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

 

[Silvermoth]

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?

 

[Octoberist]

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'..

 

[nouan]

I loved Waterworld. The character better drink his own piss in this one.

 

[Destructus86]

You know...I always thought WaterWorld could have been a great film if it hadn't been so......bloated.

 

[ThePhantasm]

Sounds cool, like a mix of Waterworld and Atlantis.