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Elston Gunn's WEEKLY RECAP
Father Geek here with one more WEEKLY RECAP from Elston Gunn. I'm smilin' 'cause my favorite living crazy (Bruce Dern) is set for another screen appearance. Even if it is only as a Xerox operator in MILWAUKEE, MINNESOTA (I know... I know... no such place, I did use the word crazy in the above)It will be a little indie flick. And ol' Father Geek is on pins and needles awaiting Ralph Fiennes' appearance in David Cronenberg's creepy SPIDER... surprize, surprize a "psychological chriller" pinned by Patrick McGrath. And what about that Sonnenfield - Coen Bros. project LADY KILLERS... yummy! Well enough of Father Geek... onward thru the week's recap...
TAKEN FROM VARIETY AND HOLLYWOOD REPORTER
CASTING
CASTING
* Brenda Blethyn, Shirley Knight and James Garner are in talks to join the
ensemble of Warner Bros.' THE DIVINE SECRETS OF THE YA-YA SISTERHOOD for
director Callie Khouri. Sandra Bullock, Ellen Burstyn, Maggie Smith and
Ashley Judd also star.
* Hilary Swank will star opposite Al Pacino in INSOMNIA, a remake of the
1997 Norwegian film, for Alcon Entertainment and director Christopher Nolan.
The project is scheduled to begin shooting April 12 in Vancouver. Hillary
Seitz (EARLY BIRD SPECIAL) adapted the screenplay. Swank will play a female
officer who tries to discover the truth after a police officer is
blackmailed by the subject of a murder investigation.
* Ralph Fiennes will star in SPIDER, a psychological thriller to be directed
by David Cronenberg. Patrick McGrath wrote the script, based on his 1991
novel, about a man going insane, searching for the truth of his past and the
death of his mother. Shooting begins this summer.
* Tiffani Thiessen joins the cast of Woody Allen's next pic. Allen, Tea
Leoni, Debra Messing and Treat Williams also star.
* Marc Blucas ("Buffy the Vampire Slayer") joins the cast of several
features: John Sayles' GOLD COAST, WE WERE SOLDIERS ONCE...AND YOUNG for
writer/director Randall Wallace and Kevin Smith's JAY AND SILENT BOB STRIKE
BACK.
* Faye Dunaway and William Hurt will star in the psychological drama BEAR
LAKE RUN for writer/director Jason Ruscio. It's about a young man who puts
together pieces of his past after he mysteriously wakes up on a bus bound
for the hometown he abandoned years earlier. Norman Reedus will also star.
* Neve Campbell will star in and co-produce the drama UNDERSTANDING
VIRGINIA, which centers on a hooker-stripper who is convinced she's carrying
God's child. Shooting begins May 7.
* Jamie Lee Curtis, Jack Lemmon and Whoopi Goldberg will topline POWER
FAILURE, a dark comedy about an author who documents the lives of
high-profile criminals. David Jablin will direct the project written by
Larry Gelbart.
* Juliette Lewis will play best friend to Jennifer Lopez in the Columbia
Pictures thriller ENOUGH to be directed by Michael Apted.
* Reese Witherspoon is in talks to star in the comedy THE IMPORTANCE OF
BEING EARNEST for Fragile Films and writer/director Oliver Parker (AN IDEAL
HUSBAND). It's based on the play by Oscar Wilde and also stars Rupert
Everett, Colin Firth and Judi Dench.
* Dermot Mulroney will co-star with Hope Davis and Jack Nicholson in New
Line Cinema's ABOUT SCHMIDT for director Alexander Payne (ELECTION), based
on the novel by Louis Begley. Production begins in March in Omaha,
Nebraska.
* Christopher Kennedy Masterson ("Malcolm in the Middle") joins SCARY MOVIE
2 and JAY AND SILENT BOB STRIKE BACK.
