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Billy Bob Thornton Re-Teams With ONE FALSE MOVE Co-Writer Tom Epperson On JAYNE MANSFIELD'S CAR! Also Teases A BAD SANTA Sequel!
Beaks here...
If you're a fan of ONE FALSE MOVE (and you should be), then the idea of Billy Bob Thornton reuniting with writing partner Tom Epperson on a new project should be cause for some celebration.
This weekend at the FASTER junket, Thornton revealed to Collider's Steve "Frosty" Weintraub that he's currently working with Epperson on a screenplay titled JAYNE MANSFIELD'S CAR - a likely reference to the 1966 Buick Electra 225 in which the actress was killed forty-three years ago when her driver plowed into the rear of a tractor trailer. Thornton didn't let slip any plot details, but he did seem pleased with the title. "It's a dandy, if I do say so," said Thornton.
Thornton also mentioned that there have been discussions about doing a sequel to the magnificent BAD SANTA. Here's what he told Weintraub...
Bad Santa’s become like a classic Christmas movie. People watch It’s a Wonderful Life and Miracle on 34th St. and Bad Santa now is sort of the box set. And there’s been talk of making a sequel to it, which I actually would like to do. I’ve never done a sequel to one of my movies, but that one makes sense to me to do it."
He didn't say whether screenwriters John Requa and Glenn Ficarra would be involved, but I can't imagine going forward without them. Thornton also acknowledged that they'd have to get a director who's got the "juice" to make sure the film won't get compromised by, I'm guessing, Bob and Harvey Weinstein (who wrecked Terry Zwigoff's brilliant early cut I watched with Weintraub in early 2003). Frankly, I'd settle for Zwigoff and a strong producer capable of keeping the executive-producer Weinsteins off the director's back.
Not that I need a sequel to BAD SANTA. I'm honestly more interested in JAYNE MANSFIELD'S CAR, which Thornton also plans to direct.
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In your face, you First Jerk offs.
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Is this wise?
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It's that Bad Santa time of year :)
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJWS6qyy7bw
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his wife abandoned him for Brand Pitt and until now his career was consisted of hill-billy guest star cameos in big budget popcorn movies.<br /> <p>anyway,not too thrilled for a santa sequel but the car project looks interesting.
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It's almost a cliche' by now, but this sequel madness is bullsit. They might be able to hit a home run with this one, but I doubt it. Just let a classic be a classic.
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One False Move is a minor classic.
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A CHRISTMAS STORY
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Love the first one. Watch it every year. Of all the Xmas classics (also missed so far is Christmas Vacation), it is the only one I make the time to throw the DVD in the machine to watch. All the others I catch on T.V., but the idea of an edited Bad Santa, well that just doesn't work. As of ol'Billy Bob, I'm still pissed at him for being such a giant douche to that Canadian radio interviewer. What a complete ass he was.
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But I've always had reservations about a sequel to it. It'll be one of those things where I'll be really excited and really disappointed at the same time.
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That is some seriously awesome footage. Also check out the DJ's screen saying something like "If this shit goes bad, cut to so and so" or something like that.
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some other white fat guy with a beard,instead of the black guy whose holiday is named after since it is about his birthday.i love the benefits of capitalism..
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God, Lauren Graham is hot... And HELL YES the first Die Hard is a Xmas movie! "Oh the weather outside is frightful... !"
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It's a fucking classic. I love that movie. Hilarious.
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Die Hard: Best Christmas Movie Ever.
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Nov. 22, 2010, 3:42 p.m. CST
Yes because when I think of x-mas I think of fat chicks getting
by Mike_D
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...so, BBT, leave it matey. Besides, John Ritter and Bernie Mac (the key to the film's hilarity) are no more so just don't fucking bother.
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I'm a fan of Bad Santa. I think Billy Bob's career has gone down the crapper. Bad Santa did sort of leave itself open for a sequel. I mean he's still an asshole at the end of the movie. You can have the midget break out of prison or something. You still have Billy Bob living in the kid's house. So what happens when the father gets out of jail? The movie doesn't have to be about him pulling off a crime. It just has to take place at Christmas. The only bad thing is John Ritter was great and will be missed. But I think if they can take the movie in a different direction. But the kid is probably like 18 by now. So how do they work that out? But if Terry is in and Billy Bob wants to do, it why not. They both could use a hit.
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No Bernie Mac, no deal.
