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 Oldman made his directorial debut in 1997 with the critically-acclaimed family drama "Nil by Mouth." Yuri Shevchukexpressed a wish to meet representatives of the Armenian rock, noting it as one of the key goals of his visit. The Hunger Games star joins a cast featuring John Malkovich, Ben Kingsley, Michael Sheen and Teresa Palmer. 100 officers raided businesses, homes and art galleries across the country including in Munich, Hamburg, Stuttgart and Cologne.   Partner news |  Latest news New details on Yuri Gagarin air crash revealed  Fellow cosmonaut Alexey Leonov claims an "unauthorised" plane flew too close to Gagarin's fighter jet, sending it into a spin.2 dead as minibus on Yerevan-Aleppo route hits taxi in Turkey Armenian citizen Tila Papikyan was taken to Yerevan-based Erebuni medical center; those injured were offered medical help on site.U.S., EU launch negotiations for free-trade deal "This is a once in a generation prize and we are determined to seize it," said British Prime Minister David Cameron.Turkish government says may use army to end Istanbul unrest The government would use "all its powers" and the armed forces if necessary, Deputy Prime Minister Bulent Arinc said. |
