Plus, a big name like Bale, what with “The Dark Knight Rises” due out next year and sure to blow away the box office and thus make Bale’s name even more in demand, would definitely get Aronofsky the $130 million dollars he needs to make his biblical epic “Noah”, his “edgy” re-telling of the Noah’s Ark story from that big ol book called the Bible. Or at least, that’s the going rumor from Vulture. It makes sense, of course, but the site is very hit and miss (lately, it’s been very miss) with these casting rumors, so take it for what you will. Aronofsky will eventually direct from a script by Adam Cooper and Bill Collage.
- 6/14/2011
- by Nix
- Beyond Hollywood
Darren Aronofsky Planning Noah's Ark Epic After exiting The Wolverine sequel, Darren Aronofsky has been busy with plans for an epic project. The Black Swan director is currently shopping around a retelling of Noah's Ark to various studios with a price tag of $130 million to make it. Paramount, Fox and Summit Entertainment have expressed interest in co-financing with New Regency. Noah is described as a "big, fantasy epic and an opportunity for Aronofsky to create a world." This isn't the only retelling of epic religious stories that Aronofsky is working on. The director is also considering directing Exodus, the story of Moses, his defiance of the Pharaoh and delivery of the Hebrews from enslavement, for 20th Century Fox. Exodus is written by the writing team of Adam Cooper...
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- 6/8/2011
- by affiliates@fandango.com
- Fandango
Darren Aronofsky is currently trying to build his Noah's Ark epic and is shopping the project around to studios, according to Deadline. The project is reportedly and "edgy re-telling" of the Noah's Ark story. The first draft of the script was written by Aronofsky and now John Logan is working on a rewrite. The project is being described as a "big fantasy epic, and an opportunity for Aronofsky to create a world."
The project has a hefty price tag of $130 million, part of wich may be covered from co-financing by New Regency. Currently Paramount, Fox and Summit are in the mix to finance the remaining portion. Since he dropped out of The Wolverine, fans have been wondering what his next move would be. This is reportedly a project that the director is very passionate about and hopes to make it his next film. Aronofsky also has been considering directing 20th Century Fox's Exodus,...
The project has a hefty price tag of $130 million, part of wich may be covered from co-financing by New Regency. Currently Paramount, Fox and Summit are in the mix to finance the remaining portion. Since he dropped out of The Wolverine, fans have been wondering what his next move would be. This is reportedly a project that the director is very passionate about and hopes to make it his next film. Aronofsky also has been considering directing 20th Century Fox's Exodus,...
- 6/8/2011
- by Tiberius
- GeekTyrant
While we were trying to figure out what Darren Aronofsky’s next move would be since he departed from working on The Wolverine Sequel, the director has been quite busy with some big plans for an epic project. Well, now we know what he has been doing during that time. Deadline reports that Aronofsky has been shopping his retelling of the story of Noah around to various studios to get it ready for a major studio production. According to the site, he wants $130 million to make it and that New Regency is eyeing a co-financing role, while the other half include Paramount and Fox, as well as Summit.
But this isn’t the only retelling of epic religious stories that Aronofsky has been working on. We told you that the director also was considering directing Exodus. Exodus would be a 20th Century Fox and Chernin Entertainment-produced telling of the story of Moses,...
But this isn’t the only retelling of epic religious stories that Aronofsky has been working on. We told you that the director also was considering directing Exodus. Exodus would be a 20th Century Fox and Chernin Entertainment-produced telling of the story of Moses,...
- 6/8/2011
- by Mike Lee
- FusedFilm
After walking away from “The Wolverine”, “Black Swan” director Darren Aronofsky is a man in search of a project, and we’ve been dying to see what he does next. If Aronofsky has his way, he’ll be directing a big-budget and “edgy re-telling of the Noah’s Ark story” from a script by Adam Cooper and Bill Collage, says Deadline. The film, which is being called a “fantasy epic”, comes with a price tag of $130 million, but considering that Aronofsky brought in $315 million worldwide from a little ol movie about ballet and some supernatural shenanigans that cost barely $12 million to make, I’m going to go out on a limb and say that he’ll get plenty of takers. Currently, New Regency, Paramount, Fox, and Summit are all considering footing the bill for “Noah”. Aronofsky was also previously rumored for Fox’s Moses re-telling “Exodus”, but that’s not going to happen.
