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Now Up For Remake: ARTHUR, Now Starring Russell Brand!!
Merrick here...
Jason Winer, an Executive Producer/Director on ABC's MODERN FAMILY, will direct a remake of ARTHUR from a script by Peter Baynham (a Producer & Writer on the BORAT movie).
The original movie centered on a boozy playboy who is set to inherit a fortune if he marries an heiress his family thinks will make something out of him. However, he falls in love with a working-class woman and turns to his valet for help when his family makes him choose between money and love.
...says THR HERE.
Wonder if we'll get a rap version of Christopher Cross' Oscar winning theme song from the original film:
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Eat your fudge!!!
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...and a doubly perfect reason for me to avoid seeing it.
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but Russell Brand certainly does.
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I've seen his name on TMZ.com, etc., but I have no fucking clue what that guy does for a living.
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I'm pretty sure Jason Winer didn't get attached 'til this week. So if you knew all this two months, congrats. You're psychic.
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BECAUSE we still have the original.
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Like always? I might actually be intrigued if that's not the case
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is my sons name
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bird's nest hair, and a stand-up comedian.
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ARTHUR 2: On the Rocks was not.
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March 2, 2010, 1:01 p.m. CST
John Gielgud was the only good thing in that awful fucking movi
by JohnWayneWasGay
Russel brand should play the butler.
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...he thoroughly charmed Terry Gross.
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Ain't it?
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...between the moon and New York City?
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Because the effects in the old movie seem so dated now
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I love the original but I do think a remake could really improve on the lack of chemistry between Dudley and Liza. But Russell Brand? This will be a complete disaster.
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him down our throats. He's always terrible as MTV VMA host.
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...thought how the **** is Russell Brand in that!....i now stand humbled...and silent....
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the guy who posted the youtube video liked the song so much he had to put it on youtube... <br><br>but he couldn't be bothered to double check the title of the song.
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another remake.
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Way to take a classic and shit directly in it's face, kick it in it's balls then piss into it's moaning mouth.
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Even if he's in skinny jeans and has the bird-nest hair, Brand might be able to pull it off. Cast Jenna Fischer as the working-class girl and Stephen Fry as his valet, and I'll watch it on cable...
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God,I can't stand Brand either.He is NOT funny.He is NOT charismatic.He's a lame turkey!
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Then I remembered who Russell Brand was. I think the Arthurian story might be more fun. A really randy King Arthur who pulls the sword out of the stone as he practices masturbating.
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. . . They look ok on the ladies, but make "men" look like total pussified d-bags.
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It would not be bad to see a modern take on Arthur. But Russell Brand does not hold an ounce of the charm that Dudley Moore commanded.
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We get a futuristic Sgt Rock.
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March 2, 2010, 1:42 p.m. CST
Did I just go back in time to months ago when this news?
by WickedJester
Should be ashamed when Perez Hilton is getting scoops before you.
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I still stand by my statement.
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the most important role and the one they will fuck up so badly
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With Brand they are already scraping the bottom. Morgan Freeman is far too epic t play costar to Brand.
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The original is a classic, this is bullshit. That's starting to become a familiar refrain.
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And fuck everybody who thinks it's a good idea...go work for a studio exec.
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Russel Brand is rich trash. He can't pull off the class Dudley Moore could. The whole defiance of class expectations and arranged marriage bit is going to fall totally apart, because he's already a slob.
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But I guess that's not important news.
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My Mother the Car Hogan's Heroes F-Troop Remington Steele Gilligan's Isle Far-Out Space Nuts H.R. Puffinstuff Heckle and Jeckyl<BR><BR> keep it coming, y'all...
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seriously dudes. im not a film guy that reads all the sites and even i knew this was happening. lift your fucking game. also, thank the lord for your talk backs and the funny bastards that post here.. if not for them, you people would have to get real jobs.
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"NOOOOO," "Stop it," "This sucks," "boycott," "Jesus Christ," "WTF," ...none of these do it justice.
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Meryl fucking Streep to take his place? And I feel ashamed that that talentless prick Brand is British.
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Brand is arguably the scuzziest guy in current pop culture. While Arthur was a drunk, he also possessed charm, class, and heart. Brand has not shown any of those traits. TO HELL WITH THIS REMAKE!
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Cast Jack Black as the drunk.Then, cast Russel Brand as Crocodile Dundee.Why? Cause its Hollywood baby!
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they should just go for it and cast the worst possible comics. Kathy Griffin as the arranged fiancee, Janeane Garofalo as Liza, Joan Rivers as Arthur's mom (or was it grandmother? eh, either way), and Dane Cook as the butler.
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I know he's not a comic, but he is comedy.
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You leave Janeane Garofalo out of it. She is someone I have much desired since her Larry Sanders days.
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...you CANNOT get me to pay to watch your shit on screen. Fuck off, you are a pathetic bunch of miscreants, without a brain between you.
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to him - hope he dies soon from an OD or STD though.
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Too funny dude!
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March 2, 2010, 2:50 p.m. CST
"He's taking the knife out of the cheese! Do you think he wants
by toadkillerdog
Only Dudley cool make that line funny.
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see above
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cause it looks like it. Trying to top Dudley Moore is a mistake. Replacing Liza Minelli is always a good idea.
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March 2, 2010, 3:29 p.m. CST
Wait a few more years and shoot this with Michael Cera.
by Royston Lodge
If it HAS to be done, then wait a few more years for Michael Cera's testicles to descend so he can play the title role.<p> A grown-up Michael Cera would almost but not quite make this remake not a complete waste of time and excrement.
