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Tom Cruise + Taylor Lautner = ???
Merrick here...
Nikki Finke over at Deadline has learned that TWLIGHT SAGA's Taylor Lautner will join Tom Cruise in NORTHERN LIGHTS.
the logline says the pic is about "a gifted, young, aerobatics pilot who faces off with his controlling, billionaire father and falls in love with a gifted, female pilot
...says Nikki HERE.
By inference, does this mean Cruise is playing Lautner's father? Does that even work out? Or, is Cruise playing some hotshot pilot again - and would that smake Lautner the "gifted" female pilot? I'm confused.
NORTHERN LIGHTS will be directed by John Moore (BEHIND ENEMY LINES, THE OMEN remake, MAX PAYNE) & should start production in April.
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Whatever happened to the LOTR blu-ray movies?
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...I dig Tom...but had to be said.
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Darn! So close. So this is going to be a gay fest just like Interview with a Vampire? (Not that there´s anything wrong with it)
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Me! No wait, HIM!
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Is it that country musician? I can't be bothered to look it up.
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I mean, seriously . . .
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Then he can keep doing snl episodes where he tells us what he *would've* done @ the vma's when his same name girlfriend gets disrespeqted *rolls eyes*.
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Just...terrible.
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I never thought I'd see the day Tom Cruise would sell-out for a paycheck to play the dad in one of these fucking pics. They must have thrown a shit ton of dough at him to headline a potential Lautner vehicle. Wow. I am truly shocked. Say what you will about Cruise in real life, but he has consistently picked interesting scripts and overall, solid films to attach himself to. What the hell is going on here? This story is shite.
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And Taylor will do anything to step up the latter. For Taylor this is paying his dues, for Tom Cruise, this is just sad.
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And people say there's no originality left in Hollywood.
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= Restraining Order for Tom
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Saw him on SNL. I assume this is some kind of gay porn movie right? Daddy fantasy shit or something?
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He's too old for shit like this.
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Harry Knowles!
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Jan. 6, 2010, 12:56 p.m. CST
Tom Cruise takes a young actor to a cabin in northern Ontario?
by Royston Lodge
Is this a straight-to-skinamax movie?
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cause them dudes are ghey.
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Lautner's Left Arm? About the same size too. Cruise as Lautner's father? Not believable if that's the case.
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and Magnolia and Collateral. He should explore playing the heavy more.
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and exiting it?
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BROGASM! To the extreme!
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Quit fronting, you know you ain't that buff.
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Starring Tom Cruise and Taylor Lautner...
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Funny how they *had* to include the word "female." A preemptive strike against the "slash" fiction that was brewing?<p>I feel the need... the need for steed!<p>"Highway to... the Hershey Zone!"
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so enough with this Tom Cruise will do anything shit. Besides Daniel Day Lewis and Liam Neelson, Cruise is as picky as they come.
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Of Taylor snuggling up to Tom on the back of a "crotch rocket!"
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About movies, right? 'Cause dudes? Not so much, I hear.
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My Big Fat GAY Wedding!
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A future Dateline episode!
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Every logline or casting call uses that word. There's only one gifted pilot and his name is Yeager.
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You, sir, are The Man! Yeager has been a hero of mine since I was a child.
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...to make that joke...<P>Mine wasn't as good though. It's for the best.
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"Mr. Cruise, why don't you have a seat. What are you doing here?" "We'd just been chatting on the internet. I swear, I was just coming by to Taylor and tell him that he shouldn't be doing this sort of thing." "Does helping him involve a bag filled with condoms and tequila?" "Um, uhhhhhhhh..."
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"Mr. Cruise, why don't you have a seat. What are you doing here?" "We'd just been chatting on the internet. I swear, I was just coming by to Taylor and tell him that he shouldn't be doing this sort of thing." "Does helping him involve a bag filled with condoms and tequila?" "Um, uhhhhhhhh..."
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"When you're ready grab hold of the stick, ooh you have such a firm grip, now pull back ever sooo gently. Now go in for a deep dive. Oooh you have such perfect formation. You know how to hit all the right buttons. Ooh I loved how you performed that barrel roll maneuver. Let me check the indicators, oooh we have some barometric build up, I think we'll have to raise our altitude. Now ease it back, back, back, ooh you're such a fly boy. You'll get your pilot wings in no time. Now put it on autopilot so we can get down to some flying of our own."
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I, too, really like Tom Cruise, but sheesh, this cries out man-love like few others in recent memory... not that there's anything wrong with that...
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in Scientology. They're gonna have their own massage tent and everything.
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- and would that smake Lautner the "gifted" female pilot? I'm confused.
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showed some promise with "Behind Enemy Lines," which was pretty entertaining and had some cool visual touches. his movies since then have all looked pretty but lack any substance whatsoever. "The Omen" remake was too unnecessary to be interesting, and "Max Payne" was painful to sit through. with this premise and cast, it sounds like Moore's career will continue to trend downward.
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Jan. 6, 2010, 1:35 p.m. CST
...will Tom let him touch his E-meter? Or will he MAKE him...
by FlickaPoo
...touch it...?
