Director Rupesh Paul says "Vanishing Act," his upcoming film about missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, will work as a standalone thriller no matter what happens in real life.
Paul tells THR that the film will not affect any passengers' families: "Our movie is a thriller. It will not be based on stupid things. There will not be a [gun] and there will not be any aliens. The controversy will help indirectly, but we are not cashing in on the flight."
Despite the subject matter, Paul says there is a market for the film: "People do not want a documentary, they want a thriller. Why should I make a movie on anything that does not attract people?". The plan is to have the movie ready for a theatrical release in the Fall.
MH370 vanished without a trace on March 8th with 239 people onboard, despite a thorough search there is still no indication as to what really happened.
Paul tells THR that the film will not affect any passengers' families: "Our movie is a thriller. It will not be based on stupid things. There will not be a [gun] and there will not be any aliens. The controversy will help indirectly, but we are not cashing in on the flight."
Despite the subject matter, Paul says there is a market for the film: "People do not want a documentary, they want a thriller. Why should I make a movie on anything that does not attract people?". The plan is to have the movie ready for a theatrical release in the Fall.
MH370 vanished without a trace on March 8th with 239 people onboard, despite a thorough search there is still no indication as to what really happened.
- 5/19/2014
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
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