- 6/8/2011
- by Nix
- Beyond Hollywood
Exclusive: I'm told that town is tantalized by a package circulating with Darren Aronofsky directing Noah, an edgy re-telling of the Noah's Ark story. Aronofsky wrote a script that is getting a rewrite by John Logan. I've heard he wants $130 million to make it and that New Regency is eyeing a co-financing role. Suitors considering stepping up for the other half include Paramount and Fox, as well as Summit, I've heard. It was described to me as a big fantasy epic, and an opportunity for Aronofsky to create a world. He's very passionate about it and wants to make it next film, after dropping out of The Wolverine. Aronofsky's got more heat on him than ever after directing the spectacularly profitable Black Swan, which grossed $315 million worldwide on a $12 million budget. His move toward Noah comes after Aronofsky recently flirted with Exodus, the 20th Century Fox and Chernin Entertainment-produced telling of the story of Moses,...
- 6/8/2011
- by MIKE FLEMING
- Deadline
Taylor Lautner will star in Fox 2000's movie adaptation of the bestselling young adult book "Incarceron." Lautner will play the lead character, Finn, who wants to escape from Incarceron, a rundown city that doubles as a jail for an entire population. Finn and Claudia, the warden's daughter who lives on the "Outside" and is given the finest things in life except for free will, both find a crystal key that connect the two. Lautner will likely produce along with John Palermo (X-Men movies). The writing team of Bill Collage and Adam Cooper (The Olsen Twins' New York Minute) are adapting the book into a script.
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- 12/10/2010
- by tara@kidspickflicks.com (Tara the Mom)
- kidspickflicks
Soon to be “Twilight”-less dude Taylor Lautner has added another film to his growing plate — the starring role in Fox 2000′s “Incarceron”, based on the young adult novel by Catherine Fisher. Adam Cooper and Bill Collage will be writing the sci-fi film, the plot of which goes thusly: Lautner will play Finn, who has lived his entire life on Incarceron, a savage, futuristic prison society. He meets the daughter of the warden, who is trapped in her own prison, a futuristic world constructed beautifully to look like the 17th Century. She knows nothing of Incarceron except that it exists. She and Finn simultaneously find a crystal key that allows them to communicate and hatch an escape plan for Finn. The film will be produced by John Palermo and Lautner is likely to become involved as a producer as well. “Incaceron” was first published in 2007, and became an instant bestseller.
- 12/10/2010
- by Nix
- Beyond Hollywood
Another project has attached Twilight actor Taylor Lautner. Having recently wrapped production on the John Singleton-directed thriller Abduction, Lautner is currently shooting The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, the two-part, final chapter in the Twilight franchise, with a 3-D adaptation of Stretch Armstrong to shoot sometime after Breaking Dawn wraps.
According to Deadline, Lautner's latest project is an adaptation of Catherine Fisher's young adult novel Incarceron, which would have Lautner playing Finn, who has grown up in the futuristic prison society of Incarceron. With the help of a crystal key and the Warden's daughter Claudia, Finn hatches a plan to escape. Screenwriters Adam Cooper and Bill Collage, adapted the screenplay for the movie, which Lautner may also produce. No director has been announced yet.
With this many projects lined up, it's ironic that, at one point, Lautner was reportedly fighting against being replaced in New Moon.
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According to Deadline, Lautner's latest project is an adaptation of Catherine Fisher's young adult novel Incarceron, which would have Lautner playing Finn, who has grown up in the futuristic prison society of Incarceron. With the help of a crystal key and the Warden's daughter Claudia, Finn hatches a plan to escape. Screenwriters Adam Cooper and Bill Collage, adapted the screenplay for the movie, which Lautner may also produce. No director has been announced yet.
With this many projects lined up, it's ironic that, at one point, Lautner was reportedly fighting against being replaced in New Moon.
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- 12/10/2010
- by reelz reelz
- Reelzchannel.com
Taylor Lautner has signed on to star in the sci-fi prison thriller "Incarceron" for Fox 2000 reports Deadline.
