Cool News
Spielberg To Helm New MATT HELM??
I am – Hercules!!
Here’s one not everybody saw coming.
Variety reports that Steven Spielberg may be hot to direct a script from Paul Attanasio ("The Sum of All Fears," "The Good German") that would resurrect American counter-agent Matt Helm.
The paper suggests the new project may more resemble the most recent Bourne and Bond movies than any of the four late-1960s sexcapade adaptations starring Dean Martin.
Helm's origins can be traced to 27 novels written by Donald Hamilton.
There was a two and a half year gap between “Munich” and “Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.” Spielberg’s first post-“Indiana Jones” directorial project is said to be 2011’s “The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn.”
Find all of Variety’s story on the matter here.
Follow Herc on Twitter!
-
+ Expand All
-
. . . Who?!
-
Spielberg will want him to have little kid sidekick.
-
Congratulations.
-
Unless Richard Dreyfuss was the little kid sidekick in Jaws.
-
Nobody cares about Matt Helm! He can literally direct whatever he wants so make the Avengers movie or the Dark Tower series or something!
I mean, wasting all that talent on things like Tintin?! -
I thought Lincoln was supposed to be next.
-
LAURA DERN, DAMN IT!!!!!!!!!!!
-
I'm happy as long as that one dies a quiet death.
-
Will it, steven, will it?? Or will you end up raping it ala "southpark". You are never going to live that POS down, man. And you lost my fisting rights. You should be devastated right about now.
-
Matt Helm will be entirely CGI with a superimposed Tom Hanks face
-
that Indy IV's faults can be directly attributed to Lucas.
-
HAHAHHAAHAHAH FUCKING VAGINA FLIPPERPOTAMUS!!!!
-
There I said it! Whoo! That felt good to finally say. Maybe some people will join me? No? (crickets) I don't care!
-
Be sure to DUMB IT DOWN for the mainstream ! FUCK YEAH!
-
...the utter lack of imagination with regards to the Martians in "War of the Worlds". There was a golden opportunity for Spielberg to show us something truly horrifying and alien, and instead we got fucking E.T.
-
Maybe Spielberg is finally ready to make his "Austin Powers".
-
He lost a ton of dough in the Madoff scam. (Jew on Jew crime is a horrible thing!) I wish Spielberg would go back to making important movies again like Schindler's List and Munich, he showed a real pinache for the more adult material.
-
the Dean Martin 'Matt Helm'..I remember that his car was a station wagon! and Victor Buono was a cool Dr. No type villain in "The Silencers"..another cool piece of trivia: Bruce Lee was the trainer for Dean Martin and Nancy Kwan in "The Wrecking Crew"..
-
Spielberg is a great film director and a horrible movie maker.
-
Lee training Dino and Nancy Kwan from some magazine..
-
...that was a good one...
-
Spielberg always wanted to direct a Bond film. He even had talks with the producers in the 70s. I'm curious to see if this pans out.
-
...I'll just bring it up and instantly squash it all in this one post. There, done. Now, er, Colin Farrell maybe?
-
They each have a solid 10 years of directorial work lined up and keep adding more on.
-
..."and the secret of the Unicorn?" I wish I never read that.
-
I don't want Matt Helm to be edgy and gritty...we have the Craig Bond for that now, or, you know, Jason Bourne. I would say take the Dean Martin movies into the 21st century and make it an alcoholic, womanizing spy story, like the Carrell "Get Smart" meets "the Hangover." Get Paul Rudd to play him.
-
I don't think Spielberg has the Eye of the Tiger for genre films anymore. I don't think his heart is really in it.
I get the feeling that when he makes a movie like INDY 4, he's slumming, or in the case of JURASSIC PARK 2, almost literally *phoning it in*. (He directed mostly by remote.) If you look at the trajectory of his career, I think he's made a conscious effort to grow into a serious auteur. The priorities have shifted away from *fun* to *importance*. And at the end of the day, I think that's okay.
And as a fan of the old Steven Spielberg, the fun Steven Spielberg, the JAWS and RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK Steven Spielberg, I think he should just lay off these types of movies, rather than churn out another disappointing half-hearted effort. Seriously. I think he needs to spend the rest of his career making serious, thoughtful explorations of the human condition, and leave the spectacles to the ones who really want to do them.
