<html><head></head><body><div class="yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:arial;font-size:16px;"><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Hello,</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Does anyone know more about plans to make a film with the title <span><em>Jinzo Ningen</em></span>?</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">From what little I can gather on the internet, the plans were aborted.</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">I'm especially interested to know if it was going to be a direct interpretation of <span><span>Karel Čapek</span></span>'s R.U.R. (Rossum's Universal Robots). (I can't help but imagine that it would have been indirectly influenced by <span><span>Čapek).</span></span></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><span><span><br></span></span></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><span><span>Any details whatsoever would be appreciated. Full disclosure: I'm writing a book on <span><span>the worldwide performances of R.U.R. I will gladly give acknowledgement for assistance.</span></span></span></span></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><span><span><span><span><br></span></span></span></span></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Best,</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Steve Joyce</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div></div></body></html>