"He added that he wants his version to be 'as authentic as possible and as
close to the spirit of the original as possible.' "
IMHO, he should just do a big-screen scale-up of the Dambusters show
that was on PBS's "Secrets of The Dead"; website for episode:
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/secrets/case_nazidams/about.html
Well done cinematography and audio of the Lancasters doing their ground-
hugging training runs (and flights under utility lines) should be a
treat for the stunt junkies in the audience.
If Jackson combines the "geek factor" of Barnes Wallis (inventor of the
concept), the initial skepticism of Bomber Command, and the melding of
the polyglot group of aviators...
it will surely be war-movie buff "must have", if not a real mainstream hit.
I'm still waiting for the Halo movie.
ping