For purists, the film is more Indiana Jones than Jules Verne:
This 2008 theatrical film starring Brendan Fraser reimagines the story as a "meta-sequel" where the novel itself is treated as a real-life guidebook. a journey to the center of the earth movie
The film explicitly acknowledges these changes by having the characters use Verne’s book as a guide —so when they find something Verne described accurately, they cheer; when they find something he got “wrong,” they improvise. For purists, the film is more Indiana Jones
Journey to the Center of the Earth | Raising Children Network Weiss, Jennifer Flackett, Mark Levin | | Starring
| Aspect | Detail | |--------|--------| | | Eric Brevig (visual effects veteran; Total Recall , The Perfect Storm ) | | Writers | Michael D. Weiss, Jennifer Flackett, Mark Levin | | Starring | Brendan Fraser, Josh Hutcherson, Anita Briem | | Budget | ~$60 million | | Box Office | ~$244 million worldwide | | Format | Live-action Digital 3D (one of the first mainstream films shot entirely with the Reality Camera System ) |