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Posted On: September 23th 2008
Posted By: Bryan Kremkau
Source: Variety |
Director of Wanted, Timur Bekmambetov, is set to direct a reimagining of the classic 'Moby Dick.' Casting for the whale haven't begun yet.
From Variety:
Universal Pictures has made a splashy preemptive buy of "Moby Dick," a reimagining of the Herman Melville whale tale that Timur Bekmambetov ("Wanted") will direct.
Studio paid high six figures to Adam Cooper and Bill Collage to pen the screenplay.
The writers revere Melville’s original text, but their graphic novel-style version will change the structure. Gone is the first-person narration by the young seaman Ishmael, who observes how Ahab’s obsession with killing the great white whale overwhelms his good judgment as captain.
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