Title: Poseidon Adventure
Description: the remake
Description: the remake
FireIce - July 5, 2004 06:18 AM (GMT)
Titanic Movie Heads for City
Cape Argus (Cape Town)
One of Hollywood's greatest disaster movies is to be remade in Cape Town.
The Poseidon Adventure was a runaway box-office blockbuster when it opened in 1972, with big names including Gene Hackman and Ernest Borgnine.
The original bestseller was penned by popular novelist Paul Gallico.
It tells the story of a group of passengers who struggle to survive after their ocean liner capsizes between New York and Athens.
Now one of Cape Town's two big film companies, Film Afrika, has been given the huge task of recreating scenes featuring the 3 500-berth passenger liner.
"Building the set will be a huge challenge," said local producer Nina Heyns.
The company plans to use some locations such as the docks, but most of the scenes will be shot in a number of vast warehouses around the city.
Building starts next week on substantial parts of the SS Poseidon, a cruise ship of titanic proportions.
Filming starts in September and will give work to several thousand local extras - including many expert divers from stunt companies.
Filming is expected to take 11 weeks. The names of the stars are not yet known.
Cape Argus (Cape Town)
One of Hollywood's greatest disaster movies is to be remade in Cape Town.
The Poseidon Adventure was a runaway box-office blockbuster when it opened in 1972, with big names including Gene Hackman and Ernest Borgnine.
The original bestseller was penned by popular novelist Paul Gallico.
It tells the story of a group of passengers who struggle to survive after their ocean liner capsizes between New York and Athens.
Now one of Cape Town's two big film companies, Film Afrika, has been given the huge task of recreating scenes featuring the 3 500-berth passenger liner.
"Building the set will be a huge challenge," said local producer Nina Heyns.
The company plans to use some locations such as the docks, but most of the scenes will be shot in a number of vast warehouses around the city.
Building starts next week on substantial parts of the SS Poseidon, a cruise ship of titanic proportions.
Filming starts in September and will give work to several thousand local extras - including many expert divers from stunt companies.
Filming is expected to take 11 weeks. The names of the stars are not yet known.
Kellym - July 5, 2004 11:06 AM (GMT)
Thank you for posting th:
That sounds like it'll be worth watching.
Wonder who the stars'll be :unsure:
*Adding*
I told my Mom that they were re-making it and she said the original was great so she went out and bought it for me today (I am so spoilt :lol: ) so at least now I'll get to see how great it is for myself ;)
That sounds like it'll be worth watching.
Wonder who the stars'll be :unsure:
*Adding*
I told my Mom that they were re-making it and she said the original was great so she went out and bought it for me today (I am so spoilt :lol: ) so at least now I'll get to see how great it is for myself ;)
jet_doctor - July 5, 2004 03:11 PM (GMT)
Since "The Poseidon Adventure" is one of my favorite movies, I am looking forward to seeing how this re-make turns out. I bought the original movie on DVD several months ago and I still never get sick of watching it. Thanks for the heads up on that.
tonym5 - July 7, 2004 05:00 PM (GMT)
OMG...how in the world can you outdo the original????....i have seen poseidon over 2 dozen times. i love that movie!!!!...
Kellym - July 9, 2004 03:27 AM (GMT)
I'd have to agree now that I've seen it, twice it is definitely a classic det:
boissee - July 9, 2004 11:05 PM (GMT)
t: If it's a disaster movie, i like it. I have it on VHS, but now I know it's on DVD, it's on the list. Looking forward to the remake!
Kellym - July 10, 2004 05:19 AM (GMT)
| QUOTE (boissee @ Jul 10 2004, 12:05 AM) |
| t: If it's a disaster movie, i like it. I have it on VHS, but now I know it's on DVD, it's on the list. Looking forward to the remake! |
Gotta love a disaster movie ;)
Hmmm so how did you find out it was on DVD then :lol:
Cyclops - September 27, 2004 06:08 PM (GMT)
I look forward to this one! Everytime I watch the original I hold my breath along with the characters when they have to swim underwater to get past blockage about midway through the film.
BIG RED - September 29, 2004 07:54 PM (GMT)
Why re-do the film? The 72' version looks fine. If it ain't broke don't fix it.