As an aside to the thread,Scots actor James McAvoy is in talks to star in the new $US100 million ($NZ131 milion) Dam Busters film.
The Scottish actor, who is tipped for an Oscar for his role as Robbie Turner in Atonement, has met director Christian Rivers and producers David Frost and Peter Jackson.
The 28-year-old will play Wing Commander Guy Gibson who led the 617 Squadron dropping three bouncing bombs in Germany during the World War 2.He actually looks a bit like a young Gibson
The film, which may also star Ian McKellen as scientist Barnes Wallis, will be shot in Wellington, using replica Lancaster bombers built in China.The moulds for the Lancaster were made in Weta Workshops in Wellington, and shipped to China where apparently 10 replicas are being made.Some filming will be done at Scampton.
Stephen Fry, who wrote the screenplay, wouldn't confirm James was in the cast, but said: "He would certainly be the kind of person one would naturally think of. Gibson was young and glamorous and fresh-faced. It would be stupid not to look at an actor like James McAvoy."
It's not easy finding out anything going on in Wellington, because security is tight, and Peter Jackson isn't talking!
Please
NO.
Don't let Hollywood loose on the Dam Busters.
By the time they've finished with WW2, the UK wouldn't have been involved at all, save for housing the brave heroes that came from over the pond to save the world from the nazis
In another 20 years or so, they'll end up winning the war in SE Asia too
Bring back Ealing and Elstree