* Blake Heron joins WE WERE SOLDIERS ONCE...AND YOUNG alongside Mel Gibson,
Madeleine Stowe, Greg Kinnear, Chris Klein, Barry Pepper, Sam Elliott and
Dylan Walsh. Randall Wallace directs from his script.
* Johnny Knoxville (MTV's "Jackass") is in talks to star in THE RINGER about
two guys who try to fix the Special Olympics. The Farrelly brothers will
produce. Knoxville will also star in MEN IN BLACK 2 as a two-headed alien,
and GRINGO, about a slacker who is drafted into the Mexican army and leads
other soldiers into wacky misadventures. Matt Allen and Caleb Wilson will
script.
* Monica Bellucci (MALENA) is in talks to star opposite Keanu Reeves in the
sequels to THE MATRIX for directors Andy and Larry Wachowski. Shooting
begins next month in Oakland, California.
* Mike Myers is slated to reprise the title role in AUSTIN POWERS 3 for New
Line Cinema. Myers and co-writer Michaed McCullers will pen the script
which, like the second, will involve time travel. The studio is hoping to
start the film early enough for a 2002 release.
* Rachael Leigh Cook, Chris O'Donnell, Michael Rapaport, Jeremy Davies,
Michael Lerner, Keith David and John Polito will star in the the indie dark
thriller 29 PALMS, about a bag of money and the people who come in Leonardo
Ricagni will direct the project that begins shooting this month. Tino
Lucente scripted.
* Owen Wilson will co-star with Eddie Murphy in the comedy I SPY for
director Betty Thomas and Columbia Pictures. Marianne and Cormac Wibberly
wrote the script, based on the 1960s TV series, and follows a government
agent and a professional athlete who are sent to recover a missing jet.
* Dennis Farina joins Tom Green, Leslie Mann, Jason Lee and Megan Mullally
in STEALING STANFORD for Revolution Studios.
* Andy Richter joins SCARY MOVIE 2 and THE GUEST, both for Dimension Films.
* Roberto Benigni will star, write and direct PINOCCHIO, based on the
classic tale by Carlo Collodi. Benigni will play the wooden puppet/boy,
with his wife, Nicoletta Braschi, appearing as the Blue Fairy. Vincenzo
Cerami co-wrote the script with Benigni. Shooting will begin in May.
* John Lithgow joins Colin Hanks, Catherine O'Hara, Lily Tomlin, Garry
Marshall, Kevin Kline and Chevy Chase in Paramount's ORANGE COUNTY for
director Jake Kasdan.
* Rapper Eminem is in talks to join DMX in LAZARUS, a film that was planned
to be another installment of THE CROW franchise, but has transformed into a
separate story. James Gibson and Joe Ide have written the script about two
rappers who die and are brought back from the dead to battle for control of
the hip-hop world. DMX would play the good guy while Eminem is being eyed
for the evil one. Joseph Kahn will direct. Universal/Imagine is also
developing an autobiographical Eminem pic in which the rapper will star for
producer Brian Grazer. Scott Silver is scripting.
* Bruce Dern will star in the indie comedy MILWAUKEE, MINNESOTA as a copy
shop owner with a secret past. Alan Mindel directs.
* Toni Collette is in talks to play the female lead in ABOUT A BOY, opposite
Hugh Grant, for Universal and directors Chris and Paul Weitz. Based on the
novel by Nick Hornby (HIGH FIDELITY), the project centers on a wealthy
womanizer who is afraid of commitment, so he goes out with single mothers
because he feels they are easier to ditch. However, things turn around for
him when he befriends the son of his latest catch. Production begins April
16 in London.
DIRECTOR/WRITER ATTACHMENTS
* Director John Whitesell, producer Robert Simonds and Village Roadshow
Pictures (all worked on SEE SPOT RUN) are developing GET SMART for Warner
Bros., based on the 1960s TV show. Mad Chance Prods. is also producing.
Bill Collage and Adam Cooper wrote the script.
