Disney drops 20,000 LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA
I’m definitely not the biggest fan of McG. Look no further than the CHARLIE’S ANGELS movies to see why. I was willing to give him a chance on TERMINATOR: SALVATION, mostly because I desperately wanted a great film and because the trailers looked so damn cool, but even that was a disappointment.
Now, to the delight of many, McG has left the director’s chair of CAPTAIN NEMO: 20,000 LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA now that Disney has decided to halt work on the movie, which was supposed to start production early next year. Fortunately, the project doesn’t seem to be dead in the water, only temporarily on hold.
This may sound like bad news for fans of the 1954 classic, 20,000 LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA, but I’m actually glad that Disney, under the new regime of Rich Ross, has frozen the project. I’m not a huge fan of remakes, but I actually would’ve welcomed a retooling of the 1954 film, which had such fantastic effects.
The film McG was working on was actually more of a prequel, showing how Captain Nemo constructed his ship. I can certainly understand the studio wanting to go this route, since it leaves the door open to a new franchise, but who the hell wants to see Nemo on land for a whole movie? I want to see him in the water kicking ass, and hopefully the next the movie surfaces, that’s what we’ll get.
Source Jo Blo
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