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Prequel coming

posted 3 years ago by bozo_500 (13105)
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https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/patrick-ness-master-and-commander-prequel-20th-century-studios-1234963413/

[–] olioz (3673) 3 years ago

Well that's something, but I really wanted a sequel with Crowe.

[–] TearofLys (2641) 3 years ago

Russell Crowe no longer looks anything like Cpt Jack Aubrey. Don't need Russell Crowe however. He didn't carry the film. If they can make another in the same vein, it will do well also.

[–] wrlord (1141) 3 years ago

Yes he does. Aubrey is fat in the books.

[–] Otter (24464) 3 years ago

But he's not old. What was he when the last book came out, forty? Crowe is 57 and could pass for 70.

[–] TandyMan (11096) 3 years ago

Cool. It's gonna be all CGI. But it's still pretty cool.

[–] HarlemEagle42 (17735) 3 years ago

Sounds like it could be interesting. I wonder who'd they would cast in the lead?

[–] trevorh321 (5495) 3 years ago

I sure hope they make Aubrey black this time. That would bring much needed diversity.

[–] Pete314 (3002) 3 years ago

Yeah, and then sailing under the flag of fuxxing Liberia...

[–] wrlord (1141) 3 years ago

Nice one.

[–] Otter (24464) 3 years ago

I think that article just means that there's an O'Brian project floating around Development Hell.

I hope they succeed in making a movie, and if they're talking prequel I betcha they make a mishmash of the first two books - "Master and Commander", and "Post Captain".

[–] olioz (3673) 6 days ago

3 years later and it looks like the prequel project has not moved forward.

[–] letess (1513) 6 days ago

Who would play Russell Crowe character?

I will never understand why there couldn’t have been more of these at the time to follow the books and that Crowe and Bettany would be in them. I know Weir said it was expensive, but in hindsight…. We all lost.

[–] olioz (3673) 6 days ago

I don't know, I can't think of anyone right now.

Yeah, I would have loved more movies with Crowe and Bettany. If this would have been more succesful financially I'm sure we would have gotten a sequel. We all definitely lost. At least we have this masterpiece.