Movies
3D 'Arabian Nights' remake in the works
Published Wednesday, Nov 4 2009, 11:50 GMT | By Simon Reynolds
A 3D remake of Arabian Nights will be made by The Mask director Chuck Russell, reports Variety.
The $70 million-budgeted action-adventure film is to focus on a young commander teaming up with Sinbad, Aladdin and his genie to free Scheherazade and her kingdom from evil.
Russell, who penned the script with Barry P. Ambrose, said of the project: "Through the use of a new generation of visual technologies, we will be able to quite literally take audiences around the world on a magic carpet ride."
Inferno Entertainment is financing the venture, with production being eyed for an April, 2010 start.
The $70 million-budgeted action-adventure film is to focus on a young commander teaming up with Sinbad, Aladdin and his genie to free Scheherazade and her kingdom from evil.
Russell, who penned the script with Barry P. Ambrose, said of the project: "Through the use of a new generation of visual technologies, we will be able to quite literally take audiences around the world on a magic carpet ride."
Inferno Entertainment is financing the venture, with production being eyed for an April, 2010 start.
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