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Looking for young boy actors for "Untitled Steven Spielberg Project" eh'
Hey folks, Harry here. Well... Looky here. I'll call this boy, Barooni the Genie, after my favorite on screen kid ever. Well, Barooni... I think I do have an idea what you might be doing. I believe that 'The Beard' is probably looking for his Harry Potter... or at least fishing right now. I hope to change your spy name to Harry Potter someday, and best of luck. NOW... for the rest of you. This doesn't mean that this is Steven's next project, but it does mean that in all liklihood he is... ummm exploring his options. Knowing MINORITY REPORT... there really isn't a kid in that project... A.I.? Well... anybody's guess... but Steven did say that if he made that film, that it would be down the road. I believe (hunches, guesses, not really based on facts) that this might very well be HARRY POTTER activity by Spielberg. So, let's all think good thoughts about Barooni here, and hope that he'll soon be in the land beyond beyond, in the world past hope and fear... Sorry... I can't help myself...
Dear Mr Harry
I am just a kid so you probably will not beleive me but today my mother told me that my agent called to say that I am supposed to try out for this movie called Untitled Steven Speilberg Project. I read your sight all the time and I was wanting to know if you know what I am trying for. I like those X-Men pictures a lot. Can you help me? I want to work with him I am very good my mom says. Wish me luck. I love your site.
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Sszero, I know you can be bored, but if you are... please mentally masterbate elsewhere. This talkback is for people wanting to talk about Spielberg, Harry Potter, the casting of Harry Potter, and all of that. It's not a place to show the world that you have a lot of time and a keyboard in your hands.
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Wow, I could've written that. I think maybe an eager Harry Potter lover just wants to get this rumor mill going so Steven'll catch wind and latch on. Not that I don't doubt Potter will probably be Spielberg's next project, though I really wish he'd just hand Potter over to someone else and do Minority Report, followed by A.I. ... and then, when Lucas finally cleans off his pallet in 2006 after the three prequels and the massive to-come DVD, they can hook up, get Harrison, and DO THAT DAMN INDY 4 MOVIE! Ah, well. I don't read children's books that often (considering the fact that I'm ... well ... not a child), even though I know "the whole world" has been taken by Potter-storm, so I don't really have an inclination for this character or this movie, but perhaps, if Steven does go with this, and sticks to the book that so many people apparently love, I'll like it too. But that's a ways off anyway, so I'm not holding my breath for this film.
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AI would require a young boy to be cast in a starring role, based on the information that has been released about that film. But I think that we all know that this is Harry Potter. And doesn't this whole Harry Potter 'Magical Kids' idea remind you of Spielberg's last movie for kids - the godawful "Hook"? Let's just say I'm hoping that Spielberg ends up doing Minority.
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Harry Potter is a young excitable boy with a wonderful imagination and a longing for the unknown. This same description could be used to describe Hogarth Huges to a
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...Make your own joke here....BTW that was no freakin' kid...talk about tryin' too hard to sound like one. SS what did you say that made Harry delete your post?
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Nothing is more surreal then coming to a talk back session when people refernce a message that has been deleted. I'd have to agree with my predacessors, it sounds like somebody trying to write like a kid. Who would address ANYONE as "Mr. Harry"?
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My mom...what crap. I wish it were true...but I'm sorry...MR Harry...no way.
No-one's gonna call you Mr.
Anyway don't let this stop you from actually looking for someone to play Potter, Steve.
And also...what did SSZero post?...I feel a sense of missing out on a chunk of talkback and I don't like it!
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You know, if some little kid actually was reading AICN and talking about the "cool X-men pictures", he's probably seen the previous articles about Harry Potter. I think it's sad that everyone bitches Harry out for getting scooped by other websites, and now he's driven to the other extreme where he's putting up eMails from people pretending to be little kids! I think I'm going piss my pants. My mommy told me my agent wants me to...whatever! Who the fuck reads this website, is up on the X-Men, and says "Mommy?" Harry, I think if London Bridge wasn't really in Arizona you would believe it was anyway.
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I read the Harry Potter books because the children that I teach were enthralled by them & I ended up quite captivated myself. They are well written, clever, and really fine speculative fiction. I implore anyone who is feeling negative about this movie & dismissing it as something that would never appeal to adults to READ THE BOOKS before finalizing your opinion, they really are a lot of fun!
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What's with this guy? First AI, then Minority Report, now perhaps Harry P.
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Steven Spielberg has nothing to do with it. I can't remember where I heard of it... but I think it was mentioned in the same breath as projects of the "George Lucas in Love" vain. Maybe I'm crazy, but it makes more sense than an actual Steven Spielberg project.
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Harry Potter and the Mystery of the Iron Giant....now, there's a sequel idea to a movie that needs no sequel that MIGHT actually work. Nevertheless, I hope they leave IG be (or let Brad Bird do with it as HE wants and NOT WB).
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Ha ha, either this "kid" is just some dude playing a joke or the film is actually called "Untitled Steven..." Plus, we all know that Harry Potter should be played by either Ed Norton or Bruce Campbell. Did anyone watch Jack of All Trades? God, that show was terrible.