Based on Catherine Fisher's young-adult novel series, the dystopian fantasy follows a young man Finn incarcerated in a futuristic and completely self-contained living prison ruled by rivalry and savagery.
The daughter of the prison's warden lives outside in a future world made to resemble the 17th century and is being forced into an arranged marriage. Both find a device, a crystal key, which allows them to communicate with each other and hatch a plan to escape their respective incarcerations.
Adam Cooper and Bill Collage are adapting the script while Hugh Jackman and John Palermo will produce. No director is currently attached.
Based on Catherine Fisher's young-adult novel series, the dystopian fantasy follows a young man Finn incarcerated in a futuristic and completely self-contained living prison ruled by rivalry and savagery.
The daughter of the prison's warden lives outside in a future world made to resemble the 17th century and is being forced into an arranged marriage. Both find a device, a crystal key, which allows them to communicate with each other and hatch a plan to escape their respective incarcerations.
Adam Cooper and Bill Collage are adapting the script while Hugh Jackman and John Palermo will produce. No director is currently attached.
- 12/10/2010
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Alright maybe that title a little misleading, he isn’t going to prison for appearing in three Twilight films. In actual fact he has scored the lead role in the up and coming film Incarceron. Earlier this year we brought you the news (here) that Fox 2000 had acquired the rights to Catherine Fisher’s novel. No director has been attached yet, the film is being written by Adam Cooper and Bill Collage.
Lautner is currently filming the Breaking Dawn two parter, and once that wraps he’ll move on to the thriller Abduction (directed by John Singleton). I would assume once that has wrapped this will start filming.
For those not in the know, here is the Plot Summary for the book Incarceron: Finn, a young prisoner born from Incarceron – a brutal prison sealed from the world – is a starseer, a person fated to escape from the dictatorial prison.
Lautner is currently filming the Breaking Dawn two parter, and once that wraps he’ll move on to the thriller Abduction (directed by John Singleton). I would assume once that has wrapped this will start filming.
For those not in the know, here is the Plot Summary for the book Incarceron: Finn, a young prisoner born from Incarceron – a brutal prison sealed from the world – is a starseer, a person fated to escape from the dictatorial prison.
- 12/10/2010
- by Marcella Papandrea
- Killer Films
For all his fans – and we know you are legion – there are those who harbour a secret hope that Taylor Lautner would be sent to film prison for his crimes against cinema. Well, now you might just get your wish, in a roundabout way, because he’s just become attached to star in Incarceron, which will see him living in a futuristic prison society.Fox 2000 has the rights to adapt Catherine Fisher’s young adult novel, which finds a lad named Finn spending his life in a savage place he dreams of escaping. But then he discovers a crystal key that lets him communicate with the warden’s daughter, who is herself trapped in a world that looks like something out of the 17th century. Together the pair start to look for a way out from their respective captivities.Given the source material, it’s not a shocker to see...
- 12/10/2010
- EmpireOnline
Catherine Fisher’s futuristic novel “Incarceron” is being adapted for its big screen treatment by Adam Cooper & Bill Collage for Fox 2000. Today, Deadline has word the two writers will now have a face to put to their leading man, as everyone’s favorite shirtless wolf boy has been attached to the role.
Taylor Lautner will play 17-year-old Finn, who has spent his whole life in the futuristic prison society of “Incarceron” under the watchful eye of the warden. The warden’s daughter has been trapped in her own prison of sorts, being held in a simulated world made to look like the 17th Century.
Naturally, Finn and the Warden’s daughter cross paths via a crystal key, which allows them to communicate and plot their escape. According to the book’s description, “The two stories emerge, intertwine and, by the end, unwind in startling twists that will astonish.”
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Taylor Lautner will play 17-year-old Finn, who has spent his whole life in the futuristic prison society of “Incarceron” under the watchful eye of the warden. The warden’s daughter has been trapped in her own prison of sorts, being held in a simulated world made to look like the 17th Century.
Naturally, Finn and the Warden’s daughter cross paths via a crystal key, which allows them to communicate and plot their escape. According to the book’s description, “The two stories emerge, intertwine and, by the end, unwind in startling twists that will astonish.”
