Jackson talks Dam Busters
Back in May I had the news that Peter Jackson was helming The DamBusters remake, well now the news is he's producing the film with his long term visual effects collaborator Christian Rivers directing, and from the sounds of it he wants to be faithful to the original.
'I want to keep it as authentic as possible' Jackson told Screen Daily. 'There's that wonderful mentality of the British during the war, that heads-down, persevering, keep on plugging-away mentality which is the spirit of 'Dambusters'.
Is what he says on ScreenDaily through Timeout, and at least he's hit the nail on the head for the essence of the film. Still, there's a long way to go to the big screen.
The new title of this film is Dambusters, and for those of you who don't know, it tells the story of the British attempts at destroying the dams the Nazi's built during the war. These were shown to be powering the war machine of Nazi Germany and the idea was to destroy the dams and halt the war production of Nazi Germany. To do this they used Barnes Wallis' unique invention of the bouncing bomb, dropped from a Lancaster bomber flying an extremely short distance from the water.
It's a fascinating tale, and so wonderfully told in the original movie. I'm pretty concerned about how this film turns out and if they destroy an original. Luckily he's talking British, and not replacing the entire Dam Buster squadron with a team of cocky Americans.
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