Ridley Scott to film The Forever War?

When I heard the rumour a shiver ran down my spine - I had to stand up at my desk and pace around a bit. Could it really be true?

http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117993856.html?categoryid=13&cs=1&nid=2564

I'm quite stunned -- it would simply be The Best Thing Ever.

Joe Haldeman's The Forever War is, 34 years after its publication, one of the most intelligent, compassionate pieces of (science) fiction ever written. When Alien out in 1979, I used to think what a great job he'd do it it. I can hardly belive it's going to happen.

Last week, the possibility of a new Thomas Pynchon novel, and now this? If I'm this lucky at the moment, look out for headlines that Russell Brand has contracted Ebola, and bizarrely, every single recording or trace him ever made has been coincidentally lost. Though since the Catholic Church has officially admited that god didn't create man then I shouldn't expect too much.