* Jonathan Mostow (U-571) will direct SHADOW GOVERNMENT, for Beacon
Communications, about a U.S. president who survives an assassination attempt
and begins to suspect those who are close to him. Dan Gordon (THE
HURRICANE) wrote the script.
* Tarsem (THE CELL) will direct an Indian version of HAMLET entitled ADITYA.
It centers on a Rajput prince who avenges the murder of his father.
* Harold Ramis will direct the Fox 2000 action comedy RULE #3, scripted by
Robert Kuhn, about a firearms tycoon who bullies a hitman, a guy the
billionaire thought was an average Joe. Needless to say, the hit man tries
to teach him a lesson. The studio is said to have Sean Connery in mind to
star.
* Documentarian Mark Mori (BUILDING BOMBS) will produce/direct a
feature-length documentary on Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, who for the
first time has agreed to cooperate with such a production. Production is
expected to begin in the spring.
* Wes Craven will direct a new feature version of the classic tale DR.
JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE for Dimension Films. Craig Rosenberg (JURASSIC PARK 3)
will write the script and is expected to add some twists to the story.
* Brad Silberling (CITY OF ANGELS) will develop and direct 20th Century
Fox's Holocaust heist thriller JOSIAH'S CANON. It centers on a Holocaust
survivor who leads a sharp team of bank robbers to rob a heavily-guarded
bank in Switzerland, that holds the money which belonged to Jews killed in
concentration camps. Jeff King wrote the script.
* Director Gore Verbinski and writer Joel Wyman (THE MEXICAN, upcoming
PROJECT 3) are developing a remake of the 1959 film TEN SECONDS TO HELL for
MGM. The original, written/directed by Robert Aldrich based on THE PHOENIX
by Lawrence Bachmann, centered on bomb disposal experts in post-war Berlin
who fight for the same woman.
* Screenwriter Fred Wolf will direct PUKA PETE, which he co-penned with
David Spade, for Revolution Studios. Spade will star as a guy who has been
stranded on a desert island for 30 years. He has no immune system and
struggles through Los Angeles to find the love of his life. Shooting starts
next month in L.A.
* Project Greenlight winner Pete Jones will direct STOLEN SUMMER for Miramax
Films, who is giving him a $1 million production budget to produce the pic.
The process will be documented for a 13-part reality series to air on HBO.
Miramax will release the film next year as well. It's about a young
Catholic boy and his younger Jewish friend who is dying of cancer. The two
try to figure out how to get the dying boy into heaven.
**For script news, check out my weekly script report at
ScreenwritersUtopia.com
MISCELLANEOUS PRODUCTION TIDBITS
* Producer Tom Jacobson (upcoming BIG TROUBLE) has a few projects on his
plate: the aforementioned GRINGO, starring Johnny Knoxville; PUBLIC ENEMY
at Fox 2000, currently being rewritten by Steve Pink and D.V. DeVincentis;
PUBLIC DISPLAYS OF AFFECTION about a date instructor and her client; LADY
KILLERS, a remake being written by Joel and Ethan Coen which Barry
Sonnenfeld may direct; and SAINT-X, a biopic of THE LITTLE PRINCE author
Antoine de St. Exupery, who was a French aviator. Regis Wargnier
(INDOCHINE) will direct that project.
* Twentieth Century Fox and Bill Cosby are developing FAT ALBERT, a
live-action picture based on the animated character and Cosby's standup
monologues. The project will be a mixture of hip-hop, humor, as well as
social/personal issues. Cosby wrote the screenplay with Charles Kipps.
* 310 Entertainment and Trixter are working on the animated pic MOBY DICK
II, inspired by MOBY DICK II, OR THE MISSILE WHALE by Patricia Highsmith.
Michael Coldewey (THE FEARLESS FOUR, HEAVY METAL 2000) is directing and
co-producing the project from a script he wrote with Joachim Masannek.
