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A Few Set Pics From The Filming Of The ARTHUR Remake!!

Published at:  Sep 02, 2010 11:41:47 AM CDT



Merrick here...



An AICN reader called Wil2631 chanced across the filming of the ARTHUR remake (starring Russell Brand in Dudley Moore's role and Helen Mirren in (more or less) John Gielgud's part). He took the time to send in some pics, which we always appreciate, characterizing them thusly...

Late last night I happened to stumble accross them shooting a scene for the Arthur remake in grand central terminal, so I snapped some pics for you guys.

From what I could gather, the scene is supposed to be a private date in grand central. No Russel Brand, but I did get a guy playing their butler, he's supposed to be bringing them them Pez on a serving tray. I was able to hang around long enough to get a shot of what's inside the serving tray, and it was two custom pez dispensers with Russell's and his dates heads on them. I'm assuming the blond woman is Jennifer Garner. There were also people jumping on trampolines. Other than that it was just a lot of sitting around while the gaffers got these huge floating light fixtures into place. The people on the trampolines performed for the crowd while the people in the directors chairs sat around doing nothing. Enjoy!


Here are a few of the images Wil2631 sent along...


















Hmmmm...wonder what they're gonna drop onto those green screens?







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    Readers Talkback

  • Sep 02, 2010 11:45:27 AM CDT

    Wow...what a dull set of pics

    by zargotron

    Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

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  • Sep 02, 2010 11:47:04 AM CDT

    Merrick.....

    by sam jacksons wig

    Hmmmm...wonder what they're gonna drop onto those green screens? Hopefully Russell Fucking Brand from a very great height- the guy is a fucking waste of all space!

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  • Sep 02, 2010 11:47:32 AM CDT

    Why???????????????

    by samuel fulmer

  • Sep 02, 2010 11:48:42 AM CDT

    Who cares

    by rogueleader66

    Russell Brand sucks, this remake will suck....the original is a comedy classic and should be left alone, but god fucking forbid H-Wood leave anything alone.

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  • Sep 02, 2010 11:49:25 AM CDT

    I can almost imagine it.

    by royston lodge

    The proof will be in the pudding, but I can almost imagine them pulling this off. It all depends on how well Brand is able to portray Arthur's catharsis as he tries to grow up and make something of himself. That's the key. It really feels like something Brand is ill-suited for, but he might surprise us.
    I would have preferred someone like Gordon Pincent in the Guilgud role.

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  • Sep 02, 2010 11:49:53 AM CDT

    Russel Brand...

    by fievel

    ...is absolutely grating. He is the male human equivalent of fingernails on the chalkboard. I'd rather make out with Shelly Duvall for a couple hours than watch him "act."

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  • Sep 02, 2010 11:49:59 AM CDT

    This remake will lack all of the things......

    by sam jacksons wig

    ...that made the first one a hit- namely John Gielgud and Dudley Moore. Russell Brand is a vacuous braindead idiot with zero talent apart from an inate compulsion to shag anything that moves. o heart, no soul, no comedy, but I'll bet it's a fucking huge hit spawning more attrocious sequels.

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  • Sep 02, 2010 11:50:16 AM CDT

    Coming soon: Set Pics from The View!!!!

    by samuel fulmer

    I can't wait.

    Reply to Talkback

  • Sep 02, 2010 11:50:45 AM CDT

    Pics of a movie I'll never see

    by the bicycle sharer

    Unless Russell Brand is killed during the filming and they release it WITH his death scene. Then I'm liable to see the motherfucker a hundred times... laughing!

    Reply to Talkback

  • Sep 02, 2010 11:52:34 AM CDT

    I'll tell you what they'll drop onto those greens

    by d o o d

    whoever pays the most for the advertising!!Probably Jack Daniels!!

    Reply to Talkback

  • Sep 02, 2010 11:52:42 AM CDT

    I'm gonna go out on a limb

    by grando

    and say that this is gonna usck balls.

    Reply to Talkback

  • Sep 02, 2010 11:52:46 AM CDT

    ahem

    by smylexx

    i concur with the views of my learned colleagues above.

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  • Sep 02, 2010 11:53:08 AM CDT

    *suck

    by grando

  • Sep 02, 2010 11:54:10 AM CDT

    Iagine the hollywood pitch meeting for ...

    by sam jacksons wig

    ...a remake of 10? We'll it's a remake of 10, but we're gonna call it 11... Okay, but why 11?well, it's one louder...isn't it...? Fine, that's all the reasoning we need, here have $400m.....just make sure it comes in under 10 hours and has Michael Cera in it.

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  • Sep 02, 2010 11:54:51 AM CDT

    zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

    by sleepyman

    ...huh?...what?...a remake of ARTHUR with dickhead Russell Brand?...zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

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  • Sep 02, 2010 11:56:25 AM CDT

    WORST idea for a remake, EVER!!! Comedy-wise, this is

    by coughlins laws

    like remaking The Godfather, or Citizen Kane, or Goodfellas, or Chinatown. Why would you even attempt it? The original was just about perfect with a lead character that EVERYONE liked. Now, you replace Dudley Moore, with Russel Brand, an acquired taste, at best? Most people find him downright annoying. This was a horrible idea...

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  • Sep 02, 2010 11:57:32 AM CDT

    Yeah, we all care

    by bibleman

    about some rich guy that the Paris Hiltons of the world would find hot. Wow, when can I learn more about this deep, interesting fellow?

    Reply to Talkback

  • Sep 02, 2010 11:57:39 AM CDT

    Anyone else help we get the original song?

    by heckles

    I know it's crazy, but it's true...

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  • Sep 02, 2010 11:58:24 AM CDT

    Oh Helen Mirren.......

    by sam jacksons wig

    ...Why??? First National Treaure 2: The Nic Cage hairdo, and then Red and now this! YOU DON'T NEED THE MONEY, LOVE! And you won't win Best Supporting Actor.....

