The Australian government is prepared to offer Disney a 30 percent locations rebate (worth about $20 million) for the studio to shoot their remake of 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea down under.
THR says that Disney execs will meet federal arts minister Simon Crean in Canberra on Thursday to finalize a deal before the Mouse House officially green lights the project. Disney scouts are said to be looking at Village Roadshow Studios in Queensland, where Terra Nova was filmed, and Fox Studios in Sydney, the primary shooting location for The Wolverine.
Although David Fincher is still developing the remake of the 1954 Jules Verne classic, local reports that Brad Pitt will star are at this time incorrect.
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