[Alex Murphy]

In 1981, Fox commissioned science fiction author Ray Bradbury to pen a sequel to the film. But Bradbury's script never made it to the silver screen - perhaps because it minimizes the roles of the robot and his alien master, trades Klaatu’s message of peace for a lesson on solar power, and features a Christmas love story. Bradbury’s script outline for The Day the Earth Stood Still II: The Evening of the Second Day opens on Christmas Eve, thirty years after the events of the original film.

Ping to read later

I'd wondered why Ray Bradbury had been turning up on cable so often this last year, and now I know.

[weegee]

Ray Bradbury writes every day. I doubt that he’s making the rounds to promote one work over all of the other things he’s working on.

[Lancey Howard]

I'd wondered why Ray Bradbury had been turning up on cable so often this last year, and now I know.

Likewise! In fact, I saw Bradbury interviewed on Turner Classic Movies by that other old guy, the usual host, just two or three weeks ago. I did appreciate that Bradbury, a few years back, slammed Michael Moore for using 'Fahrenheit 911' as the title for his propaganda movie.