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She was gold in Arthur, and whoever it was up there who commented on the lack of chemistry between Dudley and Liza is a moron, or they didn't actually watch the movie. Arthur is a classic largely because of their chemistry...
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Susan: A real woman could stop you from drinking.<br> <br> Arthur: It'd have to be a real BIG woman.
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Hate this guy. My ex loved him, which made me feel like shit.
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... sounds like some people here have been listenin to JayZ... "dont wear skinny jeans cuz my knots dont fit"
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lol! great song though.
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Ian McKellan should portray Hobson, Arthur's butler.<p>Another pointless remake. Hollywood should only remake movies that were BAD, "Arthur" was a good movie.
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fucking shit
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....
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Remake this site, with some talented contributors.
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......yeah that's as good an idea as this piece of shit remake. The amount of remakes in Hollywood is disgusting and we as a collective audience should be embarrassed for supporting them.
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March 2, 2010, 5:05 p.m. CST
Didn't you guys report this like half a year ago?
by TheMarineBiologist
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Nice job, Warners. Another title for the discount rack.
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...is this generation's Yahoo Serious. Only Yahoo was funnier.
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I guess that confirms at least one alteration on the original. Not that prostitutes are ever portrayed with any level of accuracy by Hollowood.
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I don't know anything about this guy, what he's done, why he merits, etc. Never seen or heard him in anything. I think it's because he looks like someone I would thoroughly enjoy watch spill searing hot soup on himself. Just like that "Lady Googoo" or whatever it is.
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should play the creepy onlooker in the first-date arcade scene. Or the guy constantly asking for his roll in the diner scene. That's about all the douche deserves.
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...will be played by Russell Brand's ball bag. Hey look, someone's pissing on Dudley Moore's grave.
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...Is he still gonna be a Sparrow? i dunno why i asked here since AICN doesnt speak of that movie unless its bout the same boat we have been seein...
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March 2, 2010, 6:41 p.m. CST
I'm telling you, the 'Back To The Future' reboot draws near.
by AzulTool
It will be the last swift kick in the nuts to my movie-going generation
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Give me a fucking break. I won't even justify that with a...you know what? Fuck it! I'll say it: Moore has it all over that prissy, unfunny, wannabe-rockstar, son of a bitch! And, yeah, maybe it doesn't need to be said, but how bankrupt for ideas and desperate for more money do people need to be that this seems like a good idea?
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Nothing about the original will benefit from a modern retelling especially not with this ass clown Brand starring in it. Dudley Moore and Sir John Gielgud are not replaceable by anyone. Won't see this, don't give a rat's ass about it. This is old news anyways, and it aint cool news.
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He is the British counterpart to the equally unfunny and pathetic Tom Greene.
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A one-note, camp, pseudo-intellectual who thinks he's Jack Sparrow. (only not one-tenth as interesting) Overhyped twat.
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I would like to remind everyone that the original "Arthur" was selected by the American Film Institute as one of the top ten funniest movies of all time. Dudley Moore is dead. John Gielgud is dead. The 80's are dead. Leave it alone.
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GREAT line. If they're going ahead with this, and I don't think they should, I'd pick Tom Wilkinson to play the butler. And Tyler Perry for Liza's part.
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March 2, 2010, 10:17 p.m. CST
I think the world kinda liked Dudley Moore
by BEYONDTHUNDERDOME2GIRLS1CUPBILLCOSBY
kinda found him funny a bit sad but ultimately the underdog hero, that's why the movie worked, in that time period. this one seems like it will be forgetable like any other romantic comedy from the last 10 years.
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...Russell Brand hasn't been funny since FORGETTING SARAH MARSHALL. I love FSM but there isn't a single laugh in the trailer for the follow-up GET HIM TO THE GREEK, which isn't a good sign.
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which slightly lessens my dread at this remake. Only slightly,mind.
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I've been waiting over a quarter century to get that off my chest...
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i always thought the arthur song was sung by a woman
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That chap is an unfunny cunt.
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Brand's break-out flick for sure.
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<p>Well, ain't it shit news?<p>
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And whoever said Ricky Gervais as the butler...genius.
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No fucking way that MADD and many other groups will stay silent regarding a movie about a loveable, funny DRUNK. Way too politically incorrect anymore. If you think that'll happen, you must be expecting a remake of BLAZING SADDLES with the original script!!
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I'd love to see that movie, Downey's own substance abuse problems would give the comedy a lot more substance. Plus he'd be spectacular in the role.
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No, 39. Which, given the average age here at AICN, still means that I prolly got laid for the first time long before you were born.
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I rest my case. @$##& Hollywood.
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Jeffrey Rush? Michael Caine? Better be somebody good or fuhgetaboutit! Dudley Moore was not a funny man. But he was hilarious and charming as hell when given the right material. Russel Brand IS NOT funny. I hope the material is good.
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I see it was you who made the Gervais-butler suggestion. I like that a lot.
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March 3, 2010, 7:21 p.m. CST
Sonny Williams: MADD was founded a year before Arthur
by Cletus Van Damme
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It's perfect for him.
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... it's the first rule of cinema.
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This news isn't 2 months old, it's 2 YEARS old. This was one of three remakes he was attached to in the immediate wake of Sarah Marshall. (The other two are Drop Dead Fred--which he confirmed last April, though there's been no movement on it that I've seen)--and ROCKY HORROR, which fortunately has been shelved. Definitely wondering when his 15 minutes are up though. And if he regards Katy Perry as a consolation prize for the fact that it's Lady Gaga he spent all last year's VMA's trying to get into...