Post by Dave Homewood on Dec 12, 2012 18:38:56 GMT 12
An article in The New Zealand Herald today about Sir Peter Jackson finally brings up the ossue of The Dambusters film, which has been deathly silent and forgotten by the media in all the Hobbit euphoria of late.
The article is here
www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501119&objectid=10853548
and this passage is from it:
"In 2008, it was announced that Jackson would produce a remake of 1955 World War II classic The Dam Busters, which was to be directed by Weta staple Christian Rivers (who won a special effects Oscar for his work on King Kong). The project seemed a natural fit for a war plane-obsessed 'wingnut' like Peter Jackson, but nothing has come to pass as yet, despite a bunch of replica planes having apparently already been built for the project.
I spoke to Rivers briefly on the red carpet at the Wellington premiere of The Hobbit, and he told me they are still planning to make the film but that it's on hold at the moment due to script issues. I hope it happens eventually - there's such a wealth of creativity at Weta, it seems crazy that we haven't seen a film come out of that talent pool yet."
So it is good to hear that Rivers is still involved as he hasn't been mentioned for yonks, and good to hear that - despite what many people have said - it has not been canned. They have been citing script problems for a couple of years now bit have never specified what exactly those problems are.
The article is here
www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501119&objectid=10853548
and this passage is from it:
"In 2008, it was announced that Jackson would produce a remake of 1955 World War II classic The Dam Busters, which was to be directed by Weta staple Christian Rivers (who won a special effects Oscar for his work on King Kong). The project seemed a natural fit for a war plane-obsessed 'wingnut' like Peter Jackson, but nothing has come to pass as yet, despite a bunch of replica planes having apparently already been built for the project.
I spoke to Rivers briefly on the red carpet at the Wellington premiere of The Hobbit, and he told me they are still planning to make the film but that it's on hold at the moment due to script issues. I hope it happens eventually - there's such a wealth of creativity at Weta, it seems crazy that we haven't seen a film come out of that talent pool yet."
So it is good to hear that Rivers is still involved as he hasn't been mentioned for yonks, and good to hear that - despite what many people have said - it has not been canned. They have been citing script problems for a couple of years now bit have never specified what exactly those problems are.
but this is not impossible 
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