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More Kiddie Comedy For Jackie Chan In THE SPY NEXT DOOR!!
I am – Hercules!!
When some kids accidentally download a secret code, it’s up to their babysitter to fend off secret agents.
That’s the premise of “The Spy Next Door,” to be directed by Brian Levant ("Jingle All The Way," "The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas," "Snow Dogs," "Are We There Yet?") from a script by Jonathan Bernstein & Jim Greer ("Larry The Cable Guy: Health Inspector").
Lucky for the kids, the babysitter will be played by martial arts icon Jackie Chan.
Chan also recently starred in the smallfry-oriented fantasy adventure “The Forbidden Kingdom.”
Find all of the Hollywood Reporter’s story on the matter here.
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BAM!
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SECOND!
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...a bottle...I drink after work...far, a long long way to run
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Just thought I'd post a heading more people would care about.
Great passage by the way...it seems you wrote it with the same enthusiasm that any of the AICN readers would react to on this. Sincerely..the Director of NOT THIS! -
...has no gag reflex.
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Seriously.
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After what he said following Rush Hour 3. Granted, that movie was horrible but part of what made it so bad was the fact that Chan looked so completely bored in the role. Sure enough, he posts on his site that he doesn't understand American humor, never thought any of his movies were funny, and the only reason why he is here at all is to finance the movie he *really* wants to make in Hong Kong. In my book, he is an ungrateful prick and a sellout- especially when you consider the fact that he made Rush Hour 3 despite his better judgment.
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and it's easy money when you are in a dumb kiddie movie
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...I'm pretty sure he's not starving. Unlike Bret Favre who apparently is in desperate staights. Either that or he's just completely fucking nuts. (Am I allowed to make a sports reference on this talk back?)
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But without Vin. Forbidden Kingdom was better than I thought it would be and his fight with Jet Li was tight. Also if you were Jackie Chan and you read the Rush 3 script and took direction from Bret Ratner you would phone it in too.
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this late period in their careers could benefit immensly from the novelty of them joining forces to cumulatively give a boost to their careers. monkey king was good, the american kid shit notwithstanding, but theres more potential.
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...Vin Diesel that is. Of course, nobody wanted to hear my suggestion that he should be the next terminator proto-type to replace Arnold.
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Its a shame that he got stuck making crap he doesnt even like with idiots like Chris Tucker, Owen Wilson and Jennifer Love Hewitt instead of good police action dramas with people like Stallone, Bruce Willis, DeNiro or whoever.
He should have made a deal with New Line that in exchange for making a Rush Hour sequel, they have to release New Police Story, his best movie of the last 10 years, in US theatre, with subtitles or a high quality dubbing. He really dropped the ball on his Hollywood career. Good for him for making money off of it, but he has nothing else of any value to show for it. -
Then I'm going to call Jackie Chan!Not only would it be great to meet him, nobody would mess with your kids!Also, seems like he needs the cash!
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I will never doubt his judgment, nor his skills in any arena. Unfortunately he cannot be played in roles outside the typecast 'Asian-wushu-comic relief-sidekick-or-main character' when bringing him stateside. Of course we'd love to see him in a serious, critically acclaimed action/drama... but that's not going to happen. So, to milflover, wishful thinking but so much as subtitling a [foreign] movie immediately hurts a film's market value. If you saw the check plus gross profit percentage Jackie Chan had made [and is continuing to make] from the Rush Hour franchise you wouldn't second-guess joining the Chris Tucker/Brett Ratner project either.
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Bill Maher is right. There is no God
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In Bruce Lee movie..when he punch,he punch hard..in Jackie Chan movie when Jackie punch he say ooowwww (say this with a Chinese peasant accent)
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...the Linda Cardellini-free, DTV Scooby Doo-prequel?
I mean, not that I care, but how can such a...let's call him "uninspired" filmmaker be attached to more than one movie? -
Chan ain't stupid, he knows there is more money in family/kids movies. Plus as long as he doesn't have to hear Tucker he's ok.
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Jackie should play this Man on Fire style.
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Fecking what happened to being disenchanted with hollycrud? I guess money is more important that integrity, even though you are friggin loaded anyway you greedy movvafock.
Play second fiddle to an unknown white kid again? Be my fecking guest, you shameful chinaman. -
You must make tea for dear old Uncle! [thwap!]
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Aug 05, 2008 11:21:52 AM CDT
Congratulations Jackie Chan on 100 Years of Kicks and Comedy!
by microwavable?
Great Job!
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Its unfair to call him a sell out when he donates have his income to his own charity. He has built more schools than Oprah.
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He just needs to make some better American movies...
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They are happy with their Disney shite and other crap. You need to do the shit that only you can do so stay away from kiddie shite. There is millions of other people doing kiddie shite.
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That was some funny shit. And Richard Norton is underrated.
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followed by My Lucky Stars. That one is a riot. Stupid but tons of cantonese fun, even if the racist jokes are a bit, well, racist. At least it's not as racist as Rush Hour 2 but, what is?
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There's your "serious" Jackie Chan film right there. Watch it and discover why he (understandibly) dislikes American cinema and why the suits associate him with cop drama poison.
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My Lucky Stars. He had a small role and played it straight, but that movie is goddang hilarious.
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"Young Asian Beavers 6"
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Why take action stars and put them in kids films. Makes no sense.
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