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JUNO Director Jason Reitman To Team With George Clooney For Walter Kirn’s Frequent-Flyer Saga UP IN THE AIR??
I am – Hercules!!
George Clooney is talking to writer-director Jason Reitman (“Thank You For Smoking,” “Juno”) to appear in the “Up In The Air,” a big-screen adaptation of the novel by Walter Kirn ("Thumbsucker," "She Needed Me").
Thursday morning’s Variety describes the premise:
Clooney will play a ruthless human resources exec who becomes fixated on notching his millionth frequent flyer mile. It's a Pyrrhic victory, considering that his time away from home has left him with no life.
Find all of Variety’s story on the matter here.
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Clutch!?
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It was just a bunch of funny editorializing. But hey, Reitman made a movie out of Thank You For Smoking, so he's the right dude for the job.
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As for "hits," he has had five flicks gross over $100 million domestic. And that does not include most of the movies that he's done that are actually great. Anyway, I think he and Reitman would be a very interesting pairing. I'd watch it.
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....along wit brad pitt. There the cool of cool, and thats why the ocean's movies(at least the sequels) thought they were the coooooool movies of cool, but they sucked donkey dick. That fag has to get over himself
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don't get the big deal about that.
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Jason Reitman is a genius.
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*furiously whines and mastubates simultaneously*
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that's it. just one of many good/great movies. Not Oscar nom worthy. Reitman is badass though and he shouldn't be antagonized because his movie became overrated.
Anyway, really looking forward to this collaboration and hoping for greatness.
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Aug 27, 2008 11:40:58 PM CDT
What's up with the Metallica iTunes controversy?
by stereotypical evil archer
Sounds like the new album sounds bad.
Worse than St. Anger, but St. Anger was supposed to sound like that, I guess. -
Syriana being at the top of the list. Man that movie was great. I think he's fucking awesome. Although this movie sounds like shit.
And Reitman is pissing me off. Juno made me want to fucking cut my ears off, the dialogue was horrible. But I guess that was more Cody's fault than his. Thank You for Smoking was fucking great though. -
Is so fucking overrated. Like Apatow overrated almost.
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Jason Reitman". And all the pre-emptive Clooney defending has me itching to start talking shit about him, but I'll wait until after Burn After Reading comes out because if that motherfucker goes 0 for 3 tanking Coen brothers movies I'll... shit my pants and whine like a baby.
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That soundtrack - hideously annoying. Juno herself- too cutesy-clever by half. But "Thank You for Smoking" earned Mr Reitman at very least a 5 movie pass for me.
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Poor Jason Reitman. He should've really followed up Juno with somebody else starring. There are way too many Clooney haters. The guy's box office poison alone.
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http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=103625
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.....but Juno was WAY over-rated - but based on "Smoking" , Reitman can deliver the goods
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So we get the star and the director of the two movies that got Oscar nominations they didn't deserve last year teaming up? Maybe that means this year when this movie gets nominated for best picture I'll only be baffled by one entry as opposed to the Juno-Michael Clayton way over-rated duo of last year. And hell, maybe they'll even send Zodiac and Assassination of Jesse James a fruit basket to apologize.
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...that was the exact moment JUNO became overrated. It was a decent comedy, but things need to be kept in proper perspective.
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That synopsis looks to have been written by someone who has just been waiting and waiting for the opportunity to use the phrase "Pyrrhic victory."
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...a lot of quirky roles, a director who enjoys only making quirky movies, and a story featuring one of the quirkiest concepts ever. This just screams of having the Bravo Channel seal of approval for a funky, quirky, pretentious movie.
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Clooney's the man, and Thank you for Smoking was 10 times better than Juno. If there's anyone who can make it great, its Reitman.
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At least its not AC/DC's new cd, they sound like a metalocalypse parody of themselves, rock 'n roll train? seriously?
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