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Fe Fi Fo Fum... DJ Caruso smells the blood of an Englishman!
Ahoy, squirts! Quint here. I'm of the opinion that DJ Caruso is a great shooter. He knows how to put a flick together and pull great performances out of his cast. Sometimes the scripts he directs aren't... completely there, but when the material is right he gives us movies like SALTON SEA and the incredibly fun, but underseen BLACK CAT RUN (scripted by Frank Darabont).
Looks like his next project post-EAGLE EYE will be JACK THE GIANT KILLER, according to this story on Variety, which I would assume means Y: THE LAST MAN isn't quite ready yet.
Darren Lemke wrote the script and it seems to be a adult look at the fairy tale, which is already fucking creepy by itself. What's interesting is that it doesn't look like they're trying to modernize it. It still appears to be set in a land of princesses and brave young farmers ready to rescue said princesses from big bad giants.
Could be a fun flick. Be interesting to see how the cast fills out. Who wants him to bring Michael Chiklis over from EAGLE EYE and their collaboration on THE SHIELD to play a giant (or at least a booming voice)? Maybe I'm alone there...
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Reader Talkback
Beanstalk (1994) by The Amazing G | Jan 7th, 2009 04:03:17 AM | i'm putting all my money
on.... by thinboyslim. | Jan 7th, 2009 04:06:21 AM | Bill Nighy as a giant by Horace Cox | Jan 7th, 2009 04:17:10 AM | Is this Bill Willingham's
'Jack'? by WavingFlagsInSpace | Jan 7th, 2009 04:20:33 AM | Jack and the Giant.... by rguerr2 | Jan 7th, 2009 04:55:15 AM | Utterly redundant I know... by Praetor | Jan 7th, 2009 05:09:51 AM | More giant monsters on screen
is no bad thing. by Mr Nicholas | Jan 7th, 2009 06:28:14 AM | Maybe he is Jack by NYC Strong | Jan 7th, 2009 06:37:28 AM | If it's a remake by Paul Bucciarelli | Jan 7th, 2009 06:48:17 AM | oh by Dollar Bird | Jan 7th, 2009 06:52:26 AM | Tried watching EAGLE EYE the
other night... by FlickaPoo | Jan 7th, 2009 07:19:22 AM | ...but this sounds
interesting. by FlickaPoo | Jan 7th, 2009 07:19:49 AM | The 1962 version is the one by palimpsest | Jan 7th, 2009 07:35:22 AM | shia as the beanstalk by ironic_name | Jan 7th, 2009 07:38:18 AM | ...and it smells by Abominable Snowcone | Jan 7th, 2009 07:40:04 AM | The first film I EVER saw in a
theater . . . by Nice Marmot | Jan 7th, 2009 07:46:07 AM | Nice Marmot...I NEED to see
this animated thing... by FlickaPoo | Jan 7th, 2009 07:47:57 AM | Jack And The Beanstalk 1974
The Tubes seem to... by FlickaPoo | Jan 7th, 2009 07:57:27 AM | I guess I'll have to check out
Salton Sea by Samuel Fulmer | Jan 7th, 2009 07:57:43 AM | Yao Ming as the Giant by Samuel Fulmer | Jan 7th, 2009 07:58:32 AM | I think I'm the only one on
the planet ... by DrAstroZoom | Jan 7th, 2009 08:06:21 AM | Surprised we never got a live
action version of this story by terry1978 | Jan 7th, 2009 08:49:02 AM | Nobody Wants Chiklis by cowboyone | Jan 7th, 2009 09:07:21 AM | I thought Eagle Eye was really
fun by two fathoms deep | Jan 7th, 2009 09:55:44 AM | Eagle Eye WAAAAY better then
led to believe by Stormwatcher | Jan 7th, 2009 10:04:09 AM | Everybody Wants Chiklis by Stormwatcher | Jan 7th, 2009 10:05:02 AM | Um, as in HarryHausen Jack the
Giant Killer by Damonster | Jan 7th, 2009 11:20:17 AM | Nice Marmot, I remeber it well by Mundungus | Jan 7th, 2009 11:29:09 AM | remember, with 2 m's by Mundungus | Jan 7th, 2009 11:29:59 AM | Shi'a for JACK! by irc-Hollywood | Jan 7th, 2009 11:31:26 AM | Bit disappointed by EAGLE EYE,
but... by unionJACKass.webs.com | Jan 7th, 2009 12:33:03 PM | Well at least I'm not crazy. by Nice Marmot | Jan 7th, 2009 12:44:39 PM | Please no more vehicles for
Shia by Pissed Off And Bitter | Jan 7th, 2009 12:47:25 PM | Brian Blessed as The Giant? by unionJACKass.webs.com | Jan 7th, 2009 01:08:58 PM | I want Roald Dahl's Jack by King Sweyn Forkbeard | Jan 7th, 2009 01:59:29 PM | If Chicklis is in it, i'll pay
to see it. by jbristow | Jan 7th, 2009 03:02:48 PM | They should totally redo the
Gilligan's Island..... by Jak0lantern01 | Jan 7th, 2009 03:40:14 PM | So we can pencil in Shia for
Jack? by MrClark | Jan 7th, 2009 04:26:12 PM | Eagle Eye was ok by Charlie_Allnut | Jan 7th, 2009 05:39:18 PM | To be quite frank... by xcornealiousx | Jan 7th, 2009 05:43:52 PM | Keira Knightley as the
beanstalk! by IAmMrMonkey! | Jan 7th, 2009 06:26:49 PM | This has SHIA written all over
it by tonyd1411 | Jan 7th, 2009 08:58:12 PM | What, no love for "Beanstalk
Bunny"? by Darkman | Jan 7th, 2009 10:01:30 PM | EAGLE EYE wasn't bad. I
really liked... by Orbots Commander | Jan 8th, 2009 02:53:15 PM | by bluetunehead | Jan 8th, 2009 03:55:06 PM |
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