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The del Toro Produced ORPHANAGE Remake Has A Director Now!!
Merrick here...
Mark Pellington will direct the previously announced reworking of Juan Antonio Bayona's THE ORPHANAGE. Pellington's past work includes the U23D IMAX project, THE MOTHMAN PROPHECIES, ARLINGTON ROAD, an assortment of music videos (including Alice in Chains and INXS), and more.
Guillermo del Toro will be producing the new film from a script co-written by Guillermo and Larry Fessenden.
The original "Orphanage" stars Belen Rueda ("The Sea Inside") as a woman who takes over the orphanage where she was raised, to open a home for disabled children. Then her young son begins to play with the same imaginary friend who terrorized her when she was a child.
...says Variety HERE.
The original film, while rather slowly paced, is abundant in atmosphere and rather nicely styled. If you haven't taken a look at it yet, you can find it at Netflix (disc or streaming) HERE, or on DVD & Blu-Ray HERE
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The "Why remake this?" rule applies here as far as I'm concerned -the only goal of doing so would appear to be an Americanization of the concept (a la THE RING).
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Arlington Rd, Mothman Prophecies and Henry Poole Is Here were all fantastic.
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I thought you meant benicio!
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Oh, right. It wasn't in English.
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Great flick. This angers me even more than the Let the Right One In remake... and whoever wrote that description of the original movie, apparently has never seen the film...
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Would be to have it in english. If they want to do that so bad....just add a dub track and release it in America.But instead they'll make a very vanilla version with an alt rock soundtrack, sexy teenagers and NO atmosphere.
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...THE ORPHANAGE has a style very accessible to Americans.It would be like remaking CROUCHING TIGER for Americans...but worse.
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While I agree that the original movie had a great sense of style and atmosphere, there was something about it that felt lacking. I suspect it is just my taste in horror films and not anything that the film did wrong. I'm kind of over the whole "scary kid" thing, so that probably has something to do with it. However, even if I'm not the biggest fan, it doesn't seem like there's much of a reason to remake it. The original wasn't so good that it needed to be made in multiple languages, and as far as I'm concerned the original version handled the material as well as it could.
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I loved THE MOTHMAN PROPHECIES. I'll reserve judgement if only out of respect.
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If only for its super-ballsy, bad guy actually completely and totally wins the day, ending. Loved that shit like ten years ago. Don't know how the whole thing would hold up now, but still strikes me as one of the few, few films that doesn't just end on a bad note/downer/tragedy (like Chinatown or something) but actually ends with the bad guy flat out winning.
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Del Toro...you have world acclaim from PAns Labyrinth and Hellboy, us americans already know of your other works...im sure all of us can be just fine with your "foreign" works the way they are, no cutting around corners, NO AMERICANIZING. Why remake it??
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Ugh.
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you don't make good movies anymore. the rest of the world makes good movies. and there are remnants of hollywood that make good movies (cameron, scott, etc.), but even so they produce these movies themselves.
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No need for an American version, there just going to mess it up and put a really shitty expensive actors. Why! What Retards.
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Jeezus Christo!!
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this is why the norwegians in the Thing prequel wil most likely not be norwegians at all:( Kom dere vekk idioter!! det er ikke en bikkje. det er en slags TING! Den imiterer en bikkje, kom dere vekk idioter!!
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Jan 04, 2010 12:03:30 PM CST
when does the spanish remake of AVATAR start filming?
