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A vine time for Tarzan.(Warner Bros. and Jerry Weintraub to make Tarzan again)(Brief article)

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From: Daily Variety
Date: 20061215
Author:Fleming, Michael; McClintock, Pam

Warner Bros. and producer Jerry Weintraub are bringing Tarzan back to the bigscreen.

Studio is developing a new take on the Edgar Rice Burroughs--created character. Warner is negotiating to attach Guillermo del Toro as director.

John Collee, who wrote "Master and Commander: Far Side of the World" and most recently scripted the WB animated hit "Happy Feet," is negotiating to write the screenplay.

Weintraub will produce through his Jerry Weintraub Prods. banner.

In the years since Burroughs first introduced the loincloth-clad character in book form in 1914, Tarzan ...

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