This is a roundabout way of saying that he shouldn't make a Matt Helm movie, and should go ahead and make LINCOLN. -
That is all.
-
Either before or after Lincoln, I don't care, just do it already.
-
There's no way Spielberg is directing a Matt Helm movie. I mean, come on.
-
The books were pretty cool, I've read 4 of them and though not good as Fleming or Ludlum they were worthy.
-
Paramount/DW said no. No others have chimed in. Liam Neeson has moved on. Spielberg's Lincoln is as dead as Honest Abe himself.
-
Dino, however, was the coolest (none of todays actors/entertainers can compete with his effortless hubris). The film franchise banked on hot babes (sample an underrated Stella Stevens in THE SILENCERS, she was seamless pulchritude and pratfall and only occasionally eclipsed by herco-star, i.e. torrid Israeli bombshell Dahlia Lavi. Best villain (along with the aforementioned Victor Buono): Nigel Green, THE WRECKING CREW (often recounted as the anemic Hercules in JASON AND THE ARGONAUTS). Spielberg will inevitably tackle a remake of ABBOTT AND COSTELLO IN THE FOREIGN LEGION). No doubt.
-
Kurtzci is producing this? That can not be a good sign.
-
Speilberg mounts Matt Helm
-
When is this gonna happen? C'Mon Stevie....we all want to see it
-
How would Helm be different from Bourne, Bond and any other sort of alpha male type espionage. Unique Selling Point?
-
As anyone who actually knows anything about that production, and not just making baseless judments, will be aware of. However, I would love the fun, genre-side of Spielberg to make a comeback.Spielberg always wanted to make a Bond movie, and even though Indy was a substitute for that, I guess that desire has never left him. So I can definitely see his interest in this. Spielberg tried to make a Bond after Jaws, and then after Close Encounters, and each time was told by Cubby Broccoli that "you don't have enough experience to make one of my pictures, kid", wich was of course a crock of shit, because if you can handle arduous productions like Jaws and CE3K
-
then you can certainly handle Bond. Brocolli was just afraid that Spielberg would take too much control, and put too much of a personal stamp on Bond. So that cheated us out of somehing great, not to mention why you'll never see a 'name' director directing one of the Bond movies.Let's hope Spielberg doesn't pussy out on this Matt Helm movie. Don't know much about the character, but he should bring some of that Munich grit into one of his 'popcorn' movies. I don't want to see another lightweight family comedy, coasting under the premise of an action/adventure movie, like Indy and the Crystal Skullfuck.
-
Spielberg should do a Matt Helm that captures the late 60s/70s Bond feel that they don't do with the Bond series itself these days. An easygoing, smoothtalking but still occasionally vicious/effective spy without the personal angst and vendetta angle. The mid-Sean Connery period, or even early Roger Moore. Or take it in the Flint movie direction. With Bourne and modern-Bond, who needs another clone?
-
works with Kurtzman and Orci. He really should know better.
Crystal Skull is like a masterpiece compared to all the shit this summer. Just check out the sequence where Indy gets pulled off the back of Mutt's motorcycle into the goons car, punches a goon, then comes out the other car window back onto the bike. JJ Abrams couldn't pull off a cinematic moment like that, no matter how hard he tried. -
"Munich" was a genre film. Despite the fact that we learn a little something about a cycle of violence at the end of the day, the film is still a balls-to-the-walls spy thriller about a group of unlikely bad motherfuckers doing badass shit. You get Daniel Craig singing James Brown before waiting to blow a motherfucker up.
And the knocks on Orci and Kurtzman are pathetic. "Jack of All Trades" with Bruce motherfucking Campbell is all I gotta say to you whining pussies. -
If he's going for Violent, then Eric Bana. If Cool, then George Clooney.
-
That or a Kick Ass/Martin version of a spyman. You know a guy who wants to be a super spy but he doesn't have the intel or the history. So he starts his own league or something like that.
