Wanted Director Takes On Moby Dick

This could be interesting in Timur's hands:

WANTED Helmer Timur Bekmambetov is to tackle a new movie version of the classic tale of MOBY DICK. Universal Pictures has juist paid a large sum to screenwriting duo Adam Cooper and Bill Collage for their script, which sees their graphic novel-style approach change the classic story structure.

Variety reports that gone is the first-person narration by the young seaman Ishmael, who observes how Ahab's obsession with killing the great white whale overwhelms his good judgment as captain. The trade adds that this change will allow them to depict the whale's decimation of other ships prior to its encounter with Ahab's Pequod, and Ahab will be depicted more as a charismatic leader than a brooding obsessive.

"Our vision isn't your grandfather's Moby Dick," screenwriter Adam Cooper explained. "This is an opportunity to take a timeless classic and capitalize on the advances in visual effects to tell what at its core is an action-adventure revenge story."

Hope it's better than Peter Jackson's King Kong. Timur, please don't hire Jack Black. Love him, just not in the action pics, and he's no Ahab!