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Summit sniffing around Jodie Foster's BEAVER?
Ahoy, squirts! Quint here. Sorry for the incredibly inappropriate headline, but I was already toying with "Summit making a deal for Jodie Foster's BEAVER" as my non-funny headline and I figured that was just as insulting, so I went the extra giant leap over the line of decency. In all seriousness, I'm absolutely dying to see what this movie turns out like. It sounds insane. Jodie Foster directs this story of a crazy bastard who walks around with a beaver hand-puppet that he speaks through... and said crazy bastard is played by Mel Gibson. I've heard the script by Kyle Killen is outstanding, dark and hilarious. I'm just happy to see Gibson back on the screen again, and playing up some of his comedic chops to boot. Variety has a story about Summit being close to locking up a deal to distribute the movie. Summit perplexes me a bit as a studio. They get some truly great little movies, but seem to have a really hard time selling them, like with BROTHERS BLOOM or even SEX DRIVE, a surprisingly funny teen comedy. I even heard BANDSLAM was a real movie and not the shitty feature version of a Nickelodeon kids show-looking movie they advertised. I guess releasing these quirky gems is enough for me. As long as that Twilight money keeps rolling in and they keep spending it on movies like THE BEAVER I won't complain. Thoughts? -Quint quint@aintitcool.com Follow Me On Twitter
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foist
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They can't successfully market anything that isn't TWILIGHT.
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Keep 'em coming. And now, for your talkback enjoyment, please cue the Mel Gibson Jew Hater joke parade. And...ACTION!
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Since most women shave nowadays, should we still really call it beaver?
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-and I want to stick my penis into Jodie Foster's rodent sized vagina.
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Not this bullshit again!
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Only if I didn't like my display name so much.
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Aug. 19, 2009, 10:39 a.m. CST
Sounds like someone LOVED Lars and the real girl
by idrinkyourmilkshake
so much, they decided to make it again....except a dumbassed version with two fallnig stars.Mel, seriously dude...make something good and violent again(please?)
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That was more than a dozen years ago, so I think the public is ready.
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4th Mad Max. Other than that, he's a dead fucking bigot hack job to me.
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Aug. 19, 2009, 10:41 a.m. CST
Is the beaver a homophobic jew-hating paranoid misogynist freak?
by V'Shael
Or are we into type casting territory here?
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It's fuuny because nobody, especially on AICN, had used such a pun involving this project before. Or am I just a sarcastic prick?
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or <p> Entertainment Executes are willing to pay money for Foster's beaver... <p> etc..
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Aug. 19, 2009, 10:51 a.m. CST
I get the feeling Foster's beaver is a dry and rocky place...
by FlickaPoo
...where your seed will find no purchase...
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she is an incredibly intelligent woman. but i wonder, in her personal life is she crude in a humerous way or is she a stick in the mud. if not then i would like to enroll in beaver college if she's the dean.
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where it has been officially declared a no-penis zone
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Why not just have Matt and Trey direct this instead. At least then it would be funny.
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Until Twilight? I wonder how many people got fired from bigger companies for not getting the rights to that.
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that was fucking HILARIOUS...<p>Fuck Mel up his retarded, drunk, homophobic, anti-semitic ass...<p>go ahead talkbackers, defend him...I love to hear it. he's a fucking joke at this point...tell me why anyone should still go to his movies, besides wanting to promote extreme right wing asshole fundraising...
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And released to the general public late 2010. Early 2011 at the latest.
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But you don't, Quint. Stop it with your shitty jokes already please. With this and the Avatar shit you are quickly descending to Beaks like levels of asshole.
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Yaaaaawwwwnnn . . . .
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Talkbackers have almost as much humor as Quint here. But i still don't understand which one of the headlines he refers to as the "non-funny" one. They're both!
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didn't he walk around for a few seasons with a beaver puppet on his hand...he also was rocking a wicked 80's mel gibson mullet, so i guess the whole thing has come full cirlce
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It is a Jodie Foster film after all.
