Bryan Singer to direct '20,000 Leagues Under the Sea'

[Lord]

Valkyrie was good though, not an amazing film, but still pretty decent.

 

[moviefreak]

Valkyrie was good though, not an amazing film, but still pretty decent.

Certainly --I did not considered Valkyrie & Superman Returns as bad films.

Valkyrie - Singer made the mistake of doing it as a wartime suspense thriller. He should have done what the Der Untergang (Downfall) team did --a character driven film.

Not to mention that the actors mixed up the dialects -- Thomas Kretschmann (German) spoke English with a German accent while some of the other actors playing the German, the very English Terence Stamp & Kenneth Branagh spoke English. lol. Worst of all Cruise was speaking in American English considering that Claus von Stauffenberg was a German from an aristocratic lineage.

 

[Tacit Ronin]

I will forever miss what Fincher could've done with it. Especially after reading about him talking about his ideas for the film. Singer's version will prolly be a lot safer, both conceptually and visually.

 

[Scarlet Spider]

http://deadline.com/2016/02/james-mangold-direct-captain-nemo-disney-20000-leagues-under-the-sea-wolverine-1201709272/

Heh. James Mangold is directing the Disney version.

(This was the one David Fincher was previously attached to direct)

 

[terry78]

Mangold? Sweet.

 

[DarkKnight88]

Two versions, huh? Which will make it out first.

 

[Fallen Angel]

Singers version goes into production later in the year after hes' done with X-Men Apocalypse and the promoting of t.

 

[Rocketman]

Why is Hollywood doing multiple versions of these movies? This crap happened with Snow White, Jungle Book, Frankenstein, Steve Jobs... all in the last 3 years. And ZERO of them were good or will be good.

 

[Fallen Angel]

The rights are in the public domain. Meaning anyone can make this as long as they're not ripping each other off.

 

[Rocketman]

The rights are in the public domain. Meaning anyone can make this as long as they're not ripping each other off.

Yeah, but these studios know what they're doing. One knows that the other is making one, and they're like, "We'll put out the BETTER one at the same time!"

It's kind of lame.

 

[C. Lee]

I've already got at least 4 versions on DVD...so the more the merrier.

 

[MadVillainy]

Why is Hollywood doing multiple versions of these movies? This crap happened with Snow White, Jungle Book, Frankenstein, Steve Jobs... all in the last 3 years. And ZERO of them were good or will be good.

I agree...except I thought Steve Jobs was good but it bombed.

But yeah this trend doesnt seem to be beneficial at all

 

[Schlosser85]

Steve Jobs is good. But this new trend of competing versions of the exact same damn story coming out simultaneously is really overdone.

Do we really need multiple versions of The Jungle Book out at once?

 

[DarkKnight88]

Do we really need multiple versions of The Jungle Book out at once?

No.

But to be fair, the Jon Favreau version looks to be pretty fun. And I'm curious to see what Andy Serkis does by going back to the darker themes of the book. We could have two very different but good versions of the story.

Why is Hollywood doing multiple versions of these movies? This crap happened with Snow White, Jungle Book, Frankenstein, Steve Jobs...

Much further back than that with duelling Wyatt Earp, volcano, meteor/comet, ants movies.

 

[MadVillainy]

No.

But to be fair, the Jon Favreau version looks to be pretty fun. And I'm curious to see what Andy Serkis does by going back to the darker themes of the book. We could have two very different but good versions of the story.



Much further back than that with duelling Wyatt Earp, volcano, meteor/comet, ants movies.

But I feel like it's been that case.

Olympus Has Fallen? R Rated more violent. WHite House Down? More "fun", accessible
Mirror Mirror? Family friendly. Snow White and the Huntsman? More serious

Im not really looking forward to Faverau's Jungle Book. The trailers didn't do much for me. I am interested in seeing the Serkis version though. Wonder when theyll release the first look

 

[Rocketman]

Not only that, but Hemsworth is practically playing Thor in non-Thor movies (Snow White, The Huntsman), which is REALLY strange.

 

[DarkKnight88]

That's not strange. That's called typecasting.

 

[I SEE SPIDEY]

But I feel like it's been that case.

Olympus Has Fallen? R Rated more violent. WHite House Down? More "fun", accessible
Mirror Mirror? Family friendly. Snow White and the Huntsman? More serious

Im not really looking forward to Faverau's Jungle Book. The trailers didn't do much for me. I am interested in seeing the Serkis version though. Wonder when theyll release the first look

I don't care for the Jungle Book trailers either.

 

[MadVillainy]

Not only that, but Hemsworth is practically playing Thor in non-Thor movies (Snow White, The Huntsman), which is REALLY strange.

Eh I wouldnt say The Huntsman was just Thor other than if you use broad strokes to define each character.

But then again I didn't even get through the movie so...

 

[DACrowe]

Why is Hollywood doing multiple versions of these movies? This crap happened with Snow White, Jungle Book, Frankenstein, Steve Jobs... all in the last 3 years. And ZERO of them were good or will be good.

Danny Boyle's Steve Jobs is fantastic, box office be damned.

 

[Rocketman]

Danny Boyle's Steve Jobs is fantastic, box office be damned.

I love Boyle, but he needs to go back to his edgy and dark stuff instead of this Oscar schlock. Trainspotting, 28 Days Later, and Sunshine are where it's at.

 

[I SEE SPIDEY]

I think everything about Steve Jobs is overrated by critics, it just wasn't another Social Network no matter how much they wished it were. And I really like Boyle (For the record, I actually love Slumdog) and love Fassbender so I had a bias in favor of the film but I realized that it didn't wow me. I'd use pretty good movie with pretty good performance by Fassbender and very good performance by Winslet (even with that wonky accent) to describe the entire film. It flopped because it's an HBO movie that was released in theaters.

 

[Zant]

Why is Hollywood doing multiple versions of these movies? This crap happened with Snow White, Jungle Book, Frankenstein, Steve Jobs... all in the last 3 years. And ZERO of them were good or will be good.

So how long till Disney fast tracks their own little mermaid film to compete with Universals. I hear a Mermaid film is doing pretty well in China at the moment.

 

[Slick]

I love Boyle, but he needs to go back to his edgy and dark stuff instead of this Oscar schlock. Trainspotting, 28 Days Later, and Sunshine are where it's at.

Well he is doing Trainspotting 2. Not too get off topic.

 

[DACrowe]

I think everything about Steve Jobs is overrated by critics, it just wasn't another Social Network no matter how much they wished it were. And I really like Boyle (For the record, I actually love Slumdog) and love Fassbender so I had a bias in favor of the film but I realized that it didn't wow me. I'd use pretty good movie with pretty good performance by Fassbender and very good performance by Winslet (even with that wonky accent) to describe the entire film. It flopped because it's an HBO movie that was released in theaters.

It could have been on HBO. But I'm glad it wasn't. Universal might disagree...

But I actually loved how Boyle's direction mixed with Sorkin's prose. While you're right it ain't Social Network, the way that it was handled felt neither stagey or precious, which strangely HBO's The Newsroom did. I thought Fassbender was great but wasn't too crazy about Winslet ironically enough (that accent was pretty sporadic). I also like how they essentially tried to turn Jobs into a Greek or Shakespearian figure in terms of hubris and folly.

Historically accurate? Probably not, but it is nice to have something that ambitious for adults in theaters.