After helping the Fast & Furious 7 team finish the film following the sad death of his older brother Paul, Cody Walker is taking on his own first proper role. He’ll be part of the crew for USS Indianapolis: Men Of Courage.Mario Van Peebles is aboard to direct this one, with Nicolas Cage is starring as Captain Charles Butler McVay, who was in charge of the ship during a mission to supply parts for the atomic bomb when Japanese torpedoes sank it in July 1945. Approximately 300 of the 1196 crew went down with the ship and the remaining 880 faced dehydration, exposure and shark attacks while awaiting rescue. Only 321 were ultimately plucked from the water, and of those just 316 survived. McVay ended up court-martialled, but thanks to the research of Hunter Scott, who 1996 was inspired by Steven Spielberg's Jaws to write a report about the vessel and her ill-fated crew for a History Day competition,...
- 7/15/2015
- EmpireOnline
Have we found the latest head-to-head movie subject match-up? We might just. Last month, the news broke that Warner Bros. and producer Robert Downey Jr. had hired The Help’s Tate Taylor to direct a film based on the Jaws-referenced real-life sea disaster surrounding the USS Indianapolis. It would seem they’ll have competition from Nic Cage, who has signed on to star in a version of the tale for Hannibal Classics.Mario Van Peebles is aboard to direct this one, titled 'USS Indianapolis: Men Of Courage'. Cage has agreed to star as Captain Charles Butler McVay, who was in charge of the ship during a mission to supply parts for the atomic bomb when Japanese torpedoes sank it in July 1945. Approximately 300 of the 1196 crew went down with the ship and the remaining 880 faced dehydration, exposure and shark attacks while awaiting rescue. Only 321 were ultimately plucked from the water,...
- 2/8/2015
- EmpireOnline
Welcome to another horror/thriller round-up! This time around we have details on Backstreet Boy Nick Carter’s in-the-works zombie western movie, release details for Arrow Video’s UK Blu-ray / DVD of the Vincent Price-starring The Comedy of Terrors, and an update on Warner Bros.’ and Team Downey’s in-development film based on the real-life sinking of the USS Indianapolis and the subsequent shark attacks on the surviving crew members.
In an interview with Noisey, Backstreet Boy Nick Carter revealed that he will be directing and starring in a zombie western called Dead West (not to be confused with Joe R. Lansdale’s 1986 zombie western novel, Dead in the West) for Asylum this March. Carter also co-wrote the script and has a couple of potential cast members in mind (excerpts from Noisey via Shock Till You Drop):
“It’s called Dead West. [Laughs.] It’s a zombie horror western movie.
In an interview with Noisey, Backstreet Boy Nick Carter revealed that he will be directing and starring in a zombie western called Dead West (not to be confused with Joe R. Lansdale’s 1986 zombie western novel, Dead in the West) for Asylum this March. Carter also co-wrote the script and has a couple of potential cast members in mind (excerpts from Noisey via Shock Till You Drop):
“It’s called Dead West. [Laughs.] It’s a zombie horror western movie.
- 2/1/2015
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
Over three years ago, we learned that Robert Downey Jr. was producing a drama focusing on the tragic sinking of the USS Indianapolis during World War II. The film will focus on the tragedy from the point-of-view of Hunter Scott, an 11-year old boy who embarked on a journey to exonerate the Indianapolis’ court-martialed captain in 1996. Now the film is finally making progress towards the big screen as The Wrap has learned The Help and Get On Up director Tate Taylor has signed on to direct the film. Downey still isn't starring in the film, but he'll produce with his wife Susan Downey through their Team Downey banner. In the story, the young boy was researching the tragedy as part of a History Day competition and learned how the warship was sunk by torpedoes with the crew stranded for five days and eaten by sharks. The incident was recounted by...
