The Drowned World

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    Warners Set To Adapt "The Drowned World"

    By Garth Franklin Thursday February 28th 2013 06:58PM
    Warner Bros. Pictures has optioned the film rights to "Empire Of The Sun" author J.G. Ballard's 1962 sci-fi novel "The Drowned World" at Heyday Films.
    Set in the year 2145, the action unfolds in a time when solar radiation has melted the ice caps. Jungles have overrun continental Europe, and London is mostly submerged under water.
    The hero is a biologist who lives on the 35th floor of a high-rise in which only two floors sit above the water line.
    He battles a savage environment of primordial creatures who prowl the undergrowth, and anarchists who terrorize the city's inhabitants.
    David Heyman and Jeffrey Clifford will produce.
    Source: Deadline
     
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    I love all the comments on the front page of people saying 'HUR DE HUR PROPOGANDA' about this.

    I'm keen. Wonder who they'll get to play the scientist?
     
    #2 Silvermoth, Mar 1, 2013
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    It's called propaganda from ignorant folks who aren't the most objective types. And for God's sakes the book was written decades ago.

    I just hope this project goes somewhere unlike yhe other JD adaptation 'Concrete Island'..
     
    #3 Octoberist, Mar 1, 2013
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    I loved Waterworld. The character better drink his own piss in this one.
     
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    You know...I always thought WaterWorld could have been a great film if it hadn't been so......bloated.
     
    #5 Destructus86, Mar 1, 2013
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    Sounds cool, like a mix of Waterworld and Atlantis.
     
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