![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() (The movie’s special effect centerpiece was a giant mechanized squid, truly cutting edge for the time.) While the movie was a smash at the box office (it was the third highest grossing movie of the year), it was truly immortalized in the Disney parks. That film, which memorably starred Kirk Douglas and James Mason (as Captain Nemo), was proof that Disney could make movies that are just as imaginative and thrilling in live-action as he could in animation. But there was one project, above all others, that captures the imagination like no other, and got damnably close to production before it all fell apart – Disney’s big budget, 3D version of 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea.ĭisney’s ties to 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, Jules Verne’s classic adventure tale (originally serialized between March 1869 and June 1870), date back to 1954, when it released Richard Fleischer’s live-action adaptation. His entire career, in fact, is littered with tantalizing what-ifs (before shifting to Mank, he was prepping a sequel to Brad Pitt zombie epic World War Z). ![]() In anticipation of the release of 'Mank' on December 4, this week Collider will be presenting original essays and features diving into the work of David Fincher.ĭavid Fincher, like Guillermo del Toro and Ridley Scott, is a filmmaker as famous for the movies that he made as for the ones that never got off the drawing board. ![]()
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