Captain Nemo (Live-Action)

[blackcauldron85]

It's officially official now:

David Fincher Confirmed For Disney’s 20,000 Leagues Remake
http://spinoff.comicbookresources.com/2 ... es-remake/
(via laughingplace.com)

I still don't think that this is necessary, *but* I think that with this story, it could be a very exciting movie...and surely it'll be in 3D, right?

[Disney Guru]

I am so sick of Disney as well as other studios, remaking their classic films of the past. For pete's sake can't they do anything original anymore, and I don't mean another stupid DTV Air Bud Sequel there are so many wonderful stories out there that have never hit celluloid but nooo they have to keep remaking the classics. In my personal opinion nothing will ever beat the original 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea it was a beautiful picture. James Mason brilliantly cast as the evil Captain Nemo and the ever brilliant Kirk Douglas singing "A Whale of a Tale" you can't beat it.

[RIPJoeRanft]

David Fincher is one of the best directors in Hollywood, and Disney was lucky to be able to secure him for this project. I'm excited for it, mostly because of that hire. He will make this movie great.

[estefan]

David Fincher is one of the best directors in Hollywood, and Disney was lucky to be able to secure him for this project. I'm excited for it, mostly because of that hire. He will make this movie great.

Ditto. Alien 3 aside, David Fincher has an excellent track record and as somebody who is a big fan of the Kirk Douglas 20000 Leagues Under the Sea, I'm curious as to what he does.

And remember that 20000 Leagues Under the Sea is based on a book by Jules Verne, so I wouldn't call this a remake.

[merlinjones]

Depp as Nemo, Pitt as Land.

[Barbossa]

If this project is back on... any word on The Black Hole remake? Yeah, I know, it's almost an identical story to 20,000 Leagues.

[Hogi Bear]

And they have to give Kirk Douglas a cameo (at least), with maybe Michael Douglas (if he's up to it) for fun. I just reckon it would be fun to see father and son in a scene together, then next thing you'll have the entire family in there joking though (maybe). But to see Kirk Douglas in there would be cool.

I'll have to pull the DVD out and watch it soon. Actually, come to think of it, I don't think I've ever watched the copy I've got and I've had it for probably two years. Nothing new, I've probably got ten or so other DVDs that I've still been meaning to watch and probably mostly Disney (live action).

[jediliz]

if Depp is Nemo, then I say NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

Do NOT ruin a classic book with Johnny Depp!

[Disney Guru]

And they have to give Kirk Douglas a cameo (at least), with maybe Michael Douglas (if he's up to it) for fun. I just reckon it would be fun to see father and son in a scene together, then next thing you'll have the entire family in there joking though (maybe). But to see Kirk Douglas in there would be cool.

I'll have to pull the DVD out and watch it soon. Actually, come to think of it, I don't think I've ever watched the copy I've got and I've had it for probably two years. Nothing new, I've probably got ten or so other DVDs that I've still been meaning to watch and probably mostly Disney (live action).

Due to Kirk Douglas's frail health, I highly doubt he would be making a cameo but you never know.

[disneyboy20022]

David Fincher Says 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea Will Be In 3D

http://www.cinemablend.com/new/David-Fi ... 22421.html


I hope they film this in in 3d rather than convert it to 3D

[WonderlandFever]

if Depp is Nemo, then I say NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

Do NOT ruin a classic book with Johnny Depp!

No, The Rock is playing Nemo. LOL!!! can you imagine?

[Mr. Yagoobian]

For those waiting to see vintage live-action Disney titles debut on BD, industry insider Penton-Man over at blu-ray.com dropped a nice little <a href="http://forum.blu-ray.com/insider-discus ... >tidbit</a> in his thread yesterday. According to his contacts at Disney, the 1954 original is undergoing restoration; 4k scans have been/are being done of the original negative and the separation masters.

If the new feature is a go then we'll likely have to wait on the BD release of the original, but it's nice to know for certain that Walt-era live-action content is in the pipeline.

