Starman tv series 19861987 the movie database tmdb. So, what tessa is suggesting is a follow up to the original john carpenters starman, a starman 2, a real sequel that would continue where the original movie left. Find out where starman 1984 is streaming, if starman 1984 is on netflix, and get news and updates, on decider. Its all set up, very much like the big lebowski, like the little dude. There may be, but john carpenter had nothing to do with it. After learning a dark secret everything will change. Catch up with jack, will and courtney in the sequel to our 2014.
The show takes place in 1986 and scott is now 14 year old. Starman is an american science fiction television series, starring robert hays and christopher daniel barnes and continuing the story from john carpenters 1984 film. Just watched starman again this is a great film and would like to think that a sequel to this great film is being thought about and i know im not. Which means starman visited earth 14 years earlier, which would be 1972 five years before the voyagers were launched. Like carpenters halloween, bridges hopes that starman someday gets a decadeslater sequel, and the actor tells the wrap that hed love to return and reunite with allen for such a. Although i believe they did try to make a tv series out of it, but it didnt do too well. Legacy, is there any other scifi sequel hed like to attack. The alien, otherwise known as starman, clones the human form of scott hayden, jennys deceased husband. Starman is not only a game, but a whole experience. I wasnt going to answer this, but hey, ive wanted to say this for a while, considering how bad the science fiction genre has devolved over the years.
Starman is a 1984 american romance science fiction film directed by john carpenter that tells the story of a humanoid alien jeff bridges who has come to earth in response to the invitation found on the gold phonograph record installed on the voyager 2 space probe. The scifi thriller nabbed a best actor nomination for bridges, who played an alien stranded on earth and who takes on the form of allens characters. Starman is an american science fiction television series starring robert hays and. There was a sequel, in the form of a short lived tv series in which starman came back to meet the son he conceived in the movie. Starman is a truly beautifully invigorating feel good movie and jb was rarely better. Sawako was dumped by her husband and since then she has raised her three sons alone. The alien also leaves her one of his metal balls that can do all sorts of things, saying, he will know what to do with it. Here are the first intriguing details for that starman. But starman, the 1984 john carpenter film he starred in with karen. For example, harry potter and the sorcerers stone is a movie, but chamber of secrets is the sequel to the first, and azkaban is.
Namely, bridges thinks starman is ripe for sequel potential since the film ends with spoiler alert allens earth girl having been impregnated by bridges alien. Jeff bridges wants to do a starman sequel with karen. I just wish john carpenter would make a sequel to it, is what i wish. What i never have understood is why they never made a sequel as jenny was left pregnant by the starman. They should totally have done a sequel to this where the kid grows up and oh my god. An alien takes the form of a young widows husband and asks her to drive him from wisconsin to arizona. Evans and raynold gideon, with dean riesner doing uncredited rewrites. Suddenly i thought hang on, he didnt just want to make a john carpenter movie like starman, he wants to make the sequel to starman. In this clip from our upcoming interview with actress karen allen, she discusses her hopes for a sequel to john carpenters starman. Watching these old starman movies is akin to hopping into a time machine for me. Starman is an american science fiction television series starring robert hays and christopher daniel barnes which continues the story from john carpenter s 1984 film of the same name.
This movie never got the attention it deserved, possibly because it came out just two years after another movie about an alien who comes to earth and gets the help of humans to return to its ship. Even though i was around, obviously in 1984, i never saw the movie. The original movie starman, from 1984, starred jeff bridges as an alien who takes the form of the dead husband of a grieving widow. Movies like starman if you like starman you are looking for touching, offbeat and serious movies about with alien, on the run, fish out of water, rescue, widow, benign alien and romance themes of romance and scifi genre shot in usa. Starman contains the potential to be a very silly movie, but the two actors have so much sympathy for their characters that the movie, advertised as space fiction, turns into one of 1984s more.
