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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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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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