- 1/29/2015
- by Ethan Anderton
- firstshowing.net
After trying for several years to float a film based on the real-life seaborne tragedy of the USS Indianapolis, Warner Bros. finally made waves in 2011 when Robert Downey Jr. and his producing partner/wife Susan Downey hopped aboard to steer the cinematic ship. They’ve now landed The Help’s Tate Taylor to direct the film.As most famously chronicled by Robert Shaw’s Quint in Steven Spielberg's Jaws, Japanese torpedoes sank the Indianapolis in July 1945. Approximately 300 of the 1196 crew went down with the ship and the remaining 880 faced dehydration, exposure and shark attacks while awaiting rescue. Only 321 were ultimately plucked from the water, and of those just 316 survived.Warner Bros. has the life rights to Hunter Scott, the 11-year-old lad who in 1996 was inspired by Spielberg's shark pic to write a report about the vessel and her ill-fated crew for a History Day competition. His research ended up vindicating captain Charles McVay,...
- 1/27/2015
- EmpireOnline
Several attempts have been made to bring the story of the tragic sinking of the USS Indianapolis to cinemas. Here, Ti charts their often abortive progress…
“Eleven-hundred men went into the water. Vessel went down in 12 minutes. Didn't see the first shark for about a half-hour. Tiger. 13-footer. You know how you know that in the water, Chief? You can tell by lookin' from the dorsal to the tail…”
The tragedy of the USS Indianapolis was famously recounted by Robert Shaw’s Quint in Steven Spielberg’s Jaws, when he told the horrific tale of how the Us Navy ship was torpedoed by a Japanese submarine in July 1945.
The USS Indianapolis had just delivered a highly secret cargo to Tinian island. Only a few members of the crew even knew it was a new, powerful weapon, and no one knew it would later be dropped on Hiroshima. On the ship’s return journey,...
“Eleven-hundred men went into the water. Vessel went down in 12 minutes. Didn't see the first shark for about a half-hour. Tiger. 13-footer. You know how you know that in the water, Chief? You can tell by lookin' from the dorsal to the tail…”
The tragedy of the USS Indianapolis was famously recounted by Robert Shaw’s Quint in Steven Spielberg’s Jaws, when he told the horrific tale of how the Us Navy ship was torpedoed by a Japanese submarine in July 1945.
The USS Indianapolis had just delivered a highly secret cargo to Tinian island. Only a few members of the crew even knew it was a new, powerful weapon, and no one knew it would later be dropped on Hiroshima. On the ship’s return journey,...
- 9/6/2011
- Den of Geek
It was revealed on Thursday that Robert Downey Jr. and his wife, Susan, will be producing a movie centered on the tragic sinking of the U.S.S. Indianapolis in 1945. The film will mostly follow Hunter Scott, an eleven-year-old who, more than fifty years after the ship’s sinking, attempted to “exonerate Capt. Charles McVay, the man ‘unjustly court-martialed’ after the incident.” The Pacific writer Robert Schenkkan will be scripting the project, and Warner Bros. is distributing.
Variety now says that another movie about the fabled ship is making its way to the big screen, one that’s called U.S.S Indianapolis: Men of Courage and produced by Hannibal Classics. A director and cast are currently being sought, while the script is already complete; it’s expected that it’ll be shopped at the Toronto International Film Festival next month. Unlike the other project in development, this is said...
Variety now says that another movie about the fabled ship is making its way to the big screen, one that’s called U.S.S Indianapolis: Men of Courage and produced by Hannibal Classics. A director and cast are currently being sought, while the script is already complete; it’s expected that it’ll be shopped at the Toronto International Film Festival next month. Unlike the other project in development, this is said...
- 8/21/2011
- by jpraup@gmail.com (thefilmstage.com)
- The Film Stage
In a story that contains several layers of film geek cool, Robert Downey Jr. and his wife Susan have teamed their production company Team Downey up with Warner Brothers to tell a story that’s inspired by an 11-year-old boy, who was inspired by a speech that Quint gave in Jaws, which was inspired by the sinking of a World War II warship named the USS Indianapolis. The boy’s name is Hunter Scott, and Warners recently picked up the rights to his life story which saw him going from a 1996 viewing of Jaws at 11 years old to testifying in front of congress in 2000 and getting some legislation passed. The sinking of The Indianapolis is a horrific story, and it needs somebody proven at writing about World War II era naval awesomeness to do it justice. To that end, the Downeys and company have tapped Robert Schenkkan for the adaptation. He...
