BUCK ROGERS returns & with Frank Miller?

By Matt Holmes / June 25, 2011

IGN report that Nu Image/Millenium Films are set to resurrect the long dead Buck Rogers franchise. They have greenlit a new movie which is similar to their recent dealings on a new Conan feature. Early reports said that Frank Miller would be directing but since then the site have been informed that no firm director choice has been made just yet for the film that has been set a $40 million budget. It's said the film will be similar to the new Doctor Who series in that it will keep the cheapness atmosphere of the low-budget special effects and that it will very much keep the tone of the original 1980's series.

As originally conceived by Nowlan, Buck Rogers was a U.S. military pilot who falls into a coma after being exposed to a gas and wakes up in the 25th century. Later as a comic strip character, Buck -- along with allies Wilma Deering and Dr. Huer -- fought cosmic villains such as the Mongols, Killer Kane and Ardala. Buck was updated to be an astronaut for the 1980s TV series.

I use to love Buck Rogers and I think the movie industry has kinda been waiting for this news after so many other t.v. shows have already been adapted. Would love to see Frank Miller's take on it but ONLY if he actually shot it without the green screen!