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Damn! Brad Bird's 1952/Tesla is in a tight spot!
Ahoy, squirts! Quint here. Variety is reporting that George Clooney is in talks to headline Brad Bird's 1952 (or Tesla as it's being called currently).
I love George Clooney. As a director he's proven to put a priority on working with the best actors in the business. As an actor he's put a priority on working with the best directors in the business. You get the feeling with him that he doesn't take political roles anymore, the big paycheck jobs, and only focuses on what he believes will ultimately be good films told well.
So, if Clooney does come on board with this super secretive sci-fi project that speaks well of his opinion of Bird as a director and of Damon Lindelof's screenplay.
So, that's the newest there. More info as it comes in.
-Eric Vespe
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Nov. 9, 2012, 7:36 p.m. CST
This is secretly the Star Wars Movie- and George Clooney is playing Han Solos son, Frank Solo
by ass clown
FACT
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That film's a masterpiece.
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Yes! And Quentin Tarantino plays his twin brother-he didn't want to direct, but nobody said anything about ACTING in it...
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Oh for fucks sake...
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Didn't "Ides Of March" come out last year? That was a highly political film, in which he both acted in and directed?
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Nov. 9, 2012, 7:46 p.m. CST
Wow. How many times are we - and Hollywood - going to keep sticking our hands in the Lindelof fire?
by Mosquito March
He must give the best handjobs on the West Coast, because he is an awful storyteller.
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Nov. 9, 2012, 7:46 p.m. CST
Wait a minute, yeah...AICN was on board with 1952 being code for E7
by Logan_1973
To quote C3PO.....I'm so confused.
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so he doesn't do political films anymore? Am I wrong?
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Nov. 9, 2012, 7:47 p.m. CST
This movie better be about Tesla UFOs and how Tesla's father smuggled out secrets from the Vatican like sacred geometry and taught them to him as a young boy.
by Darth_Kong
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Nov. 9, 2012, 7:49 p.m. CST
RE: I thought this was the 'code name' for Star Wars Ep. VII?
by IAmLegolas
more speculative bullshit, don't believe anything said the past week or so, until the fanboys have finished masterbating
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Not all of us. That conspiracy theory thing that was published left me shaking my head in disbelief. I remember the glory days of prequel rumors, which weren't exactly sane, and that bit was even nuttier than anything that hit back then.
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Nov. 9, 2012, 7:54 p.m. CST
Seriously, if this is Tesla, and if it's about Tesla figuring out Antigravity FIELD PROPULSION, I might have a new respect for Lindelof. MAYBE.
by Darth_Kong
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Nov. 9, 2012, 8:06 p.m. CST
Wait a minute, this is Lindelof we're talking about. Look what he did to Shadow 19. He'd never write a screenplay about Tesla UFOs. Darth Kong you silly monkey.
by Darth_Kong
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Nov. 9, 2012, 8:11 p.m. CST
darth_kong - Right, because Lindelof paid-off all the theoretical science shit he crammed into Lost.
by Mosquito March
And let's not forget the scientific geniuses populating Prometheus.
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FACT
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Nov. 9, 2012, 8:46 p.m. CST
Someone do a cross-over musical featuring Sting in character from DUNE and David Bowie in character from THE PRESTIGE
by golden tribw
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Nov. 9, 2012, 9:01 p.m. CST
mosquito march - I was kinda hoping in Prometheus instead of finding the Engineer (Space Jockey) they would have found the original cast to Beverly Hills 90210.
by Darth_Kong
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Nov. 9, 2012, 9:24 p.m. CST
I just love how it's so emphatically become ultimate sign of fanboy coolness to make fun of Damon Lindelof as much as possible
by TheSeeker7
You people couldn't sound more lame. I'm not saying LOST was a perfect series, I had my share of issues. But if you're one of these people walking away saying the likes of "I want the last 6 years of my life back", etc etc... I just feel sorry for you. That you apparently didn't get hardly anything out of what was there to get. Damon Lindelof is a quality screenwriter. But, I'm sure you're just THIS CLOSE to blowing all the rest of us away with your incredibly original story that'll show the rest of the world exactly what kind of hacks guys like Lindelof are compared to you.
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Nov. 9, 2012, 9:34 p.m. CST
I lost all interest un Clooney when he hit the campaign trail
by Alice Cooper Stalker
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Nov. 9, 2012, 9:42 p.m. CST
Well fuck me for trying to bring some old school AICN vibes with a wild theory
by lv_426
George Clooney in a Brad Bird directed sci-fi film dealing with UFO lore? Yes that sounds good to me. I'm glad I was wrong about 1952 being a cover for SW Episode 7 if that means the Cloon and the Birdman are collaborating on some sweet new sci-fi.
