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It's Official - Verhoeven goes topkapi over directing the next CROWN-ing acheivement of Brosnan's career!

Topkapi by kwisatzhaderach	Nov 13th, 2007 02:58:13 AM
is great. And Verhoeven is a filmmaking god. I'm there.
Yay, Verhoeven! by photoboy	Nov 13th, 2007 03:06:55 AM
I wish he'd do another big budget sci-fi movie, but I've loved just about all his films. Question is, will he be able to work lots of tit shots into the film?
Let's get this straight... by Charlie & Tex	Nov 13th, 2007 03:14:43 AM
...they're making a sequel to The Thomas Crown Affair and they're basing it upon a completely unrelated caper movie from the sixties? This is bloody ridiculous - the Brosnan Thomas Crown movie was jumped-up pseudo-pretentious crap anyway.
WE WANT AN ORIGINAL FILM NOW FUCKERS! by DOGSOUP	Nov 13th, 2007 03:15:15 AM
Sequal/remake? When will the goddamn snake puke on its own tail?!?!?!
WOW... by Redfive!	Nov 13th, 2007 03:15:29 AM
How unoriginal.I wonder if they can get brad pitt and george clooney back for this...oh wait that was another crappy sequel to a remake.
I think I'm happy...... by Aloy	Nov 13th, 2007 03:19:18 AM
that they don't try to do a pure remake of Topkapi but pay it homage this way. As for the Peter Ustinov character...Robbie Coltrane isn't quite old enough but he should be able to pull it off (he could shake off Hagrid with a nice bit like this). Although the roll will probably go to a Yank.
I think... by rost	Nov 13th, 2007 03:25:31 AM
i am gonna buy it right now. Have not seen it in ages. Great movie!
Original film you want? by Aloy	Nov 13th, 2007 03:46:51 AM
As if there are any new ideas left in the heist genre. It's all been done before. The locals are more exotic and the item being copped might be some new technology instead of a painting but it's all just variations on the old theme.
RIFIFI is where it's at by Vern	Nov 13th, 2007 03:47:14 AM
That's maybe the best heist movie I've ever seen. The long, wordless break-in scene especially is absolutely incredible. So maybe it's not fair but watching TOPKAPI hoping for another RIFIFI was a huge disappointment. It's a silly ass comedy and not an actual crime movie like the other one. It's based on a serious book though which I'm sure is what the remakequel will be loosely based on. (And they can't even do the heist the same because it was already done in MISSION:IMPOSSIBLE.) By the way, is this really official now or are we still going by somebody said that Verhoeven said it on a radio show? Finally I would just like to say that especially after BLACK BOOK I would watch whatever movie Verhoeven makes next, even if it's DAREDEVIL 2 or GOLDEN GIRLS: THE MOVIE.
Harry, you're so easy to please... by Kirbymanly	Nov 13th, 2007 04:07:15 AM
Why do you think you get invited to these places? They show you a script and you blow your wad like a 16 year old in the back of a station wagon.
BRING IN JOHNNY RICO! by tuan69	Nov 13th, 2007 04:32:29 AM
If anyone can do it, Casper can.
Is it just me by Monkey Butler	Nov 13th, 2007 05:13:45 AM
or does the guy on the DVD cover look exactly like Hugh Laurie? C'mon.
Can't ever get enough Verhoeven by TattooedBillionaire	Nov 13th, 2007 05:44:44 AM
Hope this film is a big hit for him and Brosnan.
Can't ever get enough Verhoeven by TattooedBillionaire	Nov 13th, 2007 05:44:44 AM
Hope this film is a big hit for him and Brosnan.
Maaaaaan Harry, I told you this a week ago by willywortel72	Nov 13th, 2007 05:52:34 AM
As i live on the other side of the world it was my dream :-) to have one thing posted on AIC. I got a "that's interesting" mail back. And now you are taking the credits for this. What's up with that.
...with characters that talk to the camera by Iowa Snot Client	Nov 13th, 2007 05:55:54 AM
OMG, I LOVE it when they do that!!!
Watch out, Rene Russo by I Dunno	Nov 13th, 2007 06:22:44 AM
I can't recall a Paul Verhoeven movie where a woman wasn't in some way brutalized.
Best Remake ever by Constidine4Rorshach	Nov 13th, 2007 06:35:43 AM
Thomas Crown Affair is the only remake worth a damn. Took a underacheiving movie and revamp it rather than butchering a classic.
Ohmygod. Rene Russo ain't wearing knickers! by IAmMrMonkey!	Nov 13th, 2007 06:54:00 AM
The dirty ho is flashing her honeypot around! Put it away Rene! Save that stuff for your husband.
