Join Empire | Log In RSS  |  Twitter  |  Facebook  |  iPhone App
The Empire office TV is switched off. Empire Magazine
Search   
Empire Magazine
Join Empire
Get our free weekly newsletter

 
Oscars 2010 Microsite
Coverage of the 82nd Academy Awards
X-Files Season 1
Subscribe to Empire magazine today

Movie News

LATEST HEADLINES
TODAY
Want To Be A Mark Millar Villain?
You can be the nemesis in Nemesis
Chris Nolan Overseeing Superman?
He’ll "mentor" a new film's development
Anyone For An Audrey Tautou Film?
Well, Charlie Winston music video...
24 Movie Edges Ever Nearer
Billy Ray in talks with Fox to write
Tim Robbins Up For Green Lantern
He's playing Senator Hammond
Matt Damon Suffers Contagion
Steven Soderbergh sets up another film
Peter Bogdanovich Plans New Film
Adaptation of Turn Of The Century
Katherine Heigl Takes One For The Money
She may be going bounty hunting…
Weisz Has The Keys To Dream House
Starring with Daniel Craig & Naomi Watts
Hugh Laurie Picking Oranges?
He's considering a comedy drama
Tom Felton Joins The Apparition
He'll try to help Ashley Greene
Fichtner And Heard Drive Angry
More cast for Lussier road rage
Neil Jordan's Ondine Online
Trailer for Farrell fantasy
More Movie News

RELATED NEWS
10 November 2003
Taken For Granted
Hugh honoured by BAFTA/LA
More Movie News

RELATED REVIEWS
Paths Of Glory
Empire Star Rating

Eyes Wide Shut
Empire Star Rating

Full Metal Jacket
Empire Star Rating

EMPIRE ESSAY: The Shining
Empire Star Rating

Barry Lyndon (1975)
Empire Star Rating

Cinema Releases
DVD Releases

11 August 2009
Kubricks Call For Final Film
Family wants abandoned project made
Source: The Times

Kubricks Call For Final Film

Stanley Kubrick's research sources for The Aryan Papers are now on display at an Edinburgh Festival exhibition, and the director's family have expressed their desire to see the project finally realised.

The film was to be based on Louis Begley's novel Wartime, about a fleeing Polish Jew and her nephew. Plans to start filming were afoot in the early 90s, but were shelved in the wake of Schindler's List's ubiquity and Oscar success.  

“I regret it never got made but it was a decision made by Kubrick and Warner Bros, probably very wisely,” Kubrick's brother-in-law and sometime exec-producer Jan Harlan told The Times, But he believes the time is now right for to revisit Stanley's screenplay, and suggests Ang Lee as a possible behind-the-camera contender.

Another shelved Kubrick project, AI: Artifical Intelligence, was brought to the screen by Steven Spielberg in 2001. Do you think that was successful, or are Kubrick's unfinished projects best left to the imagination? Discuss.

Owen Williams

Have Your Say...
We want to know what you think? To have your say on this, and all of Empire's news stories, register here or login now.


Previous Story
Arrested Development Three Reunite
For Will Arnett rom-com at Fox
Next Story
Hugh Jackman Talks Wolverine 2
Logan heads to Frank Miller's Japan

Advertisement


Your Comments
Aryan Papers director
Both PTA and Aronofsky are good suggestions. My first thought, though, was Peter Weir. ... Read More

Brander About me

07:28, 12 August 2009 | Report This Post
Distinct Differences
I thought that AI was a brilliant film altho, when watching it, you can sense the differences in approach to a subject between Kubrick and Spielberg. I say "sense" as I feel the movie is an amazing story about humanity, even tho the closeness to Pinochio was bit much. ... Read More

THE_Simon About me

22:51, 11 August 2009 | Report This Post
RE: Who Should Direct
PT Anderson would be a good choice. Who knows if he wants to do "someone else's project" though. If not him, Aronofsky would be great too. ... Read More

eruptus About me

17:22, 11 August 2009 | Report This Post
Who Should Direct
I think Darren Aronofsky should direct Aryan Papers some one who thinks outside the box like Christopher Nolan. Ang Lee makes good historical dramas but I don't see a version by him being very 'Kubrick'. ... Read More

drich90215 About me

15:57, 11 August 2009 | Report This Post
Napoleon
Deifintely!! I like your idea tech_noir of Verhoeven for that!!! ... Read More

Andybee76 About me

15:43, 11 August 2009 | Report This Post
Distinct Differences
I thought that AI was a brilliant film altho, when watching it, you can sense the differences in approach to a subject between Kubrick and Spielberg. I say "sense" as I feel the movie is an amazing story about humanity, even tho the closeness to Pinochio was bit much. ... Read More

THE_Simon About me

15:30, 11 August 2009 | Report This Post
RE: Make 'Napoleon'!
How about Napoleon? For some reason I picture Paul Verhoeven doing a good job on that. ... Read More

Tech_Noir About me

08:29, 11 August 2009 | Report This Post

SUBSCRIBE TO EMPIRE
Subscribe To Empire Magazine
Subscribe And Get X-Files Season 1 DVD
Get the entire first season of the classic sci-fi series on DVD when you subscribe to Empire magazine!


CURRENT HIGHLIGHTS
Colin Firth on A Single Man
The Oscar nominee discusses his stunning latest role

Benicio del Toro on The Wolfman
The star talks delays, reshoots and getting furry...

10 Egregious Oscar Snubs
The worthy contenders that the Academy overlooked

Celebrity Stars In Their Eyes
The winners and losers when actors play real people

Movie Poster Mashups #56
Browse your iPod, iPad and Apple-related movie poster mashups


Back | Print This Page | Email This Page | Back To Top

EXCLUSIVE OFFERS
Free X-Files Season 1
Free when you subscribe to Empire
Subscribe Today »
Magazine Special Offers
Special offers on your favourite magazines
Latest Offers »
The Empire iPhone App
Every Empire film review at your fingertips
Click here »
 
Movie News  |  Empire Blog  |  Movie Reviews  |  Future Films  |  Features  |  Video Interviews  |  Image Gallery  |  Competitions  |  Forum  |  Magazine  |  Resources  |  Free Movies
 
Mojo4music  |  Q4Music  |  Kerrang!  |  Aloud.com  |  Kiss
 
© Bauer Consumer Media | Terms And Conditions | Our Data Promise To You | Contact Us | Empire FAQ
Bauer Consumer Media. Company number 1176085 (England). Registered Office: 21 Holborn Viaduct, London EC1A 2DY