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McG To Direct Disney’s 20,000 LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA Remake!!

This is a TV movie? by FuckMichaelBay	Jan 6th, 2009 10:31:38 PM
Why is this posted in Coaxial?
SYSTEM ERROR by FuckMichaelBay	Jan 6th, 2009 10:32:40 PM
monkey with hammer at controls
Sure, why not. by SirLoin	Jan 6th, 2009 10:34:09 PM
Whatever. Fuck.
dive! by Dollar Bird	Jan 6th, 2009 10:34:13 PM
Why is this article in the teevee section? Is the new 20,000 made for television? I'm curious to see how McG's Terminator turns out, so I'll wait before making any blanket statement on the quality of this project. (And by "curious", I mean, I am curious about what other people will say, because I'm not seeing his Terminator. I saw 1 and 2; that was enough.)
horrible! by SkidMarkedUndies	Jan 6th, 2009 10:34:57 PM
thats all i got
Zom-bot by SirLoin	Jan 6th, 2009 10:35:42 PM
And Johnny Depp will play an effeminate boatswain with dubious morals. I vote Zach Galifianakis for Cpt. Nemo.
Fights crime? by sailingmaster	Jan 6th, 2009 10:39:00 PM
Uh... No? That's not what the novel is about...
This Doesn't Sound Good by Crow3711	Jan 6th, 2009 10:40:02 PM
And it isn't even because of McG. Nothing to do with him. Just sounds lame.
wasn't this seaQuest??? by WIBoomer1	Jan 6th, 2009 10:41:06 PM

Darwin swim naked!!! by WIBoomer1	Jan 6th, 2009 10:41:28 PM

Uh...... by AllPowerfulWizardOfOz	Jan 6th, 2009 10:42:38 PM
This is not good news.
Mc G and directing by welsh_bullfrog_goon	Jan 6th, 2009 10:45:46 PM
As a director i think MC G is well out of his depth with the terminator franchise only a director such as David Fincher has the experience of creating a dark forboding sci fi thriller which continues from the previous cameron films, so captain nemo may very well match his creative depth. Don't get me wrong salvation looks great, i just think the script will suffer and we know with the ambiguity surrounding the rating it will probably be pg13/12a (12a uk rating) that could affect it too , i think T4 has trouble tarnished all over it's name, i just hope i'm proven as i love the cameron films
THIS IS A GOOD FIT FOR McG - NO ONE CARES ABOUT 20,000 LEAGUES A by BringingSexyBack	Jan 6th, 2009 10:47:44 PM
Harmless.
FINALLY!!!!!!!!!!! by Bungion Boy	Jan 6th, 2009 10:50:05 PM
I will for evermore refer to this project as "Necessary: The Movie."
Wow! A 20,,000 Leauges remake... by Master Bruce	Jan 6th, 2009 10:52:47 PM
uh, isn't this about the 9th or 10th remake since the 1950s Disney classic?...and guess what, they all sucked unborn seasquid! Good luck w/that.
Remakes by Chesterfield Slacks	Jan 6th, 2009 10:54:40 PM
Great! I hope every single goddamned sci-fi story that's been made into a movie, gets the new improved remake! Yay!! And prequels and sequels!! The Day the Earth Stood Still 2 - Still Standing Still!! 5,000 Leagues Under the Lake - Nemo's Childhood!! Get James Cameron to redo Forbidden Planet - The Trilogy!...oh wait.
So this is the movie WITH the giant squid? by MaxCalifornia.	Jan 6th, 2009 10:56:04 PM
McG's trying to win the fanboys over!
Disney will want Depp for Nemo. by Flim Springfield	Jan 6th, 2009 11:00:41 PM

Kinda liked the LXG Nemo by br1947	Jan 6th, 2009 11:01:48 PM
yea, the movie had some faults but it was at least entertaining.
An origin story of Nemo and Nautilus by NoHubris	Jan 6th, 2009 11:02:55 PM
I give them credit for at least attempting to do a different kind of 20,000 Leagues story.
