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Rob Cohen's Dumping xXx: THE RETURN OF XANDER CAGE To Get MEDIEVAL On Your Ass!!
Merrick here...
Rob Cohen's so horny for a Medieval action epic called...well...MEDIEVAL...that he's pushing aside Vin Diesel's xXx: THE RETURN OF XANDER CAGE (previously announced, currently in development) to go make it. .
If the xXx 3 gang can wait for Rob to finish MEDIEVAL (instead of finding someone else to direct the film), he might return to direct that project as well.
Cohen has backed out of reteaming with Vin Diesel on "XXX: The Return of Xander Cage" for Sony. Instead, he has signed a deal to helm an event-sized action film that Cohen calls "The Magnificent Seven" in the Middle Ages.
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Regency has kept the script hush-hush, but sources said the action brings together warriors from disparate cultures.
...says THIS ARTICLE in Variety.
A side note: searching for xXx footage on YouTube locates footage unrelated to, and sometimes far more interesting than, anything in the two xXx movies to date.
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Regency has kept the script hush-hush, but sources said the action brings together warriors from disparate cultures.
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Just thought I'd share that thought.
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Aren't all the original cast of The Magnificent Seven kinda dead? I'm not sure how that's gonna work.
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Read that in an interview a while ago- look at his track record..he'd make a gay porno if he got to see parts of South America for free!
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I so desperately desired a brand new XxX adventure to the max!
All seriousness, XxX2 is the worst movie ever made, and Rob Cohen is a fucking douchebag. His medieval movie is gonna suck giant, medieval cock. And the XxX is gonna suck just like ever other franchise Vin Diesel thought he was too big for but now realizes he actually isn't even cool enough for. I hate this article. -
Seriously, just because Fast and Furious was a hit, are do they think xXx3 will be a hit? Does anyone think if Rob Cohen did that movie or Medieval that either would be good?
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Jun 10, 2009 9:30:41 AM CDT
ROB COHEN IS THE BIGGEST HACK IN HOLLYWOOD
by richard_gere_raped_my_gerbil
Say what you want about Paul DEATH RACE Anderson but you can tell the guy at least tries to do something before failing miserably. Cohen just takes the money and runs. Watch any of his movies and you'll see I'm right.The guy probably sleeps in a bath full of dollar bills instead of showing up on the set. He probably gets someone else to direct it and then takes all the credit for the lump of shit that appears.
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He's comparing it to the Magnificent Seven, not saying the original cast are involved...
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clarence boddiger rulz!
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I would make it eat Rob Cohen for his appalling work on that last Mummy movie. Or maybe I'd make it kick him around for ever making Stealth. Or The Skulls. Or XXX: Shitty Bond-style Movie.
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As if anyone gives a shit about Xander fuckin' Cage.
The funniest thing was when they released the first one they were saying how they'd eclipse Bond. Yeah.
"The name's Cage..er..thingy Cage." Two words. Fuck & Off.
& if this "Medieval" shit means I have to throw away the screenplay I've been putting together, that fucking hack will learn the true meaning of medieval. -
Sometimes, all I want from a movie is to see people get hacked, awesome action and some tits thrown in there. Now hopefully all I want from this is a fun Medieval killing movie, something like Excalibur. Forget about the drama and that pansy-shit, if I wanted drama and medieval gore I'd watch Kingdom of Heaven from a real director in Sir Ridley.
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one thing about Hollywood is that it doesn't matter how many times a story gets retold. So chances are this will be shit and we'll see gold in your stuff.
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Rob Cohen not making one film in order to make another. Who.Cares.
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I thought the mummy 3 was quite entertaining
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He was working on a very similar project a couple of years ago; pitched as a medieval version of WHERE EAGLES DARE if I remember right...
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We'll see. I can't count the number of times I've thrown stuff away because a movie's came along with a similar theme to my idea.
I guess there are only so many variations on a theme to go around.
Basehead, wash your mouth out. -
Because I will pay to see that. But I bet Season of The Witch blows this out of the water of ridiculawesomeness.
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Robert Vaughn is still alive isn't he? If he's dead he won't be happy hearing about it...
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or new movie?
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Pretty awesome!
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Robert Vaughn was on British TV in a thing I can't remember the name of. I've been abroad too long. Some con artist show.
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It's called 'Hustle'. not sure if it's still running...
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Hustle. The only two things I remember about it are Robert Vaughan & the posh girl with the dark hair who made me wish it was called "Hustler".
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"The Tale of the Mistaken KeyStrike"
Harry! Edit function! Just Do It™!!! -
Jun 10, 2009 10:16:23 AM CDT
Great, if we learned anything from the third Mummy...
by anna valerious
...it's that if you leave this idiot to make a historical piece, it's going to be crappy.
