The director of ”Rooms” will arrange an escape from the German camp
A special place in the list of films about the Second World War is occupied by the drama of John Sturges "The Great Escape". According to The Hollywood Reporter , Film4 and Element Pictures decided to tell viewers an equally fascinating story about the attempt to escape from the POW camp in the film “ The Grand Escape "* ( The Grand Escape ).Like the famous 1963 film, the Film4 and Element Pictures project will be based on real events, but the action will unfold during the First World War. The plot of the drama will be based on the book by American journalist Neil Bascombe, which is currently only being prepared for publication. The main characters of the novel will be three fearless pilots, who became the organizers of the mass escape from the well-guarded German camp. The director's chair of the film will be taken by Leonard Abrahamson . The filmmaker attracted the attention of critics with the tapes "What Richard Did" and "Frank", but real fame came to him thanks to the drama "Room", for the production of which he received his first career nomination for the " Oscar " .  The Film4 and Element Pictures executives are already looking for a screenwriter who can adapt Bascombe for the big screen. As for Abrahamson , his immediate plans are to work on the biographical tape A Man's World about the life of the famous boxer Emil Griffith. * - preliminary translation. The Topic of Article: The director of ”Rooms” will arrange an escape from the German camp. |
