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Another Tidbit About GOAL, The UK Soccer Trilogy!!

Published at:  Nov 10, 2004 6:01:19 AM CST

Hi, everyone. "Moriarty" here with some Rumblings From The Lab...



Hey, call me crazy, but I want to see this. I was more excited when it was Michael Winterbottom in charge of things, but there’s something really intriguing about the idea of a trilogy of films tracing the rise of a professional soccer player, especially one that mixes reality and fiction like this:



Hey-ho from rainy, dark Blighty.

The Guardian newspaper in the UK today ran a story announcing the involvement of superstar footballer David Beckham (otherwise known to most State-siders as Posh Spice's husband) in Danny Cannon's soccer trilogy, GOAL!

The films, previously under the command of Michael Winterbottom until genuine creative differences between him and the studio over the style in which the movie was to be shot, will cover the career of a young soccer-star played by Y Tu Mama Tambien's Diego Luna as he moves from relative obscurity to the English Premiership's Newcastle United, then on to Europe's most powerful and star-filled team, Real Madrid.

I'm not too sure what worries me more: the thought of David Beckham (alongside fellow Real Madrid teammates and similarly legendary players Zinedine Zidance and Roberto Carlos) "acting" - all three will play themselves as Luna's teammates - or the fact that the trilogy is being directed by the man behind the hideous Stallone-starring Judge Dredd.

Here's the link to the full story

CLICK HERE!!

England's poshest scooper,

Top Hat 'n' Tails

Cannon’s been doing his time in director’s jail, and serving up some stylish work as one of the primary guys behind CSI, so maybe he’ll bring something new to the table this time out. We’ll see...



"Moriarty" out.








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  • Nov 10, 2004 7:40:27 AM CST

    Newcastle United FC!

    by pumpkinsboy

    Greatest Club in the world. Good choice. Beckham acting? Uhhh.....

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  • Nov 10, 2004 7:54:30 AM CST

    it should have been notttingham forest ..

    by darth_binge

    Figo, Beckham, Ronaldo piffle nothing on Marlon King, Gareth Taylor and Jon-Olav Hjelde. haha no but seriously didnt danny cannon ban the original 2000 AD dredd writers from the set ? fool.

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  • Nov 10, 2004 8:05:37 AM CST

    TOON ARMY!

    by coatsy uk

    Never thought I'd be writing that that in a talkback...

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  • Nov 10, 2004 11:27:18 AM CST

    I think it sounds awesome too...

    by viola123

    I mean, doesn't it? I want to see this entire trilogy and with the blech that's to come in the coming year(s), I think something like this will be different, original, and charming. And exciting too. Soccer is a wonderful game to watch, and when choreographed for a film, I imagine it will be all the more. Yay!

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  • Nov 10, 2004 11:51:17 AM CST

    You must check out the website of this guy 'Frankie Truman'

    by splicer

    He really knows a lot about soccer football.

    http://www.urbanreflex.com/jun14_02/world_cup.html

    Check it out.

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  • Nov 10, 2004 2:22:31 PM CST

    The character must not be that good of a player...

    by kurutteru yatsu

    ...or else Chelsea would have bought him. And while we're on the subject of footy: GO DC UNITED!!! Bring the Cup back to RFK! WOO HOO!!!!!!

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  • Nov 10, 2004 8:10:23 PM CST

    Old Squeaky Balls

    by high grade 4 eva

    Lets hope they overdub Beckhams voice with someone a bit manlier, joe pasquale maybe? A trilogy of football films, ooh, pass the kleenex! Not!

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  • Nov 11, 2004 12:46:28 PM CST

    Howay the lads! Hopefully these films will attract the best defe

    by silver_joo

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