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Black, White & Linklater Are Putting The Band Back Together For SCHOOL OF ROCK 2!!
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Screenwriter Mike White, director Richard Linklater, movie star Jack Black and Paramount Pictures are reteaming for “School of Rock 2: America Rocks.”
How will it differ from their 2003 original? Variety describes:
… picks up with Finn leading a group of summer school students on a cross-country field trip that delves into the history of rock 'n' roll and explores the roots of blues, rap, country and other genres.
Read all of Variety’s Monday-morning story on the matter here.
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one of the few movies i liked jack black in...tropic thunder was another
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Will any of the kids from the first one be returning?
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I would've been all over myself with the firstness
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Jables is a funny fucker, I liked Kung Fu Panda but I don't get the five star reviews? Is it just me or was the Wall-E trailer better than all of Panda.
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I thought it was gonna be another Jack Black all over the place in too many scenes type of flick. But he let the kids shine as well as the supporting cast. He's fantastic to play off of when given the chance to do so. One man, does not a movie make.
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So unbelievably unnecessary. I love the first one, but the plot description on this sounds like a shitty DTV sequel. Don't forget that as great as Black, White and Linklater can be, they do have Nacho Libre and Bad News Bears to their names.
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ROCKED!!! Yeah I got nothing, yet again. Oh well.
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I thought it was amusing, but not not nearly as good as the buzz. Since then, Jack Black has just gotten annoying. Kung Fu Panda is the only nearly watchable movie he has been in years. And computer animated movies can make comedians who have lost it seem funny again (Eddie Murphy, Jim Carrey, Mike Myers).
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I keep coming back until someone REMEMBERS seeing Richie!
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just some time ago.
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... that's not a bad idea for a sequel. The idea of connecting music to the places where it was born for kids is pretty clever. Curious to see how they handle this one.
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of this film that I ditched. figure I'll call the girl up (she's a good friend these days) and go see the sequel for irony's sake.
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I liked SOR but is there really a need for SOR2,I guess someone at Paramount needs a new Yacht.
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Jul 13, 2008 11:58:21 PM CDT
I liked the first one, but what!?!
by the guy who slept through everything.
WHAT!?!
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i'm still waiting for that movie to be recognized for the classic that it is.
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Seriously, though, c'mon. I liked SCHOOL OF ROCK, but I think that pretty much said all that needed to be said on the subject. No need for a sequel.
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so you're actually sitting there on your couch, waiting till someone recognizes that wrestling spoof as art? LOL!
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Either in a comedy or a serious drama. I think Black has it in him to play serious without a giant black ape for a co-star. His role in tropic thunder, although very comedic, hinted at some serious dark acting ability. And I also like his voice work in KungFu Panda - though the animation was there to support it, which helped immensely.
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He really gets into the "real" mind-set of a Rock and Roller and overdoses in the end. That would get me in the theater. Seeing an overweight Jack Black in a bathtub after re-searching all the greats....Hendrix, Morrison, Joplin, Presley.
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Jul 14, 2008 12:17:20 AM CDT
Jubba I would have perfered Black and Zach Galifianakis
by the guy who slept through everything.
That has the high potential to be some funny shit.
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they might be going for an "Almost Famous" feel, which is cool, but I think the original is a film that doesn't get recognized as a GREAT family film. Jack Black has had a trio of family movies in "School of Rock", "Nacho Libre", and now "Kung Fu Panda" that will eventually get him recognized as a great talent. Right now, he has many people divided, but considering that many other comedians have tried putting their unique comic blend into family films and failed...he seems to have a knack for picking the right projects for himself.
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I kind of worry that this might just be cashing in on the craze of watching kids sing songs. Who else knows of the Mini-Pops? They have been around as an entity FOREVER, but they never seem to get older...or more talented.
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working for free in seedy bars, or charged for all the soda they drank? Packed together in an old Ford econoline van that reeks of BO and pot while touring the Chitlin circuit? The girls getting pressured into blowing the club owner so they get the prime 9-11 set? Ya know..all the fun the music biz has to offer.
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Seriously, it was as good a "family" film as you're gonna get today that doesn't have Pixar stamped on it. The movie worked on all levels and Jack was perfectly cast. However, my hope for the sequel isn't high. I kind of wish Jack would avoid the sequel thing, but he's earned it and deserves it. Just hope the script delivers.
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Jul 14, 2008 1:31:18 AM CDT
School Of Rock is one of my Top 3 not-animated kids-movies...
by derlanghaarige
...of the last 10 years.
The other two are Paulie and Sky High, just in case you wonder. -
Anyway, the first one was awesome, and there's no reason for anybody to assume this one won't be good. Not based off of this two sentence description. The synopsis of the first one sounded kinda blah also, but the final product was oozing with charm. I can't wait.
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I really can't think of anything that can really be expanded upon. Another sequel-for-sequel's-sake
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Where the Fuck is the review of Space Chimps?
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Fuck this movie.
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I was expecting the Sister Act 2 formula where Black is made to teach a bunch of unruly inner school kids about music.
