August 31, 200619 yr A re-make of the 1950's classic The Dam Busters Peter Jackson to film Dam Busters The Lord of the Rings director Peter Jackson is to remake classic British war film The Dam Busters, he has told film industry trade paper Screen Daily. Jackson will produce the movie, with King Kong animator Christian Rivers in the director's chair. Jackson said it would be "as authentic as possible and as close to the spirit of the original as possible". The 1954 film told the true story of how Britain developed bouncing bombs to destroy German dams in World War II. Mel Gibson was going to direct and possibly act in it Peter Jackson Jackson says he first saw the film as a child and "really loved it". "There's that wonderful mentality of the British during the war - that heads-down, persevering, keep-on-plugging-away mentality which is the spirit of Dam Busters," he told Screen Daily. Based on a book by Paul Brickhill, the original film starred Michael Redgrave as Barnes Wallis, who developed the bomb, and Richard Todd as Wing Commander Guy Gibson, who led the RAF bombing mission. Jackson asked his agent to inquire about the possibility of remaking the film at the same time as he was securing the rights to the Lord of the Rings trilogy in the 1990s. "He came back and said that [film company] Icon had the rights and that Mel Gibson was going to direct and possibly act in it," Jackson said. "Obviously that didn't happen." The remake is set to use details of the bombing mission which were still classified at the time the original film was made by director Michael Anderson. "So much of it was still secret," said Jackson. "They weren't even allowed to show the bomb itself and had to create a fictionalised bomb." The project is due to start filming next year, with a budget of $30-40m (£16-21m). Television presenter Sir David Frost will be an executive producer on the movie as he owns the rights to the book. Jackson's next project as director will be an adaptation of Alice Sebold's novel The Lovely Bones. Story from BBC NEWS: http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/1/hi/entertainment/5301998.stm Sounds very good :)
September 1, 200619 yr Can he not just get on with making The hobbit instead? He will, eventually. And if he doesn't, no one will.
September 1, 200619 yr Can he not just get on with making The hobbit instead? No, because unlike LotR, two rival companies own different parts of the filming and distribution rights for the Hobbit, so even if he managed to film it, he wouldn't be allowed to let anyone watch it. Very, very annoying. check here: http://www.thehobbitfilm.com/
September 2, 200619 yr No, because unlike LotR, two rival companies own different parts of the filming and distribution rights for the Hobbit, so even if he managed to film it, he wouldn't be allowed to let anyone watch it. Very, very annoying. check here: http://www.thehobbitfilm.com/ Well, it would be nice if it came soon so Ian McKellen can play the role of Gandalf again. And the man's getting old....
September 2, 200619 yr Well' date=' it would be nice if it came soon so Ian McKellen can play the role of Gandalf again. And the man's getting old....[/quote'] I hope they get their act together soon enough so he can play the role again too. It just wouldn't be the same with a different Gandalf! :stunned:
September 11, 200619 yr :dance: Source: Variety (via comingsoon.net): In a Variety article talking about MGM's move back into the tentpole business, the trade mentions a few highly-anticipated projects that are in the works: Over the next few years, MGM is planning to release half a dozen films, some in the $150 million to $200 million-plus range. Studio is ready to unveil such high-profile projects as "Terminator 4"; one or two installments of "The Hobbit," which Sloan hopes will be directed by Peter Jackson and a sequel to "The Thomas Crown Affair" with Pierce Brosnan. http://www.theonering.net/perl/newsview/1/1157924012 It may be faint hope... but at long last, it is hope...
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