- 8/18/2011
- by Nathan Adams
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
Almost everyone knows the story of the sinking of the USS Indianapolis during WWII: The ship carried important parts for the first atomic bomb, and was sunk by a submarine after delivering those supplies. The ship sunk in 12 minutes, with 300 men going down with the ship. However, the tragedy doesn’t end there, the remaining 880 men that went into the water were terrorized by sharks afterwards.
Well, that seems to be an excellent story for Hollywood as Heat Vision is reporting that Robert Downey, Jr. and Warner Bros. are in the midst of developing a film based upon the disaster. However, the film will be taking a different approach to the story, and follow “Hunter Scott, the 11-year old boy who embarked on a journey to exonerate the Indianapolis’ court-Martialed captain.” Robert Schenkkan is writing the script.
Well, that seems to be an excellent story for Hollywood as Heat Vision is reporting that Robert Downey, Jr. and Warner Bros. are in the midst of developing a film based upon the disaster. However, the film will be taking a different approach to the story, and follow “Hunter Scott, the 11-year old boy who embarked on a journey to exonerate the Indianapolis’ court-Martialed captain.” Robert Schenkkan is writing the script.
- 8/18/2011
- by Matt Keith
- Killer Films
There are thousands of harrowing war stories, but if one was gruesome enough to make a top ten list, the sinking of the USS Indianapolis would have to hover somewhere near the top. After a long and distinguished career in World War 2, the USS Indianapolis was hit in 1945 by a pair of submarine torpedos. It sunk in 12 minutes, killing 300 of its 1, 196 crewmen instantly. 880 men went into the sea, where they endured shark attack, exposure, illness, starvation, and madness. Only 321 were pulled out of the water by rescuers, only 316 ultimately survived. It's the shark attacks that make the sinking so notorious, and it's become pop culturally famous thanks to Quint recounting the story in Jaws, and Shark Week's grisly episodic devotion. The USS Indianapolis has resisted all attempts for big screen adaptation, though many producers and directors have tried. However, that may be due to change thanks to Robert Downey Jr. and his wife,...
- 8/18/2011
- LRMonline.com
It's been about 60 years since the tragic sinking of the USS Indianapolis during World War II, and now that story is heading to the big screen courtesy or Warner Bros. and producer Robert Downey Jr. and his wife Susan Downey. THR reports the film will focus on the tragedy from the point-of-view of Hunter Scott, an 11-year old boy who embarked on a journey to exonerate the Indianapolis’ court-martialed captain in 1996. The boy ended up researching the tragedy as part of a History Day competition and learned how the warship was sunk by torpedoes with the crew stranded for five days and eaten by sharks. In addition, he also learned from survivors how Captain Charles McVay was unjustly court-martialed and decided it was his duty to set the record straight. The boy testified in front of Congress and was an integral part of legislation passed in October of ...
- 8/18/2011
- by Ethan Anderton
- firstshowing.net
To movie fans, the WWII sinking of the USS Indianapolis is a familiar tale. Robert Shaw's gruff, poetic account of the ship's fate -- and of the shark-infested waters into which the crew plunged after torpedoes broke the ship into pieces -- is one of the crowning moments in Jaws. It's one of the enduring film monologues, period. Want to see grown men cry? Play Shaw's speech a couple times. There is a newish wrinkle in the story of the Indianapolis, however, as in 1996 a young boy, inspired by Jaws, set out to exonerate Captain Charles McVay, who had been court-martialed for his role in the ship's sinking. The boy was successful, and five years later the Captain's record was amended. Now Robert Downey, Jr. and Susan Downey will produce a film with Warner Bros. about the boy's efforts to clear the name of Captain McVay. THR [1] says that Robert Schenkkan,...
