Kurt Russell in ’Poseidon’ Remake

June 6, 2005 by Liam
Filed under: Movie News

Kurt Russell I’m a bit confused by The Poseidon Adventure. Let me get this straight. We’ve got the original. Then we’ve got a TV mini-series remake. Then we’ve also got a theatrical remake. Now, I knew about the original, and I’ve heard about the remake…but two remakes?! Within a year of each other?! I don’t get it.

Anyways, things are shaping up on the theatrical remake, which will again tell the story of the survivors of the S.S. Poseidon, a cruise ship which is capsized by a tidal wave. The survivors, trapped inside, are forced to work their way to the surface of the upside down ship through the hull. Casting is currently under way with Kurt Russell joining as an ex-fireman and mayor who is traveling with his daughter and her boyfriend, to be played by Emmy Rossum and Mike Vogel. Richard Dreyfuss (is he still alive?) has also joined the movie as a gay man whose relationship breaks up just before departure. Andre Braugher is currently in negotiations to play the ship’s captain.

Wolfgang Petersen will direct and produce the movie from a screenplay by Mark Protosevich and Akiva Goldsman based on the novel by Paul Gallico. Shooting is scheduled to begin June 18th.