    Reply to Talkback

  • Sep 02, 2010 11:58:58 AM CDT

    Russel Brand almost won my most

    by elsewhere

    punchable face of the year award, but he was edged out by Glenn Beck.

    Reply to Talkback

  • Sep 02, 2010 12:01:29 PM CDT

    Think of all of those set deaths.....

    by sam jacksons wig

    ...and pray....just pray......

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  • Sep 02, 2010 12:02:53 PM CDT

    elsewhere

    by sam jacksons wig

    Beck came second to Michaels Bay and Cera, tied at first. Just give me fve min utes with each and a goddam bat......

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  • Sep 02, 2010 12:03:03 PM CDT

    I think they are remaking "10"

    by ufoclub1977

    Some would say that "FOrgetting Sarah Marshell had elements of "10".

    I just watched "Arthur" in HD on netflix. It captured a magical kind mood that sometimes accidentally happens with the right cast, film style, and right soundtrack.



    I think "10" is great too! Especially the part with the old lady serving them while they have a conversation.

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  • Sep 02, 2010 12:03:48 PM CDT

    rogue

    by sam jacksons wig

    Hello my friend- come to join the fun???????

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  • Sep 02, 2010 12:07:33 PM CDT

    People come onto the TB's.....

    by sam jacksons wig

    ...and inevitably complain that we all piss and moan all the time, and to fuck off if we don't like it. With news like this, is it any wonder why we piss and moan all the time????? What's to fucking like??????

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  • Sep 02, 2010 12:08:30 PM CDT

    The only thing "cool" about these pics

    by samuel fulmer

    Is that it looks like where they shot the ending of Carlito's Way.

    Reply to Talkback

  • Sep 02, 2010 12:09:11 PM CDT

    TIME TO REMAKE CADDYSHACK

    by darth busey

    Tiger Woods could play Ty Webb.

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  • Sep 02, 2010 12:12:11 PM CDT

    Russell Brand=Douchely Moore

    by pacrone

    Dudley Moore is spinning so fast in his grave he's causing a gravity shift. The original was a classic because it had a very classic comedic actor in the lead role. Russell Brand, for all intents and purposes, is a shock jock of a comedian. He has done some very dispicable things just to get a laugh. I only pray that this douche bag falls off the heroin wagon soon and ends up choking to death on his own vomit.

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  • Sep 02, 2010 12:13:02 PM CDT

    This was a strange call to remake

    by can_you_fly_bobby

    Is there really a rabid Arthur fanbase out there just waiting to get there hands on something new?

    I like the original, but this seems like a weird property to remake.

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  • Sep 02, 2010 12:14:20 PM CDT

    In the USA Russell Brand is nothing more than

    by samuel fulmer

    Katy Perry's boyfriend. Most people have no clue who he is.

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  • Sep 02, 2010 12:16:57 PM CDT

    Pudding

    by kaitain

    "The proof will be in the pudding"

    I would like to make a stand for the original and correct version of this proverb:

    "The proof of the pudding will be in the eating."

    Thank you.

    Reply to Talkback

  • Sep 02, 2010 12:21:28 PM CDT

    Wow.

    by karl childers

    How lackluster.

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  • Sep 02, 2010 12:25:14 PM CDT

    The scene with Arthur and the Moose

    by gooseud

    is comedic perfection. One of the funniest scenes of all time. "I dont drink because drinking affects your decision making" "You might be right....I cant decide".

    Reply to Talkback

  • Sep 02, 2010 12:29:29 PM CDT

    Arthur's Theme

    by kaitain

    Q. What other movies feature a prominent signature song referencing the title character directly? Is this relatively rare?

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  • Sep 02, 2010 12:29:39 PM CDT

    In the UK Russell Brand is nothing more than

    by sam jacksons wig

    a dickhead douchebag whio makes on air radio comments about fucking a 14 year old girl. And they give him money and movie roles for it! If we did it we would be banged up (and rightly so!).

    Reply to Talkback

  • Sep 02, 2010 12:31:07 PM CDT

    Kaitain

    by sam jacksons wig

    Alfie.... let me think of others....

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  • Sep 02, 2010 12:33:44 PM CDT

    I pretty much agree.

    by rev. slappy

    I don't have a problem with remaking films that had good central premises but were flawed in the execution. The original Arthur was pretty fantastic. The only thing I think they could have improved on was the romantic angle -- I never thought there was all that much chemistry between Moore and Liza (either that or I never bought her as a waitress so broke she needed to steal her dad's birthday gift). Brand is a terrible replacement for Moore -- if you have to remake it why not cast Hugh Laurie who we know can make an unlikable character charming. The only thing of interest here in Mirren, She'll likely rock in the Hobson role.

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  • Sep 02, 2010 12:34:06 PM CDT

    Kaitain

    by sam jacksons wig

    James Bonds theme.....

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  • Sep 02, 2010 12:39:19 PM CDT

    James Bond's theme

    by kaitain

    I'm thinking specifically of songs where the title character is the subject of the lyrics. If you're talking about the Monty Norman theme it's just an instrumental, right?

    Alfie works, clearly. (Mentioned a lorra lorra times by Cilla.)

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  • Sep 02, 2010 12:42:02 PM CDT

    Kaitain

    by sam jacksons wig

    Was talking about the Monty Norman theme, because as soon as you hear it you reference it with only 1 character. It could never be played for anyone else.

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  • Sep 02, 2010 12:42:09 PM CDT

    ZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzZZZzzzzzz............

    by hysfvbsaygvandsv

  • Sep 02, 2010 12:43:51 PM CDT

    Kaitain

    by sam jacksons wig

    Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.....my head hurts now!!!!

