In Palomares, a southern Spanish town, in 1966, two North American planes, a B-52 bomber and a KC-135 refueling, collided in flight, and accidentally dropped several nuclear bombs in the area. None of them exploded, but they did release radioactive plutonium that contaminated the entire area.
In relation to this fact, Hollywood has announced, in the mouth of the producer Miramax Films, which will be brought to the big screen. Will be called "Thank you very much, Bob Oppenheimer«, And will deal with a US military man who is sent to the Andalusian fishing village, after the incident. During his mission, the soldier cannot help but go around the place, and begin to establish a relationship with the natives of the site, becoming fond of them. Apart from coming to look for the fallen bombs, he ends up falling in love with a local girl ...
The first version of the script was written by Dolan Smith, the same one who wrote «grace under fire«. Currently, in the definitive version, Daniel Tapliz, also a writer of «Chaos Theory«. The producer will be Mark Gordon, a gentleman already an expert in historical and war films, having been part of the production of «Saving Private Ryan«.
Since the film is still in the gestation stage, its premiere cannot be expected until 2011, I reckon.