Moby Dick Meets Aliens From Outer Space
If we survived “Pride and Prejudice and Zombies,” I reckon we’ll survive this: Acclaimed British film-maker Lynne Ramsay looks to be one step closer to bringing her ambitious science fiction take on Herman Melville’s classic tale of brooding obsession on the high seas, “Moby-Dick,” to the big screen. Ramsay is writing the screenplay with Rory Kinnear, who collaborated with her on “We Need to Talk About Kevin.” The Glasgow-born director first revealed details of the project a year ago, when she said it would be shot on a low budget. “We’re taking the premise into the galaxy,” she said. “We’re creating a whole new world, and a new alien. [It’s] a very psychological piece, mainly taking place in the ship, a bit like ‘Das Boot,’ so it’s quite claustrophobic. It’s another monster movie, cos the monster’s Ahab.”