    Reply to Talkback

  • Sep 02, 2010 12:45:55 PM CDT

    Ballad of Machine Gun McCain by Morricone

    by samuel fulmer

    Shaft by Issac Hayes.

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  • Sep 02, 2010 12:50:46 PM CDT

    Katain

    by rebeck2

    "Alfie" with Michael Caine - as in "What's it all about, Alfie?". The song was a big hit. A little before even my time, but a great movie worth catching. The remake is dogshit.

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  • Sep 02, 2010 12:51:58 PM CDT

    Michael Caine remakes are bad

    by samuel fulmer

    Even when Michael Caine is in them...see Sleuth and Get Carter.

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  • Sep 02, 2010 12:52:47 PM CDT

    Oops

    by rebeck2

    Sorry, already mentioned. How about "Batman"...duh-un-un-un-un-uh, Batman! LOL.

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  • Sep 02, 2010 12:53:39 PM CDT

    Russell Brand ... just another junky skank

    by feebster69

    I've read this guy's biography and he has done FUCK ALL to deserve his fame.

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  • Sep 02, 2010 12:54:14 PM CDT

    Samuel Fuller, You Couldn't Be More Right

    by rebeck2

    "Sleuth" is a particular travesty. God what a terrible film that is...it's amazing that Branagh has gotten another job after that, let alone a big tentpole movie.

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  • Sep 02, 2010 12:56:42 PM CDT

    Don't a lot of older TV shows

    by samuel fulmer

    Have opeing songs that mention the main character or characters (thinking of Gilligan's Island and Beverly Hillbillies)? And of course most older cartoons (Spider-Man, G.I. Joe, Transformers, etc.).

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  • Sep 02, 2010 12:57:21 PM CDT

    Just imagine a Jaws the Revenge remake!

    by samuel fulmer

    Get Michael Caine back to play the shark.

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  • Sep 02, 2010 12:58:18 PM CDT

    Russell Brand Is The Only Thing...

    by rebeck2

    That justifies making a remake. He is so unique a personality, with such a reckless and edgy comedic style, that it promises to be specific and interesting. I don't like remakes, but for the character of man-child who will not grow up, he is inspired casting. Only...are they gonna' make Arthur a pill freak instead of an alcoholic?

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  • Sep 02, 2010 12:58:54 PM CDT

    remakes suck

    by awardgiver

    and nothing can top the original Arthur.

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  • Sep 02, 2010 1:02:17 PM CDT

    I Really Hope They Never Try...

    by rebeck2

    To remake "10" - as "dated" as it may be (hell it was dated when it came out), it is pretty close to perfection. Funny and actually very serious at the same time. I don't think midlife crisis has ever been done better. One of my favorite moments in any film is when Moore passes out on getting to Mexico and then gets woken up by a mariachi band, running out on his balcony in a panic. Moore could be as much a comedic genius as Sellers in the right piece.

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  • Sep 02, 2010 1:07:51 PM CDT

    What is the point of Russell Brand?

    by banville

    Got dragged to one of his stand-up gigs by some fool who thought he was edgy - Brand's comedy is about as edgy as the Care Bears - and was bored shitless.
    Laughed more going round Auschwitz.

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  • Sep 02, 2010 1:08:58 PM CDT

    Maybe the 10 remake missed the boat

    by samuel fulmer

    Afterall, it looks like most of the current remakes are of 80's films, and there's some 90's film remakes on the horizon. Maybe 70's stuff is just too old to remake now.

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  • Sep 02, 2010 1:13:20 PM CDT

    Russell Brand sucks ASS!!

    by blackbriar

    Unfunny Assface Douche! The Guy sucks! How do unfunny comedians get movies deals?? Idiots!!

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  • Sep 02, 2010 1:15:54 PM CDT

    elsewhere

    by weylandyutani

    LMAO! Thx for giving me a chuckle at the office dude.

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  • Sep 02, 2010 1:16:13 PM CDT

    Actually I'm wrong

    by samuel fulmer

    There is a Straw Dog remake coming out next year with Cyclops from X-Men that takes place in the south. Safe to say Peckinpah's ghost is laughing his ass off.

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  • Sep 02, 2010 1:18:33 PM CDT

    Piss on this fucking turd

    by alan_poon

    Kenny Everett wants his act back.

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  • Sep 02, 2010 1:20:15 PM CDT

    Hater Handbook

    by frongbak

    Do y'all agree which actors to hate or is there a pathetic, fanboy psychic link you all share. Brand, Cera, Shia, all suck and therefore anything they are attached to will suck as well? You do realize the script, story concept, and director drive the quality of the film? Like Hitchcock said actors are handsome furniture, and rarely are they to blame if a movie sucks.

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  • Sep 02, 2010 1:21:56 PM CDT

    Brand

    by frongbak

    was funny as hell in Get Him to the Greek, one of the very few strong comedies this year. 99% of comics are sociopathic, self-hating assholes, which is why they are funny. You don't have to fuck 'em, just appreciate their work.

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  • Sep 02, 2010 1:22:16 PM CDT

    Geektard_Smasher

    by pacrone

    Liza Minnelli is Judy Garlands daughter not Julie Andrews. The pill popper didn't fall too far from the tree

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  • Sep 02, 2010 1:22:23 PM CDT

    Geektard, Get A Film Education...

    by rebeck2

    Liza Minelli was not Julie Andrews' daughter...you idiot. She was Judy Garland's daughter. Jesus.

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  • Sep 02, 2010 1:22:45 PM CDT

    Straw Dog remake? mmm i hope we get an r-rated version

    by killik

    of the anal rape from the original.hoping for Theron or Cyrus in the new scene.

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  • Sep 02, 2010 1:26:08 PM CDT

    Uhm...There's A Rape...

    by rebeck2

    But what makes you think it was anal? LOL. I think your imagination got the best of you there. The controversy over the rape scene was that she appears to begin to enjoy it. Even back then that was considered offensive.