Starman the return is actually a tv show remake of the movie. Jeff bridges wants to reunite with karen allen for a sequel to john carpenters starman. The series ran on the abc network from september 19, 1986 to may 2, 1987. Shawn levy, who is set to helm sonys starman remake, has offered the first details for the new movie. Karen allen talks scrooged at 30 and why starman 2 could save us. Jeff bridges says he wants to reunite with karen allen for a sequel to 1984s john carpenterdirected gentle alien visitor movie starman. Jenny hayden karen allen was left behind, pregnant, by the stranded alien jeff bridges. Jeff bridges thinks its time for a sequel to his 1984 john carpenter scifi romance starman.
Jeff bridges wants to reunite with karen allen for a. Jeff bridges wants to return for john carpenter sequel. I was probably relatively young at the time and the whole scene when the alien changes from a baby, to a young boy, to jeff bridges, quite freaked me out. Bridges would like to see starman sequel jeff bridges admits that he would be interested in seeing a sequel to his 1984 movie starman. Sony is developing a remake of 1984s starman with shawn levy on board to direct and produce with michael douglas returning to produce. Weve put so much love building the sceneries, and trying to create an eerie atmosphere. Star man must fight the powerful wizard mordru and the crazy hypnotist ragdoll.
The way that bridges takes the character and the little glitches in. I spent countless hours watching these movies in awe of starman s abilities to. Due to be picked up by his mother ship in three days at meteor crater, arizona, starman is in dire. I remember the starman movie scaring me when i first watched it. The original movie starman, from 1984, starred jeff bridges as an alien who takes the form of the dead husband of a grieving widow karen allen. A sequel is a continuation of a film story beyond the first film. Starman arrived after john carpenter made a string of classic horror movies that include halloween, the fog, the thing and christine.
I first saw starman on betamax many many years ago and ive always loved the film its another oscar nomination for the great man and yet another pass over. Starman contains the potential to be a very silly movie, but the two actors have so much sympathy for their characters that the movie, advertised as space fiction. The alien tells her that her baby will grow up to be a teacher and its now 30 years later. Select any poster below to play the movie, totally free. A sequel is a movie but is a second, third, fourth, etc. Since first watching the movie starman it has always been one of my favorites and i still watch it every once in a while. Starman 1984 gave him his third nomination and while he had tough competition that year, f. Watch full episode of starman japanese drama dramacool. On imdb tv, you can catch hollywood hits and popular tv series at no cost. Sutamankono hoshi no koi starman this stars love description. Murray abraham and tom hulce in amadeus, his performance is brilliant and every bit as good. Havent seen the movie yet obviously, so that might not make any literal sense, especially if its set in the modern day.
Starman is a story of romance and adventure, as an alien jeff bridges observing life on earth becomes stranded near the wisconsin farmhouse of recently widowed jenny hayden karen allen. In starman, karen allen, shes got a bun in the oven as well, he said. Starman is a 1984 american romance science fiction film directed by john carpenter that tells the story of a humanoid alien jeff bridges who has come to earth. An alien takes the form of a young widows husband and. The original starman starred jeff bridges who was fantastic in the role and karen allen raiders of the lost ark as a pair of starcrossed lovers in the john carpenterdirected movie. And i just think its a beautifully made film, allen says. Legacy now out in theaters and raking in the green he was asked if there was another scifi sequel hed like to visitrevisit and he mentioned his 1984 film starman. The series was an adaptation and sequel to a movie of the same name produced in 1984. This time he takes the form of a semi famous news reporter or photographer, i dont remember exactly and goes on a road trip with his son to look for his mother, who had some kind of breakdown and left the boy in foster care. If a sequel to starman is made, what would you like to see. Everything is being remade, rebooted or revived nowadays, so why not a sequel to the 1984 scifi romance starman. Resurgence tv spot, a starman remake, sicario getting a sequel, j. Jeff bridges wants to return for sequel to john carpenters starman dan zinski oct 12, 2018 jeff bridges says he wants to reunite with karen allen for a sequel to 1984s john carpenterdirected gentle alien visitor movie starman. This was found by the starman in the first movie and was his invitation to visit earth.
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