-
Motherfucker's resting on his laurels and laughing all the way to the bank. He's become a business man, just like Lucas, I'm afraid. Steven, do Lincoln. Do Tintin. You can afford a pay cut. And forget about shit like that Old Boy remake. It's daft.
-
That's odd.
-
...long before he nuked the fridge. I now cringe when I here is name associated with a project.
-
So Tin Tin is a replicant?
-
Doh! I need some coffee.
-
10 years ago, any news on Spielberg would have gotten any respectable person hard/lubed and ready to spew man/woman juice in about 8 seconds. Now, the increasingly-fat fuck's become a joke. Spielberg, just do Lincoln, Interstellar, and JURASSIC PARK FUCKING 4. Then do whatever the hell you want, but at least ATTEMPT to make the movies you've been saying you're going to make for years. You senile schmuck. And BTW, when you see George and Robert trundling about the grounds of the asylum in a confused stupor, tell 'em Fat_Tass_DinoMolester says "You're fucking fired"!
-
SPIELBERG ON MUNICH MODE HANDLING MATT HELM IN BOURNE MODE = MASTERPIECE
-
Where's the Lincoln movie with Liam Neeson? Give me historical epic Spielberg over Matt fucking Helm and shitty Indy sequel Spielberg any day of the week.
-
...I agree with a couple of posters above when saying that it's painfully obvious that his heart isn't in making genre spectacles any longer. He should leave those flicks to guys who still dig the genre stuff, like Peter Jackson or Zach Snyder, and go ahead and make his "important" movies, like the Lincoln movie, and you know what? I'll be first in line to buy a ticket to that.
-
Jul 30, 2009 7:22:20 AM CDT
Spielberg has always admitted to being a huge James Bond fan...
by sequitur
He has expeessed this in several interviews that he would have loved to direct a Bond movie. I guess this is his opportunity to do so...Hey, when you have the power like the Beard and you can do whatever film you want, why not do one that has interested you for years? He is getting older and maybe he his thinking that dammit I want to do a Bond-type film. Well...here it is and more power to him. His other dream is to direct a musical. I am sure that will happen soon as well (rumor is Wicked)
-
Spielberg has become such a JOKE, such a horrendous JOKE. It's like watching a early 20th century silent film of a train wreck in slow motion, but with funny sound effects.
-
I'm not even going post on this talkback.
-
Even though I can't stand musicals, i.e. people spontaneously bursting into song and dance numbers, I think a Spielberg directed Wicked is far more interesting than him doing a Matt Helm movie. And hey, I did really dig Enchanted, and that was a musical, but that was because Amy Adams was so damn adorable in it, I wanted to take her home with me.
-
I heard that back in the 70s, before Raiders, Speilberg wanted to direct a James Bond movie. Lucas talked him into doing Indianna Jones instead. So, I guess this is his way of getting his Bond fix.
-
I gruess that Speilberg has given me enough fabulous spectacle over the years to still look forward to most things he turns his hand to. However, it can't be guaranteed that he turns out a 'home run' anymore unfortunately. While no matter what he tackles will be bound to at least have the odd moment of cinematic genius as far as certain 'set pieces' are concerned, I've been sorely disappointed enough times now by the likes of his takes on HOOK, JURASSIC PARK 2:THE LOST WORLD, WAR OF THE WORLDS, and INDIANA JONES AND THE KINGDOM OF THE CRYSTAL SKULL to know to vastly lower my expectations now.... What potential THESE examples held out in my mind originally - Boy, what missed opportunities along the way! Oh well, maybe he can hit one out of the park with this American James Bond-alike project instead. If only 'Dino' was still around to give it some class!
-
Damn You Michael Bay
-
Tintin is QUALITY genre stuff and a labor of love. Those who don't like it can just go run a marathon.
-
And call your mother. She worries.
-
...and motion capture movies, for me, equals: who cares?
-
that is all I have to say.
-
I'm not too crazy about mo-cap either. Maybe this will be the first good one; it’s still Spielberg after all. I'll reserve my judgment until I see footage.
-
Jul 30, 2009 8:39:26 AM CDT
Lastly, Munich is already better than all Bond films combined
by proman1984
Don't get me started on Bourne.
