Treasure Island Trilogy planned

[Galactus]

An unnamed Qatari film producer is in talks to finance a $150m movie trilogy based on children’s classic Treasure Island.

The three film project already has a script and a director attached. Filming is scheduled to begin in November this year and casting is underway, with Robert Downey Jr – star of the blockbusters Iron Man and Sherlock Holmes - top of the filmmakers’ wish list to play villain Long John Silver.

“We have somebody in Qatar at the moment who is a very experienced producer of multi-million dollar pictures and we are involved in setting up a franchise based on Treasure Island, which would be a key picture deal,” Douglas Rae, managing director and executive producer of Ecosse Films, told Arabian Business.

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Could be good!

[acosmichippo]

i'd like to see a Treasure Island and Pirates of the Caribbean dovetail.

Downey and Depp going head-to-head as pirates would be quite a spectacle.

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Originally Posted by acosmichippo

i'd like to see a Treasure Island and Pirates of the Caribbean dovetail.

Downey and Depp going head-to-head as pirates would be quite a spectacle.

That's what I was thinking too!

[EricJ]

I'm thinking
1) History says, be VERY afraid when foreign Arab-oil investment tries producing movies...They tend not to make very good ones.

and
2) "Trilogy"?...Of WHAT?--It's one story, of sufficiently short length that most filmmakers have succeeded in telling in two hours or less.

Is this the new Harry Potter 7 multi-mania (see related "Twilight" thread) coupled with the standard Trilogy Envy?
If so, it's......kinda goofy.

[P@t_Mtl]

Not too sure about this