[VOA]

"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.

[racing fan]

I persume there probably will be an extended 6 hour version of the movie and multiple dvd releases like Lord of the Rings and King Kong.

[Tijeras_Slim]

as close to the spirit of the original as possible.

I got $50 that says they change the dogs name. ;)

[Heyworth]

A friend of mine was a movie development guy for a while several years ago. The company he was working for had Jackson all but committed to do a movie based on Frank Luke, the balloon-busting WW1 American ace. Great script, Jackson's all excited. The only hold-up is that he's waiting for one last studio to pass on his LOTR project, once that happens, he's in...

My friend had a deactivated German Maxim machine gun they'd borrowed for presentations under his bed for a couple of months until they had to give it back.