With Lautner...
- 12/9/2010
- by Cybergosh
- NextMovie
Taylor Lautner has signed on for the film version of the fantasy young adult novel Incarceron , set for development at Fox 2000, reports Deadline . The project, first announced back in March , is based on the novel of the same name, written by Catherine Fisher and published earlier this year. It tells the story of a 17-year-old prisoner named Finn (Lautner's role) who has lived his whole life in a self-sustaining prison where one generation of inmates gives birth to the next. Following the legend of the only man who ever escaped Incarceron, Sapphique, Finn teams with the warden's daughter, Claudia, to mount a fantastic escape. Planned as a series of novels, the film adaptation will arrive with a script from Bill Collage and Adam Cooper.
- 12/9/2010
- Comingsoon.net
Jennifer Lopez is in talks to star in Columbia.s remake of the romantic comedy "Overboard." The 1987 original starred Kurt Russell, Goldie Hawn, Edward Herrmann, Katherine Helmond and Roddy McDowall. Garry Marshall directed from a script by Leslie Dixon. The film centered on a spoiled heiress (Hawn) who falls off her yacht and is taken to the hospital. When she wakes up with amnesia, a widowed carpenter (Russell) convinces her that she is his wife and mother of his four boys.According to The Hollywood Reporter, Adam Cooper and Bill Collage worked on the new script, as did original screenwriter Dixon. No director has been hired yet. Will Smith is producing with his Overbrook production company partner James Lassiter.Lopez.s last film...
- 3/19/2010
- by Adnan Tezer
- Monsters and Critics
In an age where we lack action heroes and recognition factor is key for franchiseability (a new made-up word), Hollywood is turning to history for new characters. In addition to all the King Arthur stories that are brewing, Leonardo DaVinci, Marco Polo, and Harry Houdini are quickly being reworked into the 21st century's Indiana Jones or Sherlock Holmes.
As Eugene Novikov reported earlier today, Warner Bros is looking at making the actual Leonardo DaVinci into the star of his own DaVinci Code type of movie. Last week, Variety reported that they've also hired Francis Lawrence to develop an action movie starring 13th century adventurer Marco Polo. Most people only know Polo as a cheesy pool game, but he was an extensive traveler who was one of the first Europeans to travel throughout Asia. He wasn't the first, but his journals exposed many Europeans to the Far East, and really kicked...
As Eugene Novikov reported earlier today, Warner Bros is looking at making the actual Leonardo DaVinci into the star of his own DaVinci Code type of movie. Last week, Variety reported that they've also hired Francis Lawrence to develop an action movie starring 13th century adventurer Marco Polo. Most people only know Polo as a cheesy pool game, but he was an extensive traveler who was one of the first Europeans to travel throughout Asia. He wasn't the first, but his journals exposed many Europeans to the Far East, and really kicked...
- 3/10/2010
- by Elisabeth Rappe
- Cinematical
Francis Lawrence has signed on to direct an upcoming film based on Marco Polo, according to MTV News. The I Am Legend director has teamed up with writers Adam Cooper and Bill Collage for the adventure-fantasy about the 13th century explorer. Cooper and Collage insist that the film is not a biopic, though details of the plot and title have yet to be revealed. "We (more)...
- 3/5/2010
- by By Shannon McGarvey
- Digital Spy
No, kids, Marco Polo isn’t the guy who invented that game where snobby rich dudes ride around on horses hitting a ball with a mallet. He’s a 13th century explorer from Venice who got in tight with the Mongol warlord Kublai Khan, and became his ambassador of sorts, which allowed him to travel Asia extensively and hit on the local women. Cause if I know something about ol Marco, he loves him some Chinese. Sounds like a good idea for a movie? Warner Bros. thinks so, because they’ve snapped up a pitch for a Polo bio pic from writers Adam Cooper and Bill Collage, and has attached Francis Lawrence (“I am Legend”) to direct. Polo, a Venice merchant, traveled with his father and uncle through Asia for 24 years at a time when the Mongol empire of Kublai Khan stretched into Eastern Europe, menacing the Holy Roman Empire.