- 8/18/2011
- by Russ Fischer
- Slash Film
WB has reportedly bought the rights to the life story of one Hunter Scott, who other than having a perfect name for being a roguish scion on a soap opera, also was the 11-year-old boy who made it a personal mission to redeem the court-martialed captain of the USS Indianapolis 30 years after his suicide.
The USS Indianapolis of course is the famed American cruiser that sunk in the last weeks of World War II after a Japanese submarine attack. Because it was on a top secret mission (delivering parts of the atomic bomb to its assembly area), no one noticed when it never showed up at its next station. And because sometimes the universe really sucks, three different American stations received the ship's distress calls, but ignored them for one reason or another. Once the men hit the water, the sharks arrived, and for four days they feasted on the hundreds of helpless sailors.
The USS Indianapolis of course is the famed American cruiser that sunk in the last weeks of World War II after a Japanese submarine attack. Because it was on a top secret mission (delivering parts of the atomic bomb to its assembly area), no one noticed when it never showed up at its next station. And because sometimes the universe really sucks, three different American stations received the ship's distress calls, but ignored them for one reason or another. Once the men hit the water, the sharks arrived, and for four days they feasted on the hundreds of helpless sailors.
- 8/18/2011
- by Steven Lloyd Wilson
Warner Bros. Pictures, Robert Downey Jr. and his wife/producing partner Susan Downey are teaming for a new film about the sinking of the USS Indianapolis during World War II says Heat Vision
The story centers on Hunter Scott, a young boy who caused a stir in 1996 when the research he did for a school history project caused a re-examination of the case of Captain Charles McVeigh. McVeigh had been unjustly court-martialed and blamed for the sinking of the ship and the loss of hundred sailors in the shark infested waters while they were adrift and awaiting rescue over five days.
Scott eventually testified before Congress and exonerated McVay who had committed suicide in 1968. Robert Schenkkan ("The Pacific," "The Quiet American") is penning the script for the currently untitled project which the Downey's will produce.
Universal tried to adapt Scott's story a few years ago with J.J. Abrams linked as potential director.
The story centers on Hunter Scott, a young boy who caused a stir in 1996 when the research he did for a school history project caused a re-examination of the case of Captain Charles McVeigh. McVeigh had been unjustly court-martialed and blamed for the sinking of the ship and the loss of hundred sailors in the shark infested waters while they were adrift and awaiting rescue over five days.
Scott eventually testified before Congress and exonerated McVay who had committed suicide in 1968. Robert Schenkkan ("The Pacific," "The Quiet American") is penning the script for the currently untitled project which the Downey's will produce.
Universal tried to adapt Scott's story a few years ago with J.J. Abrams linked as potential director.
- 8/18/2011
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
We all surely remember the chilling tale of the USS Indianapolis, as told by Robert Shaw in Steven Spielberg's Jaws. For those of you who don't, the Indianapolis was torpedoed by the Japanese in shark-infested waters in July 1945 during World War 2. Of the 1,196 crew on board only 316 survived, as the rest succumbed to dehydration, drowning or vicious shark attacks. It's a horrifying story and will surely make a great drama now that the talented Robert Downey Jr has signed on to produce. Robert Schenkkan (HBO's The Pacific) has been tapped to write the script and no director has been signed as of yet. The film is said to focus on the story of Hunter Scott, a young man that researched the incident and discovered some huge mistakes in it's historical documentation.
- 8/18/2011
- by noreply@blogger.com (Ferg)
- www.themoviebit.com
Robert Downey Jr. and his wife Susan Downey are set to produce a movie about the sinking of USS Indianapolis that happened during the World War II in 1945. The couple will join forces with Warner Bros. Pictures in developing this project, and will present it through a modern lens.
This movie will unravel the story through the eyes of Hunter Scott, an 11-year-old boy who sets out to clear the name of the Indianapolis' late court-martialed captain, Charles McVay. When looking for a subject for a national History Day competition, he learned about the Indianapolis through a scene from "Jaws". His research and testimony led to the clearing of the captain's official record.
