Sci-Fi Film and Television Developments

The Argonauts
8/12/08 - X-Men writer Zak Penn is writing and will produce The Argonauts, a new take on the classic Greek myth, for 20th Century Fox, Variety reported.  Fox's version of The Argonauts is based on Penn's original take on the story, about the Argonauts, a band of heroic sailors, who, in the years before the Trojan War, accompanied Jason to Colchis in his quest to find the Golden Fleece. The Argonauts name comes from the sailors' ship, the Argo.  John Davis is also on board to produce.  The Argonauts tale has spawned a number of projects, including the 1963 film Jason and the Argonauts, as well as a 2000 NBC miniseries.  DreamWorks is developing a project, also titled The Argonauts, about a group of treasure hunters who discover the wreck of the mythological sunken ship thought to have been captained by Jason and are transported back in time to ancient Greece.

AlienAlmanac.com 2008