Outside of Dr. Zhivago, I can’t think of very many great Hollywood films set in Russia, even though Russian literature has the potential for great adaptations, or at least 19th century Russian literature, when Tolstoy and Dostoyevsky reigned. On that note, Robert Zemeckis is reportedly going to adapt yet another ineffable classic in 3D motion capture, The Nutcracker. While The Nutcracker is most famously known for the ballet, it’s actually based on an 1816 novel, The Nutcracker and the Mouse King by Eta Hoffmann. It is this story that provides the impetus for the Zemeckis adaptation. According to Pajiba, even though it is not per se a Russian story, it will be a faithful adaptation set in 19th century Russia involving the cursed nutcracker and his trevails against the Mouse King. I was surprised to find that well known actors have actually worked on adaptations in the past: Christopher Lee...
- 11/13/2009
- by Jacob
- Beyond Hollywood
According to Pajiba, filmmaker Robert Zemeckis is already planning his next feature project, which will reportedly again be a Christmas film. The new project is an adaptation of "The Nutcracker". This project will not be based on the popular Tchaikovsky ballet, however, but rather on Eta Hoffmann's original novel "The Nutcracker and the Mouse King".
The story will be a set in 19th century Russia and will explore the battle between the dolls and the mice, and how the cursed Nutcracker character came to be. Zemeckis will once again use 3D animated motion capture to make the movie.
There was a stop-motion version of "The Nutcracker" back in 1979 called "Nutcracker Fantasy", which starred Christopher Lee, and an animated version in 1990 called "The Nutcracker Prince", starring Kiefer Sutherland. Zemeckis therefore isn't the first filmmaker to tackle the material using one form of animation or another.
It's worth noting that while A Christmas Carol...
The story will be a set in 19th century Russia and will explore the battle between the dolls and the mice, and how the cursed Nutcracker character came to be. Zemeckis will once again use 3D animated motion capture to make the movie.
There was a stop-motion version of "The Nutcracker" back in 1979 called "Nutcracker Fantasy", which starred Christopher Lee, and an animated version in 1990 called "The Nutcracker Prince", starring Kiefer Sutherland. Zemeckis therefore isn't the first filmmaker to tackle the material using one form of animation or another.
It's worth noting that while A Christmas Carol...
- 11/12/2009
- CinemaSpy
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