Marc Forster, the famous director of some of Hollywood's box office hit movies, is planning to create a feature trilogy on Stanley Kubrick's "The Downslope" screenplay alongside Lauren Selig.
Marc Forster has made a name for himself as he has created movies like "World War Z", "Monster's Ball", and "Finding Neverland" to hit the box office for the last years. For his next project, Forster plans on producing and directing "The Downslope", an original screenplay by Stanley Kubrick as a means to commemorate the latter's talents to not go to waste, according to Deadline.
Kubrick has been nominated four times for an Oscar award for being an outstanding director, five times for being a writer, and three times for being a producer. This comes to show that his talents have captured the interest of Forster who declares that his efforts in "The Downslope" is too much of a waste if not put into a trilogy. Additionally, like Forster, Steven Spielberg, one of the most successful people in film, also adapted works by Kubrick.
According to Variety, the family of Kubrick supports Forster's efforts in instilling the late Kubrick's talents as something that needs to earn recognition through film just like Kubrick's efforts on his allegorical war film "Fear and Desire". Additionally, he also created "Paths of Glory", which, like "Fear and Desire" share the "anti-war stories" similar to that of "The Downslope".
The original screenplay "The Downslope" is that of a historical action-drama piece which is basically an anti-war story surrounding the strategic series of Civil War battles in the Shenandoah Valley involving General George Armstrong Custer and Confederate Colonel John Singleton Mosby. The said strategies have been recognized through history as the "Gray Ghost" stealth strategies that will be featured in Forster's rendition of the screenplay.
Lauren Selig, the producer of "Lone Survivor", along with Barry Levine, the producer of "Hercules" and "Oblivion", and Renee Wolfe, the maker of "All I See Is You" are all creating this film masterpiece alongside Forster.
Will Marc Forster bring justice to the genius work of the late Stanley Kubrick on "The Downslope"? Will the experienced people in film such as Lauren Selig, Barry Levine, and Renee Wolfe be able to overcome the success that Steven Spielberg gained when he adopted one of Kubrick's works before? Post your comments below.