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Aug. 19, 2009, 12:31 p.m. CST
I hear the editing crew had to trim that Beaver right down...
by GreatWhiteNoise
Couldn't resist.
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Aaaggh! Somebody stop me!
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For the record, I really thought Maverick was really underrated. I also don't mind seeing Tom Cruise movies even though he is a nut-job, so I'll still enjoy Gibson movies even if he is a racist.
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"Jodie Foster's Beaver. It stinks!"
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when Julian Moore's red bush replaced Foster's beaver? It was like they were fuckin re-staffing the crew over at the Animal Planet channel.
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Until he makes movies like Apocalypto for us. That was a great flick. Everybody should chill the fuck down. He may be crazy, hateful and stupid, but he is good at what he is doing. Plus, he is hillarious in a Braveheart skirt. He's not your friend, he just makes movies for you.
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Aug. 19, 2009, 12:58 p.m. CST
Mel is an idiot because he blames all the wars on the Jews.
by V'Shael
And we all know it's the fault of the shape shifting lizards from the fifth dimension. <p> (And yet still not the most insane post I've ever seen in a talkback...)
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Aug. 19, 2009, 1:01 p.m. CST
Mel Gibson is one of the greatest actors of any generation.
by The_Genteel_Gentile
for my money every bit as good as Oldman, DDL, Hanks, Nicholson, Penn, RDJ, Pacino, DeNiro, Stewart, Connery, C. Grant, Olivier, Bogart, Tracy, Cagney, Guinness, Hopkins, Brando, Depp ans so on... Gibson's got the total package evn if it's been a rare occasion when he's been able to fully utilise all of his strengths. <p> So strong, so versatile, so dynamic, so charming, so fierce, so frightening, so witty, so commanding, so affable, so mystifying, so empathetic, so disturbing, so dashing, so cunning, so vulnerable, so funny, so believable, so heartbreaking, so complex, so unsettling, so moving, so entertaining. So underrated. So misrepresented. So defamed. So persecuted. So sad.<p> Gibson IS responsible for THE best, most convincing, least pompous poetry recital-esque, emotionally tortured, raw, nuanced performance of Shakespeare ever put to film. Too bad he didn't direct as well, or the film it self would have been unforgettably legendary. (Al Pacino in The Merchant Of Venice is a close second.) <p> Needless to say, Gibson is also one of THE great filmmakers, even though he's directed just 4 films. Only Malick can boast the same. <p> So away with you "Thought Police", no one knows the mind and heart, fears and desires of another. This man has never hurt a soul, as far as I'm aware. The cavalier use of maligning slogans to identify people you wish to hate, under the pretense of intellectually superior liberal consciousness, has rendered those terms and your faux position of righteous idignation empty, meaningless and utterly bogus. Get off your soap box and let this great artist realise his potential without the unwarrented scorn, slander and assumptions of glib, antipathetic, spiteful, illiberal hypocrites.
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Good to see Gibson back.
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I mean i'm not talking full blown KKK burning crosses type racist, but we've all told a joke involving a race and certainly laughed at a racist joke. And besides what if mel is right about the jews causing all the wars..can you honestly tell me that no war was ever started by a jew..how do we know?..exactly, so give the guy a break
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So to an extent, it is hard to shake off your upbringing. @The_Genteel_Gentile - Gibson is a very talented actor. For my money, the best two actors working today are Gary Oldman and Ed Norton. Guys like Pacino, DeNiro, etc. have slipped quite a bit.
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that I will be shocked will ever happen. I'll believe it when they start shooting.
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So, Beaver opens wide in 2010? I walked out of Beaver. I fell asleep halfway through Beaver. Homosexuals are protesting Beaver. I'll bet you've never even seen Beaver. Johah Hex licks Beaver at Box Office. I liked beaver better than a couple of dicks. anything? is this thing on?
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Okay, I'm done
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Execs saddened when negotions for Beaver stalled.
