![]() Men and boys scurry for their lives as various wooden features across the ships main deck are torn apart by the blast, showering everyone in splinters. The flash of multiple cannons is seen in the fog and the Surprise is hit seconds later in an explosion of timber. The movie starts with a bang as Aubrey must fend off the French frigate that appears out of a thick sea fog like a ghost. Now admittedly this plot might seem dull if you think about it, blokes on old galleons, old fashioned Euro politics, period costumes, stiff upper lips everywhere etc.but you'd be wrong. Eventually whilst docked within the Galapagos Islands they stumble across the French and see an opportunity for attack, but in order to secure victory Aubrey must come up with something devilishly cunning in order to get in close to the French vessel. The British follow the ship to hell and back through savage storms and freezing weather conditions trying to stop the French from attacking British whaling ships. The French ship is stronger and faster leaving the Surprise heavily damaged, nevertheless Aubrey carries on with the hunt. The story starts of seeing Aubrey (Russell Crowe) of the HMS Surprise under attack from the French vessel (Privateer) Acheron, the very vessel Aubrey is under orders to seek and destroy basically. The plot and characters being comprised of various segments from various novels in the Maturin series, the main two being obviously Master and Commander and HMS Surprise (there are 20 novels in the series). This movie is an adaptation of a series of sea naval novels by Patrick O' Brian. The fictional epic sea yarns of Captain Jack Aubrey during the Napoleonic Wars in the early 1800's. Though Napoleon is winning the war and the men and their crew face an onslaught of obstacles, including their own internal battles, "Lucky Jack" is determined that nothing will stop the Surprise from completing its mission. Surprise, the brash Captain Jack Aubrey (Russell Crowe) and his trusted friend, the ship's scholarly surgeon, Stephen Maturin (Paul Bettany), are ordered to hunt down and capture a powerful French vessel off the South American coast. The movie grossed more than $211 million at the box office and was nominated for ten Oscars, including Best Director and Best Picture, and won for Best Cinematography.In 1805, aboard the H.M.S. ![]() Paul Bettany also starred as the ship's surgeon. Directed by Peter Weir and co-written by Weir and John Collee, the movie followed Russell Crowe as Captain Jack Aubrey and his pursuit of a French war vessel on the open waters. It's also unclear when shooting will tentatively begin, along with the studio's targeted release window.īased on the original book series by Patrick O'Brian, Master and Commander was previously adapted into a movie as 2003's Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World. The project is said to be in its early stages and there isn't a director or any actors currently attached at this time. Per Deadline, the studio is moving forward on a new movie adaptation with A Monster Calls writer Patrick Ness writing the script. Eighteen years after the release of the original movie, 20th Century Studios is developing a new Master and Commander movie.
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