Universal Pictures is planning a December 23 launch for Steven Spielberg's film about the 1972 Munich Olympics says Reuters.
The untitled project, a co-production between Universal and DreamWorks, had been set to go before the cameras last year. Preproduction had begun in Europe and casting was under way when Spielberg decided to have "Angels in America" playwright Tony Kushner do a rewrite on the project.
With the project postponed, Spielberg moved quickly to begin filming his adaptation of H.G. Wells' "War of the Worlds." Spielberg now plans to begin filming the Munich project in the summer.
Groucho
02-16-05, 10:07 AM
Preproduction had begun in Europe and casting was under way when Spielberg decided to have "Angels in America" playwright Tony Kushner do a rewrite on the project.Does this mean the terrorists will no longer be Palestines, but instead be Gay Mormons?
Geofferson
02-16-05, 10:36 AM
Sounds interesting.
B.A.
02-16-05, 11:15 AM
I've been wondering when this would get going again. Can't wait.
Iron_Giant
02-16-05, 12:37 PM
I wonder if Spielberg will be targeted by some radical group for doing this movie.
PopcornTreeCt
02-16-05, 01:14 PM
So let me get this straight, the movie is not even in production yet but its being released on December 23rd? I don't care much for Spielberg when he gets serious on us.
Cameron
02-16-05, 01:36 PM
two a year...getting busy isn't he
Groucho
02-16-05, 01:39 PM
I wonder if Spielberg will be targeted by some radical group for doing this movie.I don't think that Gay Mormons are radical enough or well organized enough to pull something like that.
Jam Master Jay
02-16-05, 01:41 PM
Does this mean the terrorists will no longer be Palestines, but instead be Gay Mormons?
:lol:
And the guns will be replaced with walkie-talkies!
Gil Jawetz
02-16-05, 03:10 PM
I can't wait for all the shots of cute little kids watching the coverage, wide eyed, on their period TV sets. Yuck.
scott shelton
02-16-05, 03:22 PM
two a year...getting busy isn't he
He’s weird like that. Long periods of nothing, then bang! A ton of movies.
Groucho
02-16-05, 03:26 PM
I can't wait for all the shots of cute little kids watching the coverage, wide eyed, on their period TV sets. Yuck.Perhaps if they threw in Bea Arthur as "Golda Meir" you'd be more enticed to watch?
Gil Jawetz
02-16-05, 03:31 PM
Actually... Not a bad idea!
Duder
02-16-05, 05:08 PM
two a year...getting busy isn't he
This doesn't mean he did all the work on both movies all over the course of one year; it just means two movies are scheduled for release in the same calendar year. Besides, this is hardly new for Spielberg.
<B>Catch Me If You Can (2002)
Minority Report (2002)
Amistad (1997)
The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997)
Schindler's List (1993)
Jurassic Park (1993)
Always (1989)
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
Battle Squad (1961)
Escape to Nowhere (1961)</B>
jaeufraser
02-16-05, 05:18 PM
Well, I don't know if those last two count. Those are more like home movies he made when he was 16 years old.
Dr. DVD
02-16-05, 05:19 PM
Seems like he wants to make his movies in pairs; one for summer blockbuster audiences, and one for Oscar consideration.
I still wonder how in the world he will get this thing done in less than a year.
Slow Hands
02-16-05, 05:59 PM
I still wonder how in the world he will get this thing done in less than a year.
He seems to be so organized I'm sure he can have it shot in three months. Edit it another month and a half or so and the release.
Mr. Salty
02-16-05, 06:00 PM
I don't care much for Spielberg when he gets serious on us.
Yeah, "Schindler's List" and "Saving Private Ryan" were awful. :rolleyes:
PopcornTreeCt
02-16-05, 09:20 PM
Yeah, "Schindler's List" and "Saving Private Ryan" were awful. :rolleyes:
I personally didn't care much for Schindler's List it was praised so much because of its content. And Saving Private Ryan was decent but there are better war movies. In my opinion Jaws is Spielberg's greatest film and he hasn't made a film of its equal yet.
Iron_Giant
02-16-05, 09:38 PM
Yeah, "Schindler's List" and "Saving Private Ryan" were awful. :rolleyes:
Two great movies, I tend to love his movies.
Gil Jawetz
02-16-05, 09:51 PM
In my opinion Jaws is Spielberg's greatest film and he hasn't made a film of its equal yet.
I kind of agree.
Matthew Chmiel
02-16-05, 10:25 PM
Spielberg, IMO, has been hitting nothing short of home runs after Saving Private Ryan.
A.I.?
Minority Report?
Catch Me If You Can?
The Terminal? (I'm going to get shit for that one, but I don't care).
As long as he doesn't throw us shit like Amistad, The Lost World, Hook, Always, and 1941; I welcome anything Spielberg does with welcome arms.
[And Jaws is not Spielberg's best film. That honor goes to Empire of the Sun.]
Rizor
02-16-05, 10:40 PM
Well, I had heard he was a fast worker on Catch Me If You Can and with putting War of the Worlds together. But this seems almost crazy! Aren't they still shooting War od the Worlds. Oh well. I have faith. But it looks like he's working as fast as Clint Eastwood supposedly does.
Myster X
02-17-05, 12:57 AM
[And Jaws is not Spielberg's best film. That honor goes to Empire of the Sun.]
Amen to that!
Mr. Salty
02-17-05, 01:01 AM
I personally didn't care much for Schindler's List it was praised so much because of its content.
