BREAKING MOVIE/TV NEWS

Wednesday, December 03, 2008

Warners Sails With "Captain Blood"...

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Writer John "Sylvia" Brownlow, will script a remake of the 1935 pirate drama "Captain Blood", an Oscar-nominated film that starred actors Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland and Basil Rathbone, based on a novel by author Rafael Sabatini.

The original film, set in the 1600's, follows the story of a doctor, wrongfully accused of treason who, sold into slavery, escapes and becomes a swahbuckling pirate of the high seas.

Warners is developing the project as a UK-Australia co-production, with Phillip "Patriot Games" Noyce directing...