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Dambusters remake
My son spotted this- a remake written by Stephen Fry with 10 full sized replica bombers made for filming - the wiki reads
Remake
Work on a remake of The Dam Busters, produced by Peter Jackson and directed by first time director Christian Rivers, began production in 2008. Jackson said in the mid-1990s that he became interested in remaking the 1954 film, but found that the rights had been bought by Mel Gibson. In 2004, Jackson was contacted by his agent, who said Gibson had dropped the rights. The rights were purchased by Sir David Frost from the Brickhill family in 2005.[4] Stephen Fry is writing the script of the film.[5] It will be distributed by Universal Pictures and StudioCanal.[6] Filming was planned to commence in early 2009, on a budget of USD 40 million,[7] although no project-specific filming had begun as of May 2009.[8]
Weta Workshop are making the models and special effects for the film and have made 10 life size Lancaster bombers.[9]
The last living pilot of the strike team, Les Munro, joined the production crew in Masterton as technical adviser. Jackson will also use newly declassified War Office documents to ensure the authenticity of the film.[10]
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