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Russell Brand - Swordsman?? Here Comes HARKWOOD!!
Merrick here...
In the months leading up to the start of PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: ON STRANGER TIDES, there was quite a bit of talk that Russell Brand might take some kind of role in that film. That didn't end up working out, but it looks like Russell will end up playing a swashbuckler of a different sort - HARKWOOD.
Brand's deal is being negotiated by WME, but he'll play the title role in an action-comedy that follows the adventures of a real-life swashbuckling figure, John Hawkwood. A morally challenged but gifted swordsman, Hawkwood was paid to lead various European armies during the Renaissance wars.
...says Deadline HERE.
THIS Wiki entry indicates that "Hawkwood served first the Pope and then various factions in Italy for over 30 years." - and nicely illustrates why this project could well be alot of fun (different mercenary factions that change allegiances, etc.)
If you're in the mood for some fancy bookification regarding the real John Hawkwood, there's a bit to be found HERE
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Russell Brand. Meh...
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I don't know a single person on the planet who has ever said out of the blue "I love that Russel Brand". This guy has given Satan a rimjob or something.
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Jul 29, 2010 9:58:34 AM CDT
Russel Brand has hair like Limahl who sang "The Neverending Stor
by drturing
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Jul 29, 2010 10:00:58 AM CDT
Hawkwood? Like when a hawk has an erection?
by bp_drills_america_a_new_asshole
And someone send Russell Brand home. The novelty of this guy has worn off.
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Johnny Depp with his Jack Sparrow schtick.
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He is a lucky asshole though. Get's to fuck Katy Perry and make movies, despite being a shitty actor and looking extremely unattractive. I believe your right about the Satan rimjob thing.
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Remember that guy? Whenever I saw him, I just thought of Michelle Pfeiffer because they dated. All I can think of when I see Russell Brand is Katy Perry.
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but I saw his stand-up and I thought it was terrible. He's far more fun in movies IMO.
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Are you saying you don't have a woman?
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what, he stand you up?
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Jul 29, 2010 10:20:49 AM CDT
I don't find him funny, but I'll give him a chance. Sounds int
by mr nicholas
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I was hoping this guy would dry up and blow away..
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I find the sod annoying.
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After seeing Get Him To The Greek, I really changed my mind, he was hillarious in that and a very good singer too.
Plus he's banging Katy Perry, so, RESPECT! -
Seriously, getting very tired of this guy.
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I laughed for about 2mins at that.
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...is based heavily on Depp's Jack Sparrow collided with Rik Mayall circa 1982, is this not a tad circular?
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sort it out Merrick.
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As long he keeps getting gigs like this, he won't be appearing on British TV. Keep him.
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appears to be made up of him playing himself, or some "hilarious" exaggerated version of himself. I thought he was sort of amusing in "Forgetting Sarah Marshall", but then again that was my introduction to this silly tit of a Brit. Since then, I find him increasingly uninteresting and I think his hair looks stupid. I don't respect him for being with Katy Perry since I find Ms. Perry to be a complete air-head lacking even a shred of talent and I detest her godawful auto-tuned shit pop music. I really don't think I'm going to end up watching Wankwood or whatever it's called. /// fanfan30: way to spam. Nobody cares. Now go fuck yourself!
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Jul 29, 2010 10:54:24 AM CDT
In his next life, Brand will be short, bald and ugly
by bp_drills_america_a_new_asshole
The universe balances shit out. In his next incarnation Brand will go his whole life without seeing any pussy at all.
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you got it right in the body of the story - Dude's name was Hawkwood, but in your title, you spelled it Harkwood. Wouldn't want us shabby Americans to get a rep now would you?
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Jul 29, 2010 10:57:56 AM CDT
re: You motherfuckers wish you were Russel Brand!
by darth_von_stroheim
"since you are spending your days on AICN, odds are you don't have a woman!"
I am happily married and no I don't at all wish I was a git like Brand, and as I stated before, I don't much care that he is doing the horizontal lambada with Katy "Fucktard" Perry... stupid little ex-Christian "shock" popper that she is, rebelling against her parents and her upbringing with shitawful "gosh ain't I cute and controversial" schlock like "I Kissed a Girl". Fuck both of them. -
Hes got the ego like Sparrow too
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Jul 29, 2010 11:00:30 AM CDT
re: In his next life, Brand will be short, bald and ugly
by darth_von_stroheim
But he's already ugly in this life. :-)
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Very true! I should have said uglier.
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Brand sparring verbal nonsense with Depp would've piqued my interest. Oh well...
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You are a plague to this planet.
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Is that this sounds like a really fun concept for a movie, but will be ruined by having an unfunny, one trick pony as its star. Too bad they can't get a decent actor.
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Blech. Saw two things with him - MTV awards and "Sarah Marshall" (saw Katy Perry, too, but not with him in her). That was quite enough to last me a lifetime.
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....i love russell brand.
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With Andrew Sachs and Sachs's granddaughter was beyond tasteless. What a fucking prick! A shame 'cause this project might've been decent otherwise.
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Lotsa dudes bang whores. So what?
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*high five*
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Jul 29, 2010 11:29:46 AM CDT
Russell's Mum has two cunts & he's one of them!
by captain_arsehole_from_the_planet_cunt
Nuff said
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John Hawkwood is one of the characters in the Film Flesh and Blood with Rutger Hauer and Jennifer Jason Leigh.
