The Last Starfighter video game only to find out it was just a test. Also if you click on the twitter link, you’ll get to see heaps more concept art. Also, After Earth which he co-wrote with Mr. What isn’t conjecture is that Betuel brushed off Rogen in an interview with Yahoo saying, “I saw that, and it painted me as the Howard Hughes, bah humbug, standing in the way,” Beutel laughed, “That was hilarious. The film’s ending was clearly set up for a sequel. We had a fun script so I’m not sure right now where Jonathan [Betuel] is going to take it. With Lance Guest, Robert Preston, Kay E. Kuter, Dan Mason. A cold death for the Russian Navy in the Rocky Mountains was in the cards. But now the prospect of a sequel/reboot to The Last Starfighter has set the masses of Generation X old enough to appreciate the film upon its release into a frenzy. Potentially Alex’s younger brother Louis beginning his own training. Last year Whitta shared some concept art. Or will we be disappointed again? Not in the pages of Fangoria. And so my memories of this halcyon era when it came to gaming are filled in by scenes from films like Jaws 3, Tron or The Last Starfighter for that matter or from later documentaries like The King of Kong. Since Whitta tweeted out that new concept art last month there has been little news regarding movement on the project. But this was years later. Whitta shared some concept art. Reactions: Dave. Roger Ebert wrote in his review, “Those arcade video games had to come from somewhere, and The Last Starfighter has an interesting theory to explain why they seemed to pop up all over the world, almost overnight. Audiences love the 1980s and returning to this decade has been a sure-fire way to hit the right nostalgic notes for some time. Centauri reveals that he created Starfighter as a training ground for developing and recruiting actual pilots to help fight a war in space. in a straightforward and very ridiculous teen movie style. But Whitta seems to have a passion for the project and there are interesting things about the original to draw from. When asked about his intriguing Twitter game Whitta responded coyly, “I know Seth is a fan of the original and he’s tried to get this done before too. Yes, yes, I’m talking about streaming services doing in with the theatrical experience. Not a movie. This had been created by Rogue One‘s Matt Allsopp to help visualise the potential movie. Something that’s currently being warred over by theater owners and said streaming entities. The price wasn’t right for Betuel, in other words. Vince W Towel Champion. In my opinion, it’s a tall order based only upon interest from millionaire tech wizards in their 40s who have a weird sentimental attachment to an off-brand Star Wars. Ender’s Game — which shares an interesting commonality with The Last Starfighter — would be released only one year later in 1985. This might be the perfect time for a new Starfighter, therefore where video games play such a key role in the plot. They came from outer space. 1984, Adventure, Barbara Bosson, Catherine Stewart, Dan O'Herlihy, Gary Whitta, Jonathan Betuel, Lance Guest, Nick Castle, Sci-Fi, sequel, The Last Starfighter, The Last Starfighters Check out some of the concept art I posted last year… https://t.co/V57nzwE0jp, — Gary Whitta (@garywhitta) July 15, 2019. Why would Seth Rogen lie? At least not one anyone wants to see. I was only one year old in 1984, so I do not remember the arcade era or the Soviet menace for that matter. Mostly the trio of pinball machines they had on offer at a local truck stop in bum fuck Indiana where my dad took me of a morning when school was out so we could load up on cheap pancakes and sausage and have a go at the Terminator 2 machine. But we just wanted to give you the total breakdown of where things stood because there is, apparently, massive interest among a core group of fans who want to see this property brought back to the big screen once again. It was literally a sequel where Lance [Guest] and Catherine Marie [Stewart], the leads were going to come back as parents. Kids pump quarters into them by the hour, turning into video junkies as they watch gorillas climbing little electronic ladders. The Street Fighter 2 machine nestled at the bottom of a ski slope in Aspen looked too complicated and the Mortal Kombat machine with a line out the door at a local bowling alley (right next to the plush toy ticket exchange) too dumb. Thank you very much. A sequel with all new characters though, or older versions of the original characters played by different actors isn't of much interest to me. The two