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In Addition To GALACTICA And EXCALIBUR, Bryan Singer Is Directing A Fast-Tracked JACK THE GIANT KILLER?? Seems So...
Merrick here...
Bryan Singer will direct JACK THE GIANT KILLER for New Line & Legendary Pictures.
Despite already being attached to reinventions of EXCALIBUR and BATTLSTAR GALACTICA, sounds like JACK may actually be his next film.
The story, by Mark Bomback ("Live Free or Die Hard"), is set in motion when a princess is kidnapped, threatening a long-standing peace between men and giants. A young farmer is given an opportunity to lead a dangerous expedition to the giants' kingdom in hopes of rescuing her.
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“Killer” is most likely to be Singer’s next movie. TThe project has no start date but is being fast-tracked.
...says THR HERE.
Bomback also scripted RACE TO WITH MOUNTAIN and LIVE FREE OR DIE HARD. Neal Moritz will produce.
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“Killer” is most likely to be Singer’s next movie. TThe project has no start date but is being fast-tracked.
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It's downright silly watching Singer load up his plate like this. The guy could barely survive SUPERMAN RETURNS' schedule of shooting and post-production. What a joke.
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First, I thought someone was doing Brereton's "Giantkiller" and got really excited.. then I saw that it was Singer and I got upset. But yeah, go ahead and make this other thingy. It'll keep him busy and maybe that silly Excalibur idea will get shelved.
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His movies have no spark or energy whatsoever. And yes, I am most definitely including the first two X-Men.
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"I ran out of giant killing bullets."
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Sep 23, 2009 10:01:55 AM CDT
Nobody's talking about James Francos Remake of Princess Bride ye
by ikickassforthelord
wow, maybe it's too much of a bummer.
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Reportedly will feature Kevin Spacey as Bill.
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already wrote about this in earlier talkback today....
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I stand by that. They must have seen the intense negative reaction from fans, and the incredible disinterest from people who don't know what Battlestar is. That was one piss-poor idea that will never actually come to fruition. Maybe he'll end up making a sci-fi epic, but he'll call it something else, I guarantee.
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Sep 23, 2009 10:06:36 AM CDT
Is Jack the good guy? Cos he sure ain't in the books!
by damien chowder
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And LIVE FREE OR DIE HARD sure had a good script. Didn't it?
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Or an adaptation of the Charles de Lint story?
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It doesn't even sound like The Princess Bride. It's call "Your Highness" and yea, its a midevil comedy with knights and princesses etc, don't ever...ever equate it with The Princess Bride. The day that gets remade is the day I stop watching films. I won't stand for it. If anyone ever remakes the Princess Bride or The Wizard of Oz, I quit. Just leave them the fuck alone. They would fucking suck anyway.
On the other hand, I personally think Your Highness sounds fucking awesome. Danny McBride is ridiculusly hialrious, and David Gordon Green is an excellent director who already proved he can get a fun and unique performance from Franco. I'm looking forward to it. You scared the shit out of me with Princess Bride remake talk though. Thank god that isnt true. -
Sep 23, 2009 10:13:44 AM CDT
...sure, hope it's good. I'll see it. That writer though...
by flickapoo
...shudder...
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It means NOTHING serious.
You people writing for this site should know that sort of shit by now.
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Actually they did remake Wizard of Oz. It was called The Wiz and starred Michael Jackson. And I would think one of the single most foolish things to do right now, as far as making movies are concerned, would be to make a Battlestar Galactica movie that ignores the recent TV series and opts for the 70's series as a leaping off point. not that it's a bad idea in and of itself, but the timing of it would be head-scratching.
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BSG doesn't need you, you fucking hack.
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I said it before - I'll believe it when I see it. The reports about his involvement sound vague and hopeful, at most.
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That's not a remake, that's some type of re-imagining I guess I would define it? I'm talking legitimate remkae, with Lindsay Lohan replacing Judy Garland. That's what I'm talking about. Off to see the Wizard...to score some crack.
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That was a great comic! Nope, this movie will be about being a gay. At least he is not spreading gayness on a beloved comic or sci fi property.
Some one needs to get this guy some Authority comics so he can have fun with super fags instead of awkwardly shoe horning a gay agenda into it. -
ha! The steam is yours! That was a great comic tho.
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Serious, surrender Dorothy you little skank. If He ever does, he should direct the whole film while wearing assless chaps.
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as in fucking TRASH.
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Here. Here.
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You know it be true.
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..."Guess the Thinly-Veiled Allegory In a Bryan Singer Film" Hmmmm.... let's see... could it be... Giants are homophobia and Jack is gayness?
