20,000 Leagues to surface…twice?

by Ben | May 17, 2010 7:42 am

The ongoing drama behind Disney’s remake of its landmark 1954 feature 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea has taken another turn towards surfacing on screen after all. The project recently took a dive when incoming Disney Studio chief Richard Ross torpedoed Dick Cook’s proposal for a McG-directed blockbuster, but now it is reported that David Fincher[1] has come aboard to steer a new version. And no sooner had that been announced than 20th Century Fox stated it was developing its own take[2] on the public-domain Jules Verne novel with the Scott Brothers, Tony and Ridley, producing and Timur Bekmambetov rumored to be eying the director’s chair. Further to those reports, THR has more[3] on each studio’s status on their respective Leagues projects.

Endnotes:

David Fincher: http://www.heatvisionblog.com/2010/05/david-fincher-directing-20000-leagues-under-the-sea.html
its own take: http://www.heatvisionblog.com/2010/05/fox-prepping-20000-leagues-with-timur.html
THR has more: http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/news/e3i417b9e1bf4bfc8ece72cfd333ffdba27

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