Well... if Harrison Ford can do a Russian accent, this could be his first major bout of acting as NOT Harrison Ford Movie Star (TM), but as an actor and as a performer.... in quite some time.

Harry here, and ya know... this news delights me, but sends possible shivers like the ones the Brits suffered when Costner was cast as Robin Hood. Can Ford deliver a strong accent... or will Kathryn Bigelow play it as Russians whom we hear in perfect American English and British English? Or will they have Slavic tones and accents? I hope they do.

Variety has reported that Harrison Ford is now formally upon Bigelow's helmed National Geographic Produced True Life Adventure tale about the first Soviet Ballistic Missile bearing Submarine in 1961, that well... Ya know, if you don't know the story about what happened with K-19... maybe you don't want to know... For you others... follow the link to Variety and get the cheap dime store history breakdown there... as for those that want even more information, search National Geographics till ya get the story.

With this film, the National Geographic Society is jumping into the realm of films based upon their stories researched and written up for their magazine and documentaries. The next one that they are working up is the STUNNING true life story about Shackleton called ENDURANCE for Wolfgang Peterson. One of the great human adventures... truly amazing. And we've talked about that film for sometime on the site... It seems K-19 has leap-frogged it in production though...

Also, it is looking as if the second in command on this big titanium Russian cigar might be Liam Neeson... No report if Mark Hammill or Ewan MacGregor or a big 7 foot tall walking carpet will be aboard.. but you can always hope. hehehe...