Charles Darwin Movie in the Works at Disney, reports Variety:
Disney has launched development on a Charles Darwin movie with Stephen Gaghan on board to direct from his own screenplay.
The studio acquired an untitled pitch from Gaghan, whose credits include writing the Oscar-winning “Traffic” and directing “Syriana” from his own script. Gaghan is in pre-production to direct Black Bear Pictures’ mining drama “Gold,” starring Matthew McConaughey.
Darwin, the English naturalist and geologist, established that all species of life have descended from common ancestors in his 1859 book “On the Origin of Species.”
“Untitled,” you say? This sounds like a job for…The Science League of America! When I first heard the news, I tweeted out a series of options for titles, most leaning more nerdy than plausible, and others quickly joined in.
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CHARLES DARWIN VS. THE SECRET BOOK PROJECT
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CHARLES DARWIN AND THE KINGDOM OF THE DIVERGENT SKULL MORPHOLOGY
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CHARLES DARWIN AND THE LAST UNIVERSAL COMMON ANCESTOR
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CHARLES DARWIN AND THE SUBFOSSILIZED GROUND SLOTH REMAINS
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CHARLES DARWIN AND THE SLOWLY-SINKING STONE
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CHARLES DARWIN AND THE DECADES OF CORRESPONDENCE TO BE PAINSTAKINGLY DIGITIZED
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CHARLES DARWIN AND THE HORRENDOUS SEASICKNESS
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CHARLES DARWIN AND THE SANDWALK
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CHARLES DARWIN AND THE NOXIOUS BEETLE IN HIS MOUTH
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CHARLES DARWIN AND THE IGUANA THAT WOULDN’T STAY IN THE OCEAN
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CHARLES DARWIN AND THE ANOMALOUS MOCKINGBIRDS
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CHARLES DARWIN AND THE EERILY SIMILAR FOX SPECIES
Glenn Branch, who doesn’t use Twitter, allowed me to share:
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CHARLES DARWIN AND THE LAND OF FIRE
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CHARLES DARWIN AND THE DENUDATION OF THE WEALD
Stephanie Keep suggested:
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CHARLES DARWIN AND THE ENCHANTED ARCHIPELAGO
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CHARLES & BARNY: A TALE OF FRIENDSHIP BETWEEN A MAN AND A BARNACLE.
Alan Dove added several others, of which my favorites were:
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PIRATES OF THE GALÁPAGOS
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SELECTING FOR NEMO
Feel free to make your own suggestions in the comments! No need to stick to the Indiana Jones/Harry Potter format!