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Jan 26, 2000 1:04:39 AM CST
It's ... well ... pretty much official, Steven's doing MINORITY
by azmodel
I don't know how many of you frequent Cinescape, but one of their latest stories today is a report on Steven's dilemma of which film to choose... reprinted here for your lazy-ass pleasure ---- "
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This letter is obviously not from a kid. "Dear Mr Harry" ? "I am just a kid so you probably will not beleive me"? No kid would preface something that way. Only someone pretending to be a kid and trying hard to sound like a kid would say something like that. Strategically placed mispellings....another clue. Than lastly, the author basically writes baby talk then ends the letter with ...."Wish me luck". Sorry, based on the writing style, this kid would not say something like 'wish me luck'. Sorry Harry but you were fooled.
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Even if you believe that this E-mail came from a kid (maybe, maybe not) it still wouldn't ring true. Think about everything you know about how movies are made; casting comes pretty far into the process. Spielberg doesn't have any movies in developement that I know of, not "Harry Potter" not "Minority Report" not "AI" or anything else that is even close to the casting stage. This fake E-mail came from somebody who wanted to see what kind of reaction he'd get.
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Who cares? Harry is reporting. A chunk of info comes along, and he puts it out there and lets us decide for ourselves. He wasn't fooled; do you think he's dumber than we are?
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Jan 26, 2000 11:07:54 AM CST
Is Anyone Thinking About The Children? Please Think About The Ch
by otaku73
Okay, okay, okay, sure, this MOST LIKELY isn't a kid. It's just some idiot. (which this site is NOT known for) BUUUUUUUUT.....and this is a big but; (another thing this site is not known for) most likely, there are some kids running around in here. Maybe some elderly too, and at least 2 dozen with tourettes and/or ADHD. Maybe you kids never thought of this. Maybe it never occurred to you that maybe you weren't just talkbacking with a bunch of horny, smelly nerds who took both sides of the weight spectrum extreme, survived, and lived to not tell about it and instead pretend to be some all-powerful studio insider for all the comic-based movies. And of course, the occasional geekette, of which many have been found to be frustrated, confused boys.
Now, I'm all for corrupting our youth, in the hopes that they will be deluged with the culture I am endeared to, and will make their own damn decsions. BUUUUUUT...I'm not a parent. With any luck, I never will be, but that's beside the point. When I'm a parent, I can decide how I want to talk around my children, and if I'm lucky turn their kids into frothing brats by spoiling them mercilessly. But I'm not, and I know that most parents don't use that kind of language and descriptive imagery around their children, and don't appreciate when people they can't control do.
I'm not saying censor yourself, but if that's what you have to do, please do it. Otherwise, use those publicly-educated left brains and consider a few other choice words, if possible.
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Barooni the Genie is none other than...William Zabka! That's right, the tight jean-clad, Members-Only jacketed star of "The Karate Kid" is behind this latest scoop! After a sabbatical from movies where he busied himself with such activities as learning how to perform angioplasty using a plumber's snake, trying to convince everybody on his block that he was made entirely of Lincoln Logs, and attempting to fully comprehend the socio-political messages inherent in the "Mighty Ducks" trilogy, Zabka is ready to return to acting. He has already been seen on the cable access show "My Mama's Got Dissentary" playing "Jimmy Tight Pants", the bookie with a heart of gold in episode 41, "A Rusty Trombone for Rufus", as well as performing "Who's On First" with a cardboard cutout of "Screech" from "Saved by the Bell" in the Hoover High cafeteria. Mr. Speilberg is excited to work with Zabka. He had hoped to cast him in "Saving Private Ryan", until he discovered that midnight-blue Tuffskins jeans were not government issue. So, there you have it, gang. Hope this helps! P.S. Please excuse the childish tone of the missive. Mr. Zabka has never fully recovered from that "Crane Technique" kick.
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I don't think there is anything that kills my enthusiasm for a movie than the combination of Spielberg and kids. ET is one thing, but I think the 1-2 punch of Spielberg and precocious kids in Jurassic Park, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom and Hook kill the movie. I can already picture his Harry Potter movie and I'm less than interested in him directing this based on his tastes in family entertainment. To me, it's Spielberg going through the motions and I want something more from him these days. I love Spielberg, but he never does a movie again with a kid as a main character it will be too soon.
I still gag on the Rufio character. And everytime I watch Jurassic Park I want the kids fed to the T-Rex. And what was Indy doing with that kid anyway? All would have been beyond great movies if he had re-thought every scene that had a kid in it. My opinion. -
There's a tiny article about this in last weeks Newsweek. The gist of it is that the studio is trying to convince Speilberg to do a Harry Potter movie ASAP to capitalize on the popularity of the books. He might not do what they want, but you never know for sure in Hollyweird.
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Steve Spielberg,
not only a racist (did you see Amistad) but it turns out a phediophile (or however you spell it) - Seems the master(bater) of American mellow-drama (and I mean mellow) has an eye for young boys. New news..? Don't think so. Be careful young lads, be very careful. The price of fame can be very penetrating and insular.
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