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Martin Scorsese to go fantasy/sci-fi with THE INVENTION OF HUGO CABRET?
Ahoy, squirts! Quint here. Now, Martin Scorsese has a ton on his plate, so there's no saying which of the half-dozen projects he might go with next... these projects include a sequel to THE DEPARTED, LAST DUEL: A TRUE STORY OF CRIME, SCANDAL AND TRIAL BY COMBAT IN MEDIEVAL FRANCE and SILENCE.
Warner Bros nabbed up the rights to a Scholastic book called THE INVENTION OF HUGO CABRET, which John Logan is adapting and Scorsese is potentially directing.
It sounds a little like the story is a period fantasy. Not too out there, but one of those "magic of a child's imagination" type stories, but with an automaton... I don't know, something you'd imagine hearing Alfonso Cuaron or Jean Pierre Jeunet attacking. says it's about a 12 year old orphan who lives in the walls of a Paris train station in the 1930s. There's a mystery involving this boy's father and a robot. Will he pick this film? Who knows, but the involvement of AVIATOR collaborator John Logan puts it in a likely position. I'd love to see Scorsese tackle something so radically different. What about you?
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Go for it Martin!
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In the words of the Departeds own Marky Mark, is the man friggin retawted? Boston accent is hard to type.
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Could be crap. Could be decent.
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Sorry.
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after reading The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt, I'm jonesing for an epic Teddy movie, and after seein pic of the young and scrappy roosevelt, i can easily see D'Caprio playin the role.
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I'd rather see that than yet another kiddie fantasy flick.
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...so I don't think Sci-Fi is his thing. He should stick to historical bio-pics(RKO, AVIATOR).
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I thought this had been ruled out now?
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I'd misread the quote about The Departed sequel, there could be one but it won't have any elements of the Infernal Affairs sequel and prequel in it.
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Yes he does.
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I've never had so many dingle berries in my ass at one time before. I'm tempted to eat one
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Can the automaton kindly kick somebody's ass by repeatedly slamming a car door on him? It can be Model T, I guess. Oh and it is about time he reteamed with Jodie Foster who we would now meet at the END of a career hooking. In France. With armpit hair. Heck, Harvey Keitel should be in it. He should play the automaton/pimp. He'll run an automat... A hooker automat.
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Yeah, John Logan wrote STAR TREK: NEMESIS and BATS, but he also wrote GLADIATOR, ANY GIVEN SUNDAY, THE LAST SAMURAI and THE AVIATOR. He also wrote the script for the new Tim Burton picture SWEENY TODD, the script for the new Brad Bird movie 1906 and the script fot Michael Mann's next movie starring Tom Cruise, THE FEW. So before you go dissing an accomplished writer (or actor (ie Will Smith)) know what the fuck you're talking about!
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If you want to say something is retarded in a Boston sounding way, you just replace the 'r' sound with an 'h'... like this...
retahded... see because retawded sounds more like New York, so remember it's... retAHded... But be warned, if you start talking that way, people may start to think you are re-TAH-ded. -
then i say go, marty, go!
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It's a great flick and Ken Watanabe is awesome in it.
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he's already proven that he's adept at virtually any film style. yet, all people want him to be is the 'mafia' guy. but, with kundun, he clearly shows that he understands the language of film, and can wield that language in any way he wishes... of course he can handle this type of material. and, it's not really that different from some of the many subjects that mr. scorsese, the world's greatest living filmmaker, has tackled.
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Damn you Michael Bay
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Feb 22, 2007 2:51:24 PM CST
The Conabulous Fabtraption of Professor Horatio Hufnage
by no respectable gentleman
Or wait, is that the title of the new flick from the writer of STRANGER THAN FICTION?
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but I seem to recall a great original American director named Robert Altman made Quintet.
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I work in the kids section of a bookstore and read this as soon as it came out. It does read very much like a film, as someone said earlier, and has a very good story. It's definitely worth checking out and doesn't even take long to read since it's so heavily illustrated. I would be very interested to see this turned into a film.
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Since Spielberg's last forays into sci fi have been less than expected I'd really like to see Scorsese take a stab at the genre. I mean sure we wouldn't get beating after beating or f bombs a plenty but Scorsese directing a robot?..bring it!!!
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CRIMINALLY underrated Scorsese.
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CLIMBING UP THE TOP SAIL, HE LOST HIS LEG !!!!!!!! HERE'S HOPING THEY HAVE THE GOOD SENSE TO GIVE *THE MAN* HIS OSCAR THIS TIME.
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would be good for him. I know he is the best at crime stories and crime fiction but this could be his 'u-turn' like Oliver Stone and that wasn't a bad movie.
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Scorsese's name if he looked like a giant Scrotum
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Nicholson can't be in it. The rumors I heard is they would want to have the sequel involve the Wahlberg character. I don't like that idea. I loved Wahlberg in The Departed but I can't imagine that character for 2 hours. He was great in little bits ("I'm the guy who does his job, who the fuck are you?") but I think he would get tiresome really fast.
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I want Marty to win and then when he gives his acceptance speech it would be great if he criticized the whole stupid Oscar nonsense. Does getting a statue of a golen naked guy make him or his legacy any more validated? Then (to make it a really special moment) I want Marty to hurl his Oscar into the orchestra pit and hit Bill Conti in the head.
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It suxs I tell you...Out of all the fantasy books and movies most of them are period fantasy or Wizard & Dragon fantasy... writing or making those kind of things doesn't mean you have an imagination.
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It suxs I tell you...Out of all the fantasy books and movies most of them are period fantasy or Wizard & Dragon fantasy... writing or making those kind of things doesn't mean you have an imagination.
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that Scorsese was going to do a Hyperion movie? If that happens in my lifetime I will cream my pants.
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I read it and just knew it wouldn't be long before we saw it up on the big screen. Maybe they'll get it out in time to go up against that "Day the Earth Stood Still" remake. LOL
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i dunno, not sure it's his thing. yes, he's a master, but imagine this and then imagine 'goodfellas.' his visual language is so focused and aggressive...and when it's NOT aggressive enough, his films come off a bit colorless. he needs room to flex his marty muscles.
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The Contrabulous Fabtraption of Professor Horatio Hufnagel. Will the gambit pay off? 20th Century Fox is betting it will.
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Pop...huge spray of blood...Pop...huge spray of blood...Marky Mark is the last one standing.
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