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Mask Director For 3D Arabian Nights
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[image] Fantasy is clearly the new black magic. With Prince Of Persia and Clash Of The Titans ready to set the box office alight next year, other companies are now jumping on the magic carpet. The latest project to get the greenlight is a $70 million 3D version of The Arabian Knights, to be directed by Chuck (The Mask, The Blob, The Scorpion King) Russell, and produced by Inferno Entertainment. According to Variety , “In a new spin on the classic, the story follows a young commander who, after his king is killed in a palace coup, joins forces with Sinbad, Aladdin and his genie ...
Chuck Russell reworking Arabian Nights
Total Film News —
Chuck Russell is getting back into swords and sandal-style filmmaking with a new version of Arabian Nights - and he wants it in 3D. It's been seven years since Russell made The Scorpion King and it looks like he wants to stick with desert tales. He's nabbed a budget of $70 million for a script he wrote with Barry P Ambrose that puts a new spin on the classic story. The plot will follow a young commander who sees his king killed in a palace coup, then joins forces with Sinbad, Aladdin and the genie to rescue the kingdom and Queen Scheherazade from the usual dark powers. "Through the use of a ...
3D ARABIAN NIGHTS TO PUT GENIES IN YO FACE
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... Nights ! This is a totally extreme, ready for Saturday morning cartoons Arabian Nights : In a new spin on the classic, the story follows a young commander who, after his king is killed in a palace coup, joins forces with Sinbad, Aladdin and his genie to rescue Scheherazade and her kingdom from dark powers. I bet this gets called The Arabian Knights . The best part of this is that the movie is budgeted at 70 million, so I hope that Russell kept some of those Scorpion King props. via Variety
Arabian Nights set for Hollywood makeover
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... It introduced the world to such exotic characters as Aladdin, Sinbad, and Ali Baba and the 40 Thieves. Now Hollywood has set its heart on bringing Arabian Nights to the big screen, according to Variety. ...
Russell Helms 3D "Arabian Nights"
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Chuck Russell ("The Scorpion King," "Eraser," "The Blob") is set to direct a $70 million 3D adaptation of the classic "Arabian Nights" tales for Inferno Entertainment says Variety.
The story in this new action adventure take follows a young commander who, after his king is killed in a palace coup, joins forces with Sinbad, Aladdin and his genie to rescue Scheherazade and her kingdom from dark powers.
Russell and Barry P. Ambrose co-wrote the script. Bill Johnson, Mark Ciardi, Gordon Gray and Will Ward will produce. Filming begins in April.
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Scheherazade Takes a Backseat in 3D 'Arabian Nights'
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Are sandstorms and magic lamps going to become the next swashbuckling trend? I think it's possible. Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time lurks on the horizon (and is receiving a very mixed reception) and now Variety ...
Upcoming 3D Version of the Arabian Nights Makes Prince of Persia Sound Culturally Reverent
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There have been many filmed versions of the collection of folk stories and other tales called the One Thousand and One Nights, better known in the US as the Arabian Nights. Now we can add one more to the pile.
Who’s directing? That would be Chuck Russell, a man whose films span a broad range of quality: A Nightmare on Elm Street 3 (fairly awesome), The Blob remake (great stuff), The Mask (starting to worry) and The Scorpion King (uh-oh). Where’s this Arabian Nights going to fall on his best to worst list? ...
Get Ready for Arabian Nights in 3D
Latino Review —
... tales with the overarching framework of the collection. Originally, Arabian Nights, or One Thousand and One Nights was presented as a collection of stories recited by Queen Scheherazade to her new husband, the king, as she attempts to stave off her execution each night.
In Russell's reworking, however, the heroes of the Arabian Nights, such as Aladdin and Sinbad, join forces to rescue the queen and her kingdom from mysterious powers.
Source: Variety
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ARABIAN NIGHTS: THEN & NOW
Filmdrunk —
Variety reports that Scorpion King director Chuck Russell is set to do a $70 million, 3D re-working of Arabian Nights, aka 1,001 Nights. Here’s plot of the original (which varies, but these are the basics):
A Persian king begins to marry a succession of virgins only to execute each one the next morning. Eventually the vizier, whose duty it is to provide them, cannot find any more virgins. Scheherazade, the vizier’s daughter, offers herself as the next bride and her father reluctantly agrees. On the night of their marriage, Scheherazade begins to tell ...