McG can't do a period piece by ClockWorker	Jan 6th, 2009 11:03:19 PM
too flashy
THE NAUTILUS : FULL THROTTLE! by PoorOLtinTin	Jan 6th, 2009 11:04:42 PM
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! I COULDN'T RESIST!
This will compete with Atlantis Rising by NoHubris	Jan 6th, 2009 11:06:05 PM
The article says the are making the movie this year. When ATLANTIS RISING was announced, I figured that there would be a competing underwater movie. The race is on.
WTF is with all this MCG Luv all of a sudden? by Bishop6	Jan 6th, 2009 11:09:06 PM
Is he just cheap to hire, wtf else can recommend the douche??
Let's hope that by greenstyle92	Jan 6th, 2009 11:13:54 PM
all the quasi-intentional homo-erotic subtext of the original novel, (what with 3 grown men continually stripping and unstripping and grappling and such) makes it into the movie, so that modern audiences can either champion it or villify it or laugh at it while misunderstanding how gay sex worked in the old days. (in the old days, Having sex with either your best guy friend or a nubile young male cabin boy was something you did either before you got married to your wife or while on a suitably long sea voyage. You just weren't supposed to talk about it-either to champion it or condemn it. Don't Ask, Don't tell, and all that.)
Bishop6 by NoHubris	Jan 6th, 2009 11:16:31 PM
Disney must have liked his work on T4. If he can handle John Connor vs. the Machines in TERMINATOR SALVATION, I guess they figure he can do Nemo against the world's naval warships and the like.
Bishop6 by greenstyle92	Jan 6th, 2009 11:17:19 PM
The McG love comes from renewed hope in the man after the new Terminator trailer, which doesn't look as sucky as anticipated. Here's the thing about that: That will be like a midling effort. McG seems to kind of get terminator: how it's supposed to look, how the Future war works, the easy and obvious stuff so the movie can look right. But he don't get the deeper themes so it will probably still be a big mess.
NO SQUID, NO PEACE by Le Vicious Fishus	Jan 6th, 2009 11:18:49 PM
So is the squid in? Is it?
Hey, AICNN, why'd you scrub node 39676? by thebearovingian	Jan 6th, 2009 11:19:47 PM
You know, the Friday the 13th remake trailer story. I took precious time out of my day to post in that now vanished talkback! Gone! Gone into the digital graveyard! Information in the Internet Age is but a fleeting vapor! Gird your loins!
they need to hire the Golden Compass people by the milf lover	Jan 6th, 2009 11:21:21 PM
the design work on Compass was splendid and very steampunk in many ways, and a similar take would work great with the Nautilus/19th century stuff. Not sure about McGee tho...
FcK McG by Cruel_Kingdom	Jan 6th, 2009 11:21:39 PM

Yeah, they need to hire the Golden Compass people... by JimCurry	Jan 6th, 2009 11:23:06 PM
To wash my dirty balls.
You can rerun my posts about other remakes by kabong	Jan 6th, 2009 11:28:00 PM
I'm getting into the groove on this.
Will it star Kirk Douglas? by Alkeoholic77	Jan 6th, 2009 11:32:33 PM

::spittake:: WHAT?! by CZ	Jan 6th, 2009 11:39:24 PM
Well, this is an unpleasant surprise.
Building Credibility by Barko	Jan 6th, 2009 11:40:12 PM
All that work McG has done to build credibility with fans about Terminator... and then... THIS? Seriously? A theme park ride masquerading as a film?
It's one of my favorite books by WhoDis	Jan 6th, 2009 11:47:17 PM
I'll be sure to skip this adaptation. McG.... Jesus Christ....
Mickey Rourke in THE EXPENDABLES by BurtGummer	Jan 6th, 2009 11:50:44 PM
And there is no article for this why?
