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brian cox as stryker in x-men 2. by BEARison Ford	Jun 17th, 2002 09:37:03 PM
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Coyote Ugly 2?! by Zarles	Jun 17th, 2002 10:00:33 PM
What's it called? Coyote Uglier?
Hugh Jackman as Abraham Van Helsing! by BrashHulk	Jun 17th, 2002 10:26:22 PM
I'd like to see this if it gets off the ground. Jackman is a pretty good actor and has great stunt chops, and I'd really love to see them play Van Helsing as a bad-ass vampire hunter/killer. A director like Alex Proyas could turn this into an old-school dark, moody, gothic scare-fest. Here's hoping that a decent script is attached!
The Italian Job...that doesn't take place in Italy by MaxCalifornia.	Jun 17th, 2002 10:27:23 PM
Great cast, shame about removing all trace of uniqueness from the film and making it into a generic LA car chase action movie.
I'm curious about this George Reeves flic by Son Of Batboy	Jun 17th, 2002 10:37:50 PM
I wonder if it takes the stance that he was murdered, because as we all know, no one commits suicide if they're famous.
"Coyote Ugly" a movie that basically tells 14 year old girls tha by Triumph the Dog	Jun 17th, 2002 10:44:52 PM
Woof.
The only thing that's remotely exciting here is THE FOUNTAIN by wasp	Jun 17th, 2002 10:46:46 PM
All these other films sound like dreck except maybe for 21 GRAMS.
I anxiously await... by JAGUART	Jun 17th, 2002 11:19:28 PM
Buzz Maverick's Weekly Thread Hijack. Also, Coyote Ugly 2 , Coyote Uglier. That was damned funny.
..jonny depp in TWO bruckheimer movies?? by allrighthorse	Jun 17th, 2002 11:27:35 PM
is this a joke? Surely if he wanted to make a mainstream action film he'd have done it by now? And does anyone else think that the Garner project sounds uncannily like Big? A few interesting ones: Count Olaf, that Stephen Rea thriller, 2 roman epics (betcha only one will get made, though), Pitt/Aronofsky is an intriguing combination too. How to Lose a Man in 10 Days? Try 2 seconds, with these simple words: f##k off! What a crap premise!
Somebody kill Rod Lurie please... by Christopher3	Jun 17th, 2002 11:46:45 PM
Before he kills an audience member with a bludgeon labeled "MESSAGE." From the department of comical first names comes the "Hidalgo & Viggo & Zuleikha" Show. In the tradition of fellow indie-stars-turned-money-chase rs Sean Penn and Nic Cage, Johnny Depp finally smells the green and signs a deal with the Devil himself. And yeah, who resurrected RKO?
5tone's 2cents... by tommy5tone	Jun 18th, 2002 12:31:06 AM
no one - i say, NO ONE - is immune to the seductive charms of jerry bruckheimer! i was somewhat taken aback when john "insufferably self-righteous and PC since 1986" cusack ended up with bruckheimer on his breath after appearing in 'con air', but that pales into insignificance when stacked up against johnny "no logo" depp starring in not one BUT TWO bruckheimer blockbusters! 'pirates of the caribbean'? hmmmm. could work, actually. rossio & elliott ('the mask of zorro') are working on the script, verbinski's not an absolute hack and pirate movies - as we all know - have the potential to kick ass (unless they star geena davis and matthew modine...MATTHEW MODINE? what the fuck were you thinking, renny? ahem, let's move on). 'takedown' - i dunno about this. reeks of 'mcbain', if you ask me. and who's this haussman guy? the final analysis: depp seems like a pretty smart and passionate guy; i'm sure he won't let the bruckheimer experience taint him completely. he'll make a little money, maybe raise his profile a bit, go back to arthouse and offbeat when the mood takes him. cool***what's all this live action/animation combo business? has there ever been a good one? (and i'm including 'who framed roger rabbit', which never really did much for me). this 'looney tunes: back in business' mightn't completely blow, mainly because joe dante's at the helm and brendan fraser's in the lead. dante knows his looney tunes stuff, and fraser is agile and imaginative enough to pull off co-starring alongside toons (after seeing 'scooby-doo', i'd say matthew lillard could do likewise...i can't stand that overactive ham but he was fucking good as shaggy). the big question: they can do it but SHOULD they?