Ridley Scott, Steve Zaillian to adapt “The Day Britain Stopped” disaster movie July 27, 2012 - 20:52 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Ridley Scott is planning an adaptation of The Day Britain Stopped, Digital Spy said, citing The Hollywood Reporter. The director will produce a disaster movie for 20th Century Fox based on the 2003 BBC fictional documentary drama alongside Steve Zaillian. The original docudrama was based around a catastrophic event which sees all of Britain's transport systems grind to a halt on a freezing December day. Services are crippled across the country as major and minor accidents prevent essential workers including doctors, nurses, air traffic controllers and firemen from travelling to where they are needed. As the police attempt to implement a last-ditch contingency plan, two planes collide in the skies over West London. The film is inspired by the original rather than a direct adaptation. Scott and Zaillian are shopping for a writer to produce a script that sets the disaster against a global background. The Prometheus director will next helm The Counselor with Michael Fassbender, Brad Pitt, Cameron Diaz, Penelope Cruz and Dean Norris. Partner news  Top stories Ambyr Childers and Julia Garner star as sisters forced to take on their family’s gruesome tradition after their mother’s death. The jewels were to be loaned to celebrities who have arrived on the French Riviera town for its famous annual film festival. The list of the finalists also includes Hungary, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Romania, Norway, Iceland, Finland and others. Set in the gritty blue-collar neighborhood of God’s Pocket, story follows a man stuck with a debt he can't pay.   Partner news |  Latest news Artsakh President attends Berdzor town 21st anniv. liberation events  Bako Sahakyan noted the liberation of Berdzor town as an important military, political and psychological victory.Weekly digest of foreign currency deals Deals amounting to USD 12,800,000 at an average price of 416.75 /USD 1 were concluded at NASDAQ OMX Armenia.200 Azeri ceasefire violations reported May 12-18 200 ceasefire violations by the Azeri armed forces were reported at the line of contact between Nagorno Karabakh and Azerbaijan.Gunmen kill Iraqi police officer's family The recent spike of violence has raised fears that the country might be heading to a new round of sectarian violence. |