Gahhh! My childhood! by jimmay	Jan 6th, 2009 11:50:45 PM
I used to watch the original multiple times a day, so much so that my mother grew to hate it, as I didn't know how to operate the VCR, and demanded she put it on incessantly. James Mason, Kirk Douglas, and the incomparable Peter Lorre are outstanding, and the giant squid sequence was a groundbreaking effect at the time it was released.
FUCK OFF by drturing	Jan 6th, 2009 11:50:49 PM
Goddamit, McG has no vision, no substance, nothing special other than the ability to deliver decent tv pilots and sail the waters of the entertainment industry. He is not a geek - he's a former soul patch wearing jock rock douche who wants in on all the geek money that's out there. His Terminator 4 trailer should've easily induced chills, when all it has induced is "looks workmanlike and blah". For the sake of fuck studio heads keep him away from all this treasure.
NO!!! We need Frank Miller on this one!!!!! by Bob Cryptonight	Jan 6th, 2009 11:51:56 PM
Come on, Big Frank, we know you can do it! Show 'em what ya got!
McG makes Gore Verbinski look like by drturing	Jan 6th, 2009 11:52:39 PM
Terry Gilliam
McG makes Zack Snyder look like by drturing	Jan 6th, 2009 11:53:13 PM
Jim Cameron
McG makes Gabriele Mucino look like by drturing	Jan 6th, 2009 11:53:49 PM
Something less of a functional retard
McG makes Len Wiseman look like by drturing	Jan 6th, 2009 11:54:56 PM
Sam Raimi
I loved 20,000 Leagues by Bloo	Jan 6th, 2009 11:59:21 PM
when I was a kid, probably wore 3 or 4 paperback copies of the book. Anyways it wasn't until years later that I realized nemo was Hindu, I just figured him for a pissed off Brit. I'm not opposed to a decent remake of this, just don't have confidence in MCG YET! Hope he proves me wrong in Terminator:Salvation, hell I hope every bad directior proves me wrong, I still hold out hope that Paul WS Anderson has a masterpiece waiting for him...or Uwe Boll is going to create the next Citizen Kane worthless thinking maybe but still...
This is the guy who should re-design the Nautilus by Utamoh	Jan 7th, 2009 12:05:07 AM
http://utamoh.wordpress.com/ Someone who knows about Steampunk.
Sounds like McShit by Dr Gregory House	Jan 7th, 2009 12:12:57 AM

Supernatural and Chuck by Gislef_crow	Jan 7th, 2009 12:24:48 AM
So what does McG do exactly on those shows to earn his Executive Producer credit? Is he the driving force, or just getting paid to attach his name and the other crew manage to cover up his apparent ineptitude?
Can't be done. by Vergil	Jan 7th, 2009 12:25:52 AM
I would love a proper movie made from the book, but it would make $123.23 at the box office. A movie loyal to the book would more resemble an episode of "Blue Planet" than an action movie.
C'mon, it could be good by TheHumanBeingAndFish	Jan 7th, 2009 12:26:47 AM
... especially with a great steampunk aesthetic. I don't know what the point would be if they do decide to update it an set the story in modern times, but I guess we'll see.
Did McG go and get Verne's blessing? by DarthFloyd	Jan 7th, 2009 12:36:47 AM
The same way he claims to have gotten Cameron's blessing for T4?
And... by greenstyle92	Jan 7th, 2009 12:47:27 AM
you actually meant the "Nautilus." Just not your day, is it?
CG squid CG Nautilus by disfigurehead	Jan 7th, 2009 12:49:08 AM
blah blah
The "!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" by sloanist	Jan 7th, 2009 01:18:13 AM
If ever there was an entry to drop the fucking exclamation points, this is it.
Utamoh by The_Skook	Jan 7th, 2009 01:33:27 AM
Nice work man! This will work if they thoroughly 'Steampunk' it. After all Verne and Wells almost invented it... of sorts... But the Disney version is so good!