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  • Sep 02, 2010 1:26:31 PM CDT

    Lois Lane from Superman Returns is in

    by samuel fulmer

    the Straw Dogs remake. Must be a Peckinpah tribute via bad actors from comic book films.

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  • Sep 02, 2010 1:27:58 PM CDT

    And it's coming out next September 2011

    by samuel fulmer

    And it was filmed quite a bit ago. I guess they're paying tribute to the 10th anniversary of 9/11.

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  • Sep 02, 2010 1:30:48 PM CDT

    You Know What's A Pain?

    by rebeck2

    When you get caught between the moon and New York City. I fuckin' hate it when that happens.

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  • Sep 02, 2010 1:33:29 PM CDT

    Just imagine if it was 1990 and they were

    by samuel fulmer

    remaking Arthur. You know it would've been Yahoo Serious!

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  • Sep 02, 2010 1:42:30 PM CDT

    You Know It's Crazy...

    by rebeck2

    But it's fuckin' true.

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  • Sep 02, 2010 1:45:29 PM CDT

    Geek_Tard, worst of the 80's, huh? How old are you.

    by coughlins laws

    Give me examples of what you find funny. I can only think of a handful of 80's movies that are even in the same league comedy-wise with Arthur. In fact, I'll give you my top 10 80's comedies:10. Beverly Hills Cop9. Fletch8. Fast Times at Ridgemont High7. Ghostbusters6. Vacation5. Planes, Trains, & Automobiles4. The Naked Gun3. Airplane2. Arthur1. CaddyshackThere you go...

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  • Sep 02, 2010 1:49:47 PM CDT

    Now there's an idea

    by kaitain

    "When you get caught between the moon and New York City."

    It's a disaster movie that writes itself.

    The moon begins at a height of one mile, and moves painfully slowly throughout, so that everyone in Manhattan has approximately an hour to escape.

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  • Sep 02, 2010 1:50:50 PM CDT

    I have never seen Caddyshack

    by kaitain

    Strange but true.

    I would put Top Secret on the list, and The Breakfast Club.

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  • Sep 02, 2010 1:53:54 PM CDT

    Beverly Hills Cop

    by kaitain

    Watched that again recently. The first hour is still really good. But I had forgotten how much it descends into a big-budget A-Team episode by the end...rather dull extended shootouts with clunky editing. I guess that marked the moment where Eddie Murphy's destiny lay in movies that were more about action than comedy, for much of the next decade.

    I was so hopeful when Bowfinger came out that it heralded the return of both Murphy and Steve Martin as genuinely funny guys. But it was a false dawn for both.

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  • Sep 02, 2010 1:55:46 PM CDT

    Kaitain, there's also Lawrence of Arabia

    by sonny_williams

    "Lawrence, Lawrence of Arabia, he was an English guy, he went to fight the Turkish." Sorry, couldn't help throwing out a little HOLLYWOOD KNIGHTS love!

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  • Sep 02, 2010 1:55:47 PM CDT

    My favorite 80's comedy

    by samuel fulmer

    Footage of Michael Dukakis riding in a tank looking like one of the Thunderbirds.

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  • Sep 02, 2010 1:58:03 PM CDT

    Those greenscreens are for

    by stuntcock mike

    video footage of Liza Minelli's weatherbeaten gray batwing cunt.

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  • Sep 02, 2010 1:59:55 PM CDT

    Samuel

    by rebeck2

    Better than George Bush The First throwing up in the Japanese president's lap? Me thinks no.

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  • Sep 02, 2010 2:00:27 PM CDT

    Brand is no Dudley Moore

    by throwmetheidol

    Moore was pretty loved already from his era with Peter Cook. Brand is generally seen as an overhyped, under amusing self promoter.

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  • Sep 02, 2010 2:00:38 PM CDT

    Geekturd,

    by jericho1368

    You may want to keep your bunghole shut, to avoid all that shit dribbling out of your mouth

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  • Sep 02, 2010 2:00:46 PM CDT

    Actually, I Would Put...

    by rebeck2

    TRADING PLACES high on that 80's comedy list. It stands up much better than most of those.

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  • Sep 02, 2010 2:00:55 PM CDT

    The remake nobody asked for or wanted.

    by blackmantis

    Russell Brand doesn't have a pubic hair's worth of the comedic chops Dudley Moore had.

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  • Sep 02, 2010 2:01:46 PM CDT

    I always liked Beverly Hills Cop 2 better

    by samuel fulmer

  • Sep 02, 2010 2:02:53 PM CDT

    Top Secret! An underrated classic!

    by discogodfather

    "I know a little German. He's right over there!" *points to midget in lederhosen*

    Also, I don't consider Breakfast Club a comedy. One of the best movies of the 80s for sure though.

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  • Sep 02, 2010 2:03:33 PM CDT

    Rebeck2-But that was in the 90's though

    by samuel fulmer

    Right? Plus Bush had the comic gold of him and Barbara doing the intro to the infamous anti-drug cartoon Cartoon All-Stars to the Rescue that featured the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, the Muppet Babies, Slimer, Alf, and the voice of George C. Scott as the bad druggie puff of smoke.

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  • Sep 02, 2010 2:05:48 PM CDT

    Trading Places

    by kaitain

    Good call. Absolutely right. Still eminently quotable.

    I have a bit of a soft spot for The Sure Thing and Better off Dead as well. Plus that list misses out This Is Spinal Tap, Withnail and I and The Princess Bride.

    Jeez, I guess Rob Reiner used to be pretty good...

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  • Sep 02, 2010 2:07:03 PM CDT

    No place for Withnail and I on that list?

    by alan_poon

  • Sep 02, 2010 2:07:49 PM CDT

    Oh, and...

    by kaitain

    Back to the Future. Watched that last year for the first time in ages. It's fucking excellent.