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Can't Xxxander just travel back in time to get totally X-treme on a bunch of bad knights? XXX3: Bad Knights. It writes itself. Just imagine the totally sweet tricks he could do high atop the castle walls. Rocktastic.
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You say that like its a bad thing. If you had the chance to work in places you wanted to visit I bet you would do the same.
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Jun 10, 2009 10:33:59 AM CDT
Dragon, Dragonheart, Mummy Tomb of the Dragon Emperor
by mysterious_volvo
Rob Cohen has a Dragon fetish.
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Made it through half of the first one, didn't even attempt the second one. Cohen sucks.
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Powers Boothe should totally play the King's secretly evil advisor.
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Is anyone watching his films? ... NO - I won't continue this tirade - the "bottom line" is: THE BOTTOM LINE - His films are awful but they MAKE MONEY. - That's all they have to do.
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and you get a HUGE ASS!.... that's from Johnny Be Good.... who stole from Rodney.... who was in Caddyshack.
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Sounds as if.
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Sean Connery as a dragon, Dennis Quaid as a knight, what more could you want? I haven't seen the third Mummy flick however despite being a huge Jet Li fan.
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Any variation on "Get Medieval". Har har.
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Any variation on "Get Medieval". Har har.
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Jun 10, 2009 11:31:34 AM CDT
The "Bitches Come" scene is much funnier in the German dubbing
by derlanghaarige
"Schickt die Schlampen rauf!" :D
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Damnit, I've been working on a Magnificent Seven set in the medieval times! FUCK!
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Rob Cohen didnt really catch my attention before seing the third mummy movie. Not that I liked the two that came before, but a friend and me was determined to go to the cinema, and Mummy 3 was all they were showing. It took almost all my willpower to watch it through. Words cant express just how retarded it was... And if a movie can almost make you feel sorry for Brendan Fraser (I absolutely loathe him)... Well then its a sad affair.
I thought Dragon was okay though... But now Rob Cohen is becomming my numero uno hate director together with Paul WS Anderson, Mark Steven Johnson and Brett Ratner. A considerable achievement. -
What the fuck is this shit.
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Yeah, no Vin Diesel but no one cares.
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Battle Beyond the Stars. Sounds cool. He should change the setting from Europe to Japan so he could have samurai instead of knights. I bet a movie like that would kick ass.
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if they were to adapt the PS game Medievil into live action I'd be there.
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Same here with the scripts and ideas but I keep them by because, everything gets rehased right.
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Starring Nicolas Cage as Nicolas Cage and Xander Cage. Written by Donald Kaufman. I'd see it.
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And you gotta feel sorry for Vin going back to the craptacular xXx series. He must want a new boat.
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He automatically lost points by failing to refference the movie that he would actually be remaking here.
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one: is there a need to make xXx 3?(and why?)
two: is there a dire need to see, this Medieval, let alone make it?
three: who gives a shit what movie Rob Cohen is making.
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....
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Since sequels don't use numbers anymore.
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Please go away!!!!
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Yep, the show's still running in the UK. A sixth season's been commissioned and is due to air January 2010. If you've never seen it, it's basically a conman version of the A-TEAM, or a TV ripoff of the OCEANS 11 remake. It's pretty entertaining, and very slick. Not as awesome as BBC's SPOOKS (you might call that MI-5 in the US), but not bad nevertheless. Apparently AMC show HUSTLE in the States. Not sure if that's a good thing or a bad thing as I'm a limey.
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Although I unfortunately didn't have the time to watch the last few seasons.
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Bitches don't like falafal. Waka-Waka!
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Rob Cohen, Brett Ratner, McG, Stephen Sommers
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Jun 10, 2009 1:31:53 PM CDT
Cool. It's good to read about a production that's not a remake
by hallmitchell
I like the idea. I would love to see Vin Diesel make a fantasy/conan style film.
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When is someone going to cast Vin Diesel in a D&D-style fantasy movie? We know he was down with playing D&D back in the day. Surely he'd jump at the opportunity to wear chainmail and swing a sword while getting paid. Someone needs to make that shit happen.
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knight. Just like that new show about this warrior vs that warrior. Except longer. And even less credible. I have to admit, though, this cross-cultural warrior amalgamation idea is the kind of thing I dreamed up as being completely awesome when I was ten.
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Man doing skydiving in suit armour = good.
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However he is in the Top 7. Why do movie studios deal with this guy?
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Kinda lame at times, but could be fun.
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Steven Sommors look like Orson Wells. What a bald piece of palin!
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And it's great (hilarious) to see Diesel going back to all the projects he thought he was too big for.
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I fast forwarded through the entire movie and don't even remember how it ended.
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Not in any order: McG, Brett Ratner, Rob Cohen, Uwe Boll, Stephen Sommers, Paul W.S. Anderson and Roland Emmerich
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You are either Rob Cohen himself or his number one fan. I just can't figure out which one is worse to be.
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and make sure use of the word "bitches" is gratutitous.
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Hilarious, hilarious truth in that statement. How pathetic is it when your the go-to hack when all the other hacks are busy? A poor mans Ratner?..more like a homeless man covered in shit.
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It's right up Cohen's alley. Lots of action, simplistic characters. But then hre even managed to suck the fun out of THE MUMMY 3 with his ham-fisted style.
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why then? why? i ask you...
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He managed to embrace the ridiculousness of the FAST AND FURIOUS series while making it strangely more enjoyable. He made Diesel look good, made Paul Walker seem tough, had good action scenes and a sense of humor without being too wink wink, nudge nudge.
I enjoy many of Cohen's movies as enjoyably moronic crap (a poor man's Renny Harlin) but the original xXx completely blew it. The prologue about him being an avenger for video game players and rap music fans is hilariously stupid, but then it just gets boring when the actual plot starts. I think Justin Lin is the man to make it work.
Also, since Xander Cage was killed off screen in the DVD supplements this is a good chance to correct the bullshit ending of the first movie and have him come back as an outlaw again, trying to get revenge on the people who set him up.
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As long as Asia Argento is in whatever movie he makes showing that fine euro-trash bush I'm a-okay. I want to be in that vag.
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Jun 10, 2009 4:58:23 PM CDT
Lin's too good for xXx now. He'll do 1 more F&F and move on.
by juansanchez
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Alright everyone out of the barn!
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the second one much more so then the first. Vin needs to do something original instead of recycling his few hit movies. Medieval sounds cool...but not with Rob Cohen directing. His movies are just...blah.
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Do Medieval instead, Vin!!!
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Movie has already been premiered in Tokyo and Seoul. How come there aren't reviews yet?
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In that miserable Clive Owen/King Arthur film. The band of warriors, each with a particular skill... and it felt as inane and contrived as anything Hollywood is capable of.
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Rob Cohen must suck dick really well because I can't figure out why anyone let's him direct films. My friend actually heard one of his screenwriters say that he couldn't direct his ass out of a prison shower and that he got lucky with Dragon, which was a pretty so-so film at best.
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You all know you want it.
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Jun 10, 2009 6:12:25 PM CDT
wow, NeilF doesn't understand sarcasm or humor in general
by soylentmean
Yes, I fully expect zombie casts in all remakes where the original cast has already shuffled off their mortal coils. I always thought that was like a snake shedding its skin...
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This guy is a complete and utter waste of time. I'd rather see my grandma make movies than anything this clown comes up w/. Kevin Smith has more talent than Cohen or originality for that matter.
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I'm really not that discerning when it comes to movies with the word "mummy" in the title.
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He's the glory hole. Hold the hole. Hold the wall.
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He truly is the most exciting young...up and coming director in Hollywood right now.
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Mummy 3 had some nice elements. I loved the storyline of Rick and Evie bored with their quiet lives while junior tromps around the world. Everything else was just a misfire.
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Stupid fingers.
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Somewhat better than #2, not up the first one though. I enjoyed it, but have no reason to see it again or wait for fourth entry, which I doubt will happen.
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Jun 10, 2009 9:20:30 PM CDT
HEY EVERYBODY!!! GUESS WHAT WE DON'T NEED?!!!
by celebrity_name_gross_body_function
Either one of these movies.
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Mummy 3 or crystal skull; which one sucked more?
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I'm sick'n'fucking tired of those!
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Are you insane? Of course Mummy 3 sucked more!
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No had any expectations for Mummy 3.
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I think the timing is very critical to Cohen's decision. With Mr. Carradine's recent sexploits and demise, I think Cohen looked to that Great Man and asked WWDCD? And knew the answer... drop kick Diesel's ass to the curb and go get Medieval (sweaty) with seven guys and no guns, but hopefully lots of rope!
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A question to ponder...
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If anything, Verhoven should do something like this. I will even settle for Russell Mulcahy. In fact, he should be doing this film instead of Rob Cohen.
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well, it's a proven fact that Verhoeven is the best dream-director for any movie. But you really want to waste him on xXx part 3? I mean, yeah, if he wanted to do it I would be first in line. Lin might actually do it willingly, though. Mulcahy's a good choice too although he doesn't seem to care as much anymore.
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Oh God, Vern. That had me choking on my saliva I was laughing so hard.
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sucks ass-hole. Vin Diesel is the new John Wayne for white trash, mentally retarded, isopropyl alcohol drinking, Camaro driving, Wal-Mart shopping, wastes of human life that won't shut up during a really good movie because the plot is too complex for them to understand piles of human garbage. If YOU spent any money going to see a Vin Diesel movie in the past two years, please do society a favor and go lay down in the middle of an interstate.
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Ever? Who keeps giving him work?
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