In February 2011 we find that the director Shawn Levy (“Night at the Museum”, “Cheaper by the Dozen”, “Date Night”) was installed by officials from 20th Century Fox at the helm of the SF remake “Fantastic Voyage” after James Cameron and Paul Greengrass have abandoned successively the director chair, but the first has remained involved in the project as a producer.

In May they held talks with Hugh Jackman, who was proposed to take one of the main roles, but until now has not initialed any concrete agreement, even though Shawn Levy hopes to collaborate again with the mutant Wolverine, when teamed with him in 2011 in the SF action “Real Steel”.

The next name on the wish list of Shawn Levy is Will Smith, which plans to meet in coming weeks to discuss the contract terms, but if the star of the franchise “Men in Black” will not sign the contract, the Canadian director is determined to definitely give up this remake, which lingers too long during “pregnancy” and does not move at all in the right direction.

Lewy Shawn’s desire to have commanded a top actor from Hollywood to ensure the success of the film audience is not accepted by producers from 20th Century Fox, who would opt for a less experienced player and without excessive financial claims, because the original “Fantastic Voyage” from 1966 is a classic science fiction genre and does not need a protagonist to have first-hand grip to moviegoers.

The films that inspire the 3D remake was directed by Richard Fleischer and starred Stephen Boyd, Raquel Welch, Edmond O’Brien, Donald Pleasence and James Brolin, watching a group of scientists who are reduced to microscopic dimensions, boarded to a miniature submarine and placed inside the body of a diplomat who was the victim of an assassination attempt in order to save his life.

Find out more about “Fantastic Voyage” from IMDB.

In December 2009, James Cameron initialed a deal with 20th Century Fox production company under which he assumed the duties of executive producer of the science fiction “Fantastic Voyage 3D”, the remake from 1966 which was directed by Richard Fleischer starring Raquel Welch, Edmond O’Brien and Stephen Boyd, and once the triple Oscar winner has decided to tackle this project and began looking for a director.

Although they talk with Paul Greengrass (The Bourne Ultimatum”, “Green Zone”), Darren Aronofsky (“Black Swan”), Timur Bekmambetov (“Wanted”), Jonathan Mostow (“Terminator 3″, “Surrogates”) and Louis Leterrier (“The Incredible Hulk”, “Clash of the Titans”), the director’s chair was left vacant until the Canadian 42-year-old Shawn Levy (“Night at the Museum”, “Date Night”, “The Pink Panther”) read the script prepared by Shane Salerno and Kalogridis Laet and considered promising enough to convince him to sign the contract.”

Hugh Jackman is likely to play a leading role in “Fantastic Voyage” fantasy fiction remake of the same name in 1966. According to Deadline, Jackman is the favorite of Shawn Levy, director of this production that lies behind is James Cameron and will use the new 3D technology. How The wolverine, the next Australian project, the line went dead with the departure of the director Darren Aronofsky and the problems caused by the earthquake in Japan March 11, Jackman could turn its attention to this blockbuster.

“Fantastic Voyage” from 1966 tells the story of a team of researchers who climbs aboard a submarine and, after the boat is reduced to microscopic size, enter the bloodstream of an important scientist to destroy a blood clot that might be fatal. It is not yet known what changes will suffer under the influence of James Cameron’s story, but it is certain that the new “Fantastic Voyage” will take a step forward in terms of special effects used.

Filming could begin later this year and be released in 2013.

Find out more about Fantastic Voyage from IMDB.

The talks between the British film director Paul Greengrass and the studio Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation for the realization of the remake of the film Fantastic Voyage failed. The producers James Cameron and Jon Landau met the director but the meeting did not conclude well.

Greengrass would have now in his target Treasure Island, a new film adaptation of famous classic of Robert Louis Stevenson. The producer Lionel Wigram (Sherlock Holmes) develops the project for Warner Bros. The director is not yet officially engaged on this project. He and Wigram try to get along on the choice of a scenario writer.

Cameron and Landau will try to find another director for Fantastic Voyage which will be turned in 3D with the same technologies used for Avatar.

The scenario writer Shane Salerno (Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem) wrote the scenario of the new version.

The original film, carried out by Richard Fleischer in 1966, told the story of a scientist who dies of the continuations of a blood clot to the brain. His only chance of survival: that five of his colleagues are miniaturized and injected into a microscopic vessel in his blood system.

The director Paul Greengrass (the Bourne franchise) has just begun from the preliminary talks to direct the 3D remake of science fiction film Fantastic Voyage for 20th Century Fox and Lightstorm Entertainment, the production company of James Cameron.

This jump in a project in which the special effects will occupy a privileged place is a first for the British director who is rather known for his use of the shoulder cameras and his dramas inspired by the real life like United 93 and Green Zone.

The film will be made in 3D with the same technologies used by Cameron and John Landau for Avatar. Cameron will be one of the producers for this science fiction film.

The scenario writer Shane Salerno (Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem) was recruited to adapt this remake of the 1966 film which told the story of a scientist who dies of a blood clot to the brain. his only chance of survival: that five of his colleagues are miniaturized and injected into a microscopic vessel in his blood system.

Roland Emmerich already attached to the realization of the movie but it left the project to turn 2012 at Sony at the time of the writers’ strike.