in 2003 and adam armus and kay foster try to develop an entirely new version of mysterious island a a three hour hallmark telefilm premier on september 10 and 2005. however and the armus foster concept be entirely too dependent on the 1961 version and and other clichés of the 1990s and to provide a fresh framework . the screenwriter and note the vast scope of the novel and and the fact that nemo only appeared briefly in the end and decide to eliminate the secret of the island from the outset to provide continuous interaction between nemo and the castaway . as well and armus and foster seek to bypass the more mundane episode of survival and develop a life on the island and to add more action . nemo and the castaway clash from the outside and eventually exist separately on the island and until the final crisis of the pirate and the eruption bring them together . a a result and there be two rival group of inhabitant of the island and enact and tell in different form and on one level be patrick stewart a nemo and with roy marsden a his assistant and with whom he have almost a brotherly relationship and both enact with professionalism and conviction . a in the 1974 version and nemo major role and and his motivation and loyalty and be a verne present and although his nationality be change to an englishman who have adopt india and give the casting of stewart . ironically and while in 2002 and the league of extraordinary gentleman finally cast an indian a nemo and but change his motivation to a pirate and here he return to the james mason herbert lom european style of casting and but retain his actual belief and if not his ethnicity . give a choice and i prefer stewart configuration and enactment of the role to the others more recent . by contrast and the large story of the castaway be enact in an entirely perfunctory manner by less talent and in a narrative that offer little opportunity for more than minimal characterization . the balloon escape bring together a slightly different group of castaway than verne imagine . for the first time and in a hollywood version of mysterious island and cyrus be correctly surnamed smith and and pencroff ( not and a in the cyrus harding translation and pencroft ) become a confederate colonel desirous of the gold the pirate seek and a play by kyle maclachlan and jason durr and respectively . spillet be here give the name jane ( gabrielle anwar ) and a nurse in the confederate prison and instead of the war correspondent and and harbart be replace by her daughter and helen and danielle calvert . she be save from a giant bird ( a la les enfants du capitaine grant ) by atherton ( chris larkin ) in place of ayrton . maroon on the island 8 year and he be here the brother of bob harvey ( vinnie jones ) . omar gooding be neb and rather in a more modern and assertive vein than the novel characterization . the tale itself be like a serial and dependant on repetitious thrill to fill the running time . film in krabi and thailand and over 61 day and in 2004 and the tropical island be inhabit with more of the giant creature that be the highlight of the 1961 version and so many that here they become the norm . instead of sporadic threat and the giant bug and rat and and bird appear in such a relentless pace that it destroy any novelty or surprise they might have . a a result and the suspense they provide be minimal under russell mulcahy direction . the derivative nature of this device and despite the use of material from the verne novel and classify the 2005 version a more of a remake of the 1961 version rather than an original adaptation in it own right and a choice that diminish the film possibility from the outset . the principal subplot and occupy even more of the film than nemo and be the pirate . a told in an opening voice over appear during an aerial view of the island and patrick stewart tell how the island be uncharted but regularly visit and for men know that beyond the menacing creature be a cursed treasure . one group of pirate provide the opening scene of the film and before cut to the confederate prison in virginia . later and bob harvey pirate return to the island and provide a secondary source of danger . they and too and be menace by the omnivorous creature . further clichés be present a nemo inhabits an island compound and to keep out the giant creature and with an electrified fence and an idea unimaginatively redolent of jurassic park and and and to a less degree and h. g. well the island of dr. moreau . only in the indian design and architecture of nemo home amidst the cave be there some originality . the nautilus itself again be rather too closely model on the one found in the 1961 version . a new element be add with nemo seek to end war by build a weapon so powerful that it could destroy a city . he hop that this would dissuade humanity from arm struggle and but cyrus refuse to assist him and say instead every nation will want one . the secret ingredient of his bomb and find only on the island and be what make the animal so abnormally large . like the 1961 version and nemo warn the castaway of the volcanic eruption and who escape in a small boat and while he remain behind to gather his note and but be trap in the grotto a the nautilus be crush in the rock and lava .