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Nov. 9, 2012, 9:59 p.m. CST
I've got another theory for all you magnificent basterds out there in the talkbacks
by lv_426
Is George Lucas Bob Vila? I mean, what ever happened to Bob? This Old House on PBS is long gone, and now old Bobby V is nowhere to be seen. Both George Lucas and Bob Vila wear flannel pretty much, ALL THE FUCKING TIME! George has been trying to build some low income housing or something on or near his Skywalker Ranch property. Does George have a secret carpentry hobby that he will be indulging in after the Star Wars legacy is handed off to new blood? The PBS factor. Bob Vila's show This Old House was on PBS back in the day. PBS is known for their focus on educational programming. George Lucas is going to donate pretty much all of his 4 billion Star Wars loot to education. They both sport beards, and looked a lot alike back in the 80's. As far as I know, Bob Vila hasn't been seen much since then. For all we know, he and George Lucas could be one and the same.
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Nov. 9, 2012, 10:31 p.m. CST
Spielberg bowed out, Bird and Abrams are busy, that leaves...
by paladinryan
Nolan...you know it to be true.
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The Coens aren't involved. OBWAT? isn't sci-fi. It isn't Clooney's most recognizable role. The movie itself isn't in trouble. I suppose 1952 could be seen as a period piece, though it's a different era. You've been doing the BTS headlines for too long, Q.
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Nov. 9, 2012, 10:39 p.m. CST
paladinryan - YOU'RE DRIVING ON THE WRONG SIDE OF THE GODDAMNED ROAD! WTF?!
by Darth_Kong
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Nov. 9, 2012, 10:46 p.m. CST
Nikola Tesla died in 1943. How does he figure into things? Hmmm...
by John Brennick
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Nov. 10, 2012, 12:16 a.m. CST
Last the the father of A/C needs is more woo-woo associated with his name
by Crimson Dynamo
it would be cool to see a straight biopic of Tesla. His conflict with Edison would be fascinating
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THAT'S HORRIBLE NEWS
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I just can't believe Nolan's such a dark horse candidate with this. Firstshowing reported that he's been given the script, and do you think he'd really turn down a shot at directing his beloved franchise? Frankly, Nolan already proved he can take a beleaguered franchise and turn it around. Can Bird or anyone else say that? No. I, for one, want to a lightsaber duel in a rotating hallway.
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Nolan's been given the treatment, according to FirstShowing.
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Well, There's Your Problem.
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Damn you Michael Bay
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Nov. 10, 2012, 3:55 a.m. CST
Oh look, the retard with the Roman numeral name is back to profess his love for gobbling Michael Bay's cock
by F This
Wipe that jizz off the side of your mouth, asshole.
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Nov. 10, 2012, 3:58 a.m. CST
I'm down to see whatever Brad Bird does next. Colonel is a good addition ... As long as there's no nipples on a space suit or something...
by F This
Bird sci-fi? Fuck yeah I'm intrigued.
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Fuck you, Apple.
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Damn you Michael Bay
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makes sense.
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Thought your theory was pretty wacky, but it did indeed bring me back to the late '90s on this site and all the crazy shit they used to publish. Insane rumors, unverifiable set reports without pictures, script reviews...unfortunately they changed the game and put that sort of wild reporting more or less out of business. But I appreciated your attempt to bring crazy back.
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You're threatening to implode with all these Star Wars stories.
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If that makes me an asshole...then be it.
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Nov. 10, 2012, 7:01 a.m. CST
REALLY TESLA...Lindelof is trying to hang with the smart guys again
by buddha747
Rumor was that Tesla built a Magnifying Transmitter at Colorado Springs with which he received signals from Mars. Of course he died in 1943, so 1952 might mean a zombie Tesla or that he didn't die at all or that somebody carried on his work or that he left it running and caused an alien invasion/encounter or maybe it's a way out or maybe it's the Fratellis or maybe Chunk found the police or maybe it's another one of Willy's booby traps.
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Nov. 10, 2012, 7:34 a.m. CST
Wow, they're doing a Tesla movie?! He's one of my heroes. That man deserves a posthumous nobel prize.
by Mr Nicholas
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Nov. 10, 2012, 8:17 a.m. CST
Cool that they're even trying to make my Tesla idea I posted here years ago. The one about the secret adventures in Antarctica and Mars
by UltraTron
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Nov. 10, 2012, 8:23 a.m. CST
If you don't know what I'm talking about then do some research. One of the most fascinating humans in all of creation.
by UltraTron
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Nov. 10, 2012, 8:26 a.m. CST
True dat. I wanted a David Bowie prestige spin-off. They even set up tesla as an enigma in that movie. So much more to tell. I don't think he died in that apartment.
by UltraTron
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Nov. 10, 2012, 8:59 a.m. CST
ultratron -- The Prestige was awesome. My 2nd favorite Nolan film after Inception. FACT!
by lv_426
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Nov. 10, 2012, 9:01 a.m. CST
buddha747 -- Hey there Tes, John Carter here from Barsoom, or as you would say, Mars.
by lv_426
You will not believe the women they got here.