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Damn You Michael Bay
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...that nobody mentioned the Electric Boogaloo in this talkback yet. Maybe it's even for talkback standards too obvious...
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WHY CAN'T YOU DO THAT, HOLLYWOOD... WHHHHHHHHHY? :(
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when you use the ENTIRE paycheck to fund completely uncommerical arthouse fair.
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Doo de loo da doodle...But the Legend of The Rent was way hard core!!!!
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I *DIDN'T* find Black unbearably annoying in School of Rock, Be Kind Rewind, and now Kung-Fu Panda...
WHAT IS THE WORLD COMING TO?
I remember back in the day, 10 seconds into his cameo in The Jackal and I was ready to throw something at the screen! -
The man is a phenomenal director, and if doing cool "mainstream" movies means we get more films like Tape, Before Sunrise/Sunset, Waking Life and A Scanner Darkly from him, then I support this movie all the way.
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IIRC, she's starring in Disney shows now. She was the best of the kids.
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And are stuck for an eternity watching old rock acts play
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...Zoolander 2!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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more than remakes, it's unneccessary sequels. Seriously, I put the need for this right up there with Big Mommas House 2.
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teacher at an all-girls' school for witches. Am I the only one who remembers hearing about that School of Rock-meets- Harry Potter project?
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Especially when we've got a virtual remake coming up this summer with Rainn Wilson's "The Rocker" ( Oooo, does that look bad. )
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I can't see this being anything but a disaster...
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Yes, you're the only one. It was probably just a dream you had.
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everytime i see the commercial for their album, god i just wanna punch them all really hard. and the scary thing is that some of those songs they cover arent for children's ears, and yet they use little 9yr old girls to sing em. and besides, what kid would wanna listen to some cheap ass cover sung by kids, when they can just listen to the originals? i swear, those mini pops shoulda stayed in the 80s where they belonged. whoever decided to bring em back a few years ago needs to die a horrible, horrible death. and thus ends my rant.
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that Empire magazine have teamed up the BFI. the result is MOVIE CON. Blighty's answer to Comic con. Mini pops is the worst idea ever. the tv show....oh dear god what were they thinking.
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Man-Witch: "A male schoolteacher abruptly discovers he's got witchlike abilities that lead him to be taken in by a coven of real witches. They send him to "witch school," where he is the lone adult male, surrounded mostly by little girl witches-in-training."
It sounds awesome! (i'm serius) Why isn't black making that one?! -
Jul 14, 2008 10:20:55 AM CDT
Part 3, Straight-to-DVD Will Feature A Jack Black Look-Alike
by laserpants
You know how there are now a slew of "actors" trying to cop the Black schtick? You see them in commercials a lot. Bank on the direct-to-dvd sequel to SCHOOL OF ROCK 2 to feature one of these "actors".
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I guess this is a good idea if all the major players are back.
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Don't get me wrong, I enjoyed the first one, but come on.
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He's not that old really, but his view on life seems to have aged a lot with his films. I thought the first one was alright, apart from the fact that some of the kids were kind of annoying which made repeat viewing of the movie an impossibility. Just because you get married and have kids doesn't mean you have to make movies about kids and for kids, or does it?
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...sending a group of kids on a cross-country field trip with some stoner seems like it would require some sort of super duper permission slip from parents. I don't see anyone signing that thing. And a rock n' roll historical road trip might be fun if it were with maybe late teenagers who are of age, but with kids, that'll be a major snoozefest and heavy on the preaching.
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But there's really no need for this. Make something new dude. Although I didn't realize it was a 'married w/kids' thing, as Bobo_Vision pointed out. That has unfortunately crippled many a creative talent. Women should eat their husbands after birth to keep them from embarrassing themselves. ;)
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I can think of a lot of movies like this: noble, dedicated teacher reaches and rescues rough hooligans. Can't think of many besides School of Rock that have noble, dedicated students corrupted by the teacher, who is the rough hooligan-type.
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The 1st one was a brutal movie and personally I can't stand Jack Black. It amazes me to see that this guy actually gets any work at all. Didn't they say all that was needed to be said witht he 1st one?
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was the film where everyone went. no more jack black.
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ugh.
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and The jackal and enemy of the state were the movies that had hollywood banging down his door....
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And the fat kid from Reaper is channeling him.
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School of Rock is one of my favorite movies but it just does not need a follow-up at all
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.. we should be just fine.
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We know, you stand out from the crowd... you're a dash of color in a monochrome ocean.... you have your opinion and you stick to the man... you will not be spoon fed... you sit in the theater, look at the screen and think "impress me"... The Godfather is overrated, Bloodrayne is underrated... when critics and audiences reach a consensus, both sides tend to be wrong... blah blah blah
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Don't you want a little taste of the glory? See what it tastes like?
me and my friends love that movie, but all it gets is hate online.
i don't get it. -
nobody.
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I thought it was funny as fuck. Jack Black's Mexican accent made me laugh. Also, that movie had those freaky midget wrestlers! I'm easily pleased.
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