This is "cool" news? by Mike_D	Nov 13th, 2007 07:18:06 AM
I guess my finger is far from the pulse of the "cool" community.
by The Duke Of Madness	Nov 13th, 2007 07:23:53 AM

Best Peter Ustinov Performance... by CatVutt	Nov 13th, 2007 07:32:52 AM
Is his voice work for Prince John in Disney's Robin Hood. Fucking awesome.
Remakes of Remakes. by The Duke Of Madness	Nov 13th, 2007 07:34:06 AM
I just want to say that Rififi was a remake of The Asphalt Jungle, as directed by John Huston. The Asphalt Jungle was made in 1950 and Rififi was made in 1955. I know, I’m a queefing pedant.
Never Say Never Again 2: Never Again by Spandau Belly	Nov 13th, 2007 07:35:39 AM
Verhoeven and Brosnan should team up to do a rogue Bond film like when Connery went off on his own to do Never Say Never Again. I feel sorry for Brosnan. He gets really undervalued as an actor and the Bond producers were terrible to him. He rocked it out in Tailor of Panama. That was solid gold.
didn't they already announce angelina? by fattyaaron	Nov 13th, 2007 07:37:14 AM
could have sworn i read awhile ago that angelina jolie was replacing russo.
Exploding heads please! by Fuck The Napkin	Nov 13th, 2007 08:05:35 AM
I'll settle for a few limbs coming off if it'll please the censors but nobody is as good at exploding heads as Verhoeven. It'd be a waste of his fee not to have at least ONE in there.
No Rene Russo = No Sale by Osmosis Jones	Nov 13th, 2007 08:16:01 AM
Honestly, Verhoeven?! I'm a fan, but he's not the first person I would choose to direct a sequel to McTiernan's delightful, light-as-a-feather original/remake. I certainly hope they're not thinking PG-13, here....
Brosnan's Thomas Crown was one of the best films I saw that year by ShiftyEyedDog2	Nov 13th, 2007 08:19:26 AM
It was a refreshing grown-up film that was exciting and most of all FUN. I couldn't help but smile from ear-to-ear for the whole thing. ..and yeah, Russo was smokin'
Trying a little too hard on those Headlines, AICN by ShiftyEyedDog2	Nov 13th, 2007 08:22:22 AM
the puns and hints always seemed childish and stupid, but this one was as stiff and unimaginative as they get. ...and why does every headline have to end in an exclamation point?!?!!!!!!!!!
Any chance of the Peter Ustinov obituary next year then? by Shan	Nov 13th, 2007 08:55:54 AM
... Just asking. Seriously though, I guess one of those accidental omissions, could we make up for it for an article with a brief retrospective on Peter Ustinov at some point? Maybe Vern could do it ...
Sequel to a remake is a remake... by the beef	Nov 13th, 2007 08:59:16 AM
...of an original film unrelated to the original film that inspired the first remake? Is that a first? Next up, expect Rob Zombie's Halloween to have a sequel that is a continuation somehow of Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning. Then we'll have a sequel to a remake that's a continuation of a prequel to a remake from an original film unrelated to the original film that inspired Rob Zombie's HALLOWEEN. Maybe I shouldn't give them any ideas.
Monica Bellucci? by SpencerTrilby	Nov 13th, 2007 09:01:26 AM
The chick is hot, but can't act for the life of her. Bring Angelina, or bring back Mrs Russo.
John Rhys-Davies Call Your Agent... by dannyocean	Nov 13th, 2007 09:03:12 AM
...also Richard Griffiths, Robbie Coltrane, Timothy Spall, Stephen Fry... "but in the casting of the Peter Ustinov or Robert Morley characters... there are no portly substitutes worthy of their suspenders." C'mon Harry, think a little bit. Use the old IMDB. It ain't that hard.
Why isn't this fact being reported? by JustThisGuy	Nov 13th, 2007 09:04:50 AM
Topkapi and The Thomas Crown affair are not actually two completely unrelated films. Both are loosely based on the novel The Light of Day by Eric Ambler, which was itself loosely based on the exploits of a real life art thief. So basically, what we have here is a sequel/remake of a film based on the same book as the remake that is now its prequel. How's that for interesting lineage?
Also, don't be so overly reliant on your spell check. by dannyocean	Nov 13th, 2007 09:05:08 AM
"...I new many would never have had an opportunity to see." "new"? Really? Really.
JustThisGuy by the beef	Nov 13th, 2007 09:31:56 AM
So, are they making a sequel to a remake of an original film that was loosely inspired by a novel that inspired a separate film that is now being remade to act as the sequel to the remake? So a novel was written that inspired the creation of two separate films that would both be remade 40 years later to act as a franchise? Is THAT a first?
The guy on the right... by KarmicRelief	Nov 13th, 2007 09:32:52 AM
...of the box. Ben Stiller. Ben Stiller = box office gold I tell ya.
