Ron Howard directing remake of "Colossus"?

The computer in I Robot had the same idea. But her plan didn't work out too well. The same with the computer in Wargames. Cyberdine systems from the terminator was successful as it turned out. Let's see how well this computer does. :P

Really though, despite the similarities with other movies, I'd like to see how this turns out. With Ron Howard attached, this movie could turn out ok.

sounds decent.... trailer, must have trailer...

I just want to be the first to speak out against this rampant techno-racism and stereotyping! Why must my people be always portrayed in these movies as trying to take control or decimate human kind? Yes, we have had a few bad apple computers but must it ruin the whole bunch? Besides they were just trying to help you humans out. Maybe if you didn`t suck so hard we wouldn't have to try and enslave, destroy, or wipe you from existence.


woodwraith, you forgot the computer from the Matrix.

Actually, the original wasn't half bad for it's time. Colossus was the pre-cursor to Skynet. It connected with it's Russian (Cold War era) conterpart and used Nuclear Weapons and the threat of thier use to hold mankind hostage and do it's bidding... Maybe instead of a remake, they should just call it Terminator 4 and do a movie on Skynet's rise and enslavement/genecide of mankind....

The only thing interesting about this news is that Ron Howard is involved and it’s sci fi. It’s amazing to me how the same concepts can be resurrected over and over again while original ideas generated by sci fi authors like Card and Sawyer sit on the shelves for years. If Hollywood can’t leave the whole technology out of control idea alone and need a new twist then Simmons’ Hyperion and the Fall of Hyperion are so far beyond anything else to date that it would blow people’s minds. “Braniac designs a supercomputer”? Are you kidding me? Asimov called this fear of technology/robots idea “Frankenstein syndrome” so many years ago he’s probably laughing his ass off right now, difficult to do when you consider the guys been dead for 15 years!

Let's see... there have been movies about aliens, robots, computers, viruses, computer viruses, terrorists, storms, bugs, birds, fish, beasts, things, zombies, vampires, demons, ghosts, rabbits, nature, and gym teachers (my personal favorite) trying to kill humans and take over the world... I would like to hear someones idea of an original concept for a movie that involves action and near death of humanity without using something that has not been done before!!!

Yes, I`m sure he sitting next to Einstein and Tupac at lunch and laughing his ball off while James Brown, Barry White, and Ray Charles provide the meal music.

I'll wait for Colossus vs. Microsoft.

The original movie was another one of my childhood favorites. My brother and I had the computer's dialogue memorized. Normally I am so opposed to remakes but since this comes from a series of novels I don't mind making another adaptation with different interpretation. With the talent of Ron Howard behind it, it could be a great modernization of this older concept.
"This is the voice of World Control. I bring you peace. This may be the peace of plenty and content or the peace of unburied death. The choice is yours. Obey me and live. Disobey and die." - Colossus:The Forbin Project

Will Tom Hanks play the computer?