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Burton and Carrey's RIPLEY is back, BELIEVE IT OR NOT!

Ahoy, squirts! Quint here. Tim Burton and Jim Carrey were supposed to do a flick based on RIPLEY'S BELIEVE IT OR NOT, but for reasons unknown it was shelved. Probably schedule conflicts. Now Paramount has brought in Steve Oedekerk to write the newest draft of the script, effectively breathing new life into the project. Both Burton and Carrey are still attached.

I'm a little mixed on this. Harry said the original script was great. Haven't read it myself, but I am totally, 100% not a fan of Oedekerk's THUMB series... THUMBTANIC, THUMB WARS, etc. I found those and KUNG POW to be like nails on a chalkboard for me. However, I thought BRUCE ALMIGHTY was alright and I'm one of the few people that think ACE VENTURE: WHEN NATURE CALLS is just as funny as the first one. "Your balls are showing..." Oedekerk (Not the Mr. Show guy) scripted those as well. So, he can work well with Carrey...

I'm just happy the movie's still going forward. Could be a helluva fun flick. What do you folks think?


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Will there be male cows with udders?
by theBigE
Dec 18th, 2006
05:09:45 AM
Budget problems?
by theBigE
Dec 18th, 2006
05:10:47 AM
Damn you Michael Bay
by MCMLXXVI
Dec 18th, 2006
05:43:25 AM
Big Fish 2
by GooBoy
Dec 18th, 2006
05:46:06 AM
It's Oedekerk
by Vicenzo
Dec 18th, 2006
05:46:22 AM
Rhino birth
by Trevor Goodchild
Dec 18th, 2006
05:47:39 AM
Nothing To Lose is Oedekerk's masterpiece!
by DerLanghaarige
Dec 18th, 2006
05:52:13 AM
I mean, it's really good!
by DerLanghaarige
Dec 18th, 2006
05:52:50 AM
WHEN NATURE CALLS is just as funny as the first one..
by Amy Chasing
Dec 18th, 2006
05:57:00 AM
The RIPLEY's script
by Nordling
Dec 18th, 2006
06:01:25 AM
Odekerk also wrote PATCH ADAMS.
by Gilkuliehe
Dec 18th, 2006
06:03:48 AM
Give it a chance-maybe it is only minor rewrites?
by kinghenryVIII
Dec 18th, 2006
06:07:34 AM
Someone kill Oedekerk
by JackPumpkinhead
Dec 18th, 2006
06:10:58 AM
Liked it better when Depp was Interested
by DOGSOUP
Dec 18th, 2006
06:21:59 AM
Panaka Bonaqua
by Amy Chasing
Dec 18th, 2006
06:40:22 AM
Oh, come on...
by Halloween68
Dec 18th, 2006
06:42:21 AM
gingivitis is the leading cause of all tooth decay
by triplefive
Dec 18th, 2006
06:57:13 AM
Spank you, happy helperton.
by v for vienetta
Dec 18th, 2006
08:10:13 AM
THUMB WARS and KUNG POW most definitely rock
by SpyGuy
Dec 18th, 2006
08:11:56 AM
"You must be...
by fivecoat
Dec 18th, 2006
08:55:18 AM
Here's the juice on what happened...
by Uncapie
Dec 18th, 2006
09:00:24 AM
Nobody involved is right for this project
by Doctor_Sin
Dec 18th, 2006
09:10:42 AM
Kung Pow:
by neonist
Dec 18th, 2006
09:35:03 AM
More Kung Pow
by neonist
Dec 18th, 2006
09:38:02 AM
If any movie deserves a sequel
by neonist
Dec 18th, 2006
09:49:49 AM
"And you must be...the Crybaby!"
by SpyGuy
Dec 18th, 2006
09:59:39 AM
Love Oedekerk to pieces, but he's not the right guy.
by scrivener
Dec 18th, 2006
10:15:26 AM
WELL
by THE KNIGHT
Dec 18th, 2006
10:25:13 AM
Jim Carrey's funniest movie...
by Spandau Belly
Dec 18th, 2006
10:35:01 AM
Oedekerk used to do stand-up.