Jurgen Prochnow (DAS BOOT) will lend his voice to the feature.
* Muse Prods./Blacklist Prods have optioned the feature rights to the 90s
book GENERATION X: TALES FOR AN ACCELERATED CULTURE by Douglas Coupland.
It's about a group of twenty-year olds in Palm Springs who are overeducated
for their jobs, having a disenchanted view of corporate culture and are
amusing one another with their wild stories. The film is expected to be in
production by the end of the year.
* James Cameron's Lightstorm Entertainment has extended its deal at 20th
Century Fox and is developing numerous projects including, BROTHER TERMITE,
a sci-fi drama based on the novel by Patricia Anthony, adapted by John
Sayles and to be directed by Stephen Norrington, THE COFFIN, a film
noir/suspense project based on the new comic book for director Guillermo del
Toro; and the romantic comedy DAMNED IF YOU DO, which will be directed by
Stan Winston. The company is also working on THE FURTHEST PLACE by Joe
Gayton and David Schow with Rupert Wainwright directing; Rick
Krause-scripted COMEBACK, Anne Rice's RAMSES THE DAMNED; REAL TIME; and TRUE
LIES 2.
* Producer Charles Evans Jr. has filed a lawsuit claiming he was booted from
his own project, a biopic based on the life of Howard Hughes. The suit says
Evans had been developing a Hughes film since 1993. In 1998, Evans
attempted to convince Leonardo DiCaprio to play the part of Hughes, who
wanted Michael Mann to direct. Mann hired John Logan to write a screenplay.
After months of understanding that Mann and DiCaprio were planning to do
the Hughes film at New Regency with him, Evans discovered that Mann had made
a deal with New Line to do a Hughes project. The complaint alleges fraud,
breach of implied contract and intentional interference with economic
advantage.
* Sony Pictures Classics grabbed the worldwide rights to GRATEFUL DAWG, a
documentary chronicling the final days of late Grateful Dead frontman Jerry
Garcia. The project centers on the musical friendship between Garcia and
mandolinist/recording artist, David Grisman, who is also the father of the
project's director, Gillian Grisman. The studio plans to release the film
on August 1, Garcia's birthday.
Project development slacked off slightly this week, but there was still
mounds of casting. Some promising stuff out there. Joseph Fiennes in a
David Cronenberg film sounds mighty cool. Ensemble casts are rampant now
with THE DIVINE SECRETS OF THE YA-YA SISTERHOOD, WE WERE SOLDIERS ONCE...AND
YOUNG, JAY AND SILENT BOB STRIKE BACK, 29 PALMS, ORANGE COUNTY and several
others continuing to cast. Lotsa Cosby this week with FAT ALBERT and I SPY
projects gearing up for production. Johnny Knoxville is busy as well. And
the classics aren't ignored either with versions of HAMLET, THE IMPORTANCE
OF BEING EARNEST, DR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE, PINOCCHIO and GET SMART in the
making.
My cohort Booger Lee and I invite you to check out our interview
earlier this week with Nile Southern, son of legendary writer Terry (DR.
STRANGELOVE, EASY RIDER). You can find it href="http://aintitcool.com/display.cgi?id=8300">Right Here. Thanks!
Until next week...
Elston Gunn
elstongunn@hotmail.com
Elston Gunn
elstongunn@hotmail.com
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That's the movie I want to see! Puka Pete will make you Puke what you Eat. Now bring on Buzz Maverik!
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have they lost their minds? Maybe Kevin Spacey but Leonardo? No wonder Hollywood is so full of shit these days.
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I thought Wes Craven was slated to direct a feature based on the PC game 'American McGee's ALICE.' What happened to this project? Has it been shelved, another director, rewrites, what?
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Wow is it me or is every actor Elston mentioned "joining the cast of JAY & SILENT BOB STRIKE BACK"? Wow that Silent Bob is doing the unmentionable by PUTTING EVERY SINGLE LIVING ACTOR into his film!
