Oceans are now, once again, battlefields. Master and Commander is going back to the big screen thanks to a new prequel film.
will be receiving the prequel treatment from 20th Century.writer Patrick Ness, the epic story of Captain Jack Aubrey and Stephen Maturin —set during the Napoleonic Wars—will finally be expanded upon nearly 20 years later…though not as a sequel like many had hoped for.
While the original Peter Weir film was adapted from three books in the literary series and intended for more film sequels—not to mention that it received 10 Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture—they never got off the ground past that first film. Instead, this new story will be traveling back in time to young Aubrey and Maturin in the first book. This means that the characters will most likely no longer be played by Crowe and Bettany, as the actors will have aged out of the parts.
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