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I think he meant "political" as in Hollywood politics.
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If this 1952/Tesla flick is about the military or government looking into the mysterious UFO sightings over Washington D.C. in the summer of 1952, then your Colonel Clooney flub might not be far off the mark.
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Nov. 10, 2012, 10:51 a.m. CST
The people who don't like Abrams and Lindelof aren't trying to be cool, they're showing knowledge of 'cinema' over popcorn drivel.
by Fortunesfool
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. . . should focus on the Psychotic Supper tour, but you just KNOW it'll be all about Five Man Acoustical Jam . . .
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Nov. 10, 2012, 11:02 a.m. CST
They didn't hire Lindelof for his screenplay, they hired him for that bullshit "secret vault That Darn Cat box marked 1952" malarkey
by Margot Tenenbaum
WHAT'S IN THE BOX I MUST KNOW
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Fucking hell.
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I wasn't the one that twisted it into presenting it as claiming to factual, or even a solid rumor. Even Nordling who posted it basically said, *hey folks, this is pure theory/speculation is all.* But many people freaked out over it and either didn't read or comprehend the notion of it being a theory. Even other sites that of course were fine with using it to help drive hits their way due to the new Star Wars frenzy, blasted it as retarded fanboy wankery. They acted like AICN presented it as fact (not all of the sites that linked to the story acted douchey in this way). I really don't care what those other twats thought, but I never said it was rock solid fact. It was just for fun anyways. It was also the first big Star Wars Episode VII rumor.
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Nov. 10, 2012, 4:43 p.m. CST
Give Ep7 to McG... let him have a pop at writing the script...
by workshed
...you know it'll be funny as f*ck and never get made.
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Nov. 10, 2012, 6:12 p.m. CST
Lindelof is a fucking ATROCIOUS screenwriter. Anyone who doesn't recognise this is a cunt.
by J.B.M.A.
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But a truly horrible writer. Sorry.
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Nov. 10, 2012, 7:52 p.m. CST
I would be excited about this if not for the Lindelof factor
by Rupee88
And I agree that he may be a good guy for all I know but he's a shitty writer if he really did write Prometheus. Of course Ridley Scott could have screwed it up but doubt he changed that much and it was sh*t from top to bottom
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Sounds like a natural marriage to me. Throw some Gurdjieff, Erik von Daniken, and all those other hipster-mystic names in there and you've got yourself a great big old potboiler full of woo-woo that will get butts in seats. Might even be entertaining.
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I was jazzed by the idea this could be a Brad Bird "Star Wars." Now, I have no desire to see whatever this is.
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Nov. 11, 2012, 12:46 a.m. CST
Was with this until Damon Lindelof's name came up... Will not see.
by happybunni
Boycotting his work. He only knows how to mix religious undertones into everything. I have no interest in that crap.
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It's fucking abysmal. Why is he still being treated as a hot, or even competent, writer? He is not.
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Is that a George Clooney movie quote or something? Anyway, heathen that I am, it went right over my head.
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for me i love when clooney plays a tough smart arse like in from dusk till dawn, peacemaker or in parts of three kings. i know he seems to want to stay away from big commericai action movies, but it would be great for him to give it another go. his seth in dusk was the best thing about that movie. its a shame he hasnt tried it again(the american had some good moments).
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How are the rumors nutty? They could be wrong but it's not TOO crazy to hope that Brad Bird is the next director of star wars.
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Nov. 11, 2012, 6:44 p.m. CST
joey_p_brenner -- I was just talking with a friend of mine the other day about how we need a true From Dusk Til Dawn sequel with Clooney
by lv_426
And Cheech of course. Written and directed by Tarantino, or at least written and produced by Tarantino and directed by Rodriguez or maybe Neil Marshall. Set in South America, years after the original. Clooney and Cheech run into some new breed of vampires in some sleazy spot off the map. Maybe infuse some Mayan or Aztec mythology into it.
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Yeah, it's a quote from "Oh Brother Where Art Thou?" he says it throughout the movie.
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Could be a good indicator he's busy. ;)
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The best thing about From Dusk 'Til Dawn was the first half of the movie. After the vampires came out, it was just lousy... Also, Quentin did his best acting of any movie he's been in, in that first half.
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Nov. 11, 2012, 8:07 p.m. CST
Teddy Artery, no way dude. How can you not think QT "dead nigger storage speech" in Pulp Fiction is not awesome.
by peter
This has nothing to do with racism. I just love that speech, he speaks so frank to Jules and we all know Jules is the ultimate bad ass.