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  • Sep 02, 2010 2:08:26 PM CDT

    "I guess Rob Reiner used to be pretty good"

    by samuel fulmer

    Yeah and then North happened. He went from a solid craftsman like film maker, to just a solid crap maker. All around good to excellent work from This is Spinal Tap up to A Few Good Men.

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  • Sep 02, 2010 2:09:49 PM CDT

    I'd go with Back to the Future as the best

    by samuel fulmer

    80's comedy. Sure it's got sci-fi elements, but I'd say it's more comedy than sci-fi.

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  • Sep 02, 2010 2:11:15 PM CDT

    Russell Brand and Helen Mirren?

    by rplocke

    Two names to keep me away from the theaters.

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  • Sep 02, 2010 2:14:06 PM CDT

    Russell Brand

    by pmsc

    Everyone in the UK thinks he's a cunt too and can't understand why he keeps getting movie deals either.

    Mind you, you septics gave us Jack fucking Black so I guess we're even.

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  • Sep 02, 2010 2:14:22 PM CDT

    Back to the Future

    by kaitain

    "...it's more comedy than sci-fi."

    That's what I had forgotten about. Or maybe the jokes just work that much better when you're an adult. When I watched it last year I was laughing loudly and often, which doesn't happen frequently when I watch most movies labeled as comedies. The sequence where Lea Thompson is trying to seduce Marty (aka "Calvin Klein") is solid gold.

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  • Sep 02, 2010 2:14:29 PM CDT

    SWEET, the return of Darlene from Roseanne!!!

    by nice marmot

    . . . where's D.J.???

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  • Sep 02, 2010 2:16:01 PM CDT

    Trading Places is still untouchable.

    by orbots commander

    I don't think anybody will be able to replicate Landis directing Ackroyd and Murphy in their prime.
    And Back to the Future is still funny and charming.

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  • Sep 02, 2010 2:21:37 PM CDT

    What happened during the filming of North

    by orbots commander

    ...that ruined Rob Reiner's filmmaking skills? Because before that, he made A Princess Bride, When Harry Met Sally, Misery and A Few Good Men.

    I think Jason Alexander and Elijah Wood kidnapped the real Rob Reiner during North, who is probably now a unassuming mailman in some small town.

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  • Sep 02, 2010 2:33:50 PM CDT

    Rebeck2 Pechinpah himself has acknowledged that

    by killik

  • Sep 02, 2010 2:37:18 PM CDT

    Oooh, Coughlins

    by the bicycle sharer

    You left out The Blues Brothers, Stripes, and Animal House. Don't know what I'd bump to include them in the ten, but, damn, those you listed plus these three were required watching in high school. Wait, fuck! Also Monty Python and the Holy Grail. We spewed the lines from those movies at each other like we were getting paid! Fuck, the 80s were good!

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  • Sep 02, 2010 2:39:04 PM CDT

    Orbots Commander-And Stand By Me

    by samuel fulmer

    Yeah he went from this Robert Wise-esque I can do any genre well to I suck. There's a lot of directors like that though that have a brilliant run (John Carpenter for instance), and then just totally lose it.

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  • Sep 02, 2010 2:39:24 PM CDT

    WHO CARES? Stephen Hawking proved there is no God

    by ricarleite2

    He was able to do so in a series of essays he is publishing starting this week, confirming the universe generated itself, and that there is, effectively, no God and no afterlife. Therefore, there is no reason to praise or criticize this Arthur remake, as Duddley Moore cannot be possibly rolling on his grave or enjoying this from heaven. He doesn't exist anymore. His mind is gone. WE ARE FUCKING DOOMED!

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  • Sep 02, 2010 2:40:23 PM CDT

    THE_CHOPPAH

    by rplocke

    Is it me or are you writing this shit in every thread? You said the same thing about Inception and Pirates. Knock it off.

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  • Sep 02, 2010 2:42:49 PM CDT

    Songs that feature the Title Characters name

    by mst3kpimp

    "Bit by Bit" from Fletch, "Flash" from Flash Gordon, "Wild Wild West" from Wild Wild West, and my Personal Favorite "Who's Johnny" from Short Circuit.

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  • Sep 02, 2010 2:43:15 PM CDT

    When Hawking fills up his diaper

    by samuel fulmer

    That's the big bang.

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  • Sep 02, 2010 2:43:35 PM CDT

    RPLocke

    by le vicious fishus

    Hey bud.You ok? I've been kind of concerned about you lately. You been down? We all been there, brother. You need anything, you just write me a note, man.

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  • and until now i havent seen anything from these two things to prove his statements.But people have seen the ghost of Elvis so its 1-0 against him.

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  • Sep 02, 2010 2:44:43 PM CDT

    Oh look people have started their own comedy routines

    by rplocke

    in the threads. Man, this site has gone downhill..

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  • Sep 02, 2010 2:47:01 PM CDT

    Bicycle Sharer, while HOLY GRAIL is tits

    by sonny_williams

    it was released in 1975.

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  • Sep 02, 2010 2:51:29 PM CDT

    I think the visceral hatred for Brand is interesting...

    by flickapoo

    ...and kinda funny...is it because of stuff he's done for MTV?
    All I know is, he was great in SAVING SARAH MARSHALL.

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  • Sep 02, 2010 2:51:38 PM CDT

    Hawking met God

    by samuel fulmer

    When he hung out with Patrick Stewart.

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  • Sep 02, 2010 2:51:38 PM CDT

    Russell Brand Is No Dudley Moore

    by leftfoot

    Russell Brand playing Arthur? Remake insanity!
    95% Russell's career is playing the irritating 'other guy'.
    Helen Mirren (sp?) playing the butler/maid makes sense. How will they imply the parentage aspect. "The maid had my baby for me?"
    Hopefully the film will be at least 90% the maid.

