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TALKS are under way for a Dad’s Army movie starring a FEMALE Captain Mainwaring.
Jimmy Perry, who wrote the original BBC sitcom with the late David Croft, says the script is at an early stage and he has negotiated film rights.
The news follows the death last week of Dad’s Army star Clive Dunn — famed as bumbling Lance-Corporal Jack Jones for his phrase: “Don’t panic!”
But now die-hards are doing just that over the Mainwaring bombshell. A spokesman for the Dad’s Army Appreciation Society revealed there had been “groans” from members.
With most of the TV cast now dead, fans fear the film cannot ring true to the telly version, which ended in 1977.
But Dad’s Army expert David Brooks reckons the film could be a box office hit if it is “loyal to the genre of the original”.
Women were allowed into the Home Guard four years after the start of the Second World War. But Midge Gillies, author of WW2 book Waiting For Hitler, said: “A female captain sounds pretty unlikely.”
A 1971 film of Dad’s Army featured the TV cast. But Ralph Montagu, who oversaw the remastering for DVD, said: “The film started very well but couldn’t maintain the pace of the TV episodes.”
Read more: http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showbiz/tv/4643015/Mums-army-Panic.html#ixzz2CBDOJdMC
Jimmy Perry, who wrote the original BBC sitcom with the late David Croft, says the script is at an early stage and he has negotiated film rights.
The news follows the death last week of Dad’s Army star Clive Dunn — famed as bumbling Lance-Corporal Jack Jones for his phrase: “Don’t panic!”
But now die-hards are doing just that over the Mainwaring bombshell. A spokesman for the Dad’s Army Appreciation Society revealed there had been “groans” from members.
With most of the TV cast now dead, fans fear the film cannot ring true to the telly version, which ended in 1977.
But Dad’s Army expert David Brooks reckons the film could be a box office hit if it is “loyal to the genre of the original”.
Women were allowed into the Home Guard four years after the start of the Second World War. But Midge Gillies, author of WW2 book Waiting For Hitler, said: “A female captain sounds pretty unlikely.”
A 1971 film of Dad’s Army featured the TV cast. But Ralph Montagu, who oversaw the remastering for DVD, said: “The film started very well but couldn’t maintain the pace of the TV episodes.”
Read more: http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showbiz/tv/4643015/Mums-army-Panic.html#ixzz2CBDOJdMC