McG Leaves Disney’s 20,000 Leagues Project
Disney recently halted plans to produce the film Captain Nemo: 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea. The film was set to begin production in Feburuary. Director McG has also withdrawn himself from the project. The troubled production never set an official cast and may end up a casualty of the new regime established at Disney. However, Disney insists that big event films like 20,000 Leagues, John Carter of Mars and Tron are still a priority to new chief Rich Ross.
McG will focus on other projects such as the Warner Bros. film Dead Spy Running and a new comedy for NBC being developed with Larry Charles, writer of Borat. McG is also still attached to Terminator 5, but the rights to that property are held up by bankruptcy proceedings.
Captain Nemo seemed like a cool idea, but it’s no big loss to me. This move will allow them to focus more energy on their other seafaring property Pirates of the Carribean. Oh, yeah, McG can make more of his “great films” as well.
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