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Crazy Rumor of the Day: Arnold Schwarzenegger and Jee-Woon Kim to team for LAST STAND?!?
Ahoy, squirts! Quint here. Sometimes these crazy rumors are eye-rolling fanboy shit. PETER CULLEN AND BRUCE CAMPBELL TEAMING UP FOR ASH VS. THE DECEPTICONS!, stuff like that. This rumor could be as much bullshit, but holy shit does this bode well if it's even close to being reality.
I mean, I dug the 90s X-Men: The Animated Series look of THE GOVERNATOR, but other that it felt like a sad joke taken seriously. Next to Arnold announcing he's doing King Conan with John Milius a pairing like this gets me the most excited to see the man step back onto the silver screen.
The rumor is that he is replacing Liam Neeson in the next from I SAW THE DEVIL and THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE WEIRD's Jee-woon Kim. Amazing, right? This rumor originated via a Polish movie site called FilmWeb, which claims to have a source in the foreign distribution company releasing the film.
A quick click on Google Chrome's translate feature describes Schwarzenegger as a border town sheriff as an escaped drug cartel big wig heads for Mexico.
This has not been confirmed and the idea of Schwarzenegger playing a border town sheriff with a staff of inexperienced deputies doesn't really fit, right? If it is true (and I still want it to be) they might have to alter the background of this lead character a bit, right?
But the thought of Schwarzenegger appearing in a crazy awesome drug movie directed by crazy awesome Korean director is... well, pretty crazy. And awesome.
Thoughts?
-Quint
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I don't really care what he's in.
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arnie as a small town sheriff?? ill buy it!
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April 6, 2011, 8:37 p.m. CST
i did'nt know the president of north korea actually made films
by Mysterious_Volvo
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Cause this could be epic.
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April 6, 2011, 8:41 p.m. CST
I'll probably have the opposite reaction than most people here
by Kammich
Most of the fanbase here will probably be piqued by the idea of Arnie being in the film... personally, I could care less. I'm more excited that we're getting a (presumably) English language film from Jee-woon Kim. I have not seen "I Saw the Devil,"(absolutely DYING to) but he is 4-for-4 with me on the rest of what I've seen of his resume. "A Tale of Two Sisters" is a jarring, creepy supernatural flick whose only downfall is that it lacks the hotness of its American remake's female leads(Emily Browning and Ariell Kebell). "A Bittersweet Life" is actually my favorite film of his... a surprisingly dark, low-key movie from a director that tends to lean on his morbid sense of humor. Tremendous, stylish Korean revenge thriller that made me a huge fan of Byung-hun Lee. "The Good, the Bad and the Weird" is like if Sergio Leone and Stephen Chow had a baby and then fed the baby LSD every day for 18 years. And his segment in "3 Extremes" was the best of the bunch. So, yes please, I'll take an English language man-on-a-mission flick from this guy.
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Lame.
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Chan Wook Park directing his first English language film, a thriller starring Colin Firth as a creepy murderous uncle? I'd like to meet the producers behind both "Stoker" and "Last Stand," and shake their hands. Its about time that someone brought Korean masterminds and their cinematic sensibilities to the English-language film market.
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It's all well and good to bring these amazing film-makers over to the US. But what if they get totally ass-raped by clueless executives and egomaniacal stars? Which is what happened to John Woo, Tsui Hark, Ringo Lam, Hideo Nakata etc. I've read the script to STOKER and it's a decent little slice of gothic suspense. Park should be able to bring his baroque stylistics to it nicely, provided the producers let him.
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I'm hoping that Park has enough credibility to call the shots over a studio like Fox Searchlight, but you're right, you can never be sure. The Hollywood studio system seems to get their jolly's off of opressing the truly talented. I'd love to read the script for "Stoker," and happy to hear you enjoyed it. The script was my biggest hang-up on the project... I was like, "really, the guy from 'Prison Break' wrote it?" But I have faith in Park and his creative choices.
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That seems odd. On paper.
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That would have been so badass.
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April 6, 2011, 9:56 p.m. CST
I read the script - decent action flick. Nothing super special.
by JuanSanchez
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running time kind of put me off to watch it. But A Bittersweet Life was beautiful.
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April 6, 2011, 10:32 p.m. CST
these "rumors" are just to generate hits for the site
by Billy_D_Williams
there is no way the man who decided to the governator is doing a movie with this director.
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Korea's been producing some of the best genre cinema in the world for awhile now. The Good The Bad The Weird is an awesome flick with one of the craziest climactic chase sequences you'll ever see. I know it's a different director, but if anyone here hasn't seen Mother yet it'll knock your socks off. I'm a little nervous about these guys testing out Hollywood, though, because they work so well within their own system and I'd hate to see them flop.
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think about it for a minute. that cartoon is the greatest thing to happen. who cares if it doesn't last a season. it's going to be amazing to watch.
