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Tony Scott's Next Movie May Be...
Merrick here...
Tony Scott, whose last directorial undertaking was 2012's choo-choo thriller UNSTOPPABLE with Denzel Washington and Chris Pine, may be closing in on his next project.
Looks like it may be LUCKY STRIKE, described as "an action film in which a DEA agent teams with a drug runner to take down a drug cartel." The film, which Vince Vaughn appears to be orbiting, is written by Henry Bean. Per THIS piece at Deadline.
I'm presuming the Henry Bean who is scripting this picture is the same Henry Bean who wrote Mike Figgis' INTERNAL AFFAIRS and the considerably more recent recent BASIC INSTINCT 2, in which Sharon Stone reprised her role from Paul Verhoeven's 1992 film.
She's still damn hot...
Tony Scott, brother of Ridley (I'm amazed by how many film fans I've come across who still haven't drawn this connection) is also a Producer on the forthcoming ALIEN prequel PROMETHEUS. That films is being produced through their Scott Free shingle.
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Feb. 16, 2012, 12:24 p.m. CST
I still think Vince Vaughn would've been a better RACER X than Matthew Fox. Amirite?
by Gus
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i thought everyone knew that...
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Now what in the hell are we going to complain about??
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must be from different fathers cause only one of them is a great director
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Ridiculously over-stylized and will randomly have captions on the screen for some reason.
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Ridley would be the one who still drinks tea and chews a cigar... and is soft spoken. Tony would be the one that watches American Football and even has picked up a bit of the accent. And is loud. And taunts his older brother by calling him Granpa.
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.......She's still hot, and that in that photo she's beautiful.
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Feb. 16, 2012, 12:35 p.m. CST
.....Aaaaand the point of posting that old Sharon Stone is....what?
by Jaster Mareel
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Because she's about 6 times removed from anything in this story, yet you posted a picture of her anyway. Brilliant journalism.
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Sometimes it works,sometimes it doesn't. Domino was utter sewer pickle. Man on Fire was superb.
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Feb. 16, 2012, 12:44 p.m. CST
does Vaughn play the fast-talking, wise-cracking misunderstood drug dealer with a tough exterior and heart of gold?
by Barnald
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Feb. 16, 2012, 12:51 p.m. CST
What happened to the Top Gun prequel set in the same universe as True Romance?
by Tikidonkeypunch
Wasn't Domino supposed to have a cameo? Oh, it was camel toe. And fuck off with Unstoppable's 2012 release. According to AICN all of Tony and Ridleys(sir) movies all come out in 2012.
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Feb. 16, 2012, 12:52 p.m. CST
Who cares whether Sharon Stone is relevant to this story or not?
by david starling
Would you rather look at an image of Tony Scott, or this image of Sharon Stone? I'm definately with the latter!!
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the least interesting bit of news/gossip I've ever read. WHO FUCKING CARES!!!!!
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Feb. 16, 2012, 1:04 p.m. CST
Plot sounds like a cross between a Korean police thriller and any episode
by openthepodbaydoorshal
of Miami Vice. Thanks for the giant Sharon Stone face for no reason. We need to see the actress who starred in one of the worst sequels of all time? Okkaaayy.
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...Shite!!! Hur hur hur, I'm such a prankster!!
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Well said, my good friend. I'll take the latter any day of the week.
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2012's Unstoppable? Tony Scott > Henry Bean > Basic Instinct 2 > Sharon Stone > Merrick is stoned?
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Don't care about age - I want her, always have done, always will.
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Feb. 16, 2012, 1:11 p.m. CST
What about the sequel/prequel of Man on Fire thats not really a sequel but set in the same universe.
by Tikidonkeypunch
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I think she's an evil, bitchy looking chick who thinks far too much of herself. Never thought she was really all that hot. "Cuz let's face it, you're mom was NO SHARON STONE!"
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Feb. 16, 2012, 1:27 p.m. CST
will Tony Scott's camera shakings make Vince Vaughn seem awake?
by Spandau Belly
Or will he get his assistant's assitant to phone in his performance as usual?
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Thin lips, ok breath.
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is hot, any excuse for a pic works for me but ya, Unstoppable is not a 2012 release, in my universe anyway
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Feb. 16, 2012, 1:55 p.m. CST
If he were to do a sorta sequel sorta prequel to The Hunger
by judderman
Who do you think would replace Susan Sarandon and Catherine Deneuve?
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You fucking idiot
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If he is, then when the fuck are the making it???? If he isn't, then when the fuck are they making it????
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At least they bringing in money Tony may not be great like his brother, but if your younger brother was a director, solid or not you would be proud of him... The only thing i would be pissed about is biting my director style. It looks errily similar... lol. No Biting!!! Make your own. Unstoppable was in my opinion pretty damned good. because of denzel's solid performance and some kick ass camera work.
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Meh to this movie. I want Prometheus. And everyone knows they are brothers.
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Ok I'm up for a remake of the iconic movie which i own on dvd... If it's done by ridley scott as well!!! Get all hands on deck and give the project the love it deserves!
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the Cormac McCarthy script about a lawyer getting into the drug trade. His brother is then going to make a movie dealing with drug running. Seriously?
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Total Recall Basic Instinct Casino Same with Daniel Day Lewis or Gary Oldman, and I don't hear people going around saying they seem like evil dudes in real life.
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Leave that odious Variety-speak for the pages of Variety so I can ignore it.
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or maybe just a whole movie devoted to Master Chief Urgayle. I'm sure Viggo would consider...
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Feb. 16, 2012, 3:42 p.m. CST
most pretensions and boring movies that ever claimed to be "action" flicks
by garagons
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then it will look the same as every other Tony Scott movie. Subdued lighting, lots of shades and closeups. Not saying that's a bad thing at all, it's his style. Besides, I think they'll end up bringing in a director from the series to helm the 24 movie. Maybe Jon Cassar. I just hope that he doesn't fuck it up like David Carson did with Star Trek: Generations.
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In case you didn't know.
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BECAUSE she's beautiful in it. That's why. Now shut up.
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He really has talent. But he constantly choses the dumbest, most idiotic projects and wastes away his talents on the most banal, bad crappy shit. Ocassionaly, he fels the urge to actually prove he knows how to make movies and he does make the ocasional good movie. and whe he does, the movies do turn up really good. But he does it so rarely. Why can't he be a little more like his brother? It's fantastic that still his best movie is the very first he made, THE HUNGER, before his next one, TOP GUN, fucked him over, artistically speaking.
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i agree with you on that.
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Feb. 17, 2012, 6:01 a.m. CST
Did anyone ever see DOMINO? It's one of the worst movies I've ever seen in my entire life.
by NeonFrisbee
Unlike his MASSIVELY more talented brother, Tony Scott is a hack. True Romance was a fluke.
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I use it and pretend that I am a one man bukkake video with that pic
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I hope someone does still end up making it, even if it's not Tony Scott. Would be great to see how Scott approaches a superhero movie, though.
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Whatthefuck? Didthathappen?