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Naw Don't worry crew killa buzz will be out, I'm sure my boy is just finishing up an afternoon in the hot tub with a few of his biz-notches and a bottle of Cristal. Then we get his recap. I'm gonna go git ready for SOPRANOS but I be checkin' in to read my boys shit. Anyone gonna be at those High times awards that Harry posted? Shit look for me, thugz. and I'm out, I want all you good fanboys to bring da mutha fuckin ruckus.
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Is this true? Does anyone know when or where in Oakland?
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TAKEN FROM PELHAM 1-2-3...BEATNIKS VS. THE FLYING SAUCERS will be Michael Bay's follow up to PEARL HARBOR. Based on a true incident that occured in 1956, UFOs arrive over the U.S. and challenge America to an upper atmosphere dogfight. Fortunately, we have a five seat battlecruiser in Hanger 18 which landed at Roswell, N.M. in 1947. In flashback, the film shows that there was no crash at Roswell; the aliens simply landed, got out and realized they'd locked their keys inside. After the Air Force placed the crew in jars of formaldahyde, a sergeant opened the ship with a coat hanger. An American flight crew is assembled at Edwards AFB: Chuck Yeager, George Bush Sr., Pancho Barnes, Charles Lindbergh and Eddie Richenbacher. All hell breaks loose when the crew falls ill from bad Tang just before take off. A frantic search is started for five people who fit the flight suits. Luckily, Jack Kerouac, Neal and Caroline Cassidy, Allen Ginsberg and William S. Burroughs are camping in the nearby desert, enjoying poetry and getting stoned. They are quickly drafted and sent into the skies to save the Earth...David Fincher has finally committed to a sci-fi project of his own. He will adapt Phillip K. Dick's 1964 novel WHO THE HELL AM I? for Warner Bros...Arnold Schwartzeneggar will star in CARRIE BRIGHTLEIT. He will play a Marine drill sergeant on the verge of retirement who takes classes in order to meet women. He finds that he has a talent for painting cute whimsical characters and writing silly, sentimental verse. Discovered by business woman Demi Moore, he starts a greeting card/calendar refrigerator magnet company under the name Carrie Brightleit. Annette Benning plays an actress who is hired to front for Arnold as artist Carrie Brightleit. A love triangle results, while Arnold must cope with a young Marine, Seann William Scott, who has learned his secret identity and is blackmailing him...See you at the library.
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Which one is starring in Cronenberg's 'Spider'... Both are mentioned...
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DEAR LORD! IM STUCK OUT HERE IN SPACE
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Mar 04, 2001 4:04:36 PM CST
I saw the best minds of my generation blasted into orbit, phaser
by jonquixote
I can't wait for the scene where Keroac's stomach explodes and they think it's an Alien, but really it's just from too much drinking. Oh, and the scene where Cassidy and Ginsberg go where many men have gone before.
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In my musings at the end I said Joseph instead of Ralph. Sorry about that. No more crack smoking until the recap is posted. One day I will learn.
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...Beatniks fighting UFO's it truly is brilliant, some day some big swingin' hollywood dick is going to steal these ideas...i hope Buzz is copyrighting all of this, i think we should have a benefit show to raise funds for the copyright costs...what a sight though this army in berets and black turtlenecks throwing their lattes all over aliens! Ahh funny indeed. Think i'll have another beer.
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Buzz you my mutha fucka...dat shit was off da hook! Arnold man i could see him doin that yo. By teh way Arnold has a habit of tracking people down who write shit about him, so buzz if Arnie fucks wit 'chu lemme know and i'll bring the whole thug wu crew and we'll bring da mutha fuckin ruckus to da fuckin Terminator. Know what? where's James Cameron that's T3 right there, Arnie vs. Wu Tang. I can take Arnie, shit Freddie Prinze would make Arnie his bitch! Okay back to the sofa wit da thugz to watch SOPRANOS in 90minutes. Boo muthafuckin Ya.
