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| 17 October 2007 | Tony Scott Directing Don Aronow Biopic
The man who invented the cigarette boat
Source: Variety |
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To be honest, we don't really know a lot about cigarette boats and had never been compelled to find out more, but the biopic that Tony Scott is planning of the watercraft's inventor does sound potentially very interesting.
Don Aranow was powerboat racing champion for a decade and invented the powerful, penis-extension cigarette boat, which became popular in the 1980s with Colombian drug smugglers looking to move their product into Miami in style. Aranow was eventually given a $20million contract by the US government to build boats to catch the smugglers and was gunned down in a hail of bullets very soon after. If that sounds like a slightly thin set-up, remember this is Tony Scott and the things he could do with sunsets, speedboats and gun happy smugglers. It wouldn't be dull.
Scott is giving himself a lot of pre-strike options, so this movie could end up sliding to the backburner if one his other prospects gets a kick into production. He's about to remake The Taking of Pelham 123 with Denzel Washington. Then he's planning a remake of The Warriors and possibly a film called Lucky Strike too. That's a lot to squeeze in before June, so it'll probably be a lucky dip that decides which gets to cinemas.
| | Olly Richards |
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