Idiots who crack jockes don't deserve the movies they are getting. -
Because he's not British. They don't let American directors direct Bond movies. And they usually don't let high profile directors near the series either. They like British directors they can control. Spiel actually developed Indy as his way of doing a Bond picture like how Raimi invented Darkman when they wouldn't let him do The Shadow.
-
Can't picture anyone else in the role, regardless of the director.
-
If he ever makes that, it'll probably be the last truly incredible Spielberg work we'll ever get. Matt Helm? Jesus Christ. You're better than this Spielberg.
-
Neeson probably won't be up for a movie about a man who has to deal with family tragedy for a long time, and it's way too expensive. What I don't understand is why people are down on Tintin. There are people around the world who are lining up right now in anticipation of this.
-
Affleck or Paul Rudd.
-
Catch Me If You Can. Make it a *fun* movie.
-
That could be a real biggie!!!
-
A Kurtzman/Orci apologist huh?
-
TinTin is not the issue. MOCAP is.
-
To be cloned so many times! JEEZ!
-
But I've read too many people saying something of the equivalent of "WTF is Tintin?" to not comment. I agree, MoCap has so far been a disspaointment (hate all the Zemeckis movies using it), but I have hopes that it could work here.
-
Yeah, for me too, mo-cap=no sale. If it turns out to be good, I'll catch it on cable or DVD.
-
That douchebag can't make a profitable movie; he's boxoffice poison (unless cast with actors who are commercially appealing). As for this year's CHRISTMAS CAROL movie, bring it on-as long as the public bows in veneration to the 1951 classic.
-
SS needs to make either of those 2 movies. Why he keeps getting distracted with all these other minor works is really to me SS avoiding making the big budget movies his fans want.
When World's Collide is another SS has the rights to and he should direct not Produce it. Imagine a SS end of the world disaster movie with modern VFX!!!!
Indy5 could be filming next year if SS was that interested but he's not as like with Indy4 SS is the holdout (although Lucas has not yet confirmed he has the storyline nailed down).
-
In the books Helm lost his family because his wife accidentaly saw what he'd done to a bad guy. Think Jack Bauer and a knife. Will this be that gritty? Or more Hollywood bullshit?
-
And while they are at it ... Brad Pitt as Derek Flint. I have always thought that (especially since Damon's Bourne) Matt Helm and Derek Flint were ripe for a re-imagining. I had hoped that someone like Tarantino (who wanted to do Casino Royale with Brosnan) would want to make a spy film and either character would be right up his alley ... but Speilberg taking on Matt Helm ... it's like setting up your own perfect James Bond franchise. Smart. Smart. Smart.
-
Starring Ed Helms?
-
Napoleon Solo. With Pitt as Karyakin.
-
Jul 30, 2009 12:26:15 PM CDT
What?!? Helm won't sing "Ain't That A Kick In The Head"?!? BLASP
by mrmysteryguest
-
As Neeson proved in Taken, he would be an excellent Matt Helm. The scene where Neeson shoots the French detective's wife was straight out of the Helm playbook. Of course, the irony is that people are already comparing this to the recent Bourne and Bond movies. But Matt Helm was far more ruthless and cold-blooded than anything Ludlum or Fleming ever wrote about. If you were to lock the literary Helm, Bond, and Bourne in a room, only Helm would be walking out. And if it meant completing the mission, he'd kill you just for locking the door in the first place.
-
Best comedy of the last five years!
-
Best idea I ever heard - forget Remo and Helm
-
We don't need every single superspy to be so damn dour! Lighten things up a bit. James Bond has already been neutered and every bit of fun sucked completely out of him. Make Matt Helm fun, exotic and politically incorrect. Everything Bond was and is no more.
-
well...I can see Vince Vaughn doin it actually - not as cool as Dean but cooler than most Hollywood shlubs these days...
I am more concerned about Senior Spielbergo douchin it up. Will he try and do it without guns? -
until Tim Robbins shoved up. then the movie just went downhill. But until that point it was fuckin great.
-
did you notice he used to work with ILM but now he (and Cameron) went WETA. Poor Lucas.
-
Do Lincoln already.