How about we start calling him Joe Nichol. by RandySavage	Jan 7th, 2009 01:57:54 AM
If he starts making great movies, maybe he will have earned the irritating, self-righteous "McG" moniker.
Look everyone a SQUID!! by Double M	Jan 7th, 2009 02:06:54 AM
We will all love this movie now.
Squidgate by kwisatzhaderach	Jan 7th, 2009 02:27:58 AM

Oh, and... by kwisatzhaderach	Jan 7th, 2009 02:28:42 AM
Fuck McG.
McG? So it will be an R-Rated bloodbath of epic proportions... by Motoko Kusanagi	Jan 7th, 2009 03:24:18 AM
...just like T4, right? McG my ass.
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea!! by The Equalizer	Jan 7th, 2009 03:42:11 AM
Now there's a remake that's needed! Dig up Richard Baseheart and we've got a movie!
Geez, this isn't a remake. by Toonol	Jan 7th, 2009 03:46:08 AM
It's based on the book. Verne wrote a sequel to it, by the way: "Mysterious Island". I don't think McG deserve the hate you guys are dishing out, except for his name. Focus your ire on that. As far as movies go, so far, it seems like he's made each movie exactly the way they should be made. Nothing he's done so far proves that he _can_ or _can't_ make a decent serious action flick. He won't measure up to Cameron, obviously, but who does?
"Are you accusing me of being a liiiar?" by Kirbymanly	Jan 7th, 2009 03:52:45 AM
LEAVE GOOD MOVIES ALONE. RE-MAKE MEDIOCRE ONES. OBIVOUSLY YOU OWN THE FUCKING RIGHTS TO THE ORIGINAL, WHICH, IF YOU ARE RE-MAKING IT, IS A CLASSIC. RE-RELEASE THE FUCKER INSTEAD OF WASTING BOTH TIME AND MONEY! HOLLYWOOD MINDS ARE THE EQUIVALENT OF THE SWILL ON THE BOTTOM OF PETER LORE'S P-COAT!
This might be League of Extraordinary by Dingbatty	Jan 7th, 2009 04:05:40 AM
McGentlemen horrible.
And yes, there will be no Squid in the film by kirttrik	Jan 7th, 2009 04:15:16 AM
It is simply unfilmable, and a tad dated.
so does this mean... by The Amazing G	Jan 7th, 2009 04:27:13 AM
Disney will finally bring back the 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea ride at Disney World?
Never thought he would... by The Chosen	Jan 7th, 2009 04:47:35 AM
But Jules Vern is actually rolling in his coffin.This is going to be awesomly crap.
What..another remake !!! by rguerr2	Jan 7th, 2009 05:06:14 AM
Can't people in Hollywood come up with new ideas anymore ?? So when are they going to remake Citizen Kane ??
Actually, it says it's an "origin" story... by Gungan Slayer	Jan 7th, 2009 06:12:40 AM
and the title is "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea: Captain Nemo" No, yes, I know, they'll probably end up dropping the "Captain Nemo" part and just turn it into a remake or remimagining, BUT, imagine if this project was indeed an origin story...and one connected to the first film. That would be badass. Captain Nemo has always had an interesting background, and that alone could make a good film. Plus, we could see the Nautilus modal again! It is being produced by the TR2N people, so you never know. Perhaps it is connected to the older film. If it's a remake...then fuck it.
sailingmaster: learn to read by fubbleskag	Jan 7th, 2009 06:45:43 AM
"oceanic menace" != "crime"
yes but who will play the lead you racist white people by Mr_X	Jan 7th, 2009 06:53:29 AM
Hrithik Roshan honkeys
Bet they keep the squid in this one... by TheBloop	Jan 7th, 2009 06:54:43 AM
That should keep the dateless fan boys upset over the Watchmen movie happy. There's your fucking squid!
Disney already remade 2,000 Leauges by I Dunno	Jan 7th, 2009 07:19:44 AM
It was called The Black Hole.