by thedannerdaliel
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Super boring movie otherwise. But I must say that years later I still vividly remember how awesome the ending reveal was. For the bulk of its running time I was bored to tears until the closing ten minutes which was so exciting and tense that it nearly redeemed the whole fucking thing. You NEVER see the bad guy win in hollywood movies and even if you do it's NEVER to the extent that Tim Robbin's terrorist suceeds. Arlington Road could've been a classic if the writers & director had put as much guts & effort in the beginning and second act as they did in the finale
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A remake would be ten times worse let it go hollywood and try to come up with some original ideas for a change
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1. The original wasn't SO foreign and strange, that it isn't accessible to Americans (point made by others above me, I happen to agree with 1000%) 2. The elements that DO feel foreign, for me, as an American, help it to feel JUST ALIEN ENOUGH to be a little creepier. Maybe that's coming from some deep-seated xenophobia left over from my racist parents, but the fact that it's in another land and another language heightens the fear factor a little... this is the same reason Let the Right One In creeped me out more than any English thriller I've seen in a LOOOONG time. 3. Those viewers who have seen the original won't be included in the audience for this... once you know the twists, I doubt an English remake will have any draw. If I want to see this movie again, I'll see it in the original Spanish, thank you. Unless this gets some MAJOR kudos from someone I respect, I'm not even putting this one on my Netflix queue. I'm sure that will keep EVERYONE involved with this production up nights.
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that happened in the orphanage i grew up in
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... that geeks like me aren't the audience for these remakes anyway. The fact is undeniable: your average American does not watch foreign films. Period. The Ring as an American movie did pretty well... and hell, that one, I saw in English, and it creeped me the hell out. Upon seeing it once, though, I have no urge to see the exact same movie with the original Japanese cast... thrillers are one kind of movie I don't feel compelled to rewatch. Once I know the "catch" I rarely want to watch it just for its own sake... I am bummed that more people in this country will see he American version of The Orphanage, and not feel the need to see the original... but hell, del Toro is producing. It COULD be good. I just don't want to see it.
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it isn't even listen on del Toro's imdb page...
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He is a fantastic independent producer and director from Portland. His studio, Glass Eye Pix, is one of the most unique in the country; a film collabrative of sorts, they recently produced Ti West's House of the Devil. When he was attached to direct, it was exciting to see him move up to the big leagues. But, as much as I like Pellington, he's a studio hack. My interest in this remake has dwindled to nill...
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...with the Wendy-Bird/Lost Boys ending...maybe I'm stupid, but I couldn't figure out how to get a happy ending out of that story...I thought they managed it with style.
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was one of my favorite movies that year! I HATE remakes!
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Jan 04, 2010 12:36:57 PM CST
JUST FUCKING RELEASE THE FUCKING ORIGINAL YOU CUNTS!!!
by tehcreepythinman
Holy mother of cunting FUCK! Every single fucking good movie made in every corner of the world has to be fucking remade by those cockroaches in Hollywood.
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I actually prefer Verbinski's version, but to echo all above...why this? It is very effective as is, and I'm afraid the mood will be ruined by excessive effects.
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The original barely has like a couple of years out don't it??? Jesus Fucking Christ, let the movie breath before you rape it. I can't believe del Toro would allow this. I still respect him as one of the few with originality, but del Toro should know better than to remake this. ESPECIALLY SO FUCKING SOON.
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Are they remaking this for people who can't read subtitles?
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remake coming soon to a theater near you. Taking Frank Oz's British-set comedy and copying it plot point for plot point with an African American cast. THAT movie is barely 2 years old. And it even has Peter Dinklage replay the same exact role he played in the original. I know getting cast in roles may be difficult Peter, but, c'mon!
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The studio must have gotten scared. A fucking shame-- Fessenden is a true talent. Del Toro should have fought for his first choice.
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my brain hurts
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THERE ARE THOUSANDS OF NOVELS AND NOVELLA'S OUT THERE!!! NOT EVEN MENTIONING HOW MANY FUCKING WRITERS? STOP REMAKING EVERYTHING YOU COCKSUCKERS!!!
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But I can understand how this remake pisses off people.
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It's one of those movies I love sharing with other people. While a remake won't take away from that, I find it completely unnecessary.
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Jan 04, 2010 1:03:55 PM CST
CEILING CAT, MY MASTER!!! SINK CALIFORNIA INTO THE FUCKING OCEAN
by tehcreepythinman
Hollywood is just churning out McDonald's at this point. There is no passion for movies there, only profits and the mongrel cockroaches that run the studio's have killed North American cinema.
