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07Jan2009

McG to Venture '20,000 Leagues Under the Sea'

DateWednesday, January 7, 2009 at 1:04AM
McG will set sail for Disney, leading the studio's upcoming family film reboot, 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea: Captain Nemo. Variety reports that because of the director's Terminator-heightened profile, he had "multiple studios vying for his next slot." His compensation? $8 million against 7% of the gross, which is a pretty equitable deal, I think. Of course, nobody in Hollywood really gets a deal based on gross dollars, but that's a story for another time.

I'm surprised to hear that Disney's heading back out to sea. I guess with the success the studio had with the Pirates trilogy, plus the recent strong showing of the Journey to the Center of the Earth remake, hitting this Jules Verne story again makes a lot of sense. This is actually closer to the sort of movie I'd peg McG to direct than a Terminator flick, and he's going to make at least two of those.

Disney is anxious to get the ball rolling on Captain Nemo, hoping to film it this year, and I wouldn't be the least bit surprised if they went all out 3-D for this one. Call it a hunch.

Until Variety mentioned it, I didn't know that the original 20,000 Leagues was the first live action Disney film. It's an interesting bit of trivia, or it would be if it weren't entirely false. Song of the South is eight years older, and that's at least half live action, and Treasure Island came out four years earlier than 20,000 Leagues.

And now that we're on the subject: A) Release Song of the South on DVD, you goons, and B) Remake Treasure Island someday.

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Reader Comments (4)

I hope they do the remake in 3D, it made the Brenden Fraser Journey to the Center of the Earth redo that much more watchable.

Wednesday, January 7, 2009 | Unregistered Commenterlara Petersen

What ever happened to the stories about a Black Beard movie that you wrote of a while back?

Wednesday, January 7, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterRick

The only time I've seen Song of the South in the last 20 years is on a Japanese Import Laser Disc my friend somehow scored.

I agree, it's high time Disney let that one out of the vault.

Wednesday, January 7, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterWill

My brother got me a clean copy of Song of the South on DVD, with no subtitles. It's not the best quality, probably a rip from the old laserdisc or a very good VHS version, but it will do for now.

Wednesday, January 7, 2009 | Registered CommenterColin Boyd

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