Warner Bros. is not the first who want to bring Hunter's story to the big screen. Director J.J. Abrams has previously tried to develop the project through Universal Studios, but it was put into turnaround in the late 2000s.
This movie will unravel the story through the eyes of Hunter Scott, an 11-year-old boy who sets out to clear the name of the Indianapolis' late court-martialed captain, Charles McVay. When looking for a subject for a national History Day competition, he learned about the Indianapolis through a scene from "Jaws". His research and testimony led to the clearing of the captain's official record.
Warner Bros. is not the first who want to bring Hunter's story to the big screen. Director J.J. Abrams has previously tried to develop the project through Universal Studios, but it was put into turnaround in the late 2000s.
- 8/18/2011
- by AceShowbiz.com
- Aceshowbiz
Robert Downey Jr. is to produce a movie about the sinking of the USS Indianapolis. The 'Iron Man' actor and his wife Susan Downey want to bring a film about the tragic World War II incident in July 1945, which saw the Us warship sunk by a Japanese torpedo, leaving the crew in shark-infested waters. It is expected it will be told through the eyes of 11-year-old boy Hunter Scott, who embarked on a journey in 1996 to exonerate the court-martialed captain of the vessel after reading into the subject for a History Day competition. Just...
- 8/18/2011
- Virgin Media - Movies
Warner Bros is developing a new film about the sinking of the USS Indianapolis during World War II and the horrifying shark attacks that followed. "The Pacific" writer Robert Schenkkan is penning the script. Robert Downey Jr is producing. The story will revolve around Hunter Scott, an 11-year-old boy looking for a subject for a national History Day competition. While watching "Jaws," he gets inspired by a scene in which shark hunter Quint recalls the Indianapolis ordeal. That got Scott researching the topic, finding out how the warship was sunk by torpedoes and how for five days its stranded crew was slowly eaten by sharks. Of around 900 men that survived the torpedoes, only about 300 survived the shark attacks. Scott heard from survivors how the captain, Charles McVay, was unjustly court-martialed, and set out to correct the miscarriage of justice, eventually testifying before Congress. He was eventually instrumental in getting legislation...
- 8/18/2011
- WorstPreviews.com
Latest word on the grapevine has it that Warner Bros. will continue their long-standing relationship with the ever-so-charming Robert Downey, Jr. in a film revolving around the famed U.S.S. Indianapolis. Downey will not be starring, but rather producing alongside wife/producer Susan Downey. [THR]
When recalling the story of the WWII battleship, the first thing that springs to mind for most film-goers is Robert Shaw‘s impeccable monologue from Jaws, and appropriately enough the currently untitled film seems to play on just that. Set in 1996, the story focuses on 11 year-old Hunter Scott, who was “looking for a subject for a national History Day competition when he watched Jaws and was inspired [to find] out how the warship was sunk by torpedoes and how for five days its stranded crew was slowly eaten by the finned meat-eaters.” Upon digging into the story, Scott took it upon himself to exonerate Capt. Charles McVay,...
When recalling the story of the WWII battleship, the first thing that springs to mind for most film-goers is Robert Shaw‘s impeccable monologue from Jaws, and appropriately enough the currently untitled film seems to play on just that. Set in 1996, the story focuses on 11 year-old Hunter Scott, who was “looking for a subject for a national History Day competition when he watched Jaws and was inspired [to find] out how the warship was sunk by torpedoes and how for five days its stranded crew was slowly eaten by the finned meat-eaters.” Upon digging into the story, Scott took it upon himself to exonerate Capt. Charles McVay,...
- 8/18/2011
- by jpraup@gmail.com (thefilmstage.com)
- The Film Stage
THR reports that Warner Bros. has picked up the rights to the story of Hunter Scott, which relates to the 1945 sinking of the USS Indianapolis, a heavy cruiser of the United States Navy. Robert Downey Jr., and his wife, Susan are on board the untitled project as producers. Robert Schenkkan has been chosen to pen the script. His work includes the television mini series, 'The Pacific' and 'The Andromeda Strain,' as well as the film, 'The Quiet American.' The USS Indianapolis was sunk by the torpedoes of the Imperial Japanese Navy submarine, the I-58 on July 30, 1945. Roughly 300 men were lost in the initial attack, with 880 left to face hypothermia, dehydration, starvation, and shark attacks. Of those crew members, only 316 survived. They were rescued four days after the incident by the Pv-1 Ventura of the United States Navy, which was on routine patrol. The captain of the vessel,...
