"Poseidon Adventure" Flooded By Cast

[Dapper Dan]

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Posted: Monday June 6th, 2005 2:09pm
Source: The Hollywood Reporter
Author: Garth Franklin

After a long search, Warner Bros. Pictures finally has its crew for Wolfgang Petersen's big-budget remake of "The Poseidon Adventure" says The Hollywood Reporter.

Kurt Russell, Richard Dreyfuss, Emmy Rossum and Mike Vogel have boarded the picture, while Andre Braugher is in negotiations to join the cast. Like the 1972 original, the story follows the survivors of the S.S. Poseidon, a cruise ship which is capsized by a tidal wave. The survivors, trapped inside, are forced to work their way to the surface of the upside down ship through the hull.

Russell is playing an ex-fireman and mayor who is traveling with his daughter (Rossum) and her boyfriend (Vogel). Dreyfuss plays a gay man whose relationship breaks up just before departure. Braugher would play the ship's captain. Shooting is scheduled to begin June 18 on the Warners lot. The screenplay is by Mark Protosevich and Akiva Goldsman and is based on Paul Gallico's novel.

Thanks to 'Swell'.

 

[Karma]

i cant believe this! they REALLY need to leave well enough alone. The Poseidon Adventure was one of the BEST of the "disaster movie" fad in the 70's. How can they possibly expect this remake to compare to the ORIGINAL which featured: Gene Hackman, Shelly Winters and Farrah Fawcett!?

 

[Dapper Dan]

The first was definately a classic... it will be tough, if not inmpossible to beat it...

Foursome Boards The Poseidon Adventure

Source: The Hollywood Reporter
June 6, 2005

Kurt Russell, Richard Dreyfuss, Emmy Rossum and Mike Vogel will star in Wolfgang Petersen's remake of The Poseidon Adventure, while Andre Braugher is in talks to join the cast.

Like Fox's 1972 original, the Warner Bros. film follows the survivors of the S.S. Poseidon, a cruise ship which is capsized by a tidal wave. The survivors, trapped inside, are forced to work their way to the surface of the upside down ship through the hull.

The Hollywood Reporter says Russell is playing an ex-fireman and mayor who is traveling with his daughter (Rossum) and her boyfriend (Vogel). Dreyfuss plays a gay man whose relationship breaks up just before departure. Braugher would play the ship's captain.

Mark Protosevich and Akiva Goldsman wrote the screenplay for the film, which is based on Paul Gallico's novel. Shooting is scheduled to begin June 18 on the Warners lot.