World War Z helmer Marc Foster is set to direct and produce The Downslope, a Civil War drama based on an original screenplay written in 1956 by prolific filmmaker Stanley Kubrick.
According to Variety, The Downslope is being adapted into a trilogy of films by Forster, which will be overseen by producers Lauren Selig (Lone Survivor), Barry Levine (Oblivion), and rights holders Phil Hobbs (Full Metal Jacket) and Steve Lanning.
Here’s what we know so far about the plot of Kubrick’s unproduced script: “The Downslope” centers on a series of Civil War battles in the Shenandoah Valley between Union General George Armstrong Custer and Confederate Colonel John Singleton Mosby, known as the Gray Ghost for his stealth and elusiveness. His cavalrymen, known as Mosby’s Rangers, continually outsmarted the much larger enemy forces in a sequence of raids, which enraged Custer and created a cycle of revenge between the two men.”
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According to Variety, The Downslope is being adapted into a trilogy of films by Forster, which will be overseen by producers Lauren Selig (Lone Survivor), Barry Levine (Oblivion), and rights holders Phil Hobbs (Full Metal Jacket) and Steve Lanning.
Here’s what we know so far about the plot of Kubrick’s unproduced script: “The Downslope” centers on a series of Civil War battles in the Shenandoah Valley between Union General George Armstrong Custer and Confederate Colonel John Singleton Mosby, known as the Gray Ghost for his stealth and elusiveness. His cavalrymen, known as Mosby’s Rangers, continually outsmarted the much larger enemy forces in a sequence of raids, which enraged Custer and created a cycle of revenge between the two men.”
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