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I would not make Arnie my bitch! I liked the buzz bit, he mentioned one of my films last week with Tommy Lee Jones! Wait til that comes out Buzz and Meth, Tommy Lee Jones does wire fu while yelling "cretin" in his southern drawl! It'll be as brilliant as HEAD OVER HEELS! Enough about me, everyone go stand in line for SCOOBY DOO!
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Uh...stop me if I'm wrong, but isn't this character supposed to be a kid? Benigni is much too old for this role. Geppetto I can see him playing, as he'd be the right age. But Pinnochio's a little kid, 10 years old tops! What in God's good name is he smoking?
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This is the worst news I've heard all week. If Bay's doing Beatniks v. Flying Saucers next then what happens to his much anticipated, Kicking A Drunk Guy's Ass? Word had it ready for pre-production with Bruckheimer to produce and Affleck eager to take on the starring role of the All-American high school quarterback who performs the titular act. Rumor had Michael Clarke Duncan lined up to play the role of his overprotective, soft-at-heart tough guy, center who has to fight against the bigotry of the school administration to stay on the team. Will Simon West take over now? How will this affect the casting process? Any new news on this project?
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here it is, because you're entitled to my opinion*****ralph fiennes and david cronenberg are well-matched: both have chilly exteriors but are raging volcanoes underneath (no, really, it's true). 'spider' author patrick mcgrath is a creepy SOB, and cronenberg's one of the ideal directors to bring him to the screen (if nicolas roeg was still in the game, he'd do OK too)*****is it just me or is woody allen only making movies now so he can get close to young hotties? elizabeth berkley is in his latest, now tiffani thiessen has been signed for his newest - hey, i liked 'annie hall' and 'manhattan' as much as the next guy with taste, but this is just...creepy*****'understanding virginia' - they'll love it at sundance and toronto, no one else will ever pay money to watch it. guaranteed*****anyone read kevin smith's "unholy tale of greasy reese witherspoon" at psycomic.com? it's now impossible for me to watch anything with her in it knowing she's such a snooty bee-yatch*****wow, you mean johnny knoxville's 'gringo' has "wacky misadventures"? can't wait!*****mmmmm, bellucci*****'austin powers 3' should be fun, i guess, but when is mike myers gonna do something SUPERcool? he came close with 'confessions of a dangerous mind', and surely he's got the clout to do something a little left of centre. but 'shrek' looks good, eh?*****owen wilson as a screenwriter: of course. owen wilson and jackie chan: hell yes. owen wilson in a cool ensemble: you bet. owen wilson and eddie murphy: it's not gonna work. i can feel it*****benigni as pinocchio = sign of the impending apocalypse*****glad to see jake kasdan's giving chevy chase some work. it's true, he deserved to be banished from movie for a while after 'vegas vacation', but he's fletch, man! he deserves a comeback shot*****have i smoked too much weed or does DMX versus eminem sound strangely cool? yes, it'll be shallow and stupid, but if it's loud, violent and profane, it could be a fun night at the flicks...as long as there's no "rap showdown" at the finale*****i dig nick hornby's books and both 'fever pitch' and 'high fidelity' worked very well on-screen but i lost interest in 'about a boy' when i heard the weitz bros were directing. i'm sure they're smart, sweet lads (and their 'antz' script was pretty good) but their directorial efforts are ugly-looking and way lame*****'get smart' just got dumb. jim carrey is really the only hope for this project, but they'll probably go with david arquette now that 'see spot run' opened at #2 at the box office. fuck it*****'shadow government' - doesn't that title scream "direct to video"?*****'rule #3' has a really cool concept, but i dunno if ramis is right for it. someone with a slightly black touch (barry sonnenfeld, michael lehmann...maybe even danny devito) is better suited to it, IMHO*****i read somewhere that 'josiah's canon' is "going young". great - paul walker, usher, nicholas brendon and one of the chicks from 'popular' will be the crack team of thieves under the tutelage of holocaust survivor richard dreyfuss/ben kingsley (under some nifty old-age makeup). silberling's a good director - i hope he can stop this potentially cool caper from going off the rails*****'puka pete' = super shite*****using my kreskin-like power of prediction, i can tell you now that the new 'fat albert' movie will be renamed 'phat albert' to give it a dope, down with the kids edge. do you disbelieve me?*****gee, a 'generation x' movie would have ruled...IN 1992!!!*****johnny depp is howard hughes. leonardo dicaprio is not howard hughes. johnny depp is howard hughes. you see where i'm going with this?*****any major dude will tell you, now five-tone has too.
