J. Michael Straczynski doing anything involving science fiction is always worth taking note of in my book. His latest stab, as we reported previously, is writing a screenplay for a remake of the sci-fi classic “Forbidden Planet”. Now as it turns out, JMS might not be really writing a remake, but instead more of a “continuation” of the original story. At least, that’s what Harry et al over at Aint-it-Cool-News seems to have gathered. Read more for their take on what the remake/maybe-not-remake has in store.

If you saw Clint Eastwood’s “Changeling” and didn’t glance at the credits, I doubt you would know that J. Michael Straczynski, creator of the sci-fi opus Babylon 5, was the screenwriter of that movie. But that’s JMS for ya — the man is an incredibly flexible writer, and he can do anything, from comic books to sci-fi TV to period dramas. But JMS is returning to a familiar world with the announcement that he’s been tapped by Warner Bros. and uber producer Joel Silver to write an updated adaptation of the sci-fi classic movie “Forbidden Planet”. Robbie the Robot, we assume, is giddy over the news.