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DATELINE LOS ANGELES -- Amid an atmosphere of wild rumor and mutual recrimination, it was announced Monday that Sam Worthington remains "inexplicably uncast" as Flash Gordon. While a ninth HARRY POTTER film is being developed around the character of a "tough Aussie wizard" who mentors Harry through a new adventure, and Worthington has been tapped to replace Chris Pine in the STAR TREK franchise "just because," FLASH GORDON remains a bewildering blank on his resume. Screenwriters are reportedly working around the clock to craft a "macho Aussie sidekick" for the title character. This move comes after execs, confusing FLASH GORDON with BUCK ROGERS, tried to cast Worthington as "that robot from the TV show" -- a plan that was scrapped when the actor proved unable to repeat the phrase "Biddy biddy biddy" without an Australian accent. Sources close to the film have tried to downplay the controversy, with one claiming to know of "at least two" upcoming films which also lack Worthington in the cast: a low-budget Scottish drama, SHEPHERDS WITHOUT SHEEP, and the film version of the all-black musical PORGY AND BESS. These reports, however, remain unconfirmed. Meanwhile a traumatized Worthington has reached out for spiritual guidance to Rabbi Shmuley Boteach, who counseled Shia LeBeuf when the young star failed to be cast in IRON MAN, THE WHITE RIBBON or HANNAH MONTANA: BEST OF BOTH WORLDS.
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you fo realz? Death At A Funeral???? Tyler Perry doin' it?
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Fucking still best 3-D I've seen. Then again it was the first TRUE 3D movie I saw.
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This will suck Donkey Cock. I have an idea, how about if American audiences just watch the original? Because they'll have to read for and hour and thirty....OHHH NOOO!!!!
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with contributions by Jett
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Why??? If they really need to go that far, why not just dub over the film??? I doubt the audiences they're going for will notice! They're white actors so it's okay! Unless they plan to cgi some children in or something... in the history of remake this ranks amongst the most unnecessary!!!
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He really is a unique talent. I've been waiting for a several years now for him to really hit one out of the ballpark. Most of his films thus far have been near misses with moments of brilliance. I don't think he'll make his mark with a re-make, however. The original film is near perfect and can't really be improved on with an English cast. It's going to be something original that Fessenden will score a bullseye with.
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Fucking remake hell. Or even adapt something that hasn't been adapted yet, like, oh, say, Simmon's Song of Kali, or McCammon's Swan Song, or something by Ramsey Campbell, like Midnight Sun, or Some of Your Blood by Sturgeon. Come on, guys. It's not hard to find original material out there.
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Mark Pellington, please read Bernard Cornwell's Arthur series and direct a series of films based on them. I believe you will handle the dark nuances of the subject matter perfectly. I salute you!
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Because that's what American's want. Plus, does it have to be set at an orphanage? They're depressing. How about a day care? And I'm just throwing ideas out there - but how about a talking gerbil?
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...until Sam Worthington is cast as America's oldest orphan in the 'Orphanage' remake.
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I read a first draft that expanded the whole story so open, it will shock you, a producer friend told me the film was code named "The Orphanage II: Satan's Adoption"
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Seemed to be trying to be like the Devil's Backbone but was no where near as good. I'll probably see the remake eventually, most likely a wait for dvd.
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One of THE FINEST HORROR FILMS IN A LONG TIME. I don't care what anyone says. That "knock on the wall" scene will go down in horror history.
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I like the whole 'red light, green light' scene with the kids at the end of the movie. Great, subtle horror.
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Actually, correction: FUCK THE RETARDED MOTHERFUCKING AMERICAN AUDIENCES WHO ARE TOO GODDAMN LAZY TO READ SUBTITLES IN THE ASS, MOUTH, ASS AND MOUTH.
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then why would they bother remaking it? There were several huge flaws that could be fixed in a redo:1. Nobody speaks English. I think they wanted to add some 'colour' to the proceedings but really, the only colour you need in a ghost story is white?2. HIV is depressing and unsettling. And promiscuous gay eight-year-olds who have it are unsympathetic. The remake really needs to fix this by making the little boy retarded instead.3. Tragedy is not scary. The original was too tragic, which makes people feel sad, not scared. The remake needs to have lots of SUDDENCATS! and BOOGETYBOOSIC. Also the children should be witches. And zombies. Zombie witches.