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Im sorry but he is the same A-hole in every movie i've ever seen him in.
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Mel Gibson can't wait to be in Beaver.
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crazy bitch dauhter had a beaver...but i think it was a cat...and they hid a gun in it...<P>THAT is why shane black is awesome.
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Aug. 19, 2009, 2:19 p.m. CST
JettL93's just upset Natalie Portman kept calling
by Fa_Tass_DinoMolester
him a "creepy prick" the entire time his fat father was spewing out the Star Wars prequels!
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Aug. 19, 2009, 2:21 p.m. CST
Ebert and Roeper give Jodie's Foster's Beaver two tumbs up!
by Fa_Tass_DinoMolester
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Although they could give her Tums if they wanted, I guess.
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Audience says Jodie's Beaver is tired and worn out, Foster says "Beaver is for the ladies", A surprise to noone Ben Lyons says skip Beaver.
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Should have been titled Die Hard 1.5. I just rewatched this the other day, in typical fashion the ref's didn't throw yellow during the opening scene.
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An all new kind of Television classic. Surround Sound.
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I have to say that the script was *ahem* very tight. Seriously. I picked up a copy via ScriptShark a few months back, when the talk was that Steve Carrell was attached. Made for a laugh out loud (and very dark) read with Michael Scott in mind. Not so sure how Mel Gibson would carry off the role, but on paper it's a great read.
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Just makes her even hotter, IMO. <p> Glad she's out.
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Aug. 19, 2009, 3:53 p.m. CST
You can always trust AICN to have a little fun with a project ca
by VicenzoV
..."Beaver". <p> This headline was a delight, even better than the "may stick his hand into Jodie Foster's BEAVER" one. <p> I honestly can't wait until this film is released and it's time for Jodie Foster's Beaver to fuck Harry, Quint, Capone et all's eyeballs. That's when the really cool headlines will undoubtedly emerge.
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she looks like a Pez dispenser.
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The more interested I get in it.
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But I'm wondering how many people won't go to this because Mel is in it? How many won't go to something he directs? How many feel guilty watching either in regards to his previous work that you have always loved. Me, I've found that I can't watch Braveheart, a film I've watched at least 50 times, the same way after the incident. I do honestly believe that everyone makes mistakes and most people deserve a second chance (mess with children, kill or rape someone = fuck you forever). But I learned so much about Mel and his father's history after that mess that I find I just can't look at him the same way now.
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Not stunning, but hot in a super-smart, normal girl kinda way.
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What happened?
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One of the last true movie stars. With strange personal behavior and all. Add to that one of the best directors around.
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But his talent as an actor and a director should be kept seperate from his fucking personal life. Lookin forward to it. The premise alone was enough to interest me. But Mel's inclusion is just hilarious.
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Da Noive...
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Bobcat Goldthwait?
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Does Foster walk puppeting a Cock in hers? Enquiring Minds Want to know. The movies trailer needs to use the Primus Song.
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because KRAMER had a melt down. not gonna stop watching THE ROAD WARRIOR (or anything else) because of MEL's. RICKLES has at one time or another offended everyone on the earth, don't hear anyone complaining about him (altho someone should).
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Because I seem to remember a joke headline about it being a sequel to Forty Year Old virgin.
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It might not be the case for this film necessarily but is anyone else getting sick of all these movies since Juno and Little Miss Sunshine that are basically tailored made for the "Quirky, yet endeering" spot at the oscars?
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...and get back to either starring in action films or making balls-out historical epics. Dicking around with my least-favorite genre ever - the touching retard warms hearts - is not what I want to see.
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yeah i agree... both were way overhyped. i mean they were good and all, but nothing extraordinary.
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Usually, they are groan inducing, but that was funny. Well done.
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Okay. Either he's on too many drugs or not enough. My guess is not enough...
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Not the Garth Brooks song. Er...and not that I'd know that.
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Fuck - I don't know. Never mind.
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Has been well munched by every dyke in Hollywierd LOL.
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