-
It's funny how both Bourne and Helm copied the Bond books tonal. Now people say Bond copied Bourne when it was Bond who was the harshe bad-ass in the books (but totally wussified on screen till now). I find it even funnier that the Helm series went even further making it a complete farce, even further away from the source material than the Bond producers did. So lets home that like the Bond and Bourne series the producers, writers, etc actually read the books and do the character justice.
-
Honest Abe was one of if not THE greatest American President EVER!! He should be played by an AMERICAN actor or not at all! I'd rather fucking Kumar play him rather than Neeson at least Kumar's a U.S. citizen.
-
You're a fucking idiot, bro. It's called ACTING!!!!! Name me an American actor who could stand in the shadow of Lincoln BETTER than Liam Neeson. Sure, plenty of American actors can put on Abe's beard and do a great job. A lot of American actors can do a job possibly on par with Neeson. But until you can name me an American actor that can pull off Lincoln BETTER than Neeson, it doesn't really matter what country he's from. Perhaps you should check out some of Lincoln's speeches and compare and contrast his attitude with yours. Maybe you'd find that he wouldn't mind an actor from across the pond playing him in a movie.
-
Indy 4, Munich, War Of The Worlds, The Terminal, Catch Me If You Can, Minority Report, A. I. I only see two Spielberg movies there, and I actually count Catch Me If You Can as one of those which I know a lot of people will disagree with. Bottom line is whether or not you count Minority or The Terminal, or Munich as Spielberg is that it is arguable. Most people will only find to or three Spielberg-esque movies on that list. Me personally, it's Munich and CMIYC. Most filmmakers would love to have this list of movies as their credits for the last ten years, but Spielberg? The man is losing or has lost it. He needs to jump back in the fire and pump out that Lincoln movie. Fucking forget about Will Fucking Smith in a bad Oldboy remake, what a joke. I want my old Spielberg back. The thrill and joy of E.T., the power of Amistad and Schindler's List, FUCKING JAWS. The Spielberg I want isn;t going to show up in a Matt Helm movie. FUCK!!
-
As a fan of both the 1960s incarnations of Derek Flint and Matt Helm, I think remaking either would be a mistake. Think of the effortless cool of Coburn and Martin, then try to think of ANY current movie actor who could even get close to that. I rest my case.
-
Jul 30, 2009 3:46:40 PM CDT
Spielberg's Munich = best 70's-style espionage movie
by nasty in the pasty
of the last decade (fucking subject line cutoff point...).
-
Yeah, the son surviving at the end was utter horseshit, but that film was scary and dark as FUCK for a PG-13 production, and had some of the best sound design ever. Even Cruise was used in an amusing way...the most "heroic" of movie stars reduced to a cowering, indecisive animal who bashed Tim Robbins' head in so he wouldn't give away their position.
-
Jul 30, 2009 3:56:48 PM CDT
But will Spielbergo EVER do a movie sans Janusz Kaminski again?
by nasty in the pasty
I miss that burnished, nostalgic glow we got from 80's Spielberg productions, which was mainly thr work of DPs like Dean Cundey, Douglas Slocombe and Allen Daviau. Kaminski's work on Crystal Skull was ALL wrong. An Indy movie shouldn't have that slick, backlit, blue-tinted Kaminski haze. I know Slocombe is like 100 and legally blind now, but there are DOZENS of cinematographers who could have made that movie look more like the first three films.
-
Classic.
-
this...No John Williams and No Janusz Kaminski.
-
"Get lost, Dino! You squandered your gift!"
-
Hopefully the one who gave us Jaws, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Schindler's List and Minority Report not the one who gave us Hook, The Lost World, and War of the Worlds.
-
As much as I don't particularly like him, Brad Pitt would do a good Flint or Helm.
-
Apologies, riskebiz initially mentioned Pitt as Flint.
-
My Friend Erma Rocks...
-
However, While I think he would be perfect for the part, I don't think it will happen any time soon. Lincoln's story is very dark - he had to cope with the early death of one of his sons, not to mention the grimmest time in U.S. history. I would think that Neeson would be a little reluctant to do somethign so dark considering his personal loss. In fact, I would imagine he might take some time off.
