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From the land beyond beyond... Neo to step into Sinbad's boots'

Ahoy, squirts! Quint here with some... rather interesting news. My first reaction is to not be a fan of this casting. Sinbad in the past has always been a fairly unknown actor that can really become Sinbad (that shitty animated movie with Brad Pitt's voice doesn't count). I defend Keanu Reeves as an actor a lot, but I really don't see him pulling this character off. He doesn't have the rugged charm.

Another reason I'm not quite ready to get behind THE 8TH VOYAGE OF SINBAD is it's not the Sinbad story that Ray Harryhausen has recently announced as having written for the screen. I trust Harryhausen's imagination... not so trustful of Columbia's picking of a script written by the lady who wrote I SPY and CHARLIES ANGELS 2: FULL THROTTLE. Rob Cohen is supposed to direct as well... the directors of the Harryhausen films was never really important... I know that most assume it was Harryhausen himself who directed the Sinbad flicks... While I like Cohen, his name doesn't immediately instill confidence in his ability to bring this material to life. What do you folks think?

Hey gang,

I was randomly searching for some Bruce Campbell info (honestly, who can get enough Bruce?) when I stumbled across this completely non-Bruce related info concerning The One. I hadn't read anything about it here yet (or if I have I've forgotten) so I thought I'd pass it along.

CLICK IT HERE FOR THE STORY OVER AT EMPIRE MOVIES!

Keep up the good work,

Pumpkin King



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He'll Be Great...
by hipcheck13
Mar 9th, 2005
08:03:32 PM
All he has to do is not shave for awhile and boom he's Sinbad.
by krims0nknite
Mar 9th, 2005
08:25:09 PM
Yea, I can get with Keanu
by Gheorghe Zamfir
Mar 9th, 2005
08:28:18 PM
I Spy and Charlies Angels 2 had scripts
by Mr_Furious
Mar 9th, 2005
08:37:08 PM
Could be good fun.
by jimmy_009
Mar 9th, 2005
08:38:39 PM
Visually, I can buy Keanu...
by Batutta
Mar 9th, 2005
08:55:47 PM
I've never seen Reeves in a role that another actor couldn't hav
by Dark Knight Lite
Mar 9th, 2005
09:33:06 PM
It's okay to dig Keanu's acting chops...
by Hung-Wei Lo
Mar 9th, 2005
09:37:46 PM
I like Keanu, but I agree that he's probably a bad choice to pla
by Ribbons
Mar 9th, 2005
09:42:54 PM
WOE... like praise ala dude
by Orionsangels
Mar 9th, 2005
11:35:42 PM
Harryhausen and claymation - work on your punctuation, "GiftedIn
by Dark Knight Lite
Mar 10th, 2005
12:00:20 AM
I think it sound slike a CGI disaster on the scale of Van Helsin
by Grando
Mar 10th, 2005
12:13:32 AM
Is it me or is that I can now only asssociate Sinbad with unfunn
by AshesOfDonnie
Mar 10th, 2005
12:58:12 AM
Keanu's fine by me, and he should be to most of, no the real pro
by The Founder
Mar 10th, 2005
01:29:08 AM
Claymation??????? How insulting and naive of you
by Orionsangels
Mar 10th, 2005
01:36:24 AM
Why not just make a Prince Of Persia movie with Orlando Bloom?..
by Orionsangels
Mar 10th, 2005
01:37:54 AM
BRAD PITT WAS THE ONLY SINBAD FOR ME
by zillabeast
Mar 10th, 2005
01:50:53 AM
Come on, lets be realistic with the casting. It's the arab Sinba
by Orionsangels
Mar 10th, 2005
01:54:21 AM
Prince of Persia
by teutoneer
Mar 10th, 2005
03:50:47 AM
Cast a Middle Eastern actor as a Middle Eastern Character.
by Trevor Goodchild
Mar 10th, 2005
06:07:42 AM
Keanu Reeves in a black beard can look Arab - as he does in RL -
by Spacesheik
Mar 10th, 2005
06:56:47 AM
Re: Keanu as Sinbad & Mideasterners vs. Indians
by tombseye
Mar 10th, 2005
08:51:05 AM
blacked up caucasians
by Ali786
Mar 10th, 2005
09:01:37 AM
Oded Fehr from "The Mummy" should get this
by Movietool
Mar 10th, 2005
09:25:21 AM
Sinbad Movies in General
by Buddapest
Mar 10th, 2005
09:51:49 AM
Sounds like a gigantic load of cat shit filled garbage to me
by mortsleam
Mar 10th, 2005
10:01:30 AM
Keanu as who?
by Childe Roland
Mar 10th, 2005
10:33:23 AM
A Sinbad movie in the post 911/Iraq era?
by Fred
Mar 10th, 2005
10:37:01 AM
ummmmmm
by chf.brodie bruce
Mar 10th, 2005
12:33:05 PM
An Arabian Nights movie set in China?
by youbetitis
Mar 10th, 2005
12:53:01 PM
It's a no win situation, either a no name actor or Keanu
by tombseye
Mar 10th, 2005
02:03:33 PM
Youbetitis, the Arabian Nights are set all over the place
by tombseye
Mar 10th, 2005
02:55:59 PM
Hire Poledouris
by Hal2814
Mar 10th, 2005
03:47:55 PM
I dig Keanu, but not for this. Nor Depp, Bloom or DiCaprio .
by DoctorWho?
Mar 10th, 2005
04:42:57 PM
Rob Cohen didn't show a strong feel for period/fantasy when he r
by Trader Groucho 2
Mar 10th, 2005
06:10:49 PM
"Who can get enough Bruce Campbell"?
by SalvatoreGravano
Mar 10th, 2005
06:20:28 PM
NEW RULE: Keanu Reeves can only appear in a Sinbad movie if he p
by Bill Maher
Mar 10th, 2005
10:18:34 PM
"Whoa....like...whoa....i'm on a ship...with a sword..."
by Bong
Mar 10th, 2005
10:38:04 PM
Why the hell not? Keanu has already played the Buddha, and he w
by minderbinder
Mar 11th, 2005
03:34:29 PM

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