The 2,000 Leagues ride by I Dunno	Jan 7th, 2009 07:27:29 AM
I could never understand why they closed that ride but after thinking about it, I remembered that the seats were really small and the submarine itself was very cramped. I think people got too fat to fit in the thing. There was probably an incident that involved the jaws of life so they just said Fuck It. I liked Charlie's Angels too. Could have used a little girl on girl action. Interesting trivia about that film, the circular house that overlooks the Hills in LA that belonged to Sam Rockwell's character was also Tim Allen's house in Galaxy Quest, also starring Rockwell. Okay, maybe not that interesting.
The Black Hole = Speed Racer by Motoko Kusanagi	Jan 7th, 2009 07:53:28 AM
Same league. All visuals, zero substance.
Maybe there's a cabal in Hollywood that by skimn	Jan 7th, 2009 07:58:25 AM
secretly admire We Are Marshall, and want to give McG more work than, God knows, he deserves. The same group that admires Ratner's The Family Man...
The DisneyWorld 20,000 Leagues ride. . . by jimmay	Jan 7th, 2009 08:20:00 AM
Was filled in with concrete long ago. The version at Disneyland Anaheim has been rethemed to Finding Nemo, but there's still a Leagues ride at Tokyo DisneySea, and the Disneyland Paris park has a Nautilus submarine walkthrough attraction.
Finding Nemo ride SUCKS!!! by Frank Black	Jan 7th, 2009 08:30:21 AM
Hard! Seriously, Disney needs to stop ruining the classic rides by replacing them with half-assed modern updates. The original 20,000 Leagues is also just fine thanks. (I hate to sound a million years old but as a Disney Park pass holder, nothing drives me crazier than seeing the classic stuff converted to modern bastardized versions. No more remakes, and get off my lawn.)
As long as they don't make it a comedy a la "Pirates".. by Chishu_Ryu	Jan 7th, 2009 08:40:07 AM
...it should be fine, I think. Disney rarely screws up their films. and 20,000 is a true movie classic that even heavily influenced "Raiders of the Lost Ark" (see Indy being chased by natives and Indy riding Nazi sub to to island scenes).
Frank Black by Chishu_Ryu	Jan 7th, 2009 08:47:51 AM
Agreed. Disney parks has committed some atrocities to their classic rides. As much as I remember digging the 20,000 leagues ride, though, I also think back that its ideas were antiquated in this scientifically modern time, such as the giant killer squid attacking the sub, the dragon, and the mermaids, all which might leave a bad impression on young minds. Maybe with the new movie, they'll convert that huge lagoon back to a more scientifically accurate or maybe more fantastic sub voyage. I think the biggest atrocity the park has committed was replacing the singing Tiki birds and flowers show with a rapping Iago parrot. Although, granted, kids with ADD probably couldn't sit through the old show without screaming for Dumbo....
First Lucas rapes my childhood, now this a-clown. by wowsucks	Jan 7th, 2009 08:52:20 AM
Stop the madness hire a real director :(
Wait for it..... by Jodet	Jan 7th, 2009 09:12:17 AM
Keannu Reeves as Nemo. Search your feelings...you know this to be the truth...
C'mon, people! -- Say it with me! -- "I believe in McG!" by JDanielP	Jan 7th, 2009 09:39:24 AM
Cheers!
FINDING NEMO 2 by ArcadianDS	Jan 7th, 2009 09:58:41 AM
oh wait - wrong nemo
Remake:No; Origin Story:Yes! by conspiracy	Jan 7th, 2009 10:04:35 AM
They should hang a huge picture of WALT in front of this McG during filming...so he knows the shit will hit the fan if he fucks it up. And, I agree with everyone above...Please..No Captain Jack Nemo type characters...one is plenty.
Does this mean the Nautilis Sub Ride by Cheif Brody	Jan 7th, 2009 10:38:07 AM
Is coming BACK to Disney World...after they just did a $200 Million dollar renovation, turning it into a 'Finding Nemo' ride? Nah...this new version will sink like a rock at the box office. Unless Mc puts Cameron Diaz in her undies again and let's her beat the squid to death with her ass.