He also is mentioned in Gordon R. Dickson's Dorsai Novels -
thats one fucking Easily entertained chick. Still..he is planting seed in that furrow nightly, and probably counting the corn kernals she ate last night internally...so color me envious.
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watch Ponderland and then say you don't like Brand.
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Forgetting Sarah Marshall. He was funny in it.
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I can see him doing a Flashman-type character. He's been building up to it for years. I detested him at first, but he's an OK guy really. Good luck to him I say.
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British comedian that could take Brand's place? Please? I forgot he's to star in the Arthur remake also....
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Jul 29, 2010 12:03:16 PM CDT
Katie Perry couldn't get over being ditched by Travie McCoy...
by jaylenotookmyjob
...and in her addled state of mind, ended up with some unfunny gay guy.
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I bet most of you besides drturing can't even think up or tell a joke. But now you guys are commenting on how funny someone is. Well guess what retards Brand is pretty famous for being funny. And your guys hate is seriously obvious due to the fact he's banging a hottie. Get a life guys come on. If he fucks this movie up flame away but really he hasn't done anything bad yet.
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Jul 29, 2010 12:06:34 PM CDT
It's sort of like how Jennifer Aniston ended up with that douche
by jaylenotookmyjob
... for awhile anyway... it's called the "rebound guy".
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Dammit Harry and your lame 1995 tech!
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or however you spell his name, that guy just pisses me off, it's like hollywood wanted to duplicatye the sucess of seth rogan, so they took another appatow alumnus and forced him upon us with like 7 movies this year alone
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VERY afraid.
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This sounds like a great project for him. I'm not too keen on all the shaving that's gone on for the ARTHUR remake. But something like this sounds like they'd make him as rugged as possible. I can't believe you guys don't like him. IMO, he acts the way most guys would if they could.
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Have I walked into a High School playground? What the fuck is going on in here? Movie geeks bitching about dudes that make more money than them, star in movies and fuck hot chicks. Oh my mistake. It's the Aicn talkbacks. As you were, ladies.
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I could care less about Russell Brand, but I love Hawkwood. When a priest told, this mercenary "I bid you peace", he replied: "PEACE! Good God, I hope not! I'd be out of a job!" He led a charge by throwing his command baton into the thick of the enemy lines, promising a sack of gold to the soldier who brought it back to him. And amazingly enough, he was one of the more honest Italian mercenaries... he tended to stay bought!
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read the first half of Darth_Von_Stroheim's post..." playing himself, or some "hilarious" exaggerated version of himself. I thought he was sort of amusing in "Forgetting Sarah Marshall",..Since then, I find him increasingly uninteresting"...I feel the same exact way. It has nothing to do with sense of humor, or what one finds funny. Most of the regulars on this site are funnier on an off day, than Brand. I mean c'mon, the guy called his autobiography My Booky Wook. Can't I hate him for that alone?
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Merrick you twat, don't report on Russel Brand. Nobody cares. Stop it now.
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He was pretty much a butcher for hire.
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Tbanks for clarifying, JayLenoTookMyJob. John Mayer is another douche Aniston was involved with. Maybe even more of a douche than Vince Vaughn. God I hate modern-day "white guy with an acoustic guitar" musicians like Mayer and Jack Johnson.
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Brand has a distinctive style, like him or not. And he fucks Katy Perry. Mencia's got no dick, man. He's got no dick!
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What's with all the "he's banging Katy Perry" nonsense? Hasn't anyone noticed that Katy Perry is extremely average-looking? She looks like Zooey Deschanel's less-attractive little sister.
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"Get Him to the Greek" was a great movie. Russell Brand was the best part about "Forgetting Sarah Marshall". "Arthur" is going to be great and this sounds awesome too. How do you people live with yourselves? Do you think it does you any good to always practive picking out the worst parts of things and hating on them. That is not a skill. That is not some sort of higher taste. Its called being a miserable ass. If you cant ever find anything good when it comes to movies, actors, directors, and scripts ... maybe YOU are the problem. Try enjoying something instead of trying to see who can bash it the most. Who knows, you might even like something for a change.
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It's John Hawkwood or Giovanni Acuto, as the Italians named him.
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Obviously attraction is subjective, but you seem to be in the minority on that one.
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Jul 29, 2010 1:49:31 PM CDT
I'd bang Zooey Deschanel's less-attractive little sister
by isleptwithkathybatesandallthatigotwasthi
But only if she let me call out her sister's name at the end.
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Every time i see him,he's losing his looks.But he'll hang on to his sexpot reputation as long as he can.
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In "A Distant Mirror" by Barbra Tuchman, not much of it flattering.
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Years ago after Braveheart?
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Accidentally, of course. ;-P
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to cast this douche as a 14th century English mercenary?
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That is all.
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I simply couldn't ever buy him as a badass swordsman/=mercenary.
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Where the hell did that = come from?
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I have met the guy on 3 occassions through corporate contacts. I ain't Jett! I won't try and tell you I am some kind of casting director / screenwriter / movie guru extraordinaire, I'm not and never will be! SOme of these events can be excrutiating.
Despite being up to his nuts in Katy Perry, despite being a multi-million selling stand-up comedian and despite now having a blossoming movie career in Hollywood, he is hands-down one of the nicest, open and honest people I have ever chatted to and he is absolutely fucking hilarius in person but with no front at all. Top bloke all round!
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Russell Brand wild mane of hair makes me think of some 80's rock band member complete with the drug addiction and syphillis. They should cast someone else, someone more believable, in this role.
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