Exclusive: 20th Century is looking to head back to the high seas as sources tell Deadline the studio is developing a new Master and Commander pic with A Monster Calls scribe Patrick Ness adapting the script.
Insiders add it is still early days and no director or talent is attached at this time.The 2003 pic Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World, directed by Peter Weir, was set during the Napoleonic Wars and follows Capt.
Jack Aubrey (Russell Crowe), a brash British captain who pushes his ship and crew to their limits in pursuit of a formidable French war vessel around South America.
Paul Bettany also starred in the film, which made more then $200 million worldwide and received 10 Oscar nominations for including one for Best Picture.Since the original was part of a big book series, the idea always was to adapt other books in to films, but
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