- 3/4/2010
- by Nix
- Beyond Hollywood
Even though not many of us know the actual details of Marco Polo's life-- yes, he's a real person, not just a game you play in the pool-- he's still remembered as the consummate explorer. Now Warner Bros. will take advantage of our forgetfulness by making an adventure movie loosely based on Polo's life, with I Am Legend director Francis Lawrence assigned to direct The writing team of Adam Cooper and Bill Collage pitched the idea, with the basic premise of making it "a fantasy adventure instead of a biopic." Cooper told Variety, "We see this as something that takes place in the Orient of our imagination, amid the cultural clash of the East and the West." The real Marco Polo traveled from Venice, which was part of the Holy Roman Empire, to serve as an ambassador to the Mongol Empire, which ruled much of the East. Having seen...
- 3/4/2010
- cinemablend.com
Warner Bros. is developing a fantasy-adventure based on the journeys of famed explorer Marco Polo. Francis Lawrence, director of I Am Legend, is attached.
The studio got interested after they heard a story pitch from Adam Cooper and Bill Collage and then moved in to purchase it. 3 Arts Entertainment, the same production company that produced I Am Legend, is developing the Marco Polo movie for the studio.
No one's talking much about what the take on the story is or how much fantasy is infused in the pitch. "We see this as something that takes place in the Orient of our imagination amid the cultural clash of the East and the West," said writer Cooper to Variety.
The studio got interested after they heard a story pitch from Adam Cooper and Bill Collage and then moved in to purchase it. 3 Arts Entertainment, the same production company that produced I Am Legend, is developing the Marco Polo movie for the studio.
No one's talking much about what the take on the story is or how much fantasy is infused in the pitch. "We see this as something that takes place in the Orient of our imagination amid the cultural clash of the East and the West," said writer Cooper to Variety.
- 3/4/2010
- by Patrick Sauriol
- Corona's Coming Attractions
Francis Lawrence ("I Am Legend," "Constantine) will direct a feature about Marco Polo for Warner Bros. Pictures reports Variety.
More fantasy/adventure epic than serious biopic drama, the film will be most set in "the Orient of our imagination" according to scribes Adam Cooper and Bill Collage who are penning the script.
Polo, a 13th century Venetian merchant, who essentially introduced Europeans to Central Asia and China after his father and uncle travelled through Asia and met Kublai Khan. The trio set of on extensive travels throughout Asia on behalf of the Khan for twenty-four years.
More fantasy/adventure epic than serious biopic drama, the film will be most set in "the Orient of our imagination" according to scribes Adam Cooper and Bill Collage who are penning the script.
Polo, a 13th century Venetian merchant, who essentially introduced Europeans to Central Asia and China after his father and uncle travelled through Asia and met Kublai Khan. The trio set of on extensive travels throughout Asia on behalf of the Khan for twenty-four years.
- 3/4/2010
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Sometimes it seems like the ideas being pumped out of Hollywood are being decided by a random game of chance, or maybe even some studios blindly grabbing for something, like in a game of Marco Polo. But in this case, Variety reports that Warner Bros and director Francis Lawrence (I Am Legend) are developing a film actually focusing on the 13th century journey of trader and explorer Marco Polo. But rather than being a biopic, the Adam Cooper and Bill Collage scripted story will re-imagine history and take the form of a fantasy adventure. However, no story details are available as the logline is being kept under tight wraps. Marco Polo was a merchant from the Venetian Republic who wrote Il Milione, which introduced Europeans to Central Asia and China. He learned about trading whilst his father and uncle, Niccolò & Maffeo, traveled through Asia. He later met ...
- 3/4/2010
- by Ethan Anderton
- firstshowing.net
The story of Marco Polo has been brought to the screen before and will probably be adapted many times in the future. The next film about the explorer could be directed by Francis Lawrence (I Am Legend) as Warner Bros. has attached the director to a project based on a pitch by Adam Cooper and Bill Collage, who will write a script based on Polo's adventures. The key word here is likely adventure. Variety says the Cooper/Collage project is "seen as a fantasy-adventure rather than a biopic," which is actually fairly appropriate given that the authorship of some of Polo's tales is in doubt. Cooper told the trade "We see this as something that takes place in the Orient of our imagination amid the cultural clash of the East and the West." Hey, the fictionalized take on Polo worked for Neil Gaiman, so why not for these guys? The...