things every kid seemed interested in at the time — correct me if I’m wrong — were arcades and Star Wars (toys, films, novelizations, etc). This glimpse of Gunstar’s and Rylos space docks made the internet all excited. Are the games educational? While my perspective on The Last Starfighter is admittedly heavily coated with 80's nostalgia (my taped-off-cable VHS copy was in heavy rotation back in them days) there are still several points nostalgia can't explain away: 1) The Last Starfighter is one of the best Star Wars rip-offs to be released into a heavily saturated market in the wake of the original trilogy's success It's not a time capsule of the 80s by any means, we're taking it to the next level. In addition to his Star Wars credit, Whitta has a diverse background in print, video games, and further motion pictures. Was it happening? A new concept video reveals a first-look at The Last Starfighter sequel from Gary Whitta, co-writer of the Star Wars spinoff Rogue One.Inspired by the seminal science-fiction film Star Wars in 1977, The Last Starfighter is a classic 1984 space opera directed by Nick Castle, a longtime collaborator with John Carpenter. He was recruited to join the team of best starfighters to defend their world from the attack. Directed by Nick Castle. I would be really interested to know what that experience was like as Shyamalan, though controversial, has certainly been considered one of the most talented writers of scripts of his generation starting with Stuart Little. I guess video games would qualify. There was a high stakes race to rake in profits from Star Wars withdrawal. Lance Guest Catherine Mary Stewart Suzanne Snyder Barbara Bosson John O'Leary Dan O'Herlihy Robert Preston Kay E. Kuter Norman Snow Dan Mason Chris Hebert George McDaniel Charlene Nelson John Maio Robert Starr Al Berry Wil Wheaton Marc Alaimo Vernon Washington Bunny Summers Peggy Pope. But who are you going to believe? Twist himself M. Night Shyamalan. So, is The Last Starfighter 2 something you want to see? But he also directed "The Last Starfighter". Passing the torch... or the joystick.". Our hero Alex Rogan conquers a popular local arcade game and is cast thereby in an intergalactic war between an evil force and a group of honor-bound and human-friendly aliens. The Last Starfighter is directed by Nick Castle and written by Jonathan R. Betuel. What we got only one year after Jedi was an unexpectedly slow-moving and interesting little picture called The Last Starfighter and with a novelization by no less than Alan Dean Foster. And they’ll have to find a studio that thinks a niche cult film from the 1980s still has mass appeal. While Whitta may not have actually brought a screenplay to the silver screen since 2013 he was recently hired by Warner Brothers when they stocked a “writer’s room” in order to brainstorm story ideas for the next Sherlock Holmes franchise film starring Robert Downy Jr. and Jude Law. He was the editor of PC Gamer for a time and wrote several computer games including The Walking Dead: The Game, The Walking Dead: 400 Days and The Walking Dead: The Final Season. And yet… it seemed as though that all things Star Wars had come to an end. To harken back to the 1980s is CLEARLY not de rigeur in the writer’s rooms if the new Star Wars movies are any indication. ‘The Last Starfighter 2’ Is Finally Moving Forward Confirms Writer. Return To Rylos. While kids the world over played out new Star Wars scenarios using their action figures and plastic starships and models, and while Michael Jackson ruled the airwaves, so too the arcade obsession was in full swing. Whitta and Jonathan Betuel, the writer and creator of The Last Starfighter, have been working on a follow-up to the sci-fi classic from our youth. After all, the top YouTube stars as I already mentioned aren’t reviewing movies they’re playing games and doing live commentary on it. According to Cinema Blend, director Nick Castle, writer Jonathan Betuel and star Lance Guest are all on board for The Last Starfighter 2, which would be based on a “Son of the Starfighter”-type storyline. Concept art for the new Last Starfighter Concept art for the new Last Starfighter Concept art for the new Last Starfighter Concept art for the new Last Starfighter. Hopefully, they’ll mount something fun and we’ll see our characters again.”. Joined Apr 1, 2017 Messages 497 Location UK. Sure, if you want to grow up to be a professional video game player. More importantly to Film Goblin readers — if not the world at large — he wrote some big-time genre films such as The Book of Eli, the post-apocalyptic Denzel Washington vehicle that received mixed reviews and did business of $157 million against an $80 million budget. Personally I think he’d make a fantastic Centauri.”