I'd been kicking around an idea for a sequel to THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL for a long time. I kept embellishing it over the years and shared some ideas with my Monster Kid pals. One of them, not well known for withholding criticism, responded so positively that I finally got serious and started writing a screenplay. About a month later, they announced the remake. My ideas keyed off the original in several critical places, so that was the end of that.

"That which does not kill me makes me vanish." - Jack Griffin