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Mar 05, 2001 8:44:33 AM CST
I am glad to hear Austin Powers will be again using time travel
by jonquixote
My problem with the first movie: too much originality. We had to get used to all the new jokes, the Woody-Willie montage, the Jerry Springer parody, and Dr. Evil struggling to ignore his new 90's knowledge of economics, and reapply 60's prices to his evil schemes. It required too much thought...sometimes I just want the same jokes that made me laugh in the first movie again. We know they worked, so why annoy us with new jokes. The third one can hit us again with the time travel humor that seemed so alien and disconcerting in the second one, but will seem like an old friend by Summer 2002. Good job Mike!
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woohoo! can't wait to see tiffani thiessen and tea leoni light up the screen together! thank you, woody allen! almost as anticipated, though, is the pairing of noted method actresses j. lo and juliette lewis. i hope juliette stretches out into the drugged/undeducated troubled/abused waif territory for this one. but most importantly, who will be playing maxwell smart? gotta be either tom greene or kevin spacey ...
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Very interesting...Stan Winston noted creature creator and make-up man directing a ROmantic Comedy. Any ideas if he's going to do it mainstream or make it some big creature/make-up thing? Either way could be cool. ANd as always my lord and master Buzz is still reeling out the best pitches I'm reading anyplace. Sorry Elston, I love your column but Buzz is my God!
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Elston, I read your talkback about giving up crack when you write your updates. Good move. I highly recommend this stuff that this chemistry major named Rico makes at the UCLA dorms. He synthesized this bark that a "missionary" brought up from the rainforest. Down there, when you drink the boiled bark you see gods with puma-heads and shit. Up here, you still see those but since it's synthetic, they're riding Harleys and snowmobiles. It's what I'm on when I do my recaps. Rico's going to start selling it at raves. I'm trying to get him to name it after me since I tested it for him...Now on to Sleazy G.--first off, it's not Strikebreakers Inc. It's Buzz Maverik's Strikebreaking Goons Inc. I'm the non-existent corporate character, like Orville Reddenbacher or Sergio Valente or Bartles and Jaymes, only with a baseball bat. Secondly, that threat of going after my wife and kid made them laugh. But just in case, I've sent them up to my survival property where they could hold off an army, the New World Order, the Martians, the Lord Humongous and his gang, and the Jehovah's Witnesses if need be. Also, I've established a series of alternate identities years ago for just such emergencies. So be here next week for Olaf Valdez's Weekly Recap...
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Mar 06, 2001 12:47:54 AM CST
hugh grant? c'mon, sleazy, hugh grant is the bomb! (hee-hee)
by tommy5tone
must agree - the main character in 'about a boy' is meant to be some pop culture-friendly hipster, and hugh just doesn't cut the mustard. can you picture hugh lecturing some 12 year old about the virtues of nirvana? "yes, young man, it is in fact, um, well, a fact that nirvana is the - to quote chuck D, actually - 'the shit'. kurt cobain...well, he's all of that and a bag of crisps, if you ask me." get rufus sewell, i think. and the 'fever pitch' movie (starring colin firth) is way cool - very funny, insightful and moving. it is, in fact, dope. rather dope, actually.
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