- 3/4/2010
- by Russ Fischer
- Slash Film
Variety says that Warner Bros. Pictures is developing a Marco Polo feature to be directed by Francis Lawrence ( I Am Legend ). The studio bought a pitch from the writing team of Adam Cooper and Bill Collage and has set up the project with Erwin Stoff at 3 Arts Entertainment. Cooper and Collage will pen the script. The project will be a fantasy-adventure rather than a biopic. "We see this as something that takes place in the Orient of our imagination amid the cultural clash of the East and the West," Cooper told the trade. Marco Polo was a Venice Merchant who learned about trading whilst his father and uncle, Niccolò and Maffeo, traveled through Asia and met Kublai Khan. In 1269, they returned to Venice to meet Marco for the first time. The three of them embarked on...
- 3/3/2010
- Comingsoon.net
Universal, who has milked Hasbro for every last board game and action figure movie they can, is now turning it's attention to Where's Waldo?. The studio has picked up the movie rights to the popular children's books series from Classic Media with the aim of making a live-action family movie. No word on a writer or director yet, only a producer - Chris Meledandri. A previous iteration of Where's Waldo? was in development at Paramount and Nickelodeon, where John Schultz was attached to direct a script that had been worked on by writers Adam Rifkin, Adam Cooper and Bill Collage. You know what, this could work. For those of you who just can't imagine a Where's Waldo? movie, here's the concept that they came up with when the project was in development at Paramount. Waldo, now 30, ends up traveling through time after accidentally activating a malfunctioning travel machine. Pretty simple,...
- 6/1/2009
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
The answer to "Where's Waldo?" is Universal.
The studio has picked up the movie rights to the popular children's books series from Classic Media with the aim of making a live-action family film to be produced by Chris Meledandri's Illumination Entertainment.
Classic Media's Eric Ellenbogen will executive produce.
Created by illustrator Martin Handford, the books featured Waldo, dressed in a red-and-white shirt, wearing glasses and carrying a walking stick, as he popped up in crowded full-page scenes.
The books began life in the U.K. in the late 1980s, where he is called Wally, before becoming a worldwide sensation. The books became more thematically complex, with Waldo traveling in time or landing in supernatural settings, and a nemesis was introduced, an anti-Waldo named Odlaw.
The book series was previously set up at Paramount and Nickelodeon, where John Schultz was attached to direct a script that had been worked on...
The studio has picked up the movie rights to the popular children's books series from Classic Media with the aim of making a live-action family film to be produced by Chris Meledandri's Illumination Entertainment.
Classic Media's Eric Ellenbogen will executive produce.
Created by illustrator Martin Handford, the books featured Waldo, dressed in a red-and-white shirt, wearing glasses and carrying a walking stick, as he popped up in crowded full-page scenes.
The books began life in the U.K. in the late 1980s, where he is called Wally, before becoming a worldwide sensation. The books became more thematically complex, with Waldo traveling in time or landing in supernatural settings, and a nemesis was introduced, an anti-Waldo named Odlaw.
The book series was previously set up at Paramount and Nickelodeon, where John Schultz was attached to direct a script that had been worked on...
- 6/1/2009
- by By Borys Kit
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Now that even bubblegum wrappers are being optioned to get the feature treatment, it should be come as no surprise that the popular children's book series "Where's Waldo?" has been optioned by Universal. Believe it or not, the project has been in the works for quite some time now with Paramount and Nickelodeon looking to get into production under director John Schultz from a script by Adam Rifkin, Adam Cooper and Bill Collage, who had worked on it at different stages of development....
- 6/1/2009
- by Omar Aviles
- JoBlo.com
The Hollywood Reporter says that Universal Pictures has picked up the movie rights to the popular children's books series "Where's Waldo?" from Classic Media and is looking at making a live-action family film. The book series was previously set up at Paramount and Nickelodeon, where John Schultz was attached to direct a script that had been worked on by screenwriters such as Adam Rifkin, Adam Cooper and Bill Collage. The plot of that project revolved around Waldo, now 30, ending up traveling through time after accidentally activating a malfunctioning travel machine.
