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CRANK Boys Won’t Direct DC Comics' JONAH HEX!!
I am – Hercules!!
“Crank” writer-directors Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor, who wrote a script for a big-screen version of DC Comics’ “Jonah Hex,” will not direct the project after all, departing over creative differences.
“No Country For Old Men” star Josh Brolin is still expected to play the disfigured bounty hunter in the movie, slated to start shooting in spring.
Read all of Variety’s story on the matter here.
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but i don't have any expectations for jonah hex
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That is definitely an understatement.
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was a misogynistic, masturbatory, adolescent male fantasy.
usually everything i love in a movie, but this time it just didn't work... -
Well it is!
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Sorry, but that just did NOT seem like a good match of creators and material. Let them do Lobo or something...
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Oh and those guys are pricks. I wish herpes upon them. This is the second best news aside from Tom Jane being cast. Oh well, one out of two aint bad.
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Crank was great. It had layers, damn it.
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...Could make their first stab at a comic-book movie here!!!
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was a fantastic idea for an action movie done the worst way I could possibly imagine. Can't wait for Crank 2!
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Nov 20, 2008 2:53:00 AM CST
that's interesting, I left watching CRANK over creative differen
by vern
Okay, that's a lie, I actually watched it to the end. But I fell asleep in a couple parts as a protest.
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The right choice.
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jonah hex was in an episode of BTAS wasnt he? the one where ras al ghul is plying his trade in the old west, and jonah is commissioned to bring in a character that ends up being ra's son. and after being told the story via tape by ra's in the end batman lets ra's and his son go because he wasnt actually commiting a crime or somesuch...if thats the one im thinking about it was a pretty good ep, the way it unfolded and all.
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But who the hell cares when AVATAR is fucking our eyeballs in 2009?
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i loved crank
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Thats all i've got.
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Great ideas, both of them. But i think Carpenter would have particularly good chemistry with Brolin.
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Wow, what the hell kinds meds are you on!
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It was meant to be a comedy, right?
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Nov 20, 2008 6:13:47 AM CST
On related news, Carpenter will not direct a Peter Pan reboot.
by ricarleite
, while Spielberg will probably not direct an Oldboy remake. We will being more news of who's NOT directing some film right after these messages.
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i thought there was a post a month or so back where he was quoted saying he hasn't talked to anyone about this movie. i would say that brolin is still a rumor until anything is officially announced.
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Most definitely better than those Transporter shit sandwiches. CHEV CHELIOS FOREVER!!!!
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I saw this in a movie about a bus that had to speed around a city, keeping its speed over 50, and if its speed changed, it would explode! I think it was called, "The Bus That Couldn't Slow Down." - Homer J.
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you mark my words
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I thought it was fun. A lot of fun.
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to mess up half of Clint's face. Oops, I just gave Hollywood an idea to steal.
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Setting your standards awfuly high aren't ya? That's like saying Tokyo Drift wasn't that bad, it was better than Biker Boys.
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Mind your business
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Yes, Jonah Hex was in the BTAS episode you mention. It was a pretty good one.
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Crank was a fantastic B-movie idea that just received the spaz/anything goes/shake it around enough and maybe people will mistake my chop suey film style for action treatment...
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This is good news Jonah Hex
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How could a movie so juiced up be so meh? Well, that's it's fault right there- it tries so hard to be WHIIZZ-BANGGG for 2 hrs or so that you just kind of shrug and remain unimpressed. Had it's moments, though. I liked when the main dude made his final phone call falling to his death.
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Nov 20, 2008 1:34:25 PM CST
This is the project John Carpenter should be on!
by the reluctant austinite
We were talking about John Carpenter the other day. Half of his great projects are westerns in disguise, but he's never directed an honest-to-god western. I think he could bring an old school cool to this project that would fit the character and overall context. Screw the new kids on the block. This film needs a touch of grim old school cool.
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Nov 20, 2008 4:02:33 PM CST
I second (or third or fourth) Carpenter
by i_am_not_the_droid_you_are_looking_for
Brolin has a bit of a Kurt-esque way about him and I was actually thinking the other day that Carpenter should make a western. They're pretty cheap to make and as the austinite said, he's basically been making westerns in disguise. Jonah Hex is the come-back Carpenter flick. Make it so.
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crank and transporters were bad. shoot em' up beats them out sooooo so bad. this movie just got my attention and im psyched. brolin rules.
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I got no problem with the ridiculousness, that's what it's got going for it. I did like a few parts and I liked the premise. But they have this inherently exciting premise and then hit you over the head with all kinds of unnecessary editing and camera gimmicks that wear you out and ruin any chance of momentum. I also think that "I'm so politically incorrect I will have a rape scene played for laughs" attitude is overrated too. It doesn't really mean you're edgy, it just means you're an asshole. Plus I saw an interview with those two and they mostly just made gay jokes and grinned proudly about the hilarious dudes they mistook themselves for.
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Crank was a great film. I agree the near-rape scene was bad. I haven't seen them in interviews but I wouldn't be surprised if they were jackasses. However, Crank is a triumph of style over substance and I mean that in a good way. I can't wait for the sequel.
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plus statham deserves better
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The Once and Future Thing Part 1: Weird Western Tales. Teamed up with old DC Western characters such as Pow Wow Smith, El Diablo, and Bat Lash. They teamed up with Batman, GL and WW. One of the better eps.
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Do it as a non-stop mind fuck action flick.
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Now lets get some real talent for this film. Everybody is mentioning John Carpenter, but what about the guy who did the remake to Assault on Precinct 13. That remake wasn't half bad. It at least showed some potential.
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