- 8/18/2011
- LRMonline.com
The tragic tale of the sinking of the USS Indianapolis in World War Two and the shark-infested waters that the survivors found themselves in has endlessly fascinated filmmakers and studios, who have been trying to get the story on screen for years. Now Robert Downey Jr and producing partner/wife Susan Downey are giving it a shot.As most famously chronicled by Robert Shaw’s Quint in Steven Spielberg's Jaws, Japanese torpedoes sank the Indianapolis in July 1945. Approximately 300 of the 1,196 crew went down with the ship and the remaining 880 faced dehydration, exposure and shark attacks while awaiting rescue. Only 321 were ultimately plucked from the water, and of those just 316 survived.Warner Bros. has once more nabbed the life rights to Hunter Scott, the 11-year-old lad who in 1996 was inspired by Spielberg's shark pic to write a report about the vessel and her ill-fated crew for a History Day competition.
- 8/18/2011
- EmpireOnline
Robert and Susan Downey and Warner Bros. are going to bring us a film about Hunter Scott.
Who is Hunter Scott? He has one of the coolest stories that I have heard in a while. THR gives us the skinny on this situation:
In 1996, Scott was an 11-year old looking for a subject for a national History Day competition when he watched Jaws and was inspired by the scene of Robert Shaw as shark hunter Quint recalling the Indianapolis ordeal. That got Scott researching the topic, finding out how the warship was sunk by torpedoes and how for five days its stranded crew was slowly eaten by the finned meat-eaters.
Scott heard from survivors how the captain, Charles McVay, was unjustly court-martialed, and set out to correct the miscarriage of justice, eventually testifying before Congress. He was eventually instrumental in getting legislation passed in October 2000 to exonerate McVay, who committed...
Who is Hunter Scott? He has one of the coolest stories that I have heard in a while. THR gives us the skinny on this situation:
In 1996, Scott was an 11-year old looking for a subject for a national History Day competition when he watched Jaws and was inspired by the scene of Robert Shaw as shark hunter Quint recalling the Indianapolis ordeal. That got Scott researching the topic, finding out how the warship was sunk by torpedoes and how for five days its stranded crew was slowly eaten by the finned meat-eaters.
Scott heard from survivors how the captain, Charles McVay, was unjustly court-martialed, and set out to correct the miscarriage of justice, eventually testifying before Congress. He was eventually instrumental in getting legislation passed in October 2000 to exonerate McVay, who committed...
- 8/18/2011
- by rpmcmurphy
- GeekTyrant
Borys Kit
The studio has nabbed the life rights to Hunter Scott, the 11-year-old boy who vindicated captain Charles McVay.
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The studio has nabbed the life rights to Hunter Scott, the 11-year-old boy who vindicated captain Charles McVay.
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- 8/17/2011
- by Borys Kit
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Robert Downey Jr. remained busy filming Joss Whedon’s Marvel Universe action movie The Avengers but he still took time to jump-start a new project at Team Downey, the production shingle led by his wife and veteran producer Susan Downey. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Robert and Susan Downey acquired the story of Hunter Scott, who at age 11 learned that USS Indianapolis Captain Charles McVay was unjustly court-martialed for the sinking of the battleship in World War II and the loss hundreds of men to sharks. Scott went on to testify before Congress on behalf of the late McVay and helped overturn his Navy record.