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Starring Chris Rock, Martin Lawrence, Danny Glover, etc. James Marsden does the acid trip role done by Alan Tyduk, and Peter Dinklage...well, you know. Watch Jett will post in a few minutes that he's seen a screening of it, and that the new cast remake will make it a medium size hit just short of Tyler Perry numbers. Perry's not involved cuz he couldn't shoehorn Medea into it.
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Orphanage was good,but TDB was much better imho. peace to all who seek it
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Shock til u Drop has a piece on The Thing prequel. It seems Ronald D. Moore's script is set at the Norwegian base, and relates those events. Filming to begin in March in Toronto. No word on the cast. While returning to the monster of Carpenter's classic is welcome, given that it is up there in the pantheon of great movie monsters along with Alien and the predator, is a prequel really the best way to go? It means setting the story in 1981, with a cast of foreigners speaking accented English. Stellan Skarsgard is a cert for a role, along with Christoph Waltz and Mads Mikelson. But the Norwegians all died in The Thing backstory, so a prequel seems pointless. And will it end with the helicopter chasing the dog, leading to a remake of Carpenter's The Thing? Dumb, stupid, lazy idea. Or will they just tell the Norwegian story in the present day? Then lead into a new version of the original? What will they call the prequel? The Thing Begins? The First Thing? First Things First?
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They should get Phoebe Cates to be the lead female (aren't her kids with kev grown or just about?) and Aryanna (spl?) Engineer from ORPHAN should be in it too, she was fantastiq in that and she's legitimately hearing impaired, so an orphanage for disabled kids would suit her nicely. Make this so del toro!
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The Thing's god did it
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with remaking not just great international movies but perfectly brilliant ones! It's just rediculous!
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I truly love that. Hat tip to you, sir.
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This one was in yesterday's Variety and Hollywood Reporter, you stinkers.
Do your own reporting.
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Ahhh who cares, I'm not paying for this POS
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I hope that remains intact... super fucking creepy.
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SUDDENCATS™!
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or get some kind of intellectual property protection.
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I thought he did an amazing job with building suspense with style in Mothman. Just think, you never see anything in Mothman and it is creepy as hell. He knows how to get the mood right, and I love his eye on detail and weird lighting and camera angles. He is a great fit for this material.
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...why??!?!?!? definitely applies. Do. Something. Original. PLEEEEEEEASE! The word "remake" in the title to these articles alone is starting to get frustrating. Because it's in about 2/3 of 'em. Or reboot, or sequel. Anybody wonder if that ALONE is part of why Avatar is making so much money?
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Movie had balls. I mean no movie with that ending will come out of Hollywood ever again. Fuck these remakes, it's a fact that people in the middle of the US are fucking stupid and don't want to read but jesus come on! I kind of don't get them either unlike remakes of older popular movies where people know the title. They are remaking good foreign thrillers and horror movies. Is it just out of sheer laziness to adapt books or come up with a new idea? I don't get it.
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Arlington Road and Mothman Prophecies are films reaching for Ed Wood levels of bad, but heavily camoflagued by excessive levels of Hollywood gloss. Some people actually like them.
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Must admit to a soft spot for movies that waste the hero(s), go for a morally ambiguous ending, etc. "To Live and Die in LA," and Carpenter's "Prince of Darkness" come to mind pretty quickly, especially the latter...
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I agree though, I'll always be fond of Arlington Road for that genuinely fucked up ending. Just punches you in the gut.
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in its defiance of traditional Hollywood storytelling (and is awesome in general) but were it not based on a hit book (and written/directed by the Coen Bros.), never would have made it to the screen in that form. Thank god it was a book and was so faithfully adapted by those two.
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I love the answer one of the Coens gave when asked about how they adapted the book into screenplay form: "He held the book open, and I typed." Really, god bless the Coen Brothers.
