Neil
03-Mar-2016, 10:25 AM
http://screenrant.com/world-war-3-sam-raimi-director/
The project, which Raimi and his associates had been pursuing for several years, does not yet have an official screenplay or listed screenwriter. The setup for the story will be based on The Next 100 Years: A Forecast of The 21st Century, a 2009 book by political philosopher and geopolitical forecaster George Friedman.
The title, World War III, refers to a three year “limited war” conflict Friedman predicts to occur around 2050 following a technological arms-race involving militarized space programs between the United States, Japan, and Turkey. In the hypothetical conflict, the U.S. allies with China, Britain, “Polish Bloc” Europe, India and China to oppose the combined forces of Japan, Turkey, France, and Germany; with the U.S.-led coalition ultimately victorious. In Friedman’s hypothetical outline of military/industrial development, the war is fought primarily with hypersonic aircraft, soldiers in strength-enhancing powered-armor and space-based weaponry including military bases on the Moon. It is presumed that Raimi’s film will place fictional characters amid these events.
The project, which Raimi and his associates had been pursuing for several years, does not yet have an official screenplay or listed screenwriter. The setup for the story will be based on The Next 100 Years: A Forecast of The 21st Century, a 2009 book by political philosopher and geopolitical forecaster George Friedman.
The title, World War III, refers to a three year “limited war” conflict Friedman predicts to occur around 2050 following a technological arms-race involving militarized space programs between the United States, Japan, and Turkey. In the hypothetical conflict, the U.S. allies with China, Britain, “Polish Bloc” Europe, India and China to oppose the combined forces of Japan, Turkey, France, and Germany; with the U.S.-led coalition ultimately victorious. In Friedman’s hypothetical outline of military/industrial development, the war is fought primarily with hypersonic aircraft, soldiers in strength-enhancing powered-armor and space-based weaponry including military bases on the Moon. It is presumed that Raimi’s film will place fictional characters amid these events.