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http://bit.ly/hPuDXB
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Does not require a sequel. That film is just so genius. If you haven't seen it, Run and buy it before they completely destroy any memory of it with a sequel!
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If it's a good story why not? However at this point i remain a sceptic.
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Nov. 22, 2010, 4:15 p.m. CST
Will we ever get an "All the Pretty Horses" directors cut?
by IndustryKiller!
People may not be screaming for that, as the film seems to be under the radar, but I really like what's there anyway and I know the film was butchered by the Weinsteins. Love to see Thornton's cut.
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'90s sitcom Hearts Afire, when Billy Bob was a bit on the chunky side, with a full dark beard. Now he looks like Skeletor's cousin.
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I'm no religious theologeon, but wouldn't Jesus have been, y'know, jewish? Not saying you can't be jewish AND black, but historically, wouldn't Jesus be, racially, more Medeterainian than African?
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hmmmmmm.i wonder if that connects with the rumor that Mediah Messiah mentioned about the movie sex scene between BBT and Berry.curious and curious...
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Nov. 22, 2010, 4:44 p.m. CST
lochkray that's correct.dark skin coloured is the most correct
by KilliK
description.but regardless of the proper word,Jesus is certainly not the blond,white guy with the blue eyes,which the western civilization portrays him as.
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Jeezus, that scene where Thornton and Michael Beach murder both households in their twin home invasions...I was dizzy the rest of the movie. Shit was too real.
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has AICN fallen way behind in the announcing of the news? It seems these stories are in other places long before they end up here. Well, more so than in the past anyway. Am I wrong?
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Nov. 22, 2010, 7:08 p.m. CST
I don't want any sandwiches, what is it with you and your fuckin
by brocknroll
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Carl Franklin did an amazing job on that movie. Everybody gave amazing performances — but that scene was simply devastating.<br><br>
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Uncredited, of course. <p>Not sure a sequel would be a good idea without getting them on board in some way.
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If that makes him black, I'm cool with that.
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It's a wooden pickle.
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That's what needs to happen with the next one, bring back the Christmas theme and Vaughn Monroe Damn It!!!!!!
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since the context of him as a movie star has nothing to do with his first love as a music historian. Watched the ''Q'' interview a while back - fuck that douche. ...and Billy - ''WE'' have the potatoes, AND the gravy, AND the cheese curds - it's called a poutine, fucko.
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Now, was that forty-nine percent, or fifty-one percent? I just can't tell! More great lines in that film than in any dozen other movies.
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i used to walk in during my favorite scenes to watch the audience react. when i see snow or feel the cold wind or see ornaments instead of making me have a memory connection to christmas it's connected to bad santa. what a great movie. too many classic scenes to remember them all.
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A Mexican couple with their two kids (one a baby, the other a boy, probably 6 years old) came in after I did and sat in my row (before the movie started). I was next to the the 6 year-old boy, who promptly turned to me and asked "What's this movie about?", to which I replied "How the hell do I know?... I haven't seen it yet". WTF kind of parent takes a kid that age to see "Bad Santa"? Nevertheless, I enjoyed the movie quite a bit, but I don't see the need for a sequel.<P>BTW... @KilliK: Jesus wasn't a black man. If he was, the bible would've been written in ebonics.
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I couldn't believe some parents took their little kids to see Bad Santa. It's not like the trailer or the poster didn't pretty much explain what kind of movie it was going to be. by the way, Jesus didn't write the bible.
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it was fucked up disturbing to hear the offscreen clomp of the slingblade slicing through that asshole's head though. ugh. i wouldn't feel bad if we had public whipping of wife beaters but cutting somebody's head in half is a little too brutal for me.
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Nov. 23, 2010, 7 a.m. CST
"Yeah baby, Yeah baby, you're not gonna shit right for a week!"
by surfsup22
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Everyone else in the movie has dropped dead.
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... or maybe "The Sling Blade Christmas Special".
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Now that I would love to see.
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just weak and desperate to shock. people who like it are similar.
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Think Mariska really wants a part in that?
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...but I remember seeing Bad Santa when it was released, and I was maybe one out of three people in the theater on opening weekend. Can anyone really justify making a sequel?
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by bad santa, that they got it pulled from irish cinemas. I thought it was mediocre. mmm lauren graham. she should be wonder woman.
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"Are you f$ucking with me?"
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Hi Beaks, is Bad Santa Director's Cut (not "Badder") the same cut you saw or close to it? This is a great movie and I'd really like to know about the cut you are talking about.
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