-
However, I find the knee jerk reaction against Tintin annoying. Spielberg has been talking about doing this for almost 30 years. The fact that Americans claim ignorance of Tintin is nothing to be proud of.
-
The book is frickin' top notch, one of the best bios I've ever read.
-
It was a fun adventure serial. Sure it had some silly moments but so what? All the Indy films have had silly moment, including Raiders. I personally can't wait for Indy V. KOTCS was a breath of fresh air in the action department. See Mr. Bay? See how he stayed on one shot long enough for the audience to see what's going on? Are we learning yet?
As for ILM vs Weta, well the only reason Spielberg is working with Weta is because he's doing Tintin with Jackson. The fact is, ILM are lightyears ahead of Weta or anyone else. Weta makes their living builiding on technology that ILM pioneers. Don't get me wrong, Weta are good, but ILM is on another level.
Regarding Lincoln. As an Irish man myself, I fully support Neeson for the role. As a history and movie buff, I think he's nigh on perfect. Unfortunately, due to the recent tragedy in his life I don't think Neeson is going to be up for such a role for a while, so maybe now is a good time to work on Helm (which I've never heard of) and Indy V.
One last thing....all the so-called fuck ups of Indy IV can be traced directly back to one Frank Darabont. -
From the Flintstones?
... -
Jul 30, 2009 6:27:13 PM CDT
I second that fuck the haters! Indy 4 is a blast- Watch it on Bl
by zodnotgod
Speilberg has tried to direct a Bond pic since the late 70's, but the Broco's said no when he offered. Supposedly he even took a reduced salary, but they said no American will ever direct Bond.
This is cool news as the Dean Martin flicks showcased neither the talent of Dino or the seriousness of the books. It would be cool if Helm could exist in the same universe as Bond. I just hope SS gives Helm a sense of humor and refrains from aping those fucking dreary, shitty Bourne movies. -
he was Dino, so fuck all the rest of you idiots who grew up on skittles and fuckin Austin Powers. You're all morons! God that felt good.
-
The Bourne movies are shitty? Come again? Do you LIKE well made action movies by good directors?
-
What does it matter what the nationality is of an actor who plays a U.S. President? Anthony Hopkins, a Brit, played, count 'em, TWO Presidents in really good movies: Nixon and Amistad, and he played them superbly.
-
Come on... how about something original? I was really looking forward to that Lincoln movie too.
-
i've reached the tipping point with him now. nothing the guy makes now will interest me. a bourne wannabe? that's the best he could do???
if you have stooped so low to make a hack job like indy 4, then you really should start thinking about retiring from making films. -
Yet another remake. Sigh...
-
starring will smith?
'we're basing it from the original comic book' my ass! and i dont understand the choices of writers he chose to keep around for his films. first it was david koepp, and now orci. i mean... that's the best talents you could find in hollywood???
at least james cameron chose a REAL writer with talent to back his avatar - the same writer scorsese also picked to back his shuter island. -
Jul 30, 2009 10:48:14 PM CDT
Spielberg's Always was also a remake (A Guy Named Joe)
by nasty in the pasty
And his "Kick The Can" segment of Twilight Zone: The Movie.
-
one blames lucas. yet another blames darabont. if you believe that then you apparently dont understand filmmaking. at. all. what you see on the screen is ultimately the director's film, warts and all. even a hack director will attest to this. and for a director operating at spielberg's level, where his say is gospel and no one can tell him otherwise, the blame for indy 4 fall solely on him.
if you're going to praise him for his great films, then you can blame him for his worst. -
ass. And this has to be a comedy in the same vein as Austin Powers, right? ...RIGHT?
-
Jeb Stuart draft, hello?
wookie1972, but what would be the encore, fucking Asterix? "Interstellar" sounds like just the ticket.
-
I'm going to be seeing lots of dead people.
-
He loves that Dean Martin Shit! So do I after a couple of drinks.
-
I want Steven Spielberg to do a Stephen King movie, the two Steves MUST team for great justice! I demand it!
