Remake alert! Well, sort of. Fans of the 1954 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea may want to look elsewhere.
Why? See, Disney’s new adaptation of the Jules Verne 1869 novel of the same name could be back on, with reports that David Fincher has thrown the project a lifeline.
The studio previously had a new $150m budget version of the flick greenlit with McG at the helm, but when Richard Ross took over as Disney Chairman he nixed the project.
Apparently he wasn’t thrilled about the direction that McG was taking it in (no doubt he would’ve been trying to cash in on the success of Pirates Of The Caribbean ), but now Ross seems happy to be giving the flick the kiss of life.
Fincher reportedly approached Sean Bailey, who is producing the adaptation, with a view to making this new 20,000 Leagues his first major studio pic in almost two decades.
The director is currently negotiating to direct, while The Informant! screenwriter Scott J Burns is being tipped to scribe a new take on Verne’s classic Captain Nemo story.
Think Fincher could do the material justice?
