Brenton Thwaites and Indiana Evans, two young actors from the Aussie soap "Home and Away", have been cast in the lead roles in Lifetime’s contemporary remake of "The Blue Lagoon" says Deadline.
Based on the novel by Henry De Vere Stacpoole, Thwaites and Evans will play Dane and Emma, a boy and a girl marooned on a tropical island where they grow up together, fall in love and discover sexuality.
Filming is slated to begin this month in Puerto Rico. Several adaptations have happened over the years, most famously the 1980 film and its 1991 sequel which made launched the careers of young actresses Brooke Shields and Milla Jovovich (the guys on the other hand didn't fare as well).
Based on the novel by Henry De Vere Stacpoole, Thwaites and Evans will play Dane and Emma, a boy and a girl marooned on a tropical island where they grow up together, fall in love and discover sexuality.
Filming is slated to begin this month in Puerto Rico. Several adaptations have happened over the years, most famously the 1980 film and its 1991 sequel which made launched the careers of young actresses Brooke Shields and Milla Jovovich (the guys on the other hand didn't fare as well).
- 2/7/2012
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Exclusive: Young Australian actors Brenton Thwaites and Indiana Evans are following in the footsteps of Christopher Atkins & Brooke Shields and Brian Krause & Milla Jovovich as the leads of The Blue Lagoon, Lifetime’s contemporary remake of the 1980 romance/adventure movie starring Shields and Atkins. (Jovovich and Krause toplined the 1991 sequel.) In the story, which echoes the biblical tale of Adam and Eve and is based on the novel by Henry De Vere Stacpoole, Thwaites and Evans will play Dane and Emma, a boy and a girl marooned on a tropical island where they grow up together, fall in love and discover sexuality. The Sony TV-distributed project has been in the works at Lifetime since 2004 with Heather Rutman and Matt Heller as writers. Filming is slated to begin this month in Puerto Rico. Neil Meron, Craig Zadan and Judith Verno are executive producing. Sony and Verno were also behind the recent...
- 2/6/2012
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
Lifetime has given the green light to a contemporary telemovie remake of the classic 1980 romance/adventure "The Blue Lagoon" at Storyline Entertainment and Peace Out Productions reports Deadline.
The Randal Kleiser-directed original follows two Victorian-era cousins (Christopher Atkins, Brooke Shields) who become shipwrecked and marooned on a tropical island in the South Pacific along with a galley cook (Leo McKern).
After the cook dies the two children grow up together, fall in love and discover sexuality as they survive solely on their resourcefulness.
A sequel was released in 1991 starring Milla Jovovich, while Henry De Vere Stacpoole's original novel was first adapted in 1949 and starred Jean Simmons. Casting on the new 'Lagoon' is already underway with shooting to kick off in Puerto Rico in February.
Lifetime is also behind a "Steel Magnolia" remake featuring an all African-American cast.
The Randal Kleiser-directed original follows two Victorian-era cousins (Christopher Atkins, Brooke Shields) who become shipwrecked and marooned on a tropical island in the South Pacific along with a galley cook (Leo McKern).
After the cook dies the two children grow up together, fall in love and discover sexuality as they survive solely on their resourcefulness.
A sequel was released in 1991 starring Milla Jovovich, while Henry De Vere Stacpoole's original novel was first adapted in 1949 and starred Jean Simmons. Casting on the new 'Lagoon' is already underway with shooting to kick off in Puerto Rico in February.
Lifetime is also behind a "Steel Magnolia" remake featuring an all African-American cast.
- 12/9/2011
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Exclusive: Lifetime is heading back to The Blue Lagoon. The cable network has greenlighted a contemporary remake of the 1980 romance/adventure movie starring Brooke Shields, which centered on a boy and a girl marooned on a tropical island, where they grow up together, fall in love and discover sexuality. Neil Meron and Graig Zadan’s Storyline Entertainment and Judith Verno’s Peace Out Prods are producing the film in association with Sony Pictures TV, with Meron, Zadan and Verno executive producing. The project was originally set up at Lifetime in 2004 with Heather Rutman and Matt Heller as writers. Casting is already underway, with filming eyed for a February start in Puerto Rico. The Blue Lagoon movie franchise is known for giving young actresses their big break. The 1980 film made Shields a household name, while the 1991 sequel Return To The Blue Lagoon launched the career of Milla Jovovich. The story of The Blue Lagoon,...
- 12/9/2011
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
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