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Jan. 6, 2010, 1:41 p.m. CST
What a fucking shit film, honestly everything sucks here....
by TheWaqman
the cast (save for Cruise, who is falling into mediocrity of Cage-like levels), the director, the premise. Oh man, what a load of shit. I know this guy is being offered good films, but for some reason he's settling for Knight and Day and this wank.
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Looks like Katie Holmes should have some new distractions for Tom so she can plan her escape from Fort Xenu. FREE KATIE HOLMES!
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I'm guessing within the first two weeks.
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Brokeback Mountain 2: Mount Gushmore.
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The gayer top gun? Me thinks so, with that taylor what-ever-his-name-is. That boy is gay, I dont care how many pervy moms dig him or how many times he fucks that taylor swift chick. He doesnt just like it, he LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS the cock
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...I'd shop around for another opinion.
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He's more than twice Lautner's age. What was so confusing about that? Anyway, not interested regardless.
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...but I just can't stop laughing.
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Just like Jessiqa Alba said she and some other top (@ the time) starlets did to be tom's chiq before Katie Holmes grabbed her ankles for scientology. Cuz she sure as heq aint grabbin her ankles for tom =)
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They're supposed to be related, right? I barely read the article. <P> But yea, if they are, that's perfect. They both have cheesy, shit-eating grins that I want to punch.
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Visited this page and got hit by a Trojan. Did anyone else get it?
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pitted again. The selling point of this movie is Tom Cruise flying a plane again. It would be a waste if the movie is about pilots and Tom Cruise isn't in a cockpit anywhere in the movie. It's like Travolta in a movie about dancing but never dances in the movie. <p>Unthinkable!
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He's a fucking idiot.
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Tom Cruise is Gay McGayerson, and the Favor of the Month stars as Gay McGayGay.
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Jan. 6, 2010, 2:24 p.m. CST
All this movie needs is Rick Rossovich and Val Kilmer...
by Hint_of_Smegma
....and three litres of sunflower oil to be the gayest film ever made that doesn't have an actual cock shoved up an ass onscreen.
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but "Gay McGayGay" is slaying me... as is almost every other post in this 'back... totally immature, but funny as fuck...
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Sounds like one of the gayest movies ever.
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Jan. 6, 2010, 2:31 p.m. CST
Immature, HarryCalder? This is a big film for gay cinema.
by Hint_of_Smegma
Who knew AICN would break the news, just like Cruise will break Lautner's ass.
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for gay cinema... No more skeevy buddy booths, just head to your local AMC! (Ass-To-Mouth Cruise Sinemas)
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Maybe the girl dies, or the father, who knows. But someone is gonna be in a plane crash and people will cry. Fuck-ing-a.
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...should never work in film again.
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Jan. 6, 2010, 2:59 p.m. CST
Talk to Me Goose. Lord Please, Talk to Me Goose!
by The Reluctant Austinite
Is this the "Top Gun" sequel with an older Maverick coming down hard on the new hotshot (but secretly admiring and identifing with him, helping him to reach his full potential)or is Tom Cruise playing his father the way Brad Pitt is the father of his three kids? Goose, if you're out there, don't let this baby crash and burn.
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...a proper version of Philip Pullman's 'His Dark Materials' opener?<p>Cos let's face it, they fucked up good and proper last time round. 'Golden Compass', my fiery starfish!
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I was never sure about the whole Tom Cruise is gay thing but that kid from Twilight is a major league closet case. I mean,all of the guys from Twilight look "gay" but I'd be willing to bet large amounts of money that kid is going to be the new Rock Hudson. Just saying.
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q.e.d.
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i assume this was to point out that Brad's kids are adopted? because if so, there was no need to bring him up since both of Tom's kids are adopted as well.
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Taylor gets to be the son part.
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FAG! Zero times any other number always equals FAG! Think about it, ya little mathematician.
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This summer Cruise goes Cruising...in 3-D. Watch out for the multi-colored hankies!
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but i'll be as sure as shit Somebody's going down...
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Jan. 6, 2010, 4:44 p.m. CST
...HarryCalder..."this cries out man-love". Muffled cries...
by FlickaPoo
...of pain and pleasure into a damp pillow.
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Jan. 6, 2010, 4:47 p.m. CST
...gotta hand it to AICN for the setup...and talkbackers...
by FlickaPoo
...spiked it like a sweaty bronzed volleyball player on the beach...<P>...every once and a while the universe seems like an orderly and sensible place.
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And Top Gun was so gay that even gay porn calls it a sissy movie.
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Lautner is Apollo in Singers BSG.
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There is nothing about this project to indicate anything beyond abject mediocrity
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Because if it was, it was a damned good one! "...hit by a Trojan..." Nicely done!
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Fucking hilarious, thanks for the laugh.
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That detail really painted more of a picture than I needed to see... well-chosen...
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Get it, hyuck, hyuck... ?
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that I should quit this for the day...
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Say what you will about Tom, he's usually pretty smart about the talent behind the camera when choosing his projects. Moore's track record seems pretty hack-ish, two remakes and a video game adaptation. Though I can't speak much to the guy as I haven't seen a single one of his films, but given this project, Behind Enemy Lines, and Flight of the Phoenix, he must like plane crashes.