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  • Sep 02, 2010 2:51:47 PM CDT

    RPLocke

    by orbots commander

    You kind of end up doing that when the thread topic is Russell Brand, i.e. a vast black hole of 'talent'.

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  • Sep 02, 2010 2:56:13 PM CDT

    I'm hoping for the best

    by rosemarysbabydaddy

    I want this remake to succeed, mainly because that would pave the way for a remake of the sequel "Arthur 2: On the Rocks". Now THERE'S a movie that's crying out for a REAL remake.

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  • Sep 02, 2010 3:02:47 PM CDT

    OMG, you're right. Trading Places totally slipped my mind.

    by coughlins laws

    I'd have to put that at about 5 and move everything behind it back one notch. Thanks for correcting me. I just did that off the top of my head. There are probably others that I'm not even thinking about right now that could go on there. Like The Princess Bride, or Summer School. Does Heathers count as a comedy?

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  • Sep 02, 2010 3:19:05 PM CDT

    THE_CHOPPA, I don't understand your post. I don't think

    by coughlins laws

    you know how to use sarcasm correctly. Anyway, since you insist on bringing politics into the a discussion on an 80's comedy remake, I'll bite. Explain to me what you think my position should be on something like this...

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  • Sep 02, 2010 3:26:06 PM CDT

    is that Snoopy's wang?

    by bouncy x

  • Sep 02, 2010 3:28:20 PM CDT

    Hellen Mirren needs to chill out for awhile.

    by rplocke

    She's turning into Meryl Streep.

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  • Sep 02, 2010 3:29:13 PM CDT

    i don't mind the movie remake as much...

    by sonnyhooper

    ....as i'm going to mind the remake of the song: "when you get caught between the moon and new york city" by jay-z and whatever horrible cunt he gets to sing it with him. you KNOW it's gonna happen.

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  • Sep 02, 2010 3:30:04 PM CDT

    Did he at least cut his stupid ass hair?

    by supermarch

    If he has that retarded haircut still then this movie doesn't even make sense as a concept. Dudley Moore was a master of understated confusion. He was funniest when he was uncomfortable and it was a huge part of his vulnerability and charm. Russell Brand just makes people uncomfortable, is annoying, and looks like a complete asshole.

    This will make money because it is designed to but really..how long will the people behind shit like this coast on the fumes of yesteryear?

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  • Sep 02, 2010 3:37:38 PM CDT

    @ alan_poon

    by biggusdickus

    You DARE mention Russell Brand in the same breath as Kenny Everett?Everett had more talent in his little finger than this twat. He also had Barry Cryer writing for him. Jesus, where did it all go wrong for British comedy?

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  • Sep 02, 2010 3:41:35 PM CDT

    Sorry, I didn't get your point. Not meaning to be a dick.

    by coughlins laws

    but you've obviously seen what goes on around here so my natural posture is always defensive. Anyway, I'm not sure what to think yet. All I know is, the last oil spill was not even one/tenth as bas they the media was saying it was. I don't know any details about what's happened here, yet.

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  • Sep 02, 2010 3:42:28 PM CDT

    hopefull they will leave the christopher cross..

    by sonnyhooper

    ....classic alone and just use the jay-z and alicia keys "new york" shit-tastic song instead. and while i'm wasting invaluable bandwith here: fuck jay-z, fuck his hot wife, fuck the new york yankees, fuck the mets, fuck the jets, fuck the knicks, and fuck the giants too.

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  • Sep 02, 2010 3:42:58 PM CDT

    Bicycle Sharer

    by kaitain

    Holy Grail is '75, and Animal House is '78.

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  • Sep 02, 2010 3:43:49 PM CDT

    Anyway, don't remember seeing you on here before. Now I know.

    by coughlins laws

    It's kind of like the excitement you saw every time combat deaths reached a new plateau. The liberal blogosphere seemed to cum in their pants every time combat deaths reached 1,000, or 2,000, etc, so they could use it as fresh ammo to bash Bush. I hear what you're sayin...

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  • Sep 02, 2010 3:45:07 PM CDT

    I was out having a pizza for dinner..

    by tronburgundy

    with some friends. the restaurant was pretty empty, probably the recession to blame...tell you what, shall i send in the photos?

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  • Sep 02, 2010 3:54:06 PM CDT

    Oil spill

    by kaitain

    "All I know is, the last oil spill was not even one/tenth as bas they the media was saying it was."

    How bad was it, and how bad were the media saying it was? And how do you know that your values are the correct ones?

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  • Sep 02, 2010 4:01:02 PM CDT

    ANOTHER OIL SPILL!!

    by rplocke

    DRILL BABY DRILL!

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  • Sep 02, 2010 4:04:52 PM CDT

    Whoever greenlit this remake

    by tumor_binks

    I hope they get gang-raped to buggery. Why, why, why, waste everyone's time and why post this drivel here? How much did Harry charge them to post it here? Crap loads of $$$ I hope.

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  • Sep 02, 2010 4:37:29 PM CDT

    Brand is a fuckwit

    by hiperaktiv

    The guy is an absolute fuckwit with no comedic ability whatsoever. Way to ruin a classic you fucking hack.

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  • Sep 02, 2010 5:19:39 PM CDT

    "Grownups are talking to each other."

    by kaitain

    Can you make out what they're saying?

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  • Sep 02, 2010 5:31:15 PM CDT

    THE_CHOPPAH

    by wavingflagsinspace

    THE_CHOPPAH, why do you cut and paste your comments across multiple Talkbacks with just a few name changes in each one? Lance Henricksen & Sarah Polley being one example I noticed earlier.I get that you love your flame wars with other people on here and it's a public forum so do what you gotta do...but why just keep pasting the same inane shit with names changed?For example, from the 'Walking Dead' Season 2 thread:"Watched that again recently. The first hour is still really good. But I had forgotten how much it descends into a big-budget A-Team episode by the end...rather dull extended shootouts with clunky editing. I guess that marked the moment where Sarah Polleydestiny lay in movies that were more about action than drama, for much of the next decade.

