Dambusters (2010)

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I was wondering if there was anyone "in the know" who could give us some insight as to how the film is progressing?

There's not much new I can find doing a search on Google. The scant amount of information available is all at least a year old.
 
I didnt even know that they were remaking Dambusters. Although from the info I could find i would suprised if we saw it soon as Peter Jackson who is producing it is busy with Tintin at the moment. Also if it was going to be released next year Im sure they would have had some news about casting by now!
 
The trouble is you just know it will be appalling, and no doubt all of the aircrew will be American. After all, everyone knows they were the only ones who fought against the Germans and Japanese in WWII.... :rolleyes:
 
A remake of "The Dam Busters" is a work in progress of Sir David Frost's Paradine Productions. The original production schedule (delivery of the film to the studio in early 2009 for a possible summer 2009 release) has now slipped and release is now expected in 2010. Budget is reported as $40 million.

People and companies known to be involved in the remake include:

Sir David Frost - Executive Producer
Peter Jackson (Lord of the Rings, King Kong etc.) - Producer
Christian Rivers - Director (making his directorial debut, as Michael Anderson did on the original film)
Steven Fry (QI, Wilde, Blackadder, Gosford Park etc.) - Scriptwriter
Weta Workshop - large props, including ten Lancasters
Weta Digital - digital visual effects
No cast have been announced as yet; Sir Ian McKellen has been mooted in the media as a possible Barnes Wallis (though he's actually 14 years too old), and James McAvoy has also been mentioned as a possible Guy Gibson (incredibly, he's 5 years too old too)!

The press have already picked up on the problem of the name of Gibson's dog (******) in the film, and Peter Jackson has said they'll be "damned-if-they-do, damned-if-they-don't"! Press reports have said that "Nidge" is going to be used instead.

More information on the film available from
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dambusters_(2008_film)
 
I would normally agree as The Dam Busters is one of my all time favourite ever films, however I'm prepared to give this a go purely for the idea of top notch digital Lancs flying low level over the dams in glorious surround sound.
 
Great great film, but unfortunately much is guesswork as Operation Chastise was still classified. Now that it has been declassified I am sure we will see events as they truly happened.
 
Apparently release has slipped to sometime 2011.

Damn, just as I was saving up for the 3 scoops of ice cream (with nuts - which will probably require a mortgage) and giant coke. :mad:

At this rate I'll be able to afford the cinema entry ticket too (for a Monday afternoon showing, of course).

Seriously though, Stephen has had access to information that simply wasn't available when the original film was made - and I couldn't give a monkey's what the labrador's name is - apart from it being (according to the 1955 film) the success/failure of mission targets.

Of course the story is going to be pretty "dry" if religion, politics and relationships aren't taken into account. It is, after all, being made for entertainment - not factual relevance. You want only facts? Watch a documentary or, better, buy a reference book.
 
With SDF producing & Fry involved, it'll be a funny & intelligent film and will be British actors only. At long last a worthy British war film showing those Yank upstarts how the war was really fought. Of course it'll bomb (pardon the pun) in the US!
 
why remake a classic
i canna belive this in what i just read an this in production god sake what the heck is going on with film industry
LEAVE THE CLASSICS ALONE
 
I think that's rather a narrow view. If you prefer the older version it'll still be there, noone is going to mess with it.

Think of it as a completely separate entity.

Personally, I hated the idea of Glen Close playing a 17 year old girl in a remake of the Rodgers & Hammerstein "South Pacific" classic. I watched it, but it reminded me of how good the old version was. So it hasn't affected my view of the old one, in fact it has enhanced it. Wierd camera filters and all.
 
I guess one motive would be to accurately recreate a major historical acheivement from GB's war record. When the original film was made much of the detail of the mission was still classified. Now it's public record and a more accurate depiction can be made.
 
Being a historian, I have researched the history of this famous raid over the years, and to this day, the film version starring Richard Todd and Michael Redgrave has remained one of my favourite films of all time, despite its inaccuracies.

I am not certain whether this remake will come anywhere near the original, although if the producers have a great deal of sense, and I am sure they have, they should make it as accurate as possible to honour the memory of the crews of the eight aircraft which were lost during the raid.

And yes, I do agree with some of the comments, it was a British effort, although some canadians and one american did take part, and it should not be seen as mainly american just to appease american audiences. That would be an insult to the men who were lost.

I will reserve my final judgement until I see the film itself.
 
I wonder if Jackson might be holding this off until the 70th anniversary of the raid. Unless I'm mistaken that would be 17th May 2013.

Certainly news is still thin on the ground, and a 2011 release date has been mooted, but timing is everything with these things and the 70th anniversary will undoubtedl raise the profile of the event anyway. The film could well cash in, and honour 617 Sqn simultaneously.

A bit unethical maybe in terms of cashing in, but if the film is good enough I can also see it being seen as an honourable gesture. Something of a knife edge though.
 
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