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Howard And Grazer And COWBOYS & ALIENS! Oh, My!
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Ron Howard, Brian Grazer, and TRANSFORMERS / J.J. TREK scripters Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci are setting out to bring Scott Mitchell Rosenberg's graphic novel COWBOYS & ALIENS to the big screen as a live action feature for Universal & DreamWorks.
The project will be penned by Mark Fergus and Hawk Ostby - who recently authored scripts for CHIDLREN OF MEN and IRON MAN.
The graphic novel mixes Western and science fiction genres. Set in 1800s Arizona, a skirmish between cowboys and Apaches is interrupted by the crash landing of a space ship. The alien commander plans to tame the Old West and enslave everyone, but the cowboys and Native Americans turn their six-guns against the alien invaders.
...says THIS ARTICLE in Variety.
I seem to recall a Jan de Bont project a while back - I can't remember the name of the damn thing. I believe it was about what happens when the balance of power in a fight between cowboys & "Indians" (Native Americans) is changed by the introduction of a device from another world. I may not have this exactly right, but it's SOMETHING like that. Always wondered what happened to that project. If you recall, drop me a line, or elaborate in the Talkback below.
And then, of course, there's Kenny Rogers! Kenny Rogers just after the grueling preroll)! Wish this was on YouTube instead...
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Fergus & Otsby DID NOT WRITE CHILDREN OF MEN!
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Glasses indeed!
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if you can keep a secret i can keep a secret, sauce in my pants
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http://www.drunkduck.com/CowboysAndAliens/index.php?p=93688
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Glad to be one of 4 people on the planet that thinks so.
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Was the name of the Jan De Bont project.
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...that had this conceit...and another one called Firefly that mixed genres like this. Why not bring that back first.
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All I can say is that unless they make this a comedy a la Tremors, it'll be a painfully dumb idea.
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Now THAT I want to see. This could be cool, though.
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And it's colored by Chad Fidler, who is awesome.
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and if its the same quality that Children of Men was it should be great.
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I read this comic several months back, and my reaction was "Man this awful, the story is rushed, the characters are paper thin, but with some tweaking it could really good movie." Hopefully I'll be proven right, because it was a really cool concept.
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If no-one bought it with Joss in charge, why should they in this version?
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Ok, ok, bear with me here.... It's MONKS VS HOTDOGS!!! That's right, I've taken the two completely different genres of hotdogs and monks and combined them together into the sure-fire, can't-miss action-tastic-fest-splosion that is MONKS VS HOTDOGS!!! TAKE A BITE OUT OF TRANQUILITY, BITCHES!!! I need to go work on my merchandising strategies...
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"Shit Sandwich". First take a giant dump. Then find two pieces of bread. Smash 'em together and Wallah! Tentpole film 2010!!!
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In every fucking article title. Cunts.
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