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Let it be true sounds like the prefect first MOVIE for ARNOLD with one of the greatest directors of out time...
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April 7, 2011, 1:47 a.m. CST
surely sheriffs retire at 60? Arnies 63 and looks older every day.
by Arkhaminmate001
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April 7, 2011, 1:48 a.m. CST
Arnie's best work is his trailer voice overs...awesomely funny!!
by Arkhaminmate001
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April 7, 2011, 2:10 a.m. CST
Why oh why Arnie did you waste all those years in politics?
by Dr. Egon Spengler
Talk about a job that'll suck the age out of you. He was already getting old before he got elected, but now, he's looking pretty leathery. Cawlifonians - did he ever accomplish anything in that state of yours?
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Once upon a time in North Korea... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pulgasari
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This would be pretty epic. Tale of 2 Sisters, The good the bad the weird, and now the bad ass comeback of Arnold. I guess that's a good way to catapult them both to the top... Unfortunately, no fucking way this happens.
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Arnold tells those punk kids to staff off of his lawn...or else.
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but in our fucked up universe he is too busy working on the governator. -cries-
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April 7, 2011, 10:32 a.m. CST
Crazy rumor, yeah, but this is a pretty fine bare-bones set-up for a sweet, hard-R action flick.
by WriteForTheEdit
Until we get a confirmed "Commando 2," this will do.
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This, on the other hand, has potential, small town sherrif or not. Not sure what physical shape he's in (he's in his 60s, I think?), but I'm hoping he does one of those straight-up, balls to the wall action films with the bad punchlines that he did so well back in the day. Commando? Raw Deal? Red Heat?? GET SHANE BLACK ON THE PHONE STAT!!!
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Thought you knew...Commando 2's been done...they just called it Die Hard. Just joking; I know what you meant. Not sure if Alyssa Milano would be up to it, though. Plus they killed off Bill Duke, so there goes a bit of the coolness factor....
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Yeah, no Bill Duke is a problem, but I figure you get Fishburn in there, maybe make it look like he's a bad guy, but then he turns out to be cool. Gotta have Alyssa, though. All grown up, looking super-hot, she's got to blow away somebody with a rocket-propelled grenade or something. I'm telling you, a Commando sequel would be awesome, if done properly. (I just don't think there's any hope for a proper Terminator sequel any more. It's too expensive to do properly and still expect to be profitable.)
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I know that something will need to get that shitty taste out of my mouth after this new conan movie comes out...
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Fuck this shit!!!!!
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Fishburn...I agree with the coolness factor, plus the man can ACT; check out his Thurgood Marshall play on HBO for proof. If he did have a part on Commando 2 (fun to speculate, huh?) would have to be written so that comparison to Morpheus would be impossible. Can't think of any other movie he could do a sequel for; Running Man and Raw Deal were pretty much one-notes, and King Conan? Only in our dreams....
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And that wasn't even that good!
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Two warring Predator clans crash land on Earth, and circumstance (also known as Hollywood script writing) gets Dutch and Harrigan caught up in the middle of their grudge match. Any takers? Anyone? Bueller??
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That is a great idea. But I wouldn't set it all on Earth. I would get Arnie and Danny, and have them be sent to the planet that Adrien Brody is on. I think it would be cool if a forth movie had the three heroes from the previous films working together to fight the Predators.
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I did write a decent fanfic for The Ring a few years back, but [insert blockbuster script writer's name here] I'm not. Fun to dream, though.
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That is a great idea. But I wouldn't set it all on Earth. I would get Arnie and Danny, and have them be sent to the planet that Adrien Brody is on. I think it would be cool if a forth movie had the three heroes from the previous films working together to fight the Predators.
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For those who don't know, there was a script written for Commando 2. You can find it online. It's pretty good, not perfect, but would have been fun. Arnie chose not to make it though. He was also supposed to play Dutch in Predator but that got replaced by Gary Busey's character (and no doubt rewritten quite a bit.. have not seen that script yet), but Arnold turned that down as well. Too bad in both cases if you ask me.
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You knew that.
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Loni Anderson ain't doing much these days. Why not??
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I Saw The Devil is actually awesome, it hit me in the gut, best horror/revenge film I've seen in awhile. Yes it's long but you understand why when you watch it, you get involved and the suspense and overall dread is almost too much too take. I LOVE Korean directors lately, they are making the best thrillers and revenge flicks in the world. But yes I agree with the fears that an American studio system will restrain them too much. And many times foreigners just make better films in their native language and culture. Prbbly a ton of reasons why, but it happens more often than we'd like.
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April 7, 2011, 5:53 p.m. CST
You lost me at "I dug the 90s X-Men: The Animated Series look of THE GOVERNATOR"
by MaulVader
That crap looks AWFUL!!!!
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April 7, 2011, 6:47 p.m. CST
According to Coming Soon variety have confirmed this story!
by Judge Dredds Dirty Undies
Arnold needs to make this film.
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