. He has nothing to lose whereas Betuel doesn’t have much on the back burner besides Starfighter. But back to 1984 where video games were just beginning to become the juggernaut of entertainment, they are now. on at Film Goblin, he tagged Rogen. Nintendo Remastering MARIO Franchise For The Switch, Gun Down Feminists & Furries in JESUS STRIKES BACK 2, Spoiler-Free AVENGERS: INFINITY WAR Review From Middle Earth, Monster Planet: Happy Easter with NIGHT OF THE LEPUS, 12 Days Of Christmas: Best TV Christmas Specials, GAME OF THRONES: Season 8, Episode1 Review, Interview With PERCEPTION: Creating Futuristic Tech For The MCU (Part 1). Betuel plans to make The Last Starfighter 2 alongside Rogue One and Star Wars Rebels scribe Gary Whitta, and describes the project as "a combination of reboot and sequel that we both think honors the legacy of the original film while passing the torch to a new generation." That said, I do have a few memories of good times using arcade machines. It would be sad if the original cast weren’t involved at least to a small degree in the remake as was the plan in 2005. The Last Starfighter is an unabashed ripoff of Star Wars and a bit of E.T. Betuel even went on to tease what to expect from his long-planned sequel, as well as how The Last Starfighter 2 would continue the saga whilst still remaining true to the original. I only remember that I thought the film was good but modestly so and that it was so obviously a gap filler for a new Star Wars film that was prayed for but would not come to cinemas for many decades hence. One could make the argument that there is a very similar theme between simulation and reality in Ender’s Game‘s finale to that of The Lost Starfighter. Sounds like he’s trying to stay in Betuel’s good graces but if both Spielberg and Rogen can’t get this thing off the ground what makes Whitta think different? A sequel to The Last Starfighter that never made it past the planning stages would have brought back the cast of the original film, according to a new … An untenable idea for the fans if not for the mercurial creator from Modesto. Although there is complicated interplay between the features of the ownership of the rights between Universal and Warner Brothers back around 2015 there was talk that no less than Steven Spielberg and Seth Rogen had shined the light of their attention on developing a Starfighter project but that Betuel held the keys to the rights stipulating (apparently) that he be involved with the project or else no one could have a go at the property. I saw the film many many years ago and my memories of it are not particularly vivid. Lumens science fiction and everything inbetween. Then things went quiet for the best part of a year. Yup, writing and producing it with original writer/creator @jonbetuel. Betuel has been planning the follow-up for some time but has sadly been held back by various rights issues and studio problems which have now been rectified. None of this might seem unique in 2019 where gaming dominates the culture. Pickle Abrams and Kathleen Kennedy have served up that corporate choke dick to us, but maybe it was the best that they could do. Not very re-watchable, but has nothing you could feel bored about. In fact, he would never live to see the day but in 2019 professional video game player is about the most god damn lucrative thing that you could set out to do so long as you upload stream on Twitch and your videos to YouTube. Producers. Namely a good score and likable original characters. The Imperial army had been raucously defeated at Endor by Generals Solo and Calrissian the previous May ($572.2 million worldwide), Vader’s helmet was reduced to ashes during funeral rites performed by Luke Skywalker and the strains of “Yub Nub” were heard and delighted to hither and thither across the galaxy. I did not want to be sucked into either of those two games. Or, should the original be left alone? Lots of people reacting like they had no idea I’ve been working on a sequel to THE LAST STARFIGHTER. Hand-eye coordination was suddenly being selected for on the evolutionary tree in a big ass way. For the most part, the romance of the arcade was something I never really got to experience. A plum job you bet your ass for an A-franchise as far as I’m concerned. Hilarious and inaccurate.”