by Mr. Nice Gaius
Dec 18th, 2006
10:47:41 AM
And to all you Patch Adams haters...
by Mr. Nice Gaius
Dec 18th, 2006
10:51:54 AM
unspeakable secrets are hidden within
by durhay
Dec 18th, 2006
11:00:24 AM
Oedekerk sucks, this movie is a bad idea
by S-Mart shopper
Dec 18th, 2006
11:21:26 AM
Nothing to Lose had one joke that had me roaring
by myspoonistoobig
Dec 18th, 2006
11:29:08 AM
When Nature Calls was fantastic
by godzillasushi
Dec 18th, 2006
12:08:08 PM
Well, spin the wheel 'cause I don't fuckin believe it!
by Puddleglum
Dec 18th, 2006
12:16:56 PM
Burton will compensate
by Doctor Phibes
Dec 18th, 2006
12:20:05 PM
oedekerk.
by JacksonsPole
Dec 18th, 2006
12:47:49 PM
"So, he can work well with Carrey..." Ridiculous.
by Darth Bauer
Dec 18th, 2006
12:52:45 PM
Yeah, I can't stand JIm Carrey...
by Childe Roland
Dec 18th, 2006
01:04:53 PM
What the heck is wrong with KUNG POW?!!!
by TallBoy66
Dec 18th, 2006
01:24:03 PM
3 CHEERS FOR RHINO BIRTH
by Kurzinski Valentine
Dec 18th, 2006
01:24:26 PM
When Nature Calls is fucking fantastic
by performingmonkey
Dec 18th, 2006
01:32:04 PM
two words
by aicmb
Dec 18th, 2006
01:38:37 PM
hot in the trojan rhino...
by sonnyhooper
Dec 18th, 2006
01:43:43 PM
how many Oedekerk's are there?
by HammeredGuy
Dec 18th, 2006
01:56:28 PM
KUNG POW 2: TOUNGES OF FURY
by Mike_D
Dec 18th, 2006
02:40:25 PM
Don Murphy pwns teh suck.
by Badger999
Dec 18th, 2006
03:28:50 PM
DAMN YOU TOM DELAY!!!
by beefywhore
Dec 18th, 2006
03:32:14 PM
NOTHING TO LOSE
by WISEBLOOD
Dec 18th, 2006
03:58:07 PM
How about Ricky Gervais instead?
by grillskill
Dec 18th, 2006
04:09:12 PM
"Let me know...
by chiahead
Dec 18th, 2006
04:37:05 PM
Call me when...
by Manatee
Dec 18th, 2006
04:52:08 PM
Fuck. Fuck. Fuck. Fuck. Fuck
by Nairb The Movie
Dec 18th, 2006
04:57:39 PM
Carrey needs a hit BADLY!!!!!
by Monkey_King
Dec 18th, 2006
05:09:52 PM
What is the fucking plot?
by Doctor_Sin
Dec 18th, 2006
05:11:33 PM
Nothing to Lose is the shit.
by Lenny Nero
Dec 18th, 2006
05:23:46 PM
And this would be that TV special:
by Lenny Nero
Dec 18th, 2006
05:24:34 PM
Why the fuck is Oedekerk writing this, when...
by DanielKurland
Dec 18th, 2006
07:22:41 PM
Oedekerk is amazingly unfunny
by Lighthouse
Dec 18th, 2006
08:26:53 PM
I am a Communist pig!
by Doctor_Sin
Dec 18th, 2006
08:36:10 PM
All I want to say is...
by Freefinger
Dec 18th, 2006
10:15:10 PM
and...
by Freefinger
Dec 18th, 2006
10:26:59 PM
Chud's header on this is good: "shitty; horrible writer
by JackPumpkinhead
Dec 18th, 2006
10:43:02 PM
I think it's the studios reining Oedekerk in
by Durendal
Dec 18th, 2006
11:49:11 PM
Kung Pow was great..
by FrodosBlueBalls
Dec 18th, 2006
11:53:45 PM
WNC is still Carrey's funniest movie...
by workshed
Dec 19th, 2006
07:05:00 AM
Oedekirk? That guys a fucking fruit loop
by BendersShinyAss
Dec 19th, 2006
08:05:56 AM
Gong Li!
by Spender
Dec 19th, 2006
09:53:04 AM
Oedekerk. Only reason that guy keeps getting work is...
by Gandalf The Gaye
Dec 19th, 2006
01:35:10 PM
As berserk as GOD OF COOKERY is...
by Harry Weinstein
Dec 19th, 2006
05:15:18 PM
I was really looking forward to this.
by Rakafraker
Dec 20th, 2006
06:41:31 PM

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