…although NOTHING to do with The Few this time, I promise!!
Was having a quick browse at the Steven Spielberg fansite, and found this:
UNTITLED ISRAELI AIR FORCE FILM
On July 1, 2002, Steven Spielberg was quoted in The London Telegraph detailing future plans to direct a film about the formation of the Israeli Air Force.
“Before statehood was achieved,” Spielberg told the Telegraph, “Syria and Egypt had their tanks and military equipment lined up to invade Tel Aviv and destroy it; but the Israelis scrambled together an air force, some of it from old Second World War Messerschmidts, and the invasion was halted. It’s the story of the scramble to find the planes.”
No definitive timeline (if any comes to fruition) exists for the film, as least by Spielberg’s last comment on it back in 2002.
“I don’t know when I’ll get around to it or when I’ll have a script I’m ready to direct, but I’m working on it right now,” Spielberg said.
In 2003, rumors were going around Israel that a casting agent was working for Spielberg’s offices to find Israeli actors for a project to be filmed in country. If true, this could connect the agent’s work with the Air Force project, VENGEANCE (see below), or perhaps another project yet unmentioned all together!
Interesting stuff – but, obviously, nothing known for certain yet.
By: Corsair166b - 15th January 2004 at 19:00
Wish you guys would quit farting around and tell us who the guy on the left at the top with Spielberg is……
So that means we have ‘The Few’ getting ready to start filming, ‘The Howard Hughes story’ almost in the can and with a December release this year, and now a potential Spielberg project off and running (and we all know HE knows how to put a plane on film)….looks like a few projects to look forward to!
Mark
By: Arabella-Cox - 15th January 2004 at 17:59
Originally posted by Bigglesworth
I stand corrected!:o There must be two places with the same name. I must admit that I wasn’t aware of an airfield at Haddenham Cambs, I’d assumed a ‘large farm strip’ was used….
Would certainly have to be pretty big to get five Beaus in and out again! 😀 But yes, that’s exactly what I’d thought when I first heard the story. Heard the name Haddenham, and immediately assumed it was the Cambs one. Incidentally, I’ve just had a look at the AA’s website and apparently Haddenham is classed as Buckinghamshire, not Oxfordshire. Either way, it’s about two miles north east of Thame.
As I say, I’ve got the full story at home somewhere so I’ll dig it out as soon as I can.
By: Bigglesworth - 15th January 2004 at 17:50
Originally posted by SteveYoung
Pretty certain it was from a Haddenham airfield, near Thame in Oxfordshire. I’ve got some more details about the story at home somewhere but unfortunately I’m off out this evening so I’ll try to dig it out tomorrow night. Unless someone else beats me to it!
I stand corrected!:o There must be two places with the same name. I must admit that I wasn’t aware of an airfield at Haddenham Cambs, I’d assumed a ‘large farm strip’ was used….
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