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I try, I try, I keed, I keed, You're welcome, and thanks.
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This movie exists to recruit him while he's young and dumb just like Cruise (who stopped being young, but never dumb). I knew if they didn't already have a slice of the Twilight pie, they'd be looking for a cut with the hungry zeal of those Avatar Blackwater marines.
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"you can't catch me, gay thoughts!"
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I'm drunk and stupid so it took me a dumbass minute to figure out your dialogue! Chris Hansen eat your heart out! Fucking perfect!
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Rear Admiral Dick Suckerton, of the USS John Waters. His rival/apprentice Taylor Lautner will play Lt. Peter Fitsinbut. They go head to head through out the entire movie before a sudden climax that no one will see coming. Not my kind of movie but what ever.
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well yes, seeing as cruise is old enough to be his dad.
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Cruise plays...Hugh FitzPatrick<P>Lautner plays...Patrick FitzHugh
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besides Twilight. I don't think he'll be around for more than another year or two until his 15 minutes are up...
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just sayin...
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Ok boys! Sparkle! aaand jazz-hands!
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could have a shirtless werewolf, in 3-D! Just in time, for Canadian Christmas!
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his Les Grossman earned him a free pass in my book. "Whoa... ok, ok... now first, I want you to take a step back and lit-er-ally FUCK YOUR OWN FACE! Now I don't know what kind of pan-pacific bullshit power play you're trying to play here, but Asian Jack is my Jack..." and this gem, "Great. Let me get this down. 100 million... Oh, wait! I got a better idea. Instead of a hundred million, how about I send you a hobo's dick cheese? Then, you kill him. Do your thing, skin the fucking bastard. Go to town, man. Go to town! In the mean time and as usual, go fuck yourself... we don't negotiate with terrorists."
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As much as I'd love to continue to laugh at this absolutely hysterical pairing of two clearly gay individuals, Les Grossman was clearly the greatest thing Tom Cruise has done in his life. He deserves to be elevated to god-status, just for that role alone.<p> And the dance... oh god, the dance...
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lameass story
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He really needs to stick with seasoned co-stars to restore his lustre. This teaming up with the flavor-of-the-month shit always smacks of desperation.
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I just watched it a few times on youtube to remind myself just how great. When he says "I will massacre you, I will FUCK YOU UP!" I fucking believe it. The way he practically chokes on the word massacre... he was channeling fucking murderous dictator levels of god-like rage and Pol Potish insanity in that part. I remember Ben Stiller saying something that Tom Cruise told him that a guy like Les has 'dead eyes'. Right on, Tommy!
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Isn't Cruise at least 45? He could easily play the dad - he certainly can't play the young pilot!
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Like Phenomenon. Sounds like it.
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I imaging they'll be supplying their own sticky fluid to adhere it with
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Spellcheck please. For FUCK'S SAKE
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one the wierdest people ever to come out of hollywood. The guy creeps me out so much I don't see his movies anymore.
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You just know they're doing crazy shit like fucking in public or on the top of police cruisers or in clubs in Majorca, and their publicists have 24 hour crews working to cover it all up.
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...you seem to be saying that gay men = fat ugly chicks = love and sex pariah.<P>...hmmmm.
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I take it you don't come here often? <p> This is place is 'issues' central mate. <p> You'll never find a more wretched hive of offensiveness and immaturity...that's WHY we're here. <p> There's plenty of other movie sites but ain't nothing like the AICN talkbacks.
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Cruise is known as the actor that works almost exclusively with great directors. Kubrick, Spielberg, Scorsese, P.T. Anderson, De Palma, Crowe, Stone, Mann. <p> Moore? Fuckin Moore?
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Idea Pitch: Cruise runs fast in the movie; Taylor takes his shirt off.
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no pun intended, but he screwed his reputation with a large segment of the population. Fact. He has acting talent no doubt, but his psychotic devotion to that greedy cult of his, not to mention his bashing of actual science puts him so far out on the bell curve as to be almost not worth working with him, in my opinion. For me, at least, at this point I am turned OFF by the thought of him in a movie, whereas I looked forward to such things 10-15 years ago. Oh and an aside: Sam Worthington--> maybe the girls find him easy on the eyes, but he needs some serious acting lessons. His accent and looks only go so far.
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And this movie will eclipse all known benchmarks for homoerotcism in film.
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http://tinyurl.com/fx23
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'Brokeback Mountain 2: Invasion of the Thetans'?
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That's all you had to say...I can't believe this guy is still allowed to make movies. There was a making of documentary on the dvd of The Omen (remake) I had rented...and that dude came across as a total asshole. Had he made a watchable movie, I may have accepted his attitude...but...with the crap he's puts out? Next!
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The comic book "Invincible" would make a perfect project for them. Tom can play Invincible's super hero father, who turns out to be a villain whom Invincible must defeat in order to save the world from alien invasion.
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... cruise not so much.
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i think taylor lautner is really cute...but he should have said no to this fagget movie but way to go taylor swift ....... id be worried if i was her though.why would he agree 2 do this movie???hmm.....
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