. Whisked away from the banality of his trailer park life to a distant alien planet, Alex struggles to use his video game-playing skills to pilot a real ship, with real lives at stake. Whitta’s The Last Starfighter sequel/reboot comes fifteen years after the original film’s director Nick Castle tried to launch a true sequel of his own in 2005. Of course, by 1984 Tron had already been released which merged the worlds of video games with reality. It stars Lance Guest, Robert Preston, Catherine Mary Stewart, Dan O'Herlihy and Norman Snow. the last starfighter cast and crew; The Last Starfighter is a 1984 American space opera film directed by Nick Castle. Whitta has cleared up any confusion by confirming a sequel is under development. Xur escaping, the Frontier needing rebuilding and Alex deciding to take Maggie back to Rylos to with him to lead the reinstatement of the Starfighter legions. Whitta: “You’ve got this completely byzantine, impenetrable situation where no one seems to know exactly what the deal is.”. I think what he meant at the time was “There is no such profession.”. The Last Starfighter follows everyday teenager Alex Rogan, played by Lance Guest, who, after finally achieving the high score on Starfighter, his favorite arcade game, meets the game's designer, Centauri, played by Robert Preston. "It's not a remake, it's going to continue the story. Obviously no Robert Preston, and I have no idea whether any of the other cast members have any interest in revisiting this. This glimpse of Gunstar’s and Rylos space docks made the internet all excited. The simple space adventure has become a beloved 1980s classic over the years, with fans already being thrust into a flurry of excitement recently thanks to a rumored television series sequel. For those of you unfamiliar, or those of you who just need a quick brush up, The Last Starfighter centers on Alex Rogan (Lance Guest), a hopeful … Deep Dark Space. When Whitta began tweeting out concept art earlier this summer, already reported Betuel has now denied that this was ever a possibility, assuring fans that The Last Starfighter 2 will be a big screen venture. I know that sounds mean but there it is. Currently not available to stream. “Spielberg himself told me he couldn’t get the rights after I told him how long I’d tried…[Betuel] has the rights and won’t budge.”. Rogue One so he’s in good company there. But Whitta seems to take Betuel’s side here, saying that there is some inherently complicated issue pertaining to the rights aside from whether or not Betuel’s involvement is an a priori part of the deal. Rated Arr! The Last Starfighter's possible sequel gets an update with a title and a sizzle reel showcasing striking concept art that gives us an idea of tone. Last year in an interview with Bloody Disgusting Castle had this to say. The year was 1984 and no one knew what would come next. This is an underdog picture only striving to get before the cameras. Gary Whitta who most notably aided in the story creation for Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016) (worldwide $1.056 billion) took to Twitter last May announcing he was writing and producing a new Starfighter film alongside and with the deal-or-no-deal imprimatur of Jonathan Beteul the first film’s controversial writer. Betuel plans to make The Last Starfighter 2 alongside Rogue One and Star Wars Rebels scribe Gary Whitta, and describes the project as "a combination … It didn’t look all that cool. Add it to your Watchlist to be notified when it becomes available. The loss of the second with the extirpation of the Emperor left a vacuum at the movie house and in the soul. The post THE LAST STARFIGHTER … The Last Starfighter is released to lukewarm reviews but grows to cult status over the ensuing decades. Castle goes onto say that he won’t be directing this one: “Now just this last year, the writer has retained the rights legally now… I won’t be a part of it as a director.”. For the moment George Lucas was keeping to himself what the future held for his/the/our franchise, but he had not precluded the possibility of further sequels completely. ‘The Last Starfighter 2’ Is Finally Moving Forward Confirms Writer . So there you have it. The film tells the story of Alex Rogan (Lance Guest), a teenager recruited by an alien defense force to fight in an interstellar war. Something in the subconscious of humanity was looking to merge heroically with these new simulations. A science fiction classic, The Last Starfighter delivers an imaginative, action-packed adventure. Video game expert Alex Rogan finds himself transported to another planet after conquering The Last Starfighter video game only to find out it was just a test. 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