*'hidalgo' - as long as it's in the 'black stallion' vein, it could have a chance. and viggo's usually a safe bet for quality (did you not see 'american yakuza'?)*i'm a little worried abour ed norton. look at those 'red dragon' pics and - as one astute talkbacker pointed out - he's wearing freddie prinze jr's 'scooby-doo' wig. will graham with a blond mullet? WTF? and now this 'italian job' thing? "mr norton, will you hold for mr bruckheimer on line 2? he wishes to discuss a supporting role in a pirate movie"*'under the tuscan sun' = martha stewart-esque good taste/lifestyle porn. but i'm getting old, and i'm kinda into that sort of thing*'highwaymen' ? no thanks, already saw 'the wraith' back in the day. good lord, caviezel, you can do better than this, can't you?*stiller + black + levinson = cool. cool + walken = shit yeah. shit yeah + amy poehler = i am SO there. 'envy'. dig it*ewan and renee in the leads was a good start. and peyton reed did pretty well with 'bring it on'. but this comedy's supporting cast? the annoying sarah paulson? the kinda one-note david hyde pierce? and now the curvaceous but not-all-that-inspiring jeri ryan (AKA "the white halle berry")? hmmmmm. i'd like to be proven wrong about these people, but i haven't been so far*'molly gunn' seemed like it could have been a US version of 'amelie' in the right hands but casting amber dempsey - oops, i mean dakota fanning - is a step in the wrong direction. seriously though, can't you just see fanning giving frightening conviction to amber's immortal line "when i grow up, i want to be a sweetiepie"? this ChildStar version 2.0 creeps the absolute fuck outta me in a way i haven't experienced since the glory days of hallie kate eisenberg*lemme get this right: 13 y.o. girl goes into closet, comes out as 30 y.o. woman, is automatically popular with all the kids in school. HUH? if she went in looking like the afore-mentioned hallie kate (who's fuckin' ugly, no two ways about it) and came out looking like, i dunno, alexis bledel or some other teen cutie - THIS i could buy. but "goes in as teen, comes out as statuesque older babe"? ain't happening, makers of '13 going on 30', even with jennifer garner in the lead*'van helsing'...ah, 'van helsing'. i freely admit to heaping hot buttered scorn on this idea when elston gunn first flagged it. sounded like more of the same stephen sommers PG-13 crap. but the announcement that jackman might take the lead fanned the flames of imagination, my friends and fellow geeks. what if this turned out cool? what if sommers got some of his 'deep rising' gusto back? what if this kicked off a nifty kind of franchise, a supernatural 'indiana jones' series? god, i'd love it if that was the case. i'd love it if sommers used CGI to enhance a good story rather than pad out a bland one. i'd love it if jackman made van helsing a wolverine-style badass, a man of scars and secrets...not an anachronistic puss who drops stale-ass one-liners like "i've got a bad feeling about this". man, lemme tell ya, i've got an R-rated 70mm 'brotherhood of the wolf'-inspired director's cut of 'van helsing' running in my head right now, and i'm gonna be superpissed if sommers' end product doesn't correspond*sad news of the week: brett ratner's 'samurai jack' = no chance of ever seeing darren aronofsky's film version of frank miller's 'ronin'. damn*'coyote ugly 2: coyote fugly'? i've no desire to see this movie but i can't help but be intrigued - what would the story involve?*an open memo to steven spielberg: dude, just saw 'minority report' - pretty cool stuff. seems like you're back on track, so don't mess it up by associating yourself with that untalented fuckwad rod lurie. 'the contender' was the worst kind of pretentious dreck, and 'the last castle' was even more hideous than that. that's all for now. your pal, five-tone*OK, if barry sonnenfeld can bring his 'addams family' stylings to the lemony snicket 'unfortunate incidents' books, we might have something here. just remember, scott rudin, the script is the key. don't expect to get by on quirky visuals alone*joel schumacher does 'a star is born'? gee, i'd never have put those two together!*antonio banderas is 'el cid'. (end of discussion.) and how about mctiernan to direct? (this topic open to discussion.)***any major dude will tell you...now five-tone has too (at great length - sorry about that, folks).
