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So sue me... by SoulOnIce	Nov 26th, 2002 11:16:46 PM
I think a Manchurian re-make is a good idea. Ask a hundred people on the street if they have heard of it and I bet 99 haven't. And Denzel and Demme is a good combo.
Will Ferrel by SLEAZY DINOSAUR	Nov 26th, 2002 11:19:39 PM
That Will Ferrel project sounds pretty interesting. He's been good in dramatic roles, and I think he will make a great Bullseye, a comedy will be a nice change of pace for him.
The writers of TOY STORY doing GARFIELD? by KingKrypton	Nov 26th, 2002 11:30:49 PM
Sounds great. Just get Marc Shaiman to do the music and the rest will be easy. It would be nice to see Garfield's girlfriend Arlene show up in the film (Nermal's already had a lot of face time in the cartoons), but as long as the script is good, I'll be happy. My only concern is who they'll get to play Garfield now that Lorenzo Music is dead. Whoever takes over the role is gonna have a really hard time dealing with the legacy Music created with that character. (I have a feeling there'll be another massive casting call, just as there was when Music was cast as Garfield.) As for the film's composer, may I suggest Marc Shaiman? Nobody scores comedy films better than he can, and GARFIELD would be right up his alley. As for VAN HELSING, I can't wait. That sounds like it's going to be a blast. Yeah, the Duke from MOULIN ROUGE as Dracula is a bit odd, but the premise sounds awesome, Jackman as Van Helsing is inspired casting, and as I liked the MUMMY movies (THE SCORPION KING doesn't count, as it had zilch to do with the MUMMY flicks) I have faith in Sommers. For once, there two "Recap" tidbits that I'm excited about. If only this happened more often.... (sigh) Normally I'm groaning over everything Elston reports.
Richard Roxburgh MISCAST AGAIN by WilliamT	Nov 26th, 2002 11:31:15 PM
For the Love of GOD! First, Roxburgh's cast as Harry Knowles-lookalike Campion Bond in LEAGUE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENTLEMEN, and now, he's gonna be DRACULA? This guy must have a HELL of an agent.
SLEAZY, YOU MORON!!! Will Ferrel is from SNL, Zoolander, and Au by Zod_Is_Back	Nov 26th, 2002 11:34:26 PM

good Lord! Does ANYONE have an original idea left? by Lou C.	Nov 26th, 2002 11:38:58 PM
Deuce Bigalow II???? Scary Movie III????????? I found, maybe, three projects in the whole list intriguing. Pathetic. Absolutely pathetic. And it looks like Eddie Murphy's back on track with a fucking haunted house movie. good Lord. shoot me now.
ZOD by SLEAZY DINOSAUR	Nov 27th, 2002 12:28:58 AM
Geeze Zod, calm down, you'll give yourself a headache. It was obviously a joke, and even if it hadn't been, why would it bother you so much? On another subject, I just saw Michael Moores Bowling For Columbine, it was great, but he sure has let himself go since his James Bond days.
Garfield... by Nine-X	Nov 27th, 2002 12:40:14 AM
GARY SINISE AS JOHN! OMFG!
Ben Stiller is making it harder and harder for me to like him by Aquatarkusman	Nov 27th, 2002 12:52:57 AM
Starsky and Hutch? Sweetness itself! Manchurian Candidate remake? Sequels/prequels to Legally Blonde and Dumb and Dumber? De Niro directing a movie about the history of the CIA? Will Ferrell on the North Pole? I'm sorry, but that's all I could get through before my eyes started bleeding. Good God almighty, there were a lot of shit ideas in the recap.
What a waste of time it is to go to the movies lately... by Tarl_Cabot	Nov 27th, 2002 01:04:02 AM
Spiderman and Signs...everything else I saw this year either sucked or was just OK...We should all just read more.
Buzz Maverik's Weekly Recap. by Buzz Maverik	Nov 27th, 2002 01:05:04 AM
TAKEN FROM THE WATER IN MY BONG..For awhile it looked like '70s fever was burning up Hollywood with remakes of THE WARRIORS and THE BAD NEWS BEARS in the works. That fever cooled considerably, with both projects going into turnaround. Now, it looks like producer Jon Peters and director Gary Fleder will combine both projects in THE BAD NEWS BEARS MEET THE WARRIORS. It starts out with Coney Island gang member Ajax on probation for attempting to rape an undercover cop. His parents, naturally worried that he's running with a tough crowd, send him to stay with his uncle and aunt in California. He starts spending time with his young cousin, you guessed it, Tanner (production notes say that it is natural the characters are related, with their love of fighting and their mutual disdain for "wimps"). When Ajax learns that North Valley League champs the Yankees are planning to beat up on the Bears after practice, he enlists some help from New York. Swan will be doubling for Kelly. And imagine the poor Yankee who is expecting Ahmad and gets Cochise. Mercy will take Amanda's place, while Rembrandt subs for Stein and Fox for Ogilvie. Unfortunately, Yankee pitcher Joey Turner has a cousin in the Baseball Furies, so we're looking at a sandlot free for all. Benecio Del Toro is interested in the part of Coach Buttermaker.
Sleazy, I knew you would try and come back saying it was a joke by Zod_Is_Back	Nov 27th, 2002 02:53:01 AM

Hey...wait a minute by KidCthulhu	Nov 27th, 2002 03:26:53 AM
Am I the only one who remembers Trey Parker and Matt Stone originally involved in the Dumb and Dumber prequels? It didn't make much sense,but it was a great idea..Maybe I dreamt it...
Scary Movie 3, David Zucker, and the Wayans by Trader Groucho	Nov 27th, 2002 05:49:47 AM
There has to be some interesting inside stuff behind all of this. The Wayans bolt Dimension LONG AFTER they committed to "Scary Movie III: Episode I: Lord of the Brooms". They go to Sony and immediately announce they're doing a parody of Signs, Independence Day, so on. Meanwhile, Dimension announces they've got David Zucker, Pat Proft (I know his name is misspelled, but I'm too lazy to go to IMDB and look it up), and someone else to write Scary Movie 3 AND the Trades report Dimension and the Wayans-laden Sony are now in a RACE to see who's first to the gate with similarly-themed parodies. God I love Hollywood. -- Trader Groucho
What about Flora Plum??? by KID AB	Nov 27th, 2002 06:31:06 AM
Fuck the rest of the news, what about this potential oscar winning epic????
what is left out of the recap by durhay	Nov 27th, 2002 07:35:10 AM
David Arquette stars in BUMPESES!, the sequel to A CHRISTMAS STORY. Keanu Reeves returns to Eastern Europe in NATIONAL LAMPOON'S VAN HELSING. Kevin Spacey has signed on to play the mouse in the big screen version of GARFIELD. The writers of TOY STORY will bring the comic strip BLOOM COUNTY to the screen. Aerosmith will provide the music of DeathT
sins of the fleash by Whackjob	Nov 27th, 2002 10:03:05 AM
I remember reading that novel. great little story that scared the living day lights out of me. should be a cool movie
yuk yuk gigglefests by BillBrasky2620	Nov 27th, 2002 10:24:55 AM
Trey Parker and Matt Stone did get paid to write the "Dumb and Dumber" prequel, but when they couldn't think of a good idea they gave back the money and decided to pass on the project. The movie is going to be directed by Troy Miller, who directed the HBO comedy series "Mr. Show" (and its unreleased spinoff movie "Run Ronnie Run"), so it still might have a chance of being decent. I bet one of the sci-fi/fantasy parody movies will end up not getting made. Hopefully the Zucker one will be, because I'm getting pretty sick of the Wayans Brothers. Rarely do two parody films with the same exact premise both end up getting a theatrical release. When the first "Scary Movie" came out, there was a competing project called "Scream if you Know What Happened on Friday the 13th" (or something similarly stupid) which ended up showing on the USA network and then going straight to video.
Van Helsing battles Dracula, Frankenstein AND the Wolfman? by K\|LLDOZER	Nov 27th, 2002 12:04:33 PM
This idea is sounding supershitty to the MAX. ugh...who CARES who gets to play Dracula in this project? All I wanna know is, who's playing Abbott & Costello's parts?
Great to have you back, Buzz. by Cash Bailey	Nov 27th, 2002 05:16:20 PM
Too bad you weren't around during the SUPERMAN kerfuffle. I'd have loved another one of those 'Meeting with Jon Peters' things you did before. That was you wasn't it?
van helsing, john carpenter or raimi by spide-ed	Nov 27th, 2002 07:12:03 PM
this is a good idea but with sommers doin it and the obviously pg-13 spin the studio will do it'll suck even with hugh jackman in it. bring on john carpenter or sam raimi. make it a R!!!!
unemployable fucks! by spide-ed	Nov 27th, 2002 07:21:59 PM
what would you do if you only got a job cus ur brothers were doin a movie? will the wayan brothers fuck off! they bout as funny as rob snieder in judge dredd!!!!!!!!!!
buzz! by jackburtonlives	Nov 27th, 2002 10:10:33 PM
you know all the names of the characters in the WARRIORS???? omigod.. that is i don't know... commendable or what. my hat goes off to you.
Fatboy Roberts, I remember Lyman as well by KingKrypton	Nov 27th, 2002 10:16:24 PM
He was indeed Jon's roommate and Odie's owner in the beginning, and (according to Jim Davis) his function in the strip was to give Jon someone to talk to. But as time went on, Garfield assumed that role and it was determined that Lyman was dead weight, so he was retconned out of the strip (GARFIELD'S NINE LIVES re-established Odie as Jon's pet, bought not too long after Garfield was brought into the Arbuckle household, and the TV special HERE COMES GARFIELD adopted this origin as well). I own every Garfield compilation book to date, and after reading them in order, you can really see how Lyman was out of place in the strip's structure. However, some of Lyman's characterization ended up bleeding into Jon. Originally, Jon was a square, ordinary straight man and Lyman was the off-the-wall, funky guy. Once Lyman was scrapped, his goofiness was transplanted to Jon, and Jon became a bizarre, what-the-hell-is-wrong-with-th is-guy screwball to whom Garfield became the straight man. Don't get me wrong, the bizarre nerd incarnation of Jon has resulted in a lot of funny sequences in the strip, and this characterization works very well against Garfield's laid-back laconicism. But this drastic character shift only happened after Lyman left. Had Lyman not been retconned out, GARFIELD would have ended up as a very different strip than what we know it as. As far as casting Jon, it depends on which characterization they use. The Garfield cartoons (both the specials and the GARFIELD & FRIENDS series) used the straight-man version of Jon from the early years of the strip. The current comic strip's Jon is more like a demented Looney Tunes character (not a bad thing, mind you). Whoever they cast is going to depend on how Jon is portrayed. But to be honest, I'm more worried about the casting of Garfield. Lorenzo Music's voice acting was so central to defining the character that whoever takes over is going to be stuck with the thankless task of filling Music's paws, as it were. The only actor I can think of whose voice might possibly fit Garfield is Tim Allen, and even at that there's no way he'd escape comparisons to Music. Jon, depending on which characterization they use, will actually be easy to cast. It's Garfield who's going to be the problem role.
Are we going to be inundated with techno spy thrillers? by Wee Willie	Nov 28th, 2002 12:55:24 PM
Where hard-nosed military men butt heads with Washington 'smooth operators' to protect the world from terorists. The Good Shepherd sounds interesting, but all the other political thrillers sound like boring shite.
the director for the "Manchurian Candidate" is... by padme's thong	Nov 29th, 2002 07:52:55 AM
Johnathon Demme!! That is the word. Good Choice but I still unsure about the whole idea of remaking this movie. Could go both ways. I will be watching this one very closely. I AM PADME'S THONG!! LOVE ME!!
RICCI by TomVee	Nov 30th, 2002 10:07:07 PM
"Christina Ricci is in negotiations to star opposite Charlize Theron in MONSTER." But who plays Wuornos? She was one scary-looking bitch! Looked like a man in drag. I don't imagine Ricci or Theron could pull that off. I assume they will hired Rosie O'Donnell or Roseanne Arnold for the lead role.

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