- 6/1/2009
- Comingsoon.net
Herman Melville's epic high seas novel will be making a return to the big screen.
"Wanted" director Timur Bekmambetov has recently been hired by Universal Pictures to adapt the graphic novel-style screenplay into a hit movie, written by Adam Cooper and Bill Collage.
Cooper told Daily Variety that the movie will have a modern feel, a vast difference from the original 1930 movie which starred John Barrymore as Captain Ahab and the 1956 classic which starred Gregory Peck.
The story will abandon the first person point-of-view of protagonist Ishmael to allow the film to show more of the history of the whale's previous adventures of destroying ships before meeting up with Pequod, the ship of Captain Ahab.
"Wanted" director Timur Bekmambetov has recently been hired by Universal Pictures to adapt the graphic novel-style screenplay into a hit movie, written by Adam Cooper and Bill Collage.
Cooper told Daily Variety that the movie will have a modern feel, a vast difference from the original 1930 movie which starred John Barrymore as Captain Ahab and the 1956 classic which starred Gregory Peck.
The story will abandon the first person point-of-view of protagonist Ishmael to allow the film to show more of the history of the whale's previous adventures of destroying ships before meeting up with Pequod, the ship of Captain Ahab.
- 9/23/2008
- icelebz.com
This may be the oddest mix of director and material that you might read all year. According to Variety, Timur Bekmambetov (Wanted) will be directing an adaptation of Herman Melville's Moby Dick for Universal, who made a big pre-emptive buy of this revisionist take. Not surprisingly, it won't be the "Call me Ishmael" version that you remember from school. In fact, Ishmael probably won't even be in it.
Adam Cooper and Ben Collage are penning the screenplay, and taking what they call "a graphic novel approach" to a book considered to be one of the best in the English language. (In Hollywood talk nowadays, this means "It will look like 300.") Moby Dick becomes a kind of Jaws in this version, where we will see him wreaking havoc on the seas long before he encounters Captain Ahab and the Pequod. Ahab won't become the obsessive and destructive captain, but a brave and charismatic leader.
Adam Cooper and Ben Collage are penning the screenplay, and taking what they call "a graphic novel approach" to a book considered to be one of the best in the English language. (In Hollywood talk nowadays, this means "It will look like 300.") Moby Dick becomes a kind of Jaws in this version, where we will see him wreaking havoc on the seas long before he encounters Captain Ahab and the Pequod. Ahab won't become the obsessive and destructive captain, but a brave and charismatic leader.
- 9/23/2008
- by Elisabeth Rappe
- Cinematical
What if Captain Ahab had been tracking down the white whale with two giant guns instead of a harpoon? And how about if the famous opening line of Moby Dick were changed from "Call me Ishmael," to "Who cares about me, let's watch a whale kick some sailor ass!" It seems like these changes and many more are in store for Kazakh director Timur Bekmambetov's adaptation of Herman Melville's Moby Dick. Adam Cooper, who co-wrote the screenplay with Bill Collage, is telling Variety up front that "our vision isn't your grandfather's Moby Dick,". Yeah, I think the phrase "graphic novel-style version" tipped us off earlier in the article. Cooper continues, "This is an opportunity to take a timeless classic and capitalize on the advances in visual effects to tell what at its core is an action-adventure revenge story." I realize I've been wildly inconsistent in my attitude toward remakes here,...
- 9/23/2008
- cinemablend.com
Herman Melville's epic high seas novel Moby Dick is set for a big return to the big screen.
Wanted filmmaker Timur Bekmambetov has been hired to adapt a graphic novel-style screenplay written by Adam Cooper and Bill Collage into a blockbuster.
Cooper tells Daily Variety the movie will have a modern feel - a world away from the 1930 original, which starred John Barrymore as Captain Ahab, and 1956 classic, starring Gregory Peck.