Get Connie Nielson by Spandau Belly	Nov 13th, 2007 09:34:59 AM
She can act and in my opinion would be a worthy successor to Rene Russo.
the beef by JustThisGuy	Nov 13th, 2007 09:37:09 AM
Probably a first. I mean, I've never heard of it happening before.
and call it The Thomas Crowne Ultimatum! by Spandau Belly	Nov 13th, 2007 09:42:51 AM
Followed by The Thomas Crowne Revolutions.
Beef/Guy- You could argue that... by dannyocean	Nov 13th, 2007 09:58:59 AM
...Thunderball/Never Say Never Again comes close. I mean you could, not me.
dannyocean by JustThisGuy	Nov 13th, 2007 10:03:08 AM
Yeah, but Never Say Never Again wasn't actually a part of the same continuity, so I wouldn't really consider it to be one.
Maybe they'll actually adapt the book this time by Lovecraftfan	Nov 13th, 2007 10:05:00 AM
Neither of the other two did just loosely.
Topkapi + titties and squirting bullet holes = GOOD. by Nate Champion	Nov 13th, 2007 10:28:22 AM
I'd buy that for a dollar!!!!
The Thomas Crown (insert) by riskebiz	Nov 13th, 2007 10:53:22 AM
Instead of calling it "The Topekai Affair", they should build on the brand equity of the THOMAS CROWN name instead of the word AFFAIR (Similar to how the Bourne films are titled). It would be shooting themselves in the foot to do otherwise.
;( by riskebiz	Nov 13th, 2007 10:54:57 AM
It'd be great to be able to edit your own posts. I mis-spelled Topkapi in the last post.
interesting! by kafka07	Nov 13th, 2007 10:59:31 AM
very well then, carry on.
i LOVE when sequels dont use the name (much less numbers) by ShiftyEyedDog2	Nov 13th, 2007 11:15:53 AM
It's been done plenty of times before, and it works: Hunt for Red October/Patriot Game/Clear & Present Danger/Sum of All Fears Army of Darkness/Evil Dead Once Upon a Time in Mexico/Desperado Last Picture Show/Texasville Chinatown/Two Jakes Fugitive/US Marshals Mad Max/Road Warrior Pitch Black/Chronicles of Riddick Hustler/Color of Money Silence of the Lambs/Hannibal ALL Bond movies Dirty Harry movies ...and I'm sure many many more To use a number or even working the same name in is just cheap marketing. Why can't stories just have their own individual titles? Hell, if you leave it out, maybe you'll bring in MORE people who didn't like the first film in a series, but think the newer flick looks interesting.
COOOOLLL.... by jarodvhale	Nov 13th, 2007 11:48:14 AM
I loved the Thomas Crown Affair...everything about...they have already posted that Angelina Jolie has agreed to be a part of it...dunno about that...would have really preferred Renee Russo..cause man she's hot...and the two of them have crazy chemistry....but you know who would rock..the french chick from A Good Year..(which I finally saw...and totally loved)...verhoven is a great choice...but like every movie out there...it's gonna come down to the script...so let's how they do that...but if the first script is any indication..this should be fun....soooo looking forward to this....
Ustinov=Suchet by mara69	Nov 13th, 2007 11:54:01 AM

DIE HARD by Vern	Nov 13th, 2007 01:02:38 PM
Well, DIE HARD wasn't a remake, but the first two were based on unrelated books. I guess this is in the same tradition but taking a step further by having them be based on unrelated books that were made into movies already.
Thomas Crown Affair II: Rise of the Crown by Grammaton Cleric Binks	Nov 13th, 2007 01:04:27 PM
Hey, someone had to start it.
Thoms Crown Affair II: Crown Harder by Heckles	Nov 13th, 2007 01:07:48 PM
Excellent.
I'm glad to see Verhoeven has a job...but by Samuel Fulmer	Nov 13th, 2007 01:40:09 PM
he's strictly an Rated R director. Seeing as there is no way this is going to be rated R, I can't see how this would fit in with Verhoeven's output. I guess if David Lynch can make a good G-rated film anything is possible, but to me the charm of Verhoeven's films are their vulgarity and dark sense of humor.
Call Of Duty 4 does not exist in this dojo by Cobra--Kai	Nov 13th, 2007 01:52:13 PM
No, no, no! I want Verhoeven to direct the CALL OF DUTY 4 movie. Now that WOULD be cool news. Kevin McKidd as Soap, Jamie Foxx as Griggs, Jason Statham as Gaz, and Bernard Hill with his bristling tache as Price. Make it happen Paul.
Thomas Crown Affair II: tokyo drift by ironic_name	Nov 13th, 2007 02:12:43 PM
lowercase t in tokyo, until they stop whaling.
i just got off da phone wit sir Peter Ustinov.. by ironic_name	Nov 13th, 2007 02:16:33 PM
and he said "fