Green Zone may have had trouble finding an audience at theaters this past month with its Iraq War setting, but the next potential film for director Paul Greengrass could be difficult to keep people away.
According to Variety, Greengrass has entered early negotiations to helm the remake of The Fantastic Voyage for Fox. The project was originally attached to Roland Emmerich until he left to board 2012 due to scheduling conflicts stemming from the writer’s strike.
The Fantastic Voyage will fall under James Cameron’s Lightstorm Entertainment and be filmed in 3D utilizing the same technology Cameron developed for Avatar. We all know how that turned out which gives Fox a built-in marketing hook long before production gets underway.
The original Fantastic Voyage was released in 1966 and centered around a dieing scientist who injected five miniaturized scientists in his body to help save his life. It starred Raquel Welch and Donald Pleasence. The 1980s sci-fi comedy Inner Space drew inspiration from The Fantastic Voyage by miniaturizing a military pilot for an in-body mission.
Shane Salerno, writer for Aliens vs Predator: Requiem and Shaft (2000), is already on board to adapt the screenplay. Jon Landau and James Cameron will produce for Lightstorm.
