{"id":28523,"date":"2008-03-17T19:55:46","date_gmt":"2008-03-18T00:55:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/2008\/03\/17\/28523-fry-resumes-work-on-dambusters-screenplay\/"},"modified":"2008-03-17T19:55:46","modified_gmt":"2008-03-18T00:55:46","slug":"fry-resumes-work-on-dambusters-screenplay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/2008\/03\/17\/28523-fry-resumes-work-on-dambusters-screenplay\/","title":{"rendered":"Fry resumes work on Dambusters screenplay"},"content":{"rendered":"

British writer and comedian Stephen Fry is back at work on a third draft of his screenplay for Peter Jackson’s remake of The Dambusters after being delayed by the United States writers’ strike. Fry also had interviewed squadron members of the famous raid and production staff had visited locations in Britain and Germany where the World War 2 events took place. Jackson is producing the remake of the classic war movie, to be directed by special effects expert Christian Rivers, and has commissioned Fry to write the script. Fry revealed details of his scriptwriting on his internet blog and podcast. He said he spent time last year “zooming around England meeting old survivors of the original raid and people connected with survivors” as research for a second draft of the script. Fry resumes work on Dambusters screenplay<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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