Another Classic Set for Edge Treatment

Peter Jackson is heading a big budget remake of classic British war film, The Dam Busters. Jackson will produce the movie, with fellow Kiwi and long time collaborator, Christian Rivers, making his directing debut. The 1954 film told the true story of how British forces developed bouncing bombs to destroy German dams in World War II. Jackson fell in love with the film after seeing it as a child. “There’s that wonderful mentality of the British during the war – that heads-down, persevering, keep-on-plugging-away mentality which is the spirit of Dam Busters,” he told industry trade paper, Screen Daily. The US$30-40 million project is due to start filming next year.