Warners to Remake ‘Captain Blood’
Warners to The only question is what took so long.
After three installments of Pirates of the Caribbean brought in plenty of filthy lucre to Disney, Warner Bros. is finally announcing a remake of Captain Blood. The classic Rafael Sabatini novel was immortalized in 1935 when it arrived on the silver screen with Errol Flynn in the lead back by a stirring Eric Korngold score.
John Brownlow (Sylvia) has been signed to write the new version for director Philip Noyce (Clear and Present Danger) according to Variety.
The swashbuckling tale is about a “doctor wrongly sentenced to slavery in the Caribbean, where he and his comrades become avenging pirates. It was nominated for the best picture Oscar.”
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Basil Rathbone came very close to killing Flynn on Captain Blood – because Rathbone was a trained swordsman, and Flynn was just acting.In a choreographed sword fight, just as Rathbone began a vicious cut that Flynn was to block, the director yelled "Cut" and Flynn immediately dropped his guard and turned away. Rathbone barely managed to turn the cut before the (blunt-edged but still heavy) sword hit Flynn in the head.