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To a lesser extent... I mean Batman doesn't die, but he gets villainized... and the other hero, Harvey Dent, literally becomes a villain and dies... while the main villain is left laughing his ass off at the entire thing.
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Jesus. That movie is fucked up.
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ARLINGTON ROAD
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Not the biggest Maggie Gylllennnhaaaaal fan, so I sort of enjoyed her character's demise a bit more than the filmmakers intended.
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Seriously, what a sell-out. Can't Americans watch anything without an Australian actor in it?
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Very simple. Americans refuse to read. We had people walk out of the movie because they didn't realize it was "subtitled". Complete lack of respect for movies. The most likely reason that del Toro is even attached to this is probably that he knows it will get some money so he can put it towards a better project. This movie did NOT have to be remade. Very sad day.
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if her character had still been played by Katie Holmes. Shame.
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Mark Pellington has done some first-class work, but I doubt anybody could improve on the original. Fucking awesome ghost story.
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Abre Los Ojos was so goddamn perfect as a weird, sci-fi character study, and Cameron Crowe has to remake it like 2 years later with TOM CRUISE just to cash in. it makes me sick.
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....ugh. That's all.
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completely fell apart at the end.
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You laugh and and joke, but those are seriously the kinds of questions that get batted around during 'creative' meetings with a pre-existing property like this. It is the fucking BIZARRO world... the batshit insanity of such suggestions is the only thing original in Hollywood anymore.
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http://www.movies.spoilertv.com/2010/01/hobbit-casting-call.html
[P]Evidently, this is legit, according to TheOneRing.Net. Who wants to bet that the "Elf-Lord" in question is Glorfindel? -
Fucked up the paragraph thing.
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when he exploded.
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Nice.
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are the remaking this?
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but seem to remember a nice, prolonged scene in which Tom Cruise fondles a topless Penelope Cruz. Oh, and the Bob Dylan cover bullshit... I fucking hate Cameron Crowe.
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That one doesn't work no matter what I do to it.
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http://tinyurl.com/yeahbne <--- Hobbit casting call
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Can't guess what it is...
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Seriously creepy and underrated. It's everything Shyamalan is trying for in his movies, but failing miserably at.
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That movie actually really creeped me out.
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Good luck to Mr. Pellington, but I'll sit this one out…
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Jan 04, 2010 11:29:05 PM CST
Nasty In The Pasty, KNOW WHY THE MOTHMAN PROPHECIES WAS GOOD?
by tehcreepythinman
Three reasons; One, Richard gere; Two, Laura Linney and finally; Three, DoP Fred Murphy who has, sadly, worked mostly in TV the last few years.
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...and it's only the fifth. Good on you. Also good to see Pellington come out of seclusion and return to work. I've missed him.
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-takes a bow- I'd also like to thank Jeff Bridges, for exploding.
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I enjoyed the movie, but thought it was going to suck prior. It was a good movie. The Orphanage was good, too, but there's no way they'll take it as-is and remake it for American audiences - they'll need to up the body count, etc. Which is dumb, because the original works quite well on its own merits, but I seriously can't see them remaking this without making it far more hosile to try and get us to see it.
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It's a speaking style...anywho, now TheOneRing.Net thinks this is "invalid", whatever that means. They couldn't figure that out before?! So, nevermind, unless it is real, in which case...um, mind, I guess?
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Pretty fun little movie. Although I'd never have conceived of there being a big scare moment in a horror film revolving around chapstick...
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.. because it didn't explain every.. fucking... thing in the story. Learn, Hollywood, learn. "You're more advanced than a cockroach, have you ever tried explaining yourself to one of them?" is one of my favorite movie lines ever. I thought about that line a lot while I was watching "The Box". I know, I'm the only person who liked it.
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Jan 05, 2010 5:09:15 PM CST
Fareal, Antichrist remake, with 90% less genital destruction
by mattmanreturns
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... now I'm just unsure as to what the answer actually means! "Received"?!
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