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Frank Darabont says it's make-or-break time for his Fahrenheit 451 movie

Writer/director Frank Darabont has been talking about adapting Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451 for at least a decade. He got sidetracked by writing gigs on Indiana Jones IV (not, according to him, what became Kingdom of the Crystal Skull) and Mission: Impossible III, as well as directing his own script of The Mist.

But at the Saturn Awards Wednesday night in Burbank, Calif., where he won an award for best DVD special edition release for The Mist, Darabont said it's make-or-break time for the film.

"Fahrenheit is the thing I'm trying to get up next, which is casting-dependent, so it's one of those," Darabont said in an exclusive interview. "I'm out to somebody at the moment, fingers crossed, because, boy, do I want to make that movie. I'm not giving up. I'll die in the traces before I don't make that movie."

This actor is of a clout that could get a medium-budget sci-fi film made, but losing him could be the final blow in a tumultuous development. "Yeah, it's not one of those movies that are vastly expensive by any contemporary standard, but money is still money, and it's of a price that requires somebody that will justify that investment," Darabont said, without identifying the actor. "This is definitely going to be more than [The Mist], so those other considerations do come into play."

Certainly Darabont could shop the script to other actors, but he has a personal deadline. "I promised myself that it would at least go into production while Ray Bradbury were still with us," Darabont said. "It's not like I think he's going to leave tomorrow, but he's not getting any younger. So I have an emotional commitment to wanting to get the wheels well and truly in motion while he's still here to enjoy that."

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Tony Scott Rides with 'Hell's Angels'

Tony Scott decided to put the brakes on his A L I E N prequel, doesn't mean that he won't have plenty of projects to keep him busy in the meantime. For starters; there's his Warriors update, a sequel to his 1983 vampire flick, The Hunger, and the action flick Unstoppable with Chris Pine starting this fall. But that's not all, because now the director has been talking about an adaptation of Hunter S. Thompson's non-fiction classic, Hell's Angels. In an interview with Coming Soon, Scott confirmed that Traffic's Stephen Gaghan has already been hired to write the script, and while Scott claims to own the rights to Thompson's book, there is still confusion over what Gaghan will be using for the script. According to the "motorcycle club's" legal counsel, Scott's film will be based on the book, Hell's Angels: The Life and Times of Sonny Barger and the Hell's Angels Motorcycle Club -- but my guess is that the script will be a blending of the two books.

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Lilja's Library: The World of Stephen King

For over a decade now, Lilja has been one of the leading voices on the Internet when it comes to covering and reporting on Stephen King's books and movies. His website, Lilja's Library, is the die-hard fan's source for information about new King projects and breaking news, but Lilja has also featured his own in-depth reviews and interviews with the most important people in King's world, including Stephen King himself.

Lilja's Library: The World of Stephen King is a brand new massive collection of over 150 of those reviews, over 40 of those interviews, and other special features of interest to King readers everywhere. If you've never been to the website, you're in for a real treat as you catch-up with over 500 pages of articles and features that are sure to please any kind of Stephen King fan, from the general reader to the die-hard collector. And for Lilja's constant readers, there's original material in this special volume that has never appeared anywhere on his website before, and every article and review has been updated and revised for this release.