New Line yearns for Verne.(New Line Cinema Corp.)(Jules Verne)(Brief article)

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From: Daily Variety
Date: 20060503
Author:McNary, Dave

New Line will descend to "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea," snapping up Craig Titley's pitch for an updated version of Jules Verne's novel and setting it up with Sam Raimi and Josh Donen through their Buckaroo banner.

Deal doesn't include a directing component for the "Spider-Man" helmeT. New Line is developing the project as a film that would look more closely into the background of Captain Nemo as well as that of his prisoners aboard the Nautilus.

Disney's original "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea," released in 1954, starred James Mason, Kirk Douglas and Peter Lorre in the ...

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