Got A Whale Of A Tale To Tell Ya, Lads.

Today hasn't exactly been a bad day per se - but it just got a whole lot better. You know any modern mention of 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea gets me moist. This is a friggin' doozy.

The new movie will be period set in the exact year (1867) of Verne's novel. I worship the novel and the Disney film and hope to do neither any disrespect! However, this is a re-adaptation NOT a remake. The idea is to go where previous film versions couldn't due to lack of technology, etc. and to finally put some of the novel's classic scenes that have never been filmed in any version onto the big screen for the first time. That and a few surprises along the way.

The giant squid will obviously be badass CGI, as will the Nautilus and all the great underwater scenes. But I hope they keep my favorite moment intact - namely Ned getting drunk while locked in his cabin with the old smelly grey sealion. Let's hope they don't get all Hollywood-2006-PC on us and have him drinking iced chai latte with a transgendered baby seal. Or Alec Baldwin.