Paul Greengrass to direct Orwell's '1984'

Status
Not open for further replies.
Off Topic, but this reminded me:

I wonder whatever happened to that Darabont helped Fahrenheit 451 adaptation? That was actually something I was looking forward to watching.
 
I'd still like a definitive adaptation of this, but Greengrass certainly wouldn't be my first choice. Imagine the shaky cam when the rats come out.
 
this sounds like a terrible fit. but its obviously a great book and greengrass is a pretty solid director so even if it's a complete trainwreck, it should be an interesting one
 
Expect this thread to get meaninglessly bumped every 12 months with people asking 'Where is this movie? When is it coming out?".

Never. It's never coming out.

Greengrass falls on an off films all the time and Sony (of all the studios) will never make a film like this.

The very definition of cinematic development hot air.
 
Curious, is it actually going to be set in 1984 and/or are they keeping that title? Seems like it would be a harder sell in some regards.
 
Thug Waffle said:
he basically already made his own 1984. i would prefer not to see him be that redundant
Click to expand...

thatsthejoke.jpg
 
AuthenticM said:
I don't know anything about the main character in the novel, but would Tom Hanks be a good fit ?
Click to expand...

too old..the main character is I think high 30's...maybe 39. The character is feeling old but starts to feel younger because of events in the book. Tom Hanks is getting close to 60 and I think parts of the book would not work because of his age.
 
Just from reading 1984 I don't think it would translate well into film, but I haven't seen any of the movies that have been made. Are any of them good?
 
Not sure I he's a good choice, I thought Captain Phillips was good.
The_Hitcher89 said:
Will watch then :P


Not that I have anything against her, but it seemed like she completely missed the point of the book from those statements she made about it. Is the version she was attached to dead in the water then?
Click to expand...
Well that wasn't 1984, completely different movie called Equals, possibly inspired by the book.
 
Wasn't a big fan of Captain Philips. Felt like a straightforward re-enactment, I know it purposely didn't explore any of the politics but that's really a wasted opportunity when they are actually much more interesting than any of the particular dramas.
 
1984 is one of those works that I think requires a significant reworking to be impactful as a film, partially because of where our culture has evolved and partially because of how many derivative works there have been

Like, I'm not sure what purpose there would be to a straightforward adaption
 
IISANDERII said:
Why? I think this is a great fit. You need a dry, technical director for 1984, somebody who will allow the emotions to happen behind the eyes.

Who would you like?
Click to expand...

you don't need that for 1984, if you want dry technicalities you'll always have the book

give it to Neveldine and Taylor
 
foxdvd said:
too old..the main character is I think high 30's...maybe 39. The character is feeling old but starts to feel younger because of events in the book. Tom Hanks is getting close to 60 and I think parts of the book would not work because of his age.
Click to expand...

From what you've described, I think having the character be older would be better, if him feeling younger is an important part of his evolution.
 
I fell asleep while watching the original movie.

If I had the rights to the movie, I would change a whole lot of it. Heck, I'd title it "1984; a 100 years later" or something like that. 1984 at the time was interesting because it gave us a glimpse of a future that could really happen, but now things are quite different. The underlying ideas are fine, but the future is all about automated big data interpretation by AIs, etc. It's pretty far from the communist-like society portrayed in 1984.
 
That's great. As much as I love the John Hurt version I realized how unique the world could be depicted after seeing this SparkNotes video.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h9JIKngJnCU


I'm really interested in seeing what setting and production design they go with. Also, I had no idea the rights were available. I thought the Orwell estate had strict rules on selling. The John Hurt movie was not allowed to depict future technology, for example.
 
Ether_Snake said:
I fell asleep while watching the original movie.

If I had the rights to the movie, I would change a whole lot of it. Heck, I'd title it "1984; a 100 years later" or something like that. 1984 at the time was interesting because it gave us a glimpse of a future that could really happen, but now things are quite different. The underlying ideas are fine, but the future is all about automated big data interpretation by AIs, etc. It's pretty far from the communist-like society portrayed in 1984.
Click to expand...

The book is quite sparse on details and the world they live in is timeless. Innovation is purposefully stagnant so any depiction can word whether it be WWII, the 80's or the future.
 
mac said:
The book is quite sparse on details and the world they live in is timeless. Innovation is purposefully stagnant so any depiction can word whether it be WWII, the 80's or the future.
Click to expand...

My point is that the government interrogating someone because he has been secretly dating some girl is not something that would work today, nor any public notion of "newspeak" or "thought police". Changing that would be pretty significant, so might as well just use it as some sort of base for a re-imagining of the future based on today's world, just as 1984 was based on Orwell's era.
 
Ether_Snake said:
I fell asleep while watching the original movie.

If I had the rights to the movie, I would change a whole lot of it. Heck, I'd title it "1984; a 100 years later" or something like that. 1984 at the time was interesting because it gave us a glimpse of a future that could really happen, but now things are quite different. The underlying ideas are fine, but the future is all about automated big data interpretation by AIs, etc. It's pretty far from the communist-like society portrayed in 1984.
Click to expand...

I think keeping the title 1984 works well for the story, even if they modernize the setting in the movie. Since the story itself talks about how the news and history of the war is being manipulated and controlled, I imagine it doesn't matter what year the movie actually takes place in if Big Brother is telling you it's currently 1984.
 
Status
Not open for further replies.

Similar threads

BBC to air 1984 drama 'Threads'
47
2K
Lunarorbit replied
One Battle After Another | Teaser for next week's trailer | Leonardo DiCaprio, directed by Paul Thomas Anderson
22
977
EverydayBeast replied
Trailer for Friendship starring Paul Rudd and Tim Robinson
8
633
Jinzo Prime replied
Paul Harrell has passed
9
2K
deriks replied
R.I.P Paul Di'anno (original Iron Maiden vocalist)
29
2K
AlphaDump replied
Top Bottom