Now another spy, this time from a land far far away, we have this about an Emmerich project called either THE 13th FLOOR or WORLD ON WIRE. Here's all the details as this spy saw them...
another emmerich-project is "world on wire", based on the book "simulacron 3" by daniel f. galouye. the project-title was "the 13. floor".
emmerich will produce with his centropolis/streamline, german filmmaker joseph rusnak directs.
facts:
the movie is a remake of the 1973 2 part tv-movie "welt am draht" (that means "world on a wire") from famous german director rainer werner fassbinder.
emmerich will produce in usa and germany, shooting in the us, post production and special effects in germany. the movie will be shot in english language.
the "filmfoundation of the state of north-rhine-westfalia" (a german state) will co-finance the movie with an amount of 4 Mio DM (about 3 Mio $). that means: this is free money from the film funding of the gouverment, he won't pay back anything. 4 mio dm is the highest amount a movie ever got from any of the nummerous german film financing foundations to this date.
budget for "world on a wire": 20 mio us dollar start shooting: january 1998 in los angeles german theatrical rights: jugendfilm international rights: sony (columbia/tristar)
the story:
Somewhere in the future there is a computer project called Simulacron one of which is able to simulate a full featured reality, when suddenly project leader Henry Vollmer dies. His successor Dr. Fred Stiller experiences odd phenomena. A good friend, Guenther Lause, disappears in the middle of a conversation and a week later nobody has ever heard of him. And those fits of dizzyness - Stiller cannot believe himself to be fool. There has to be an explanation for all this. Could Simulacron have something to do with it?
yes, it does! stiller takes a trip in the computer's animated virtual reality. and here, after some adventures, he finds out ... (HARRY NOTE: I'm not gonna tell you that!!!!)