[Sotiris]

David Fincher Says ‘20,000 Leagues Under the Sea’ Likely to Be 70% CG
http://www.slashfilm.com/david-fincher- ... ues-70-cg/

At an Actors Studio Q&A at the Swedish Film Institute, David Fincher was asked by /Film reader Viktor J about his possible interest in doing a motion-capture or performance-capture film. The director said:

"I would love to to something like that. I would love to do something probably more like Avatar than Tintin. I like the idea of something that is a little more… complicated. (chuckles) I love the idea of a ‘cartoon’, but I would like it to be sort of very, very dense. And, in fact, 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea will be probably 70% CG. [...] I love motion capture and think it’s only in its infancy, and eventually there won’t be a difference between motion capture and acting. because that’s all motion capture is, is being able to capture acting."

[milojthatch]

Just does not thrill me. The more "motion capture" films I see, the more I find I really don't like them.

[estefan]

Keep in mind that David Fincher previously used motion-capture to excellent effect in Benjamin Button, so he is one of those filmmakers who knows how to use it well.

[disneyboy20022]

Keep in mind that David Fincher previously used motion-capture to excellent effect in Benjamin Button, so he is one of those filmmakers who knows how to use it well.

Idk...I'm surprised Disney is going back to Motion Capture so soon....I mean their last one (Mars Needs Moms) bombed royally...and they cancelled the yellow submarine...for good reason....I

[estefan]

Well, notice he said he wants to do something more like Avatar rather than Tintin. So, I imagine Captain Nemo, Ned Land and other characters will done with real actors sans motion-capture. I think when he says that it will be 70% CGI is that maybe the Nautilus will be completely done on the computer, maybe to give it that other-worldly and futuristic feeling. Of course, I'm just speculating here.

[milojthatch]

Keep in mind that David Fincher previously used motion-capture to excellent effect in Benjamin Button, so he is one of those filmmakers who knows how to use it well.

Never saw it.

[Sotiris]

Jules Verne’s 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea is one of those books that will be adapted and re-adapted until the end of time, both on television and in film. Most recently it was announced that director David Fincher and writer Scott Z. Burns would be working on a new version of the story, but with the Fincher working on Stieg Larsson’s The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo and Burns heading around the world for the Steven Soderbergh-directed Contagion, we haven’t heard too much about the project’s status. Fortunately, I was given the opportunity to sit down with Burns earlier today and he provided an update on the project’s status.

While discussing his upcoming scripts, the screenwriter told me that the movie is on a similar timetable to The Man From U.N.C.L.E., which he hopes will start shooting in the spring, but there's still a lot of pre-production work that needs to be done. "Because of the amount of pre-vis work that David would have to do we wouldn’t probably start shooting for a little while later and David is so buried in Dragon Tattoo, that’s where his focus is," Burns said. "For now I’ve done writing for both of them [The Man From U.N.C.L.E. and 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea]. They’re sort of waiting to get cast and move forward."

Burns also confirmed that the scale of the project is "really big," but don't expect the movie to be the exact same story from Verne's novel. Saying that there's "very little" that goes directly from the page to the screen, he said that his job "isn’t to turn a book into a movie, it’s to be inspired by the book and then go write a movie." The inspiration that Burns took largely come from the three main characters: Captain Nemo, French marine biologist Professor Pierre Aronnax, and master harpoonist Ned Land. "David and I had a really cool idea for the relationship between Nemo, and Aronnax and Land," Burns said. "That’s really what we kind of got into. But I think it’s very, very true to the spirit of the book."

Source: http://www.cinemablend.com/new/David-Fi ... 26461.html

[Sotiris]

“Most of your work thus far has been adaptations – The Informant!, PU-239, the upcoming 20000 Leagues Under the Sea – vs. Contagion, to which there is no pre-existing material. What differences do you find between the two?”

Burns offers that the only difference between the two is that when adapting material, you already have the original building block for the script in place whereas for an original script, you have to create that first seed yourself.

On the adaptation process in general, he states fidelity to the source material is the furthest thing on his mind. “When adapting, I’m more inspired by the material than interested in creating a filmed version of the book.” As an example, Burns refers to 20000 Leagues – saying that his version doesn’t have any sequences from the novel but that the general “spirit of Verne remains in tact.” He likens it to his work on The Informant!, the added voiceovers of the film bearing no relation to the novel on which it’s based.

Source: http://collider.com/scott-z-brooks-cont ... ew/112760/