I use my weenie as an expression for my rage by sundown	Jun 18th, 2002 02:13:12 AM
what the hell...these sound like pitches and they all suck..class clowns should be called Ass Clowns. The Summers Van Helsing project looks promising but thats about it...
Just cast Johnny Depp as Underdog on a pirate ship in the Carrib by Bari Umenema	Jun 18th, 2002 02:18:50 AM
Then you hit two birds with one stoned actor. Makes sense to me.
what was left out of the recap by durhay	Jun 18th, 2002 08:40:22 AM
A animal rights activist fights to replace violent videogames with peaceful ones such as "Making Protest Signs" and "Hackeysack" in GUAC-A-MOLE. Director Peter Mesquite (DUSK OF THE DEAD, THE CRACKED MOVIE) has been attached to FINGERTIPS, a series of vignettes based on songs from the They Might Be Giants album "Apollo 18". It is rumored that Jim Carrey has expressed interest in "What's that Blue Thing Doing Here" and "Mysterious Whisper." Respected playright Rufus Macguilicudy "You Can't Kill Raisins (They're Already Dead)" has signed on to direct BARTON FINK 2: SHOW ME THE LIFE OF THE MIND! This week's Lil Bow Wow Watch(tm) spies the hardest working child in showbiz as Chris Tucker's son in THE SUMBITCH OF ALL FEARS as well as Benny in BOXCAR CHILLIN', the urban retelling of the classic childrens' series.
DAMMIT! SOMEONE STOLE MY IDEA...AGAIN! by holidill	Jun 18th, 2002 08:49:38 AM
I'm reading the recap and all is fine. Then I see my idea, MY IDEA showing up on the list! No f-ing way! HOLLYWOOD IS STEALING MY BRAIN! Oh let's be serious, they option a million things a day, will it ever see light? We'll see. Of course my idea will probably never see light, but it's still my idea. Ps. I'm not going to tell you which one just in case the idiots who stole it are reading this talkback. My idea is better.
Coyoto Ugly 2? by rev_skarekroe	Jun 18th, 2002 09:16:26 AM
They should just re-release Barfly and CALL it Coyote Ugly 2. Also, is anyone sick of Hollywood's attitude that comic books and animation aren't legitimate storytelling forms? Why do we need a live action Samurai Jack? Just leave it in its intended form! sk
Coyote Ugly's sequel... by Crazy Fresh DJ	Jun 18th, 2002 11:44:36 AM
..is really the first of two prequels in the COYOTE TRILOGY, called... wait for it... Coyote Good and Coyote Bad. Thankyou. Peace.
Oh my, God... by Halloween68	Jun 18th, 2002 02:44:07 PM
Has the world totally gone bonkers? Coyote Ugly 2 and a live action/cgi version of Underdog... All in one week. Oh, and boodylicious Beyonce Knowles getting another acting job before anyone even sees her in her first acting gig. I want some of whatever the people coming up with these projects are smoking.
This is the place to steal ideas from no doubt about it. by Bari Umenema	Jun 19th, 2002 12:41:44 AM
Some of you guys have been ripped off on these boards because you post really good ideas in your Talkbacks to impress all the other geeks here and the good ideas are read by unscrupulous Hollywood lowlifes such as no- talent brain-dead writers and despicable development executives who troll these boards specifically looking for stealable ideas. If you post something on the internet then it is pretty much public domain right then and there which means anybody can steal your idea. Be careful what you post on these cool boards because if it's a good idea it will be stolen very quickly and you'll read about the sale of your idea without you on Elston's weekly recap.

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