He says, "Our vision isn't your grandfather's Moby Dick. This is an opportunity to take a classic and capitalise on the advances in visual effects to tell what is at its core - an action-adventure revenge story."...
Wanted filmmaker Timur Bekmambetov has been hired to adapt a graphic novel-style screenplay written by Adam Cooper and Bill Collage into a blockbuster.
Cooper tells Daily Variety the movie will have a modern feel - a world away from the 1930 original, which starred John Barrymore as Captain Ahab, and 1956 classic, starring Gregory Peck.
He says, "Our vision isn't your grandfather's Moby Dick. This is an opportunity to take a classic and capitalise on the advances in visual effects to tell what is at its core - an action-adventure revenge story."...
- 9/23/2008
- WENN
Apparently Universal Pictures has paid six figures to Adam Cooper and Bill Collage to pen the screenplay of "Moby Dick" which Timur Bekmambetov ("Night Watch," "Day Watch," and "Wanted") will helm for the studio. The reimagining of the Herman Melville story whale against man now gets a graphic novel style to it and there'll be no first-person narration either. Sources report that this change will let them show the whale's destruction of ships before the conflict with Ahab and his ship Pequod. Ahab's character will also get a boost and be more a "charismatic leader."...
- 9/23/2008
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Surprise! Surprise! Timur Bekmambetov is all set to direct the big-screen reimagining of Herman Melville’s “Moby Dick,” according to Variety.
You will probably not see as much blood and violence as in Bekmambetov’s recent action hit “Wanted,” but screenwriters Adam Cooper and Bill Collage will bring some changes to the classic tale.
First steps: create a “graphic novel-style” version and eliminate Ishmael’s first-person narrative about Ahab’s obsession with killing the animal.
As the trade says, this change will allow them to depict the whale’s decimation of other ships prior to its encounter with Ahab’s Pequod, and Ahab will be depicted more as a charismatic leader than a brooding obsessive.
"This is an opportunity to take a timeless classic and capitalize on the advances in visual effects to tell what at its core is an action-adventure revenge story," Cooper told Variety.
But with Timur on board to direct,...
You will probably not see as much blood and violence as in Bekmambetov’s recent action hit “Wanted,” but screenwriters Adam Cooper and Bill Collage will bring some changes to the classic tale.
First steps: create a “graphic novel-style” version and eliminate Ishmael’s first-person narrative about Ahab’s obsession with killing the animal.
As the trade says, this change will allow them to depict the whale’s decimation of other ships prior to its encounter with Ahab’s Pequod, and Ahab will be depicted more as a charismatic leader than a brooding obsessive.
"This is an opportunity to take a timeless classic and capitalize on the advances in visual effects to tell what at its core is an action-adventure revenge story," Cooper told Variety.
But with Timur on board to direct,...
- 9/23/2008
- by Franck Tabouring
- screeninglog.com
In a sea of unoriginal projects in development, it's such a relief to see something that's so simple, yet outside of the box that it's loaded with potential. Universal Pictures is about to tell a new tale of MOBY DICK, one that's loaded with chaos and destruction. The best part? Genre fav Timur Bekmambeto (Day Watch, Night Watch) is set to bring this giant whale to the big screen. Universal Pictures has made a splashy preemptive buy of "Moby Dick," a reimagining of the Herman Melville whale tale that Timur Bekmambetov ("Wanted") will direct. Studio paid high six figures to Adam Cooper and Bill Collage to pen the screenplay. The writers revere Melvilles original text, but their graphic novel-style version will change the structure. Gone is the first-person narration by the young seaman Ishmael, who observes how Ahabs obsession with killing the great white whale overwhelms his good judgment as captain.
- 9/23/2008
- bloody-disgusting.com
I have long wondered why Hollywood has put forth so much effort adapting lame-ass books into films for mediocre results at best, while ignoring seminal tales that beg for the big screen treatment. Herman Melville's "Moby Dick", widely considered the Holy Grail of American literature, is such a tale, one that has been largely ignored by Hollywood since John Huston's 1956 version. Universal has apparently noticed this slight oversight, and have shelled out big bucks to Adam Cooper...
- 9/23/2008
- by Daniel Barna
- JoBlo.com
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