    I was so hopeful when Splice came out that it heralded the return of both Polley and Brody as genuinely dramatic people. But it was a false dawn for both."And then the same useless shit on the Sandman thread, but with some name changes:"Watched that [Aliens] again recently. The first hour is still really good. But I had forgotten how much it descends into a big-budget A-Team episode by the end...rather dull extended shootouts with clunky editing. I guess that marked the moment where Lance Henriksens' destiny lay in movies that were more about action than comedy, for much of the next decade.I was so hopeful when The Quick and the Dead came out that it heralded the return of both Stone and DiCaprio as genuinely Good guys. But it was a false dawn for both."How bored must you be to be basically spamming us with your crap, because I bored myself silly noticing this.

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  • Sep 02, 2010 5:33:32 PM CDT

    CHOP CHOP CHOP!

    by the_ch0ppah

  • Sep 02, 2010 5:42:21 PM CDT

    Ahhh...

    by wavingflagsinspace

    There's THE_CH0PPAH and THE_CHOPPAH.Which came first? The idiot or the fool?

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  • Sep 02, 2010 5:46:14 PM CDT

    I'm glad that The Choppah enjoys appropriating my writing

    by kaitain

    I wrote the text mentioned above, re: Eddie Murphy and Beverly Hills Cop, around five hours ago.

    Maybe The Choppah is a poorly-written internet worm.

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  • Sep 02, 2010 6:07:52 PM CDT

    Katain

    by slone13

    Ghostbusters 2

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  • Sep 02, 2010 6:28:26 PM CDT

    Jennifer Garner's in this?

    by triple_j_72

    Why, Jen? WHYYYYY! You're better than this.

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  • Sep 02, 2010 6:28:43 PM CDT

    Are drunks still funny?

    by smokingrobot

    It will be interesting to see how this plays out.

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  • Sep 02, 2010 6:56:17 PM CDT

    Does anyone think Jennifer Garner is hot?

    by kaitain

    She seems to have become this weird-looking, square-jawed, tight-lipped, slightly emaciated creature of borderline gender.

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  • Sep 02, 2010 7:07:19 PM CDT

    We established

    by jameskpolk

    that I am old,consarnit. But can someone please explain the "descends into a big-budget A team" comment for me? Is it a reference to Harry's "Inception" comments? I must have been napping and missed something...

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  • Sep 02, 2010 7:37:42 PM CDT

    wow look..chairs!

    by neck_lucas

  • Sep 02, 2010 7:38:23 PM CDT

    JimmyKPolk

    by tedkordlives

    It's just the_CHOPPAH parroting somebody else's post, and applying it to different movies. Feel free to ignore the crazy bastard. I certainly do.

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  • Sep 02, 2010 7:39:32 PM CDT

    Garner peaked with DAREDEVIL.

    by tedkordlives

    In my opinion, anyway, that was the hottest she ever looked. All downhill from there...

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  • Sep 02, 2010 7:40:25 PM CDT

    Yes, the big-budget A-Team reference

    by kaitain

    ...was originally being applied to the final reel of Beverly Hills Cop.

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  • Sep 02, 2010 7:44:15 PM CDT

    I prefer BHC 2. Just sayin'.

    by tedkordlives

    I'd wager that a metric ton of cocaine went into the production of that movie.

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  • Sep 02, 2010 8:19:50 PM CDT

    Arthur raging

    by star hump

    I love the classic Arthur as much as anyone(even despite the presence of Liza Manelli), but it portrayed Arhur as too cuddly and jolly. What we need is a more realistic portrayal of the British sot in full flight. Think Keith Moon, Oliver Reed, or Richard Harris in full-on rage mode.

    Let's have Arthur take a restaurant apart chair by chair. Let's see Arhur throw tables through plate glass windows. I want to see Arthur step out into the street pissed out of his mind and get into a brutal, tooth-flying, bloody punch-up as women scream in horror and run away into the night. Have Arthur pull his cock out of his trousers in front of the entire pub as he takes a bottle of brandy and pours its contents down his gulping neck. More is more when it comes to our loveable drunkard Arthur.

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  • Sep 02, 2010 8:23:19 PM CDT

    Fascinating

    by gwynplaine

  • Sep 02, 2010 9:41:21 PM CDT

    Well, the biggest player from Arthur...

    by eustisclay

    ...That's missing is Steve Gordon, who wrote and directed. He died soon after and while Arthur is a fine legacy to go out on, I would've loved to have seen what other films he had in him. In a way, he reminded me of Blake Edward(writer-director of 10) in that he could mix crass and sophistication. And man, I really miss Blake Edwards, besides the Pink Panther series you had thrillers like Experiment in Terror and The Carey Treatment, and gems like 10 amnd S.O.B. I even like some of his lesser flicks like Switch and Skin Deep(featuring the dueling condoms between John Ritter and the rock star, that's the guy I could see Brand playing in a remake. But he's played that role.)

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  • Sep 02, 2010 9:58:18 PM CDT

    If you twitter-pictured a potato chip...

    by boober

    that looked like...a potato chip. That would at least make me think...
    instead of wanting to punch you in the face for wasting my time.

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  • Sep 02, 2010 10:30:22 PM CDT

    Who's playing D.W., Francine and Binky?

    by clavius

    Oh.....dammit, wrong Arthur.

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  • Sep 02, 2010 10:34:39 PM CDT

    MOVIES WHOSE SONG FEATURES THE MAIN CHAR

    by rkdn

    BEN
    ALFIE
    thats all i got.