That's your opinion, but you are in the minority. And there have been a lot of movies about the Holocaust that have not been praised the way "Schindler's List" has been, so obviously it takes more than just content.
Dr. DVD
02-17-05, 12:10 PM
Is Ben Kingsley still slated to play a role? If he drops out, I suggest going for Alfred Molina.
starseed1981
02-17-05, 12:23 PM
Creating films in this quick a fashion really makes me think that many sacrifices will be made due to time restraints. I read in EW that War of The Worlds post is gonna be three months. I dunno how they can get something that effect intensive done in that little time..
scott shelton
02-17-05, 01:04 PM
The Terminal? (I'm going to get shit for that one, but I don't care).
I'm with you on that one.
[And Jaws is not Spielberg's best film. That honor goes to Empire of the Sun.]
And not so much on this one.
Gil Jawetz
02-17-05, 01:33 PM
Why is this film called Vengeance? What a stupid title.
kms_md
02-17-05, 01:40 PM
Why is this film called Vengeance? What a stupid title.
does the film deal with the mossad's tracking down and killing of those involved in the planning of the attack? if it does, then vengeance would be a good title. i believe there was a book printed in the 80s or 90s titled in a similar fashion that dealt with this issue.
kms
Gil Jawetz
02-17-05, 01:45 PM
does the film deal with the mossad's tracking down and killing of those involved in the planning of the attack? if it does, then vengeance would be a good title. i believe there was a book printed in the 80s or 90s titled in a similar fashion that dealt with this issue.
kms
Good question. I had been assuming it's just about the hostage situation. One Day in September was already such an excellent film on the subject but since the majority of people have no interest in documentaries I can see it being plundered for a film.
jaeufraser
02-17-05, 05:14 PM
Creating films in this quick a fashion really makes me think that many sacrifices will be made due to time restraints. I read in EW that War of The Worlds post is gonna be three months. I dunno how they can get something that effect intensive done in that little time..
Well, he's done it before. He shot Jurassic Park through November of 1992 and had that ready for June 93. He then shot Schindler's List during post production on JP, which was also a rather effects heavy film, from March til May 1993, and had that ready for a December release.
So it's not impossible, he's done it before, and he's gotten excellent results from it despite the hectic schedule. Granted, this isn't the exact same schedule, but I'm guessing Stevie knows what he's doing.
auto
02-17-05, 05:17 PM
two a year...getting busy isn't he
Somebody's starting to worry about their legacy.....
I'm beginning to have more and more respect for directors who only film 5-10 films during their whole career. I've never understood the need to crank them out.
DRG
02-17-05, 05:40 PM
IMO Spielberg has greatly improved as a filmmaker since Schindler's List. As good as that movie was, it still relied on some of his old gimmicks at times. Whereas his most recent work is some of his best from a technical standpoint, even if the material itself isn't always as good as his old classics.
Duder
02-18-05, 04:30 AM
IMO Spielberg has greatly improved as a filmmaker since Schindler's List.
:up: Agreed. Not to downplay any of his earlier classics, but I really like the new Spielberg.
HN
07-06-05, 04:13 PM
Looks like it will be about the events that occur after the olympics.
NY Times article: http://www.nytimes.com/2005/07/01/movies/01spie.html?ei=5065&en=0b6b27e5f627bb9a&ex=1120795200&partner=MYWAY&pagewanted=print
well, my knowledge of this is about to show because i had no idea there was more to the 1972 Munich tragedy beyond the murders of the athletes. a must read and see for sure.
marty888
07-06-05, 07:02 PM
Looks like it will be about the events that occur after the olympics ...
I had no idea there was more to the 1972 Munich tragedy beyond the murders of the athletes. a must read and see for sure.
Technically, this is a remake, since one of the main sources for the Spielberg film (a book entitled <i>Vengeance</i>) was the basis of a powerful HBO movie (1986) <i>SWORD OF GIDEON</i>. It starred Steven Bauer, Rod Steiger, Michael York and Colleen Dewhurst. Unfortunately it hasn't been released here on DVD yet, but is out (quite cheaply) in the U.K.
The story is quite powerful, and indeed is about vengeance.
Derrich
07-06-05, 09:57 PM
Spielberg has the whole '1 for me, 1 for the studio' thing down to a science.
D
MasterCXtreme
07-06-05, 11:22 PM
No kidding. I hadn't realized that until I looked at that list previously posted.
Robert
07-07-05, 01:17 AM
Looks like that puts the kaibosh on Indiana Jones 4.
:sad:
HN
07-07-05, 01:30 AM
Looks like that puts the kaibosh on Indiana Jones 4.
:sad:
for this year. Indy never would have made it for 2005. get the munich project out by december '05 for oscar season, and then ramp things up for Indy 4 for summer '06.
Fincher Fan
07-07-05, 10:24 AM
If he's planning on squeezing out a bunch films right now, surely it couldn't hurt for someone to slip Indy 4 unnoticed onto his schedule?
auto
07-26-05, 10:10 AM
Why is this film called Vengeance? What a stupid title.
Looks like the film will be called Munich.
bboisvert
07-26-05, 11:20 AM
a powerful HBO movie (1986) <i>SWORD OF GIDEON</i>. It starred Steven Bauer, Rod Steiger, Michael York and Colleen Dewhurst. Unfortunately it hasn't been released here on DVD yet, but is out (quite cheaply) in the U.K.
Platinum Disc released this in the U.S. on DVD. I've had it for at least 2 years. I think I got it at Best Buy...
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