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Stone, Cage Do 9-11
The September 11, 2001 terror attacks have gone from taboo to trendy.
Until last month, there were two TV miniseries in the works, one at ABC and one at NBC. While the latter, an eight-hour production from the high-powered likes of Ron Howard and Brian Grazer, was scuttled two weeks ago, citing the competition from the rival network and budget concerns, there are now two movies on the drawing board to pick up the slack.
Columbia Pictures has a feature working its way through the studio focusing on the rescue attempts that took place between the moment the first plane hit the World Trade Center at 8:46 a.m. and the collapse of the north tower at 10:28 a.m. Shattered Glass writer Billy Ray has already completed a first draft of the script, per Variety.
But with Grazer and Howard bowing out of the 9-11 rush, the project with the most prestige--and blockbuster potential--will star Nicolas Cage and be directed by Oliver Stone for Paramount Pictures.
The untitled film is the fact-based story of the last two men--Port Authority police officers John McLoughlin and William J. Jimeno--rescued from the collapse of the World Trade Center. The film follows their ordeals and the efforts of their rescuers. Cage stars as one of the cops.
"The film is a portrayal of how the human spirit rose above the tragic events of that day," Paramount says in a press release.
Announced Friday--just a day after terror attacks in London--the film has no release date. But according to Variety, the project has been fast-tracked and is already in preproduction.
"It's a work of collective passion, a serious meditation on what happened, and carries within a compassion that heals," Stone said in a statement. "It's an exploration of heroism in our country, but it's international at the same time in its humanity.
"Andrea Berloff's screenplay is one of the best that's ever come to me out of the blue--I guess like that day," he continued. "It walloped me--and many others--with its emotion and simplicity. Clearly, it's a work of collective passion, a serious meditation on what happened, and carries within a compassion that heals. It's an exploration of heroism in our country--but is international at the same time in its humanity."
The studio says it is developing plans to share proceeds of the film with charities benefiting those affected by 9-11.
As for the ABC miniseries, it is being produced by Marc Platt (Legally Blonde) from a script by Cyrus Nowrasteh (Into the West).
Although the ABC project doesn't have a premiere date, NBC decided it didn't want the competition--or to foot the bill for the pricey project, which could have hit the $20 million mark. The network, which struggled last season and has since lost advertising revenue, pulled the plug on its 9-11 miniseries late last month, even though a script had been completed, preproduction had begun and the network had trumpeted the program at its upfront presentation to advertisers in May.
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