Originally Posted By FerretAfros Although we haven't heard anything about the planned remake of 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea in a couple years, apparently Disney is still moving forward with it, and Austrailia is trying to lure them to film it there >>Disney has said the film is ready to go into pre-production once the incentive is firm.<< <a href="http://movies.yahoo.com/news/australia-boosts-incentive-lure-disney-20-000-leagues-050704212.html" target="_blank">http://movies.yahoo.com/news/a...212.html</a> While I don't nessecarily think the film is a bad thing, I'm very surprised that it's coming back after not being mentioned for so long. I guess that's what happens when you have a series of Stuio heads that don't greenlight anything new, and Iger demanding that every single release be a big-budget extravaganza (which this will assuredly be)
Originally Posted By dagobert I read somewhere that this movie could be the most expensive production for Disney and that'S why they would like a tay reduction from Australia.
Originally Posted By Manfried If they shoot it in the land down under, will they all have Aussie accents?
Originally Posted By FerretAfros If the movie really will be *that* expensive, I guess that explains why the country's government is trying to entice Disney. While I definitely think there's a lot of interesting stuff that could be done with a 20K movie (especially since the internal conflict doesn't really lend itself to a ton of CGI), I'm a little worried about what they might be spending it all on. As for the accents, I bet they'll import most/all of the actors with speaking rolls, or have Aussies that can do an American accent
Originally Posted By CDF2 Hugh Jackman and Sam Neill don't have big accents - you could imagine they might be involved in some way. The whole "Captain Nemo" franchise is one that has so many possibilities given the mix of a supertechnology placed in the 1800's in the hands of a brilliant but dissadent antihero. Let's hope Disney is willing to retain their original Harper Goff Nautilus submarine and perhaps expand on their DisneySea JTTCOTE concept - you could get some amazing stories and effects out of such material.
Originally Posted By mawnck >>the internal conflict doesn't really lend itself to a ton of CGI<< Thus, it will be the first thing to go.
Originally Posted By leemac <<I read somewhere that this movie could be the most expensive production for Disney>> Fincher's vision for the movie was allegedly north of $300m hence why it has been on imposed hiatus to try and find a cheaper way to make it. Thankfully they aren't tied to a shooting schedule like The Lone Ranger was so hopefully they can keep the elements that Fincher wants. <<As for the accents, I bet they'll import most/all of the actors with speaking rolls, or have Aussies that can do an American accent>> Thankfully the government can't impose Australian actors on Disney - otherwise I could see the mumbling and incomprehensible Russell Crowe as Nemo. Oz has really struggled to attract big budget movies to their studios - The Great Gatsby was made there but that was funded by Village Roadshow who also own the studios. Fox opted to make The Wolverine down under to save on production costs (and so Huge Action could stay home with his wife).
Originally Posted By choco choco <<Fincher's vision for the movie was allegedly north of $300m hence why it has been on imposed hiatus to try and find a cheaper way to make it.>> That is a staggeringly inappropriate amount of money. It's a damn movie. I remember when they shut down Lone Ranger because they were asking for $270m or something. Hollywood is getting ridiculous. There's too much pressure on a movie to have to make that kind of money back, and it has trickled down to effect everything from ticket prices to concessions to dvd sales. They are contributing to their own demise with these kinds of budgets.
Originally Posted By irishfan The movie is making a lot of press here (Australia) at the moment, it's been quite a few years since the glory days of big budget movie productions down under, when the likes of The Matrix trilogy and the Star Wars trilogy were made here.
Originally Posted By Bellella Sounds like an empty-headed venture to me. There's not much point trying to improve upon perfection, and the original film is as perfect as it can be. How can you compare with Mason, Douglas and the AWESOME special effects they could do without they had back then? I'm worried that if they go through with this, the '54 film will be aged and, thus, forever under-appriciated.
Originally Posted By Dabob2 I want a Swiss Family Robinson remake, myself. Only so they can evict Tarzan from the treehouse and get the water wheel back.