Will this even get made? by FlipTheFrog	Jan 7th, 2009 10:55:31 AM
If you read the article, there's a lot of emphasis on McG's deal, not so much about the movie.
Vangelis as Captain Nemo by Abominable Snowcone	Jan 7th, 2009 10:58:05 AM

The real question is by darthvedder81	Jan 7th, 2009 11:02:13 AM
Why don't they do trailers like that anymore? With the sensationalized titles and narrator?
Thank you Harry by waggy	Jan 7th, 2009 11:08:20 AM
Herc, your stories are always so boring to read, because there's no personality to your posts (unless Whedon is involved). What separates AICN from other entertainment sites is the passion that the staff shows for movies.
Fuck McG. by Tin Snoman	Jan 7th, 2009 11:11:51 AM
Also, fuck origin stories. Takes the fun and mystery right out of it. I'm more a fan of the book than the original Disney film, but still I can't see anyone in today's Hollywood with the gravitas to do Nemo like James Mason did.
Fuck you Harry by DigitalDong	Jan 7th, 2009 01:56:16 PM
Next he's gonna want Herc to post updates on the status of his Facebook page and then drop a line whenever he's mentioned somewhere.
No Charlies Angels 2 was a M.P.O.F.S. first was adequate by Stormwatcher	Jan 7th, 2009 03:40:12 PM
and midly entertaining. Anything with Murray is worth a day pass.
give 20,000 leagues a serious treatment by LandWaster	Jan 7th, 2009 04:37:35 PM
someone needs to make a serious 20,000 leagues film, not some action film or whatever. There are some interesting themes explored in it that most adaptations seem to gloss over.
Naveen Andrews for Nemo. And make a Vern trilogy! by Drath	Jan 7th, 2009 05:53:27 PM
Mysterious Island and Tales of the Castaways were both related (albeit vaguely in the cast of the latter) to the same literary world. I'm sorry thought about this choice of directors. I hope this isn't a wacky CG fest and instead goes for something more classical. Ha, what a dope I am, or course they won't!
The original is one of my top ten films by DDMAN26	Jan 7th, 2009 07:02:50 PM
It's a masterpiece.
Maybe by Yelnick McWaWa	Jan 7th, 2009 07:08:14 PM
I reserve hate on McG until T4 is out. This could be very cool. Anything will be better than that tv movie with Jose Ferrer in the late 70's.
and by Yelnick McWaWa	Jan 7th, 2009 07:09:23 PM
C'mon!, Charlie's Angels were awful, I've seen Scooby Doo cartoons with more logic.
Zach by Maceox	Jan 7th, 2009 07:55:53 PM
Glad Zach did not film this because . . . um you know NO SQUID!!!
Remake... by Feral Aristocrat	Jan 7th, 2009 08:20:21 PM
...Michael Schenker's great instrumental "Captain Nemo" for the theme song.
Disney only has the 20,000 Leagues ride at Disneyland by Mr Spork	Jan 8th, 2009 12:41:47 AM
They took out the one at Walt Disney World. Maybe this movie will cause them to put in a new one back in.
Screenplay by Christophe "Silent Hill" Gans by theplant	Jan 8th, 2009 01:28:03 AM
Anyone remember at some point, Christophe "Brotherhood of the Wolf" Gans was going to direct and did a screenplay ? In it, Nemo is a terrorist out to destroy the world, I guess we will get the Disney lite version.
McG hate right here. by thegreatwhatzit	Jan 8th, 2009 03:49:27 AM
All flash & trash; the tool is this generation's Peter Fonda...maybe this generation's Bert I. Gordon. James Mason was a flawless Nemo (20,000 LEAGUES) but Herbert Lom's invocation (MYSTERIOUS ISLAND) was equally brooding & kick-ass.

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