[Clioman]

There was a brief mention in an enthusiast magazine [for the life of me, can't remember the title, but it's been within the last few months] to the effect that Russell Crowe recently paid a quiet 'look-see' visit to the sailing ship used to film the movie. The ship's museum staff were delighted to give him a tour, said the article, and in the process he is reported to have told them that there is a sequel in the works. Anybody else heard this?

[jalisco555]

The ship is the Rose, a very authentic replica of a British fighting ship (I forget which class). For years the Rose offered paying passengers the opportunity to crew her as she sailed the Eastern seaboard. Passengers would climb the rigging and do all the other chores necessary to sail the ship. I had planned to do this myself but the Rose's owners sold her so she could be used to make the film so my procastination cost me the opportunity.

[Vinnie]

....and in the process he is reported to have told them that there is a sequel in the works.....

Excellent news.
I want to find out what happens if and when he catches the French vessel.( causing the Frogs to fly the white flag)

[Alkhin]

The ship's museum staff were delighted to give him a tour, said the article, and in the process he is reported to have told them that there is a sequel in the works. Anybody else heard this?

Yes, that has been reported among the fan-circles I roam in...but like you, have not heard anything more about it. Personally, while I would love to see "Jack at sea" - there is also a wealth of story in what happens to Jack and Stephen on land - a certain scene of a dancing bear and an attempt to leave France without being caught come to mind. Stephen's "spying" activities could easily make for some thrilling movie works, especially since Jack on land is not the same as Jack at sea. And it would be far cheaper for them to film more of it on land than anything else.

But Crowe is full up for the next year in "American Gangster" (Ridley Scott) and a remake of "3:10 to Yuma". I keep hoping Scott will take up Weir's mantle of doing another M&C movie, but I dont know how well he knows the books...

[SuziQ]

There is a whole series of "Jack Aubry and "Stephen Maturin" books, so there is a lot of material from which to choose to do another movie. I loved the movie, Master and Commander. The Jack Aubry books are, IMO, the naval equivalent of Bernard Cornell's "Richard Sharpe" books, about the British Army in Europe during the Napoleanic Wars.

[bert]

.....Anybody else heard this?.....

If you recall, the good Capitan learned that the French Capitan was not dead, merely wounded and onboard the captured vessel now captianed by the Brit First Officer.

At this point he set off again in pursuit as the movie ended.

The next movie will be a continuation of the first imho


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[bert]

.....Anybody else heard this?.....

If you recall, the good Capitan learned that the French Capitan was not dead, merely wounded and onboard the captured vessel now captianed by the Brit First Officer.

At this point he set off again in pursuit as the movie ended.

The next movie will be a continuation of the first imho

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