Reply #3: I don't speak Hollywood--

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When the director says he hopes to make the movie this year, does that mean it's definitely going to be made eventually but maybe not right away, or does it mean he hopes to make the movie at all?

I guess the story does say "upcoming Columbia feature"--in which case it's amazing that they're making a movie about Clarke's book during this administration. (Surely "All the President's Men" was made long after Nixon left office?)