By Lee Pfeiffer
Warner Brothers is planning a remake of the 1968 Cold War spy thriller Ice Station Zebra, which was based on Alistair MacLean's bestselling 1963 novel. The original film was directed by John Sturges and had a powerhouse cast: Rock Hudson, Ernest Borgnine, Patrick McGoohan and Jim Brown. The new version has been written by screenwriter/producer/director David Gordon Green. As for Green's reverence for the material, check out a quote he gave about working on the project:
"I just finished a script for Warner Bros. that’s a remake of ‘Ice
Station Zebra’ that’s a big military movie. And I got to go camp out on
the arctic circle with the Navy and explore those kind of… you know just
the lingo and the politics of what’s going on in the arctic right now
so it truly is a passport. Like literally Warner Brothers says, ‘Do you
want to get on a jet with the Navy and get on a submarine?’ and you’re
like, ‘absofuckinglutely!’ â€
One of Green's forthcoming projects as producer includes a film titled Olympic-Sized Asshole.
This is the man that Warner Brothers has entrusted with a beloved story by one of the twentieth century's most respected novelists. In Green's parlance, the decision seems "absofuckinglutely" insane. Click here for more