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"Dawn" Director Signs On to Deliver "Rainbow Six"
by Scott Weinberg | March 28, 2005
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After helming the surprise hit "Dawn of the Dead" last year, director Zack Snyder earned himself a sweet deal from Paramount: Snyder will write and direct an adaptation of Tom Clancy's "Rainbow Six." Paramount's had solid success with previous Clancy adaptations ("The Hunt for Red October," "Clear and Present Danger"Wink plus they also have director Peter Berg signed up to direct a "Splinter Cell" movie. Snyder will have a ton of material to leaf through as he pens his "Rainbow" script; several screenwriters, including William Wisher ("The 13th Warrior"Wink and Michael Shiffer ("Crimson Tide"Wink, have already contributed to the property. According to Variety, the movie "centers on (CIA agent John) Clark joining with several colleagues to leave the CIA and create an England-based multinational org designed to battle terrorism."

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stopsaenz
stopsaenz writes:
on Mar 28 2005 08:25 PM

[b]This sounds good...[/b]
I like what this director did with "Dawn". I also liked how he turned down S.W.A.T. because they wouldnt let him take it to an R rating. That means this movie is most likely gonna be R rated, yay. Dont know how good it will be though, but an R rating is a good place to start!


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Dr. Zoidberg
Dr. Zoidberg writes:
on Mar 29 2005 05:22 AM

Much as I too would like this to be R rated, I just can't see it happening. Unless the studios, like me, are happy to see decent R rated action movies coming round again (Assault on Precinct 13).

Snyder did a really good job of Dawn so it should still be one to look forward too.

I just hope they keep Liev Schrieber as John Clark as he was the best thing in The Sum Of All Fears


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Spike1967
Spike1967 writes:
on Mar 29 2005 07:11 AM

I hate to say this, because I'm not a big fan of sequels but I was hoping he'd be up for a 'Dawn 2'.
I'm sure this will be good though.


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renodc
renodc writes:
on Mar 30 2005 11:26 AM

[b]Rainbow Six[/b]
This is a great book that sets up perfectly for a feature film, so I hope it doesn't lose much in the adaptation process like Clear and Present Danger and the Sum of All Fears did.
I am kinda bummed that they are choosing to adapt "Rainbow Six" first, instead of it's predecessor "Without Remorse",which to me is Clancy's best novel next to Hunt for Red October. "Remorse" deals with the origin of John Clark, and my fear is that they will minimize the happenings in "Remorse" and try to cram them into "Rainbow Six".


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r_curl04
r_curl04 writes:
on Mar 31 2005 02:36 PM

dawn of the dead was an amazing movie..
if he puts as much effort into that as he does with this im sure this will be top notch


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