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Halle Berry in what sounds like a redo of THE THING WITH TWO HEADS called FRANKIE & ALICE!

Published at:  Apr 18, 2008 5:13:28 AM CDT

Ahoy, squirts! Quint here. I might be crazy, but I can't help but think Halle Berry is unintentionally remaking the cult classic THE THING WITH TWO HEADS. I read the announcement at Variety about her new movie called FRANKIE & ALICE. She plays a young woman with multiple personality disorder... half of her is a normal, well adjusted lady and the other half is a racist Caucasian.

In THE THING WITH TWO HEADS a racist (played by Ray Milland) has his head surgically attached to another man, who ends up being Rosey Grier, really kickass character actor from the '70s... a big, tough afro'd black dude.

I guess we won't get the pleasure of seeing Berry wearing that awkward neck-brace thing with an obvious dummy white-guy head hanging off of it in the long shots... Seriously, though... this movie could be a trainwreck... or it could be disturbing. Or both. Thoughts?





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  • Apr 18, 2008 4:54:12 AM CDT

    Sounds like a porn

    by mrfan

    Thing with Two Heads

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  • Apr 18, 2008 4:56:35 AM CDT

    i second that

    by jackie boy

  • Apr 18, 2008 5:00:02 AM CDT

    2

    by spartacus hughs

    http://tinyurl.com/2r9ae4

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  • Apr 18, 2008 5:31:20 AM CDT

    Why not just have her remake MANSTER?

    by uncle stan

  • Apr 18, 2008 5:43:00 AM CDT

    If it was directed by David Cronenberg...

    by troutmaskreplicant

    ...maybe it's make sense.

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  • Apr 18, 2008 5:52:24 AM CDT

    I smell a trainwreck of Catwoman proportions.

    by yeti

    Just do another X-Men movie already.

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  • Apr 18, 2008 6:31:29 AM CDT

    I want John Waters to direct this!

    by derlanghaarige

    Or at least the Farelly brothers from the 90's.

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  • Apr 18, 2008 7:13:47 AM CDT

    Shouldn't they get a black actress for this?

    by nice marmot

    Not Hardly Barely.

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  • Apr 18, 2008 7:21:31 AM CDT

    Gothika

    by filmcoyote

    Didn't she cover some of this ground (badly) in Gothika already. And actually that Perfect Stranger movie had elements too. This will be hideous if Berry thinks it's a good script.

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  • Apr 18, 2008 7:37:51 AM CDT

    Nerds

    by austinidol2000

    Rosey Grier might've been in a few movies, but his claim to fame was as one of the great defensive linemen of the late '60's, not as a "character actor".

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  • Apr 18, 2008 7:42:34 AM CDT

    blah frckn blagh

    by sillyconjeff

    this will be another throw away.
    fuckin blah blah blah...

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  • Apr 18, 2008 9:04:28 AM CDT

    oh,

    by the way

    I heard she was doing a movie about STARTING A PETITION TO SAVE SPIKE JONZE'S "Where the Wild Things Are" (instead of waiting over a year for the studio's version) It would be nice if that were based on a true story. *sigh* who will save us

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  • Apr 18, 2008 9:27:43 AM CDT

    Make me feel GOOD!

    by osmosis jones

    I have to feel GOOD!

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  • Apr 18, 2008 10:33:41 AM CDT

    The Thing with 2 Egos

    by palewook

    starring Halle Berry

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  • Apr 18, 2008 10:47:28 AM CDT

    I hope they play this straight

    by beezbo

    It has "Razzie winner" written all over it.

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  • Apr 18, 2008 12:20:20 PM CDT

    Agree with Uncle Stan

    by thegreatwhatzit

    After an Oscar speech inundated with bathos and platitudes, Halle Berry has made a string of films that died (quite horribly) at the boxoffice. It's really the same situation with Oscar-winner (?) Sharon Stone: she was generically described as a "movie star" even though she didn't score a single commercial hit since BASIC INSTINCT. Berry's future will probably follow one of two options: (1.) A sitcom (YOU GO, GIRL, where she plays a widow with 3 kids or whatever), (2.) A remake of THE MANSTER (the original was pretty damn surreal); hey, it would have to be better (and make more money) than CATWOMAN...or PERFECT STRANGER or GOTHIKA, et al. One of the THINGS she LOST IN THE FIRE has been her career (gotta admit, that final sentence made me cringe).

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  • Apr 18, 2008 1:22:23 PM CDT

    Reminds me more of that character in The Dark Tower

    by reel american hero


    Can't remember her name for the life of me right now. I should wiki that

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  • Apr 18, 2008 2:10:04 PM CDT

    If Nicole Kidman or any other white actress...

    by subliminaljones

    attached herself to a project playing someone with multiple personality disorder who has a black racist side, she'd be crucified, villifed and run out of the business. But that's silly, of course...because there are no black racists, right?

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  • Apr 18, 2008 3:15:51 PM CDT

    The Next Grindhouse...

    by thegreatdanton

    If RR and QT ever make another one, there has to be a fake trailer made based on this one

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  • Apr 18, 2008 3:22:43 PM CDT

    Which half

    by obsd

    is played by a shitty actress?Trick Question! They both are!

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  • Apr 18, 2008 3:36:00 PM CDT

    Better clear your shelves Halle...

    by pandabait

    'cause you'll need the room for the Razzies I see comin'.

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  • Apr 18, 2008 8:22:05 PM CDT

    AustinIdol2000 is correct.

    by radio1_mike

    He was known for being a football player first. Apparently Quint does not know his sports.

    Only later did he befoul himself by being O.J.'s spiritual counselor.

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  • Apr 18, 2008 8:23:25 PM CDT

    Furthermore

    by radio1_mike

    If Halle Berry does do this movie, I will never believe another word she says! Ms. TheyforcedmetodoCatwoman!

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  • Apr 19, 2008 9:08:17 AM CDT

    I prefer The Head With Two Things...

    by sledge hammer

    Just sayin'.

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  • Apr 19, 2008 2:25:47 PM CDT

    Another POS comes flying out of the...

    by poeticwarriorii

    asshole that some call Hollywood. That place is quickly becoming a haven for fucked up out of touch shit heads. Does this dumb bitch enjoy making shit people won't see or is she really that fucking dumb and narcissistic.

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  • Apr 20, 2008 8:40:21 PM CDT

    It's High Tension all over again...

    by paul t. ryan

    Oops, sorry...

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