ROTTEN TOMATOES: Fraser Journeying to the Center of the Earth

Fraser Journeying to the Center of the Earth

by Scott Weinberg | April 24, 2006

"The Mummy" star Brendan Fraser will star (for Walden Media and New Line Cinema) in a rather new-fangled rendition of the oft-lensed Jules Verne story "Journey to the Center of the Earth" -- with one added treat. It'll be called "Journey 3-D."

According to Variety, "Fraser will portray a geologist who, with his teenage son, discovers a message hidden in an ancient artifact, leading them into a previously unseen world.

Brendan Fraser in "The Mummy Returns"

Eric Brevig, who won a Special Achievement Academy Award for his visual effects work on "Total Recall," will make his feature directorial debut. D.V. DeVincentis ("High Fidelity") has written the script.

"Journey 3-D" will be shot in live action, with the otherworldly landscapes and creatures supplied by high-definition, photo-real 3-D technology."

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alsanali writes:
on Apr 24 2006 05:15 AM

Dear God...

I bet Verne is already rolling over in his grave.

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Senh Duong writes:
on Apr 24 2006 05:48 AM

Hopefully, it'll be better than "The Core."

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dracus writes:
on Apr 24 2006 09:12 AM

[b]I THOUGHT ED WOOD WAS DEAD.[/b]
Wouldn't be a lot easier if they'd simply dropped this idea of wasting time and money on 3D and produced a good version of Journey to the Center of the Earth instead? You'd think that after a century of making movies, the movie industry would have learned that the only gimmick that has ever worked is quality. If movie goers didn�t want to wear 3D glasses to watch sucky movies the 1950's; they won�t now. Who is running Hollywood these days anyway; the ghost of Ed Wood?

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lpbreeze writes:
on Apr 24 2006 11:51 AM

I think the movie sounds cool. Maybe thats because I thought Total Recall was really sweet and I've read Journey to the Center of the Earth.

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cgcbooks writes:
on Apr 24 2006 04:20 PM

The 1959 version was great. James Mason, Arlene Dahl and Pat Boone were all excellent. Why waste money on a remake?

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dracus writes:
on Apr 24 2006 04:34 PM

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I agree. Like The Omen and The Poseidon Adventure, outside of updating the special effects, it's impossible to improve it. Last night I watched The Boys from Brazil on television fo the first time in years and wondered how long it will be before that becomes a remake. Unless they turn The Boys from Brazil into a gay movie, there's nothing new they can do with it.

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renny2077 writes:
on Apr 24 2006 10:31 PM

I do want to Fraser in a good action flick. But Journey 3-D??? Sounds like another Looney Tunes movie.

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