5. An Unmuted Mute
When it was announced that David Bowies son, a man who had been christened "Zowie" upon his entrance into the world as everyone's favourite coke fuelled genius pop chameleons first child, was going to be writing and directing a sci-fi themed Sam Rockwell vehicle many people scratched their heads and went, "um...what?" There's an inherent mistrust and slight bitterness (ok, at least with me there is) when those that have been born into privilege decide to go out and do the art thing. It was an enormous and truly pleasant surprise then when "Moon" landed as one of the most thoughtful, engaging and beautifully constructed sci-fi movies in recent memory. A real tour de force piece that announced Duncan Jones (he smartly ditched Zowie some time ago) as a genuinely exciting modern film maker and artist in his own right, instantly sidestepping out of his father's shadow and carving his own path. Which is why every one go excited when "Mute", the proposed concept for Moon's follow, up was announced. Where Moon took its inspiration's from the 2001 school of science fiction film making, Mute had its influence hoover sucking steadily from the pool marked "Blade Runner". The story would revolve around a mute bartender trying to track down his wife who's disappeared into a seedy underground world of mafia, crime and corruption in a sprawling, built up Blade Runner inspired city scape. Uh....YES. PLEASE. Sounds fantastic no? And considering just how strong a debut Moon was, many were eager to see yet another original Sci-fi concept from the team that produced it. Duncan eventually decided to follow up Moon with Source Code, the action version of Groundhog Day, an excellent film in its own right....buuuut, geez whiz I wanted the Blade Runner esque noir thingy damn it! As of Comic-Con 2013, Jones has revealed that Mute will be produced and released as a graphic novel, and though the prospect of actually seeing through the whole story is something to get awfully worked up about, the handful of images they've released from it simply make the eye and mind ache for what it would look like on the big screen as an actual production.