(HMS) Surprise! Crowe to return as Jack Aubrey?

[ElScoob]

Sirs, I am honored to report:

http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2009/07/17/russell_crowe_considering_new_master_aam

Excellent news, if true. I've been holding out against all hope for a sequel.

I'd rather have seen something based on The Fortune Of War, but anything at all would make me extremely happy.

--g

 

[Kira's Mom]

Would be awesome if it happens!

 

[S. Gomez]

OH WOW!

Please, oh please, let this not be just a rumour or pie-in-the-sky dreams. Please let it happen...

 

[Winged Victory]

Here here! I've always wanted to see a sequel to the original.

 

[Data Holmes]

Nice!

 

[Aragorn]

They're going to recast Aubrey with Ben Affleck and make the bad guys neo-Nazis.

 

[Lonemagpie]

That'd be exceptionally great - it's was criminal that the original movie didn't make enough money (in the suits' opinions) to guarantee an immediate sequel, as they had one ready to go, with Crowe and Bettany's contracts covering it

 

[IndyJones]

I loved the first movie. Hope this comes to pass.

 

[Mike Farley]

Awesome. Master and Commander was one of the best Trek films.

 

[Greylock Crescent]

Thanks for the report! I'd be thrilled to see a new M&C flick. The first one was simply fantastic.

And I usually thoroughly detest Russell Crowe. LOL

 

[SalvorHardin]

Hopefully the sequel will happen.

I was watching M&C again last night and I still enjoy it very much.

 

[Canadave]

They're going to recast Aubrey with Ben Affleck and make the bad guys neo-Nazis.

Space Nazis, actually. Aubrey will command a flying pirate ship with robot sailors and cannons that fire laser bolts.

In all seriousness, this is awesome news. M&C is a great movie, and one of the best treatments of 19th-century naval warfare I've ever seen.

 

[Chekov's Phaser]

Please let this be true. M&C is one of those rare historical type films that actually gets it right. Three cheers for Lucky Jack!

 

[John Clark]

And another vote for wanting this

 

[Bisz]

Add another voice to the choir of people yelling with joy. I love age of sail movies/books.

 

[Goliath]

We wants it. We needs it.

I should read those novels again.

 

[Reverend]

M&C is easily one of my favourites and it's one of those rare films that I can watch quite often without getting tired of it, so great news. I'm not usually much of a Crowe fan (quite the opposite in most cases) but this is one I've been really looking forward to.

 

[Caliburn24]

I'm all in favor of a sequel to M&C, but is Peter Weir involved in this? His direction and sensibilities really helped make M&C what it was.

 

[Angry Angel]

Cool, I loved the first movie, never imagined there could be a sequel, but then I didn't know it was based on a series of novels. Maybe those are the best sequels ... the ones you don't expect.

 

[Ryan Thomas Riddle]

I hope this happens. M&C is one of my favorite movies. I've even been aboard the HMS Surprise used in the movie, which is docked at the Harbor Museum alongside the Star of India in San Diego.

Moreover, I'd love to see Horatio Hornblower get the M&C treatment.