Hello,
Found this on a Peter Jackson site (The B******* Have Landed!):
” Hollywood Call for Just Jane
HOLLYWOOD fame beckons Just Jane, the Lancaster Bomber at East Kirkby Aviation Heritage Centre, as she could feature in the remake of the Dambusters.
Movie giant Peter Jackson, who directed the Lord of the Rings trilogy and King Kong, has visited the centre twice to look at Jane, which is one of only three working Lancasters in the world.
Mr Jackson will produce the remake of this renowned moment of war history with Sir David Frost, who accompanied Mr Jackson to East Kirkby.
The script will be written by Stephen Fry who also visited the centre.
Museum curator Andrew Panton said: “They had a taxi ride in Jane and looked around the museum.
“I think they came to get a feeling for it all and see what a
Lancaster looks like on the inside.
“They have not officially said they will use it but they have said when they come back it is likely they will.”
When Stephen Fry visited he brought the last remaining flight engineer from the Dambusters crew, Ray Grayston, of Woodhall Spa, along to interview in Jane’s cockpit.
Mr Jackson informed Fred and Harold Panton, who own the aviation centre, most of the movie will be filmed in his native New Zealand, but some footage will be shot in England.
Andrew said: “It was quite an honour to have them with us. It’s good they even know about it.
“It certainly puts us on the map.”
The original Dambusters film told the true tale of how Britain created bouncing bombs to destroy German dams during the Second World War.
The Pantons are now awaiting confirmation about whether Jane will get her moment of fame. “
Anybody know any more?
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