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  • Sep 02, 2010 10:42:41 PM CDT

    This movie is relying heavy on the pop culture play

    by thejudger

    You get the batman stuff the back to the future stuff the star wars stuff the pez despencer stuff. Pretty much what any movie geek would do with all them riches. By film props and shit and use them to wow others- who may or may not go for it. I have tons of film prop replica stuff and usually I get odd looks from new company. Very rare someone see's a replica of the glave from krull or some killer sphere or a poulan 245A chainsaw from tcm 1974 or a vader helmet from a 2nd gen rick baker mold made off of the original 1977 vader mask. Very rare they see something like that and go wow! So hows that working out for arthur???

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  • Sep 02, 2010 11:14:25 PM CDT

    MATH! I HATE MATH! ITSUCKED!!!

    by rplocke

  • Sep 02, 2010 11:22:34 PM CDT

    They should have picked Mel Gibson to play Arthur

    by carolinamaestro

    You know it's true.

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  • Sep 02, 2010 11:43:51 PM CDT

    holy shit Freddie Mercury is alive

    by lordmadhammer

  • Sep 02, 2010 11:59:15 PM CDT

    Talk about a movie that is going to go straight to video...

    by gremlin517

    Who chooses these things, doesn't anybody in Hollywood have a sense of when something is going to completely bomb? I mean, maybe that's a job they should give me--because I am never wrong about which movies are going to go straight to the toilet...

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  • Sep 03, 2010 12:05:52 AM CDT

    Gremlin517

    by rplocke

    Kick Ass proved that you can get a sequel even if your shitty movie does well on DVD, so we'll be seeing MANY Arthur movies for years to come.

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  • Sep 03, 2010 12:10:14 AM CDT

    Things must be REALLY SLOW for you to put these up........

    by jonchambers

  • Sep 03, 2010 12:52:27 AM CDT

    What's next? THE_CHOPPAH's vacation photos?

    by joesixpack

    Who thought posting this set was a good idea?

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  • Sep 03, 2010 5:03:38 AM CDT

    Misinformed

    by dude_gimme_tabs

    The girl he (Brand) joked about having sex with on air and via answerphone message that got him into trouble was not fucking 14!!!! She was mid-late 20's and in a burlesque strip shop troupe called "The Satanic Sluts" ! FFS!!!
    All the cunting fucktards who complained about it were closet dwelling, cock-munching Daily Mail readers who didn't even hear the fucking radio show and were allowed to get themselves all whipped up into a indignant frezy of misinformed cuntary by that disgusting moralistic rag of a newspaper (that is run by Christian fundamentalists).
    And the show was not live, it was recorded. So if it was too close to the mark then why did the ever-so-scared of everything BBC broadcast the fucking recording?
    And the part of Brand's recent stand-up show where he deals with the fallout of this is seriously, fall on the floor, wipe away tears fucking hilarious.
    He was probably the best thing in 'Forgetting Sarah Marshall' and great in 'Get Him To The Greek'.

    He also absolutely horrified the paymasters and made them look like cunts when he hosted the awards and for that alone he deserves a medal.
    Hating on him, like everyone else, because he gets (or got, before Miss P) more pussy in a weekend than most basement dwelling cunt-tards have ever seen outside of attending the "Cat Of The Year" show with their Grandmothers just exposes insecurity.
    Oh yeah, and he's actually a really nice guy in real life with no front to him at all and really self-depreciating despite the success.
    Clearly doesn't feel the need to over-compensate. Project much???? (you know who I mean!)

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  • Sep 03, 2010 8:51:19 AM CDT

    ?

    by dude_gimme_tabs

    I read your post really quickly, and for a moment there thought it said "You may worship me now, penis."

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  • Sep 03, 2010 9:10:26 AM CDT

    I don't like Jennifer Garner. Her face is weird and she's

    by coughlins laws

    too flat chested. Don't like her...

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  • Sep 03, 2010 9:22:03 AM CDT

    Remake: The Movie

    by grammaton cleric binks

    We're all sick of this.

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  • Sep 03, 2010 9:31:21 AM CDT

    Grammarton!

    by dude_gimme_tabs

    Seriously, don't give those fucking idiots behind shit like Epic Movie etc. any more ideas!

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  • Sep 03, 2010 9:33:40 AM CDT

    Russell Brand is completely unlikable. Why him?

    by snake foreskin

    He director - Did he have a picture of you with a squirrel? Russell Brand is untalented and gross. At least Dudley Moore was a brilliant comedian who could act and show subtlety of emtion. Brand is an MTV generation thug. You know, like Dane Cook or pretty much any other stand up comedian under the age of 45.

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  • Sep 03, 2010 11:18:13 AM CDT

    Jesus. This is sad.

    by nman45

    'Arthur' was a pitch-perfect 80s comedy time capsule that worked so well because of Dudley Moore's truly awesome Foster Brooks-like drunken performance. And the tête-à-tête between Moore & John Gielgud was the key to its success. Is the idea the same in the remake? Is Russell Brand as good as Dudley Moore? Good grief.

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  • Sep 03, 2010 12:37:59 PM CDT

    song's with title character's name

    by paulloch

    Alfie, Georgy Girl, and of course SHAFT. On TV there are plenty Batman, Gilligans Island, Brady Bunch, Fat Albert, any number of Hanna Barbera cartoons.

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  • Sep 05, 2010 11:42:30 AM CDT

    It might've worked with Simon Pegg instead.

    by hesiod2k7

  • Sep 05, 2010 8:51:15 PM CDT

    russell brand

    by falcon71

    lucky bastard gets 2 bump nasty bits with katy perry

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  • Sep 05, 2010 10:48:46 PM CDT

    Russell Brand= English Pauly Shore.... = hack

    by sns

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