- 8/17/2011
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Robert Downey Jr. remained busy filming Joss Whedon’s Marvel Universe action movie The Avengers but he still took time to jump-start a new project at Team Downey, the production shingle led by his wife and veteran producer Susan Downey. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Robert and Susan Downey acquired the story of Hunter Scott, who at age 11 learned that USS Indianapolis Captain Charles McVay was unjustly court-martialed for the sinking of the battleship in World War II and the loss hundreds of men to sharks. Scott went on to testify before Congress on behalf of the late McVay and helped overturn his Navy record.
- 8/17/2011
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Robert Downey Jr. remained busy filming Joss Whedon’s Marvel Universe action movie The Avengers but he still took time to jump-start a new project at Team Downey, the production shingle led by his wife and veteran producer Susan Downey. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Robert and Susan Downey acquired the story of Hunter Scott, who at age 11 learned that USS Indianapolis Captain Charles McVay was unjustly court-martialed for the sinking of the battleship in World War II and the loss hundreds of men to sharks. Scott went on to testify before Congress on behalf of the late McVay and helped overturn his Navy record.
- 8/17/2011
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Warner Bros. is planning to bring the harrowing tale of the U.S.S. Indianapolis to the big screen. The Hollywood Reporter has word that Robert and Susan Downey are set to produce a narrative version that will be told through the eyes of 11-year old Hunter Scott. Scott, inspired in 1996 by the based-in-fact recollection of the ship's demise in Jaws , set out to exonerate the vessel's captain, Charles McVay. Sunk by Japanese torpedoes in 1945, the Indianapolis' crew was left for days to fend against starvation, hypothermia and some of the worst shark attacks in history. Of the nearly 900 men that survived the torpedoes, only about 300 survived what followed. Robert Schenkkan ("The Pacific") is attached to draft the currently-untitled project which will presumably tell...
- 8/17/2011
- Comingsoon.net
With Jim Sheridan's drama Brothers starring Tobey Maguire, Jake Gyllenhaal and Natalie Portman set to hit theaters on Friday, THR reports that co-producer Matt Battaglia has a plethora of upcoming projects on his plate. Potential projects include adaptations of the novels Bad Monkeys by Matt Ruff and Or I'll Dress You in Mourning by Larry Collins and Dominique Lapierre, as well as The Marlboro Marine, based on the story of Cpl. Blake Miller and a Los Angeles Times article by Luis Sinco. One project, an untitled Hunter Scott project, even has Battaglia working with J.J. Abrams. Read on for more specific details. Bad Monkeys centers on a female protagonist who struggles with her alter ego and, after being arrested for murder, claims to belong to a secret society that fights evil. The New York Times called the novel "a science fiction Catcher in the Rye. " So if you check...
- 12/4/2009
- by Ethan Anderton
- firstshowing.net
As "Brothers" opens in domestic theaters Friday, actor-turned-producer Matt Battaglia is preparing to delve deeper into his new career, unveiling a slate of original and acquired feature projects -- including one with J.J. Abrams.
Battaglia has been an actor for two decades, chalking up appearances on such TV shows as "Baywatch," "Charmed" and "Queer as Folk" before branching into the financing side of producing. That is how he got involved as a co-producer on "Brothers," the Jim Sheridan-helmed war drama starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Tobey Maguire.
Battaglia has dipped into his coffers to pick up rights to develop:
-- "Bad Monkeys," Matt Ruff's novel, which the New York Times Book Review called "a science fiction 'Catcher in the Rye.' " The story centers on a female protagonist who struggles with her alter ego and, after being arrested for murder, claims to belong to a secret society that fights evil.
Battaglia has been an actor for two decades, chalking up appearances on such TV shows as "Baywatch," "Charmed" and "Queer as Folk" before branching into the financing side of producing. That is how he got involved as a co-producer on "Brothers," the Jim Sheridan-helmed war drama starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Tobey Maguire.
Battaglia has dipped into his coffers to pick up rights to develop:
-- "Bad Monkeys," Matt Ruff's novel, which the New York Times Book Review called "a science fiction 'Catcher in the Rye.' " The story centers on a female protagonist who struggles with her alter ego and, after being arrested for murder, claims to belong to a secret society that fights evil.
- 12/3/2009
- by By Borys Kit
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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