new World War II movies
Posted: Fri Mar 01, 2013 8:48 am
This is update on upcoming World War II movie and tv projects.
THE DAM BUSTERS--Peter Jackson said in a December, 2012 interview about his remake of the 1955 movie, "DAM BUSTERS is on hold while I finish THE HOBBIT. THE HOBBIT wasn't something I intended to get involved in [as much] as I did, so there was an option at one stage I'd be shooting THE DAM BUSTERS while Guillermo [del Toro] was shooting THE HOBBIT, but as things ended up going, THE DAM BUSTERS has just had to sit on the sidelines...But it's there. The Lancasters are built. We've got ten built for us sitting in storage. And it's ready to go as soon as we possibly can." Les Munro, the last surviving member of the Dam Busters raid, has signed on as a technical adviser.
THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN---little is known of this movie except that the script is being written by Oscar-winner Robert Towne (CHINATOWN).
NO BETTER PLACE TO DIE---this long-gestating D-Day movie about the 82nd Airborne's seizing of a key bridge on the Merderet River is finally underway. Dale Dye (SAVING PRIVATE RYAN, BAND OF BROTHERS), who is the writer/director, was scouting filming locations in Louisiana in January.It is not known if the original cast is still with the movie, but Max Martini (SAVING PRIVATE RYAN) and James Madio (BAND OF BROTHERS) were in the original cast.
USS INDIANAPOLIS: MEN OF COURAGE---this movie about the controversial sinking of the cruiser and the death of many of the survivors in shark-infested waters stars Kellan Lutz (THE TWILIGHT SAGA) and will be directed by Mario Van Peebles who co-starred in Clint Eastwood's HEARTBREAK RIDGE.
FLYING TIGERS---AMC/Chinese four-hour miniseries underway. Harrison Ford, a private pilot, and John Rhys-Davies (LORD OF THE RINGS, INDIANA JONES) are candidates to star. Ford's publicist said, "This project is in development--there is a long road to go before this is a real possibility." Bill MacDonald (ROME) is the producer. Two competing theatrical movies about the Flying Tigers from Tom Cruise and John Woo were announced several years ago, but nothing has been mentioned about either one of them since. Woo said at the time that he wanted Liam Neeson to play Claire Chennault and his movie would have, "The most spectacular aerial battle scenes ever seen in Chinese cinema."
PANZER 88--this horror movie is about the crew of a King Tiger tank in the Soviet Union which is attacked by supernatural entity. Peter Briggs (HELLBOY) is the director, and Gary Kurtz (STAR WARS, THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK), AMERICAN GRAFFITI) is the producer.
THE 4TH REICH---horror movie underway starring Sean Bean(GAME OF THRONES) and Sean Pertwee (DOG SOLDIERS) set on D-Day with British soldiers encountering SS scientists creating the 4th Reich composed of zombie SS.
CITIZEN SOLDIERS---movie underway about a UPI reporter attached to the 28th Infantry Division during the Battle of the Bulge. James Lafferty (ONE TREE HILL), Skeet Ulrich (JERICHO) and Dale Dye star.
MONTE CASSINO--movie underway set during the siege of Monte Cassino involving a wounded GI and the Italian nurse who cares for him. Kit Harington (GAME OF THRONES) stars with John Irvin (THE DOGS OF WAR, HAMBURGER HILL) as the director.
YELLOW EARTH---movie underway about 1,100 Japanese POWs who escaped from an Australian POW camp. Guy Pearce (LA CONFIDENTIAL, PROMETHEUS) stars.
COMBAT---movie remake of the 1960s ABC tv series that starred Vic Morrow and Rick Jason. Little is known of the current status.
MEN AT ARNHEM---movie underway about Operation Market Garden as seen through the eyes of British paratroop leader Maj. Geoffrey Powell.
THE DAM BUSTERS--Peter Jackson said in a December, 2012 interview about his remake of the 1955 movie, "DAM BUSTERS is on hold while I finish THE HOBBIT. THE HOBBIT wasn't something I intended to get involved in [as much] as I did, so there was an option at one stage I'd be shooting THE DAM BUSTERS while Guillermo [del Toro] was shooting THE HOBBIT, but as things ended up going, THE DAM BUSTERS has just had to sit on the sidelines...But it's there. The Lancasters are built. We've got ten built for us sitting in storage. And it's ready to go as soon as we possibly can." Les Munro, the last surviving member of the Dam Busters raid, has signed on as a technical adviser.
THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN---little is known of this movie except that the script is being written by Oscar-winner Robert Towne (CHINATOWN).
NO BETTER PLACE TO DIE---this long-gestating D-Day movie about the 82nd Airborne's seizing of a key bridge on the Merderet River is finally underway. Dale Dye (SAVING PRIVATE RYAN, BAND OF BROTHERS), who is the writer/director, was scouting filming locations in Louisiana in January.It is not known if the original cast is still with the movie, but Max Martini (SAVING PRIVATE RYAN) and James Madio (BAND OF BROTHERS) were in the original cast.
USS INDIANAPOLIS: MEN OF COURAGE---this movie about the controversial sinking of the cruiser and the death of many of the survivors in shark-infested waters stars Kellan Lutz (THE TWILIGHT SAGA) and will be directed by Mario Van Peebles who co-starred in Clint Eastwood's HEARTBREAK RIDGE.
FLYING TIGERS---AMC/Chinese four-hour miniseries underway. Harrison Ford, a private pilot, and John Rhys-Davies (LORD OF THE RINGS, INDIANA JONES) are candidates to star. Ford's publicist said, "This project is in development--there is a long road to go before this is a real possibility." Bill MacDonald (ROME) is the producer. Two competing theatrical movies about the Flying Tigers from Tom Cruise and John Woo were announced several years ago, but nothing has been mentioned about either one of them since. Woo said at the time that he wanted Liam Neeson to play Claire Chennault and his movie would have, "The most spectacular aerial battle scenes ever seen in Chinese cinema."
PANZER 88--this horror movie is about the crew of a King Tiger tank in the Soviet Union which is attacked by supernatural entity. Peter Briggs (HELLBOY) is the director, and Gary Kurtz (STAR WARS, THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK), AMERICAN GRAFFITI) is the producer.
THE 4TH REICH---horror movie underway starring Sean Bean(GAME OF THRONES) and Sean Pertwee (DOG SOLDIERS) set on D-Day with British soldiers encountering SS scientists creating the 4th Reich composed of zombie SS.
CITIZEN SOLDIERS---movie underway about a UPI reporter attached to the 28th Infantry Division during the Battle of the Bulge. James Lafferty (ONE TREE HILL), Skeet Ulrich (JERICHO) and Dale Dye star.
MONTE CASSINO--movie underway set during the siege of Monte Cassino involving a wounded GI and the Italian nurse who cares for him. Kit Harington (GAME OF THRONES) stars with John Irvin (THE DOGS OF WAR, HAMBURGER HILL) as the director.
YELLOW EARTH---movie underway about 1,100 Japanese POWs who escaped from an Australian POW camp. Guy Pearce (LA CONFIDENTIAL, PROMETHEUS) stars.
COMBAT---movie remake of the 1960s ABC tv series that starred Vic Morrow and Rick Jason. Little is known of the current status.
MEN AT ARNHEM---movie underway about Operation Market Garden as seen through the eyes of British paratroop leader Maj. Geoffrey Powell.