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Any new sci-fi project is basically good news for me. Happy to see Brad Bird and Clooney involved. With regard to Lindelof, even after the debacle that was Prometheus, I'm willing to give it another go. I think the guy does have interesting ideas. But he really needs to stop trying to cram everything in and only getting it to work by having people do contradictory, nonsensical or plain dumbass actions to move the story along. It's painful and takes one out of the picture, totally not what you want for a sci-fi film.
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Nov. 11, 2012, 11:10 p.m. CST
Clooney should do more genre movies and stop act like a pussy
by chien_sale
I like that Russel Crowe is not so precious in his roles anymore doing Iron Fist and all that stuff
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I never watched "lost", because TV is shit, and the reason it is shit is because writers aren't required to "finish" the story when it starts. This resulted in the stretching out of Lost and on a lesser level ruins all TV shows. (on a lesser level, are we ever going to see "mom" on HIMYM?) TV requires writers to keep writing until ratings go down, instead of writing ONE thing, and then having it produced. That said, "Prometheus" was brilliant. Brilliant. Those of you that hated it are the cunts. You are. Don't deny it. You wanted it to be something that it wasn't. It was a perfectly written, perfectly executed film, and it was the "Alien" prequel that it promised to be. If you hated it, it is only because you wanted the story to by something different. It is probably because you watch television. Television is crap. Always has been, always will be. Film writers don't get to "adjust" their stories to your will from week to week, and put out what they can. This guy can write. If he had been allowed to make "Lost" a one or two season thing, it would have been perfect. That is all.
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Nov. 12, 2012, 6:42 a.m. CST
I think the sequel should be called Twosla with Hulk Hogan as John Jacob Astor IV
by Chaffro
You have shocked and enlightened me, brother.
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Much obliged. The weird thing is, I've seen that movie twice.
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Nov. 12, 2012, 8 a.m. CST
If it's a George Clooney flick, I can't imagine it being very good
by grampageezer
George's taste in movie scripts leaves something to be desired. Solaris and The Men Who Stare At Goats are just a couple prime examples. Although he wasn't a bad Batman and I blame that one on Joel Shumacher.
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Yes, the 'feud' between Edison and Tesla would be interesting and likely dismissed as historical revisionism (by the same crowd that actually committed egregious historical revisionism by giving credit for anything whatsoever to Edison). I, for one, would LOVE a movie, any movie, that shows Thomas Edison to be the amoral and unscientifically depraved thief and ego-maniacal, self-aggrandizing, lunatic he actually was. And one that shows Nikola Tesla's absolute unparalleled genius (maybe one of the greatest geniuses in all of human history). Oh yeah, if Bob Vila is George Lucas, then Will Farrel IS Chad Smith. I mean seriously. Who do they think they're fooling. I've never seen them in the same room. Wait a minutes...first Smith/Farell, now Vila/Lucas... I think the hidden alien overlords are running out of templates.
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Nov. 12, 2012, 3:26 p.m. CST
I think chien_sale should walk off a cliff and stop "act" like a pussy
by NightArrows
Dumb fuck, mouth-breathing waste of sex that you are.
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Can't wait to see this movie about one of the best 80's/early 90's rock bands! Their cover of Signs is better than the original and Love Song is a classic. ...and sign says long haired freaky people need not apply... Yes!!
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He's a political whore
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It's not that the rumors are nutty, it's that the conspiracy theory that was posted as a legitimate article read like the ramblings of a mad man. "1952 was the year after Liam Neeson was born, who as we all know was in The Phantom Menace. Coincidence?!" Ridiculous.
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...Spielberg and JJ Abrams. Obviously Spielberg turned it down, and the news today as that so did Abrams. That leaves Brad Bird. So far, he hasn't commented.
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I find that this newly acquired franchise by Disney should be left alone...I mean, where can you go, apart from repeating yourself...I would hate to be Michael Arndt right now. Just stick to royalties; you will benefit in the long run.
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In 1952," according to Genovese, "we traveled above all the seas and continents in a craft whose energy supply was continuous and practical inexhaustible. It reached a speed of half a million miles an hour and withstood enormous pressures, near the limit of resistance of the alloys that composed it. The problem was to slow it down at just the right time.
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Genovese claimed that flights to the Moon and Mars were made in their "flying saucers." He claimed that once the technology had been conquered, it was relatively simple to make the trip to the Moon (a few hours) or Mars (several days). <BR> Could this be the story, about a secret society of scientists harnessing technology thousands of years advanced? <BR> Sounds awesome.
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That is an effing amazing idea for a fantastic movie. Marconi, Westinghouse, the AC vs. DC wars, Edison electrocuting dogs and horses to "show" the public how dangerous Tesla's ids were. Tesla's reputation ultimately left in ruins after believing to have contacted Mars. Other rumors abound. Here is a rich pageant. <BR> How about Viggo Mortensen as the peerless Tesla, and Daniel Day-Lewis as madman Edison? Seems like a story up Cronenberg's alley these days.
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