Production on Captain Nemo: 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea was supposed to begin in February. Supposed to, since Disney has shut the whole thing down and McG is off the project.
The movie never seemed to get a real head of steam up, and it never secured its Captain Nemo, although Will Smith’s name got thrown around a bunch. Captain Nemo was on the fast track in Ye Olde Days at Disney – ie, earlier this year when Dick Cook was in charge – but the new boss in town probably sees this as a loser. And post Terminator: Salvation McG’s name ain’t worth what it could have been.
Fret not, genre fans. The Variety article reporting this says that Disney’s other big geek movies – Tron Legacy (which already shot) and John Carter of Mars (which is well into pre-production) are still happening. It isn’t like new boss Rich Ross is just killing all of Cook’s projects. At least not the ones that are too far along to stop.
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Phew, this was sounding like another Pirates of the Caribbean-like turd. Except with a much worse director at the helm…
No tears here, an amped up Will Smith yelling "Hell Naw" at a giant squid? McG's talents are better off channeled elsewhere.
Mr. Land: So now we're really 20,000 leagues under the sea?….
Captain Nemo: Well, actually, no, that's a bit of a misnomer. I misspoke. A league is actually a measure of distance traveled, and not a measure of depth, you see…..
Mr Land: But, Captain, we're so deep! Surely, we must be 20,000 leagues under the sea by now! …..
First Mate: Yesss. 20,000 leaguesss! Under the sea! …..
Captain Nemo: Well, no. As I said before, I misspoke, you see. I should have said.. fathoms. Fathoms are what you use to measure depth! Fathoms, not leagues! …..
Professor: And so, we are 20,000 fathoms under the sea? ….
Captain Nemo: Yes. But, I mean.. I mean no. No. We could be. But right now, we're just about, uh.. 200 fathoms beneath the sea. …..
Mr. Land: Oh, I get it. So 200 fathoms equals 20,000 leagues under the sea? ….
Captain Nemo: No! No! now, look, I was obviously wrong to have ever even mentioned 20,000 leagues nder the sea. I simply meant that we would traveling a total distance of 20,000 leagues – lengthwise, while we happen to be underwater. ….
Mr. Land: So you're saying we're 20,000 leagues underwater, under the sea? ….
First Mate: 20,000 leaguessss! That's pretty deep, Captain! ….
Captain Nemo: Oh, let's start over. Could you habd me that globe over there, please? [ globe is handed to him ] A league is just about.. three nautical miles, you see. So, 20,000 leagues would be, say, three times around the circumference of the Earth – or, 16,000 miles! so you couldn't go 20,000 leagues under the sea, or you'd come right out the other end, and that's impossible! ….
Professor: Ah, yes! So we are going to the center of the Earth! ….
Mr. Land: 20,000 leagues under the sea to the center of the Earth! ….
Group: Ahhhhh!!
This could be awesome, so I hope Disney goes back to the drawing board with a new director and a new star in mind. Who could play Nemo, though? Ben Kingsley would be a fine choice, but he's not huge and he's little old.
Fuck a damn Will Smiff and all that noize! If this ever gets made, Naveen Andrews is the only sure bet for Nemo, if literary continuity is to be adhered to. Anything else would just be… uncivilized.
"And post Terminator: Salvation McG's name ain't worth what it could have been." Eh? BEFORE Terminator Salvation I had McG as that guy that delivered not one but two shit Charlie's Angels movies. NOW I accept that the guy can at least deliver some decent action (far better than the Transformers films) and that maybe, just maybe, his take on Superman would have been preferable to Bryan Singer's.
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