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Peter Jackson is working on a £100 million remake of The Dam Busters, according to reports.
The director is set to bring his special effects expertise and a big budget to the World War II classic.
According to The Mail on Sunday, Jackson recently filmed one of the last surviving Lancaster bombers. A source told the paper "It was clear just how much he knew about warplanes. We believe the footage is to help his special effects team.
"Peter has been in contact with the old crewmen, who are well into their 80s. I believe he is helping to create a memorial to the New Zealand airmen who flew bombers, including those who died in the Dam Busters mission."
The director has reportedly asked his assistant Matt Dravitski to attend the annual Dam Busters reunion this month at Petwood Hotel, near Lincoln.
Jackson will work with Sir David Frost, who bought the rights to the 1951 book, about a low-level RAF bombing raid, last year. Frost commented at the time: "The real challenge is to make the film as good as, or better than, the original."