-
Are you an American? Nixon was a crook and John Quincy Adams was more nepotism than anything else. But, Abraham Fuckin' Lincoln is a horse of a different color. If Spielberg is gonna make an ABRAHAM LINCOLN biopic it's going to be pretty much the definitive one to be made and as I said, it would be a toss up between George Washington and Abraham Lincoln as to who most Americans and Presidential historians would say was the U.S.'s greatest President of all time. Personally, I would give that honor to Honest Abe because he never owned slaves. I know that's unfair to judge Washington based on that given that we are looking at it thru modern eyes but hey, I give Washington #2 but Lincoln earns it for holding the union together as well, not too mention he DIED for my country. He's tops in my book. If fucking Harry Potter can be all British actors then if America's most successful director of all time, Spielberg, creates his official Lincoln biopic, then I want it to be an American actor. There certainly enough quailty American actors who could pull off the role just as successfully as Liam Neeson, whom I actually do admire as an actor but not for this role. Ask any Brit how they would feel about a non British actor portraying Winston Churchill in what would become the unofficial "official" modern biopic of him as directed by their premiere British director? I'm sure they'd prefer a fellow countryman as well.
-
My new policy is this: if you have something to debate, do it without insults, like Orbots Commander, otherwise, STFU.
-
so here it is..a 2nd rate knock off of the bond character. bleh
-
first TinTin. Tintin is the nec plus ultra of all comic-book characters. There I said it. Also, you may be joking, Sgt.Steiner, but a Spielberg version of Asterix would be very cool. Better than those 3 abominations of movies.
-
If you don't care about Tintin, you can't consider yourself a comic fan.
-
I don't completely disagree, but name an actor who could pull it off. Hanks would be good - I think he's actually distantly related to Lincoln.
-
Hanks was exactly who I had in mind. But other than him? Let's see Lincoln was 6'3". Here are some other actors in that height range I could see playing him - Peter Coyote, Martin Landau, James Cromwell are all about 6'3" and to my knowledge are American actors. So with Hanks that would give us three American Oscar winners (Hanks, Landau, Cromwell) who could all pull it off as well. If I had time I could come up with some more names.
-
But he's over 10 years older than Lincoln was when he died. Landau is almost 80, for pete's sake. Hanks and Neeson are just about the right age to play Lincoln during his presidency (David Strathairn could easily pull it off too). But I think Neeson would be fine, although I just don't see him doing it now.
-
If Clooney tried to do Matt Helm it would be the first true acting job that Clooney ever had. Matt Helm would not deal well with someone like George Clooney. Hell, Matt Helm carries a knife that is specifically set up so it can kill someone. George Clooney couldn't even allow himself to own such a thing. Matt Helm treated his women better than Clooney. Matt Helm has children, George Clooney is still a child himself.
Readers Talkback
User Login
Top Talkbacks
- Whitney Houston 1963 - 2012 -- 209 total posts 207 posts
- AVENGERS enemy revealed as pink boardgame pieces... You might suffer some form of elation... SPOILERS!!! -- 160 total posts 97 posts
- There's a STAR TREK video game that is going to lead into JJ's STAR TREK 2 apparently... -- 144 total posts 77 posts
- Here's The Red Band Trailer For Drafthouse Films' THE FP! -- 68 total posts 68 posts
- New JUDGE DREDD post production footage pops up -- 67 total posts 67 posts
- Does ‘SNL’ Rhyme With ‘Deschanel’?? Learn Which SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE Vet Hosts After Sexy Zooey!! -- 64 total posts 60 posts
- To Commemorate The 3D Release Of STAR WARS EPISODE I: THE PHANTOM MENACE, George Lucas Wants You To Know...Greedo Shoots First!! -- 480 total posts 55 posts
- HANNA's Saoirse Ronan to boss around seven little people -- 53 total posts 50 posts
- Friday Brings SWEEPS DAY NINE!! Gab Here About Tonight’s FRINGE!! Plus Einstein on TIM, Wiig On PORTLANDIA, MAHER, CLONE, GIFTED, GRIMM, SPARTACUS, SUPERNATURAL, GOLD RUSH And More!! -- 118 total posts 32 posts
- SPACE 2099!! -- 182 total posts 27 posts