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Sep 23, 2009 11:31:23 AM CDT
WOW BRIAN SINGER MUST BE IN GREAT DEMAND WITH ALL THESE PROJECTS
by margot_tenenbaum
GET ME BRIAN SINGER FOR MY JOAN BLONDELL BIOPIC! PAY HIM $15 MILLION! THAT'S $5 MILLION MORE THAN WHAT HE'S GETTING FOR THAT STAR WARS THING! I MEAN NOW MS. WILLIAMS (my girl friday, who is amazing).
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Has anyone ever played the PS2 game "Shadow of the Colossus"? This is pretty much the exact same plot...
(A young man named Wander who must travel across a vast expanse on horseback and defeat sixteen beings, simply known as colossi,to restore the life of a girl named Mono.)
I think Singer is talented - no doubt. But this guy hasn't directed original content since The Usual Suspects... The BSG movie just pisses me off. -
Singer needs to return to his roots to get people interested in him again.
A low-to-mid-budget film with a GOOD script and cast that he can just focus and knock out of the park will get him back in the A-Game, project wise.
And to everyone who thinks he is a hack, remember The Usual Suspects, X-men 1 & 2, Apt Pupil and parts of Superman Returns and Valkyrie...
Also--Anyone who is afraid that they can catch "The Gay" from watching his films needs to shut up and fetishistically wash his hands with Purell--our your eyes, actually, since that is how you see his movies... -
Jesus, Bryan, FOCUS, FOCUS, FOCUS. Finish something, ok?
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I watched 'The Doctor's Daughter' (Dr Who, Season 4) last night and who was there? The actor who played King Arthur in Excalibur. Complete with that goofy voice of his. Jesus, he looked old. Like 97 or something. Time is making monkeys of all of us.
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http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0056112/
And the original had a skeleton horse drawn carriage that scared the shit out of me as a kid -
..was so cool!! its like they threw in all kinds of freaky monsters and the hell with it if it looks cheesy..the kids would understand!!..its made for them!!
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Semantics, bro'. One man's remake is another man's reboot. Is another man's retool. Is another man's re-imagining. I make it easy on myself. If it follows basically the same plot, it's a remake. But to each their own.
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I don't give a shit what he does as long as he's done fucking up the man of steel!
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How many movies is this guy attached to? He shouldn't be doing shit that doesn't involve the XMEN.
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Good for him
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It's like this dude, If you were in the desert for 8 days without something to drink a glass of Green Gargantua pee would taste like a chalice of cold Chimay.
THOSE MOVIES SUCK BALLS, HUGH IS A TERRIBLE WOLVERINE, THE ENTIRE FEELING AND VIBE IS AWFUL. Jesus fucking Christ read the fucking comics or something. Or have another glass of pee pee. -
Ooohh! A remake! Who'd have thought!
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Sep 23, 2009 3:36:58 PM CDT
BRYAN SINGER TO REMAKE "THE THING", then "OLDBOY", then "JAWS"
by wandering_prophet
Because people don't hate him enough already. You're a talentless hack who got lucky once. It's hard to make a bad movie with Byrne, Del Toro, and Spacey. The obnly thing Brya nSinger deserves credit for as a director is somehow getting a good performance out of Stephen Baldwin.
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Yeah, I know it was full of claymation monsters, but it was still a fun ride.
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The average response every time this poor fella's name is mentioned around here is so depressing. Yes, he's gay. Yes, he made a Superman film which some comic fans have an irrational hatred for (despite being a vast improvement on the two sequels preceding it). We get it. Please stop going on about it.
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In the vein of Dragonslayer...
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Please no CGI giants. Why do you think the two Hulk films were so underwelming at the Box office?
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.. that the first CG Hulk looked better than the second one? That whole tank smashing/helicopter sequence scene made me a little giddy. The second Hulk looked kinda slimy to me and his face looked cartoony IMO.
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Keep Singer away from anything & everything cinematic!
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I thought I was the only one who noticed that! How does that happen?? The original was close to photorealistic at times.. the new one looked like he was made of playdough. This is what kept pulling me out of the story. That fight at the end looked like two piece of clay being thrown together.
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to be influenced by the Jack of Fables comic. In fact, in the comic the legendary Jack himself, (Horner/be-Nimble/and the Beanstalk/Sprat/Frost/and Jill) went to Hollywood and Produced an epic trilogy based on his exploits. I think one of those movies was called Jack the Giant Killer. The Jack in the comic breaks the fourth wall, scams everybody, gets laid a lot by lying and basically has a good time whilst making everybody hate him. Very enjoyable, but I'm sure it won't be that way in the movie. Too bad.
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Singer is taking all these projects for the money they throw at him, then he's gonna fake his death out of shame for Superman Returns and retire to a Mediterranean Island. Cause honestly, who the fuck is gonna do an old school BSG movie RIGHT AFTER the reimagined series ends?
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A remake of Excalibur? No I wont allow it!!!!
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may look stiff but cg floats all over and looks more shitty.
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and the climax of the movie is...superman lifting a rock... -
comic book movies for now. make some other movie assholes.
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