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And The Writer Du Jour On McG's CAPTAIN NEMO Is...
Merrick here...
Let us all take a moment to appreciate and respect CAPTAIN NEMO, the brave little McG project which...thus far...has demonstrated its unwavering love for humanity by steadfastly refusing to come together. You may recall, this is the film in which McG wants to cast Will Smith (HERE) - presumably (but not necessarily) in the title role.
After NEMO's script was drawn & quartered by IESB a while back (details HERE), we got wind that it was being overhauled; Justin Marks was brought on board to rewrite the screenplay and serve as "world builder" (or some crazy shit like that). Around the same time, the project was fast tracked in the hope McG would get to it as soon as TERMINATOR SALVATION was released (details HERE).
Now comes word that yet another writer has been sucked into NEMO's vortex:
Randall Wallace has been brought aboard to rewrite "Captain Nemo: 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea," Disney's take on the classic Jules Verne character being directed by McG
...says THIS piece at HR.
Wallace also scripted BRAVEHEART, WE WERE SOLDIERS (which he also directed), and...well...PEARL HARBOR.
This news should've been posted yesterday. I couldn't get online to do it, so apologies for the delay.
Readers Talkback
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I truly believe that McG made TERMINATOR: SALSATION (my favourite Saturday Night Fever track) for all the right reasons. And, looking at the 4-minute iPod download earlier today whilst I was taking a shit, it really looks from the visuals that he's gone for it. But - damn! - that script was so bad. Not the dialogue, particularly, more the story. I just, didn't want to know what happened next. Ever. All of which is to say - he shouldn't be directing this kind of big budget stuff, ever again.
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just answer the fookin question!
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As Captain Nemo? Sounds fucked up. Even for a McG idea..
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July 9, 2009, 11:59 a.m. CST
I don't get it, why force a project like this?...if it isn't...
by FlickaPoo
...coming together and there aren't any good ideas why insist on raping a dead horse? I get that it would be nice to have another PIRATES type cash cow but.......this just doesn't seem to be clicking...
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...not James Mason, but Naseeruddin Shah, in an otherwise dreadful League of Extraordinary Gentlemen. Will Smith has about as much gravity as a zero-G chamber, which is to say none.
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He'll only end up using his clout to force producers to let Jaden Smith to play the part of Esmerelda the Seal.
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He has 'prettygoodness' and 'alrightness' and 'understandablemisfireness', but not 'greatness'.
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"I didn't see it."
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please
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I'm gonna kick your fucking ass!!! All hail Bale!
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over on the right does anyone else see a fucking personal ad that makes them taste the orangey horridness that is a bit of stomach acid pumping up their esophagus in sheer horror at the thought of dating a woman who resembles a post op boy george?
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now history has proven me right, so I'll drop it.
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The one who Sony saw fit to hand over Shadow of the Colossus to? How dare they rewrite the efforts of a script-master-in-waiting?!
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Ouch.
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Wait… you DON'T like McG's movies?
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July 9, 2009, 12:47 p.m. CST
How about a Little Nemo: adventures in slumberland instead
by Nick91884
Directed by guierrimo del toro and starring the Freddy highmore as nemo and Jim carrey as flip.
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just wondering.. or will there be a lost slave angle?
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And McG can eat shit for taking a potentially good film and getting involved in its creation. <br> <br> Wallace, I hope you enjoy your paycheck, and I hope you never have to see the final film.
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Hire someone else. Give another writer a chance. This guy has had ZERO proven hits, and he's still getting hired for all these big projects. I don't fucking get it.
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is from McG, right? In that case I can forgive his few crappy movies
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Nemo was great in League of Extraordinary Gentlemen.
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In the book he is described as being of Moor descent. The first movie that was made, a silent movie, Nemo was black.
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I don't mean 1997 attitudes, I mean the attitudes of a middle-schooler. <p> Honestly, who else would think having John Connor turn into a Terminator that kills everyone at the end of the film is a good idea? Who else would think the series should go back in time so that modern technology has to fight future Terminator weapons in London? Those ideas make absolutely NO SENSE AT ALL when you place them in their proper context within the films' universe.
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Movie went from my never see list to the possible list. Now, If they drop Smith and any other celebrity actor in favor of a real actor, I'm in.
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July 9, 2009, 1:13 p.m. CST
Terminator Salvation was the biggest wasted opportunity I've eve
by bullet3
You know what, I was rooting for MCG to pull it off, but to get together a 200 million dollar budget and a decent cast and make a movie about the future war that doesn't show any of the actual future war, completely betrays the chronology and vision of the original movies, and has a story that is utterly inconsquential in the terminator timeline, there's no forgiving that, sorry. If he'd spent all the time he spent trying to promote the movie and rewrote the script from scratch we could've had something, but goddamn, that movie doesn't even work as dumb pop-corn entertainment, it's just stupid and boring. Say what you will about Transformers 2, but at least Michael Bay knows how to put the money on the screen.
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YOU SAID IT.I was SOOOOO hyped to see this.McG and his prostituting of this had me SOLD.I was shcked at how bad it came out.I was FUCKNIG SAD.This had SOOOO MUCH potential. McG man, you lied to me.Now, I am offically part of the "MCG SUCKS FAT COCKS' bandwagon.And know what? it' your fault!
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that stupid fucking michael bay comment. they are both shit, it's like comparing turds to bowl of urine
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I was routing for McGinty to somehow pull one out. The trailers looked tight, the cast was also looking good. How could one go wrong with Bale and Ironside? Then when I saw the film I was completely bored. The big ass gaping plot hole of how Skynet knew who Kyle Reese was, how it used him as bait and didn't kill him, the stupid heart transplant, the fact that the resistance had a base in broad daylight, (and a plane hangar, the fuck?!?!), Worthington's accent, I could go on and on. Production design and yes, the lighting were awesome. But that doesn't excuse the simpletons who wrote the story. And I lost some respect for Bale who, up till that film had a very good resume of roles on film. He totally phoned it in. That movie sucked some big donkey balls. McGinty doesn't deserve to direct another big budget movie as a result of this abomination. FUCK HIM!!!!
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What he meant was when you wacth TRANSOFRMERS 2(massive hunk of shit)-you can tell they spent the bucks on the special effects(the entire movie featured robots-unlike the 1st film, which sort of skimped on the fx).Where as with terminator-i felt that the effexts were pretty good(except for that AWFUL building collapse-WHAT THE FUCK???)..but somewhat sparse.It felt like they spent the budget elsewhere.
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dear hollywood, don't give him anything to direct, unless the budget is $1,000,000.Sure-he can "talk" the talk, but he surely can't walk the walk.
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Ya, I was just making the point that if you were to look at just purely the effects, Transformers 2 looked like it cost 4 times as much as T:S.
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How about Faran Tahir? He played the main terrorist in Iron Man, a terrorist in Chuck and the strange eastern fella in Sunshine. I could totally see him as Nemo, the man has it
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McG made his play for greatness, and failed. Horribly.<p> After the ashes fall, he should direct something small to get his chops back up to snuff. But then again, this is Hollywood. He must really give good head.<p> Needless to say, "Nemo" isn't on my list of "must-see" films.
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He was also the Captain that bought the farm in the new Trek film
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Seems that T:S is a divisive film, but I thought it decent enough to make describing it as a turd or even 'a flaming turd' kinda ridiculous.<p> Great effects, great props and costumes, some cracking action scenes (the highway chase, and Bale blasting the Terminator torso with a minigun), a serious sombre tone... but let down by a haphazard storyline.<p> I'd personally give it a 7/10 and perhaps the Blu Ray with an extended cut will bump it up to an 8. That's hardly what i'd call a turd.
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He has a good voice and good presence. He was also the first Captain in the new Star Trek, right?
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His Terminator didn't even make half of its money back, yet Hollywood continues to let this guy go crazy.
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That's right. He was the captain of the ship that was destroyed at the beginning
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i like McHeadbuttedbyBillMurrayandinfearofchristianbalege.
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McPoop is more like it.
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so why would i watch it with McG behind the helm? No way in hell hollywood.MCG-YOUR ONLY soooooorta okay film is Charlie's Angels.Thats it.You had had 3 flops since. Who keeps hiring you?You need to go over the direct-to-dvd market and direct TRANSPHORMERS 3! or Scorpion King 3! Earn our trust back you sack of shit
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But Orca was a delight.
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This is so ill advised...why would McG even bother with this shit?
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Fact.
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the obvious choice, really.
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July 9, 2009, 4:16 p.m. CST
"Aw, Hell, naw, squid! You did not shoot that ink shit at me!!"
by MrMysteryGuest
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but how can any action scene be considered great when you don't give a shit about any of the characters involved? I don't care how well it is shot or choreagraphed or how cool the explosions are. Fuck T4 and Fuck McG! I want my money back, you dooche!
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Someone, just stop this fuck now. Salvation was pants, but at least he didn't fuck a pristine Cameron universe, the asshole heading T3 already did that. But Jules Verne....? That guy is sacred. Hell, even Paul Gross's adpation had merit....McG's will most certainly not. Colour me unimpressed.
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Do it motherfuckers!
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To be directed by Will Smith. HIGHEST GROSSING TURD EVER!
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Naveen Andrews is a good idea.He can torture everyone else on the crew-and build crude ham radios! for no reason other than cause i want him too!
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i give a shit about the fucking scale of human tragedy he wreaked upon anyone who saw pearl harbor.
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WHOPPER JR WHOPPER JR!
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That guy needs more roles.
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Yeah, okay, it was his nickname as a kid. Should Spielberg have "Directed by Stevie" from now on too? That was his nickname.
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First some ex-stripper writes about some pregnant high-schooler, turns it into a comedy, and wins a freakin' Oscar for it. Now McG (I always picture him with a greasy paper McD hat) decides to revive Captain Nemo and cast Will "Aw Hell No" Smith?
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He was awesome in The English patient. What about Cliff Curtis? Sure he's from New Zealand but he's been cast as Pablo Escobar, an Arab in a couple of flicks. I think he deserves more screen time.
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July 9, 2009, 8:29 p.m. CST
T4 was still better than TESTICLEFORMERS 2: BAY RAPES YOUR FACE
by ChoclateWoman
It's true. But it doesn't mean it was good. Average at best. I hope theres an extended cut of some kind released with that 40 minutes that ended up on the editing floor. Might help flesh out the movie and fill some plot holes that piss people off.
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really...fuck it..Captain fucking Nemo now? fucking woeful and retarded.
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enough already
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I give them credit for putting the effort into presenting a fresh story.<p>IMHO hiring Wallace and the prior world-building writer shows that they are making a good faith attempt at creating something that isn't run of the mill.
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McG can fuck off!! <p> he. can. fuck. off!! <p>that film was a fucking loss
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It looks like McG has learned his lesson and is willing to bring in the writers to do what is needed.
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And you FUCKING KNOW that is IS gonna happen.
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Sharks? Awwww Helll noooo...we talking Giant Squid ya'll.
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2 more times and he'll pop up like a bad fuckin dream. Actually..Orci writng this would be fun...I've always wanted to see Captain Nemo pissing, farting and shuckin and jive'in...and if Roberto gets within a city block of this thing that is exactly what you're gonna get.</p><p>It might be a shit project now...but attaching Orci to this would remove ALL doubt.
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I liked the Charlie's Angels movies and love Supernatural. But T:S was a disaster.
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That one was badass. Except for the weird part where Kirk Douglas suddenly thinks he's in a musical and starts singing to the crew. Other than that, awesome.
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McG is still employed?
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Why is fuckin McG being allowed to direct another movie?
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July 11, 2009, 7:39 a.m. CST
Well at least Christian Bale isn't starring in another fricking
by tangcameo
Christian Bale as Nemo. Christian Bale as every fucking human being on earth that might star in an action movie, and those who might not. Christian Bale as you!
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INT. NAUTILUS SUBMARINE Captain Nemo starts slapping some fat woman's boobies.
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but I've read so many comments about people having issues with there not being some mega battle... Putting aside the unnecessary 'face' of skynet and other stupid quirks, the scale of the war was fitting. Consider the fact the terminators were just getting started - as bad as it looked, the shit hadn't even hit the fan yet. Humans thought they had it bad - they were just nuked, but still had some remaining bases and were trying their best to wipe out the terminators where they could... The shots of piles skulls being crushed, with a much older kyle reese says the epic battle is still on the horizon. As much as I didn't hate the film the way many on here do, I think the next movie could still be good, but I'd hope in the hands of a better director.
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That jellybean head, potato chip ear, fried egg eyed, pickin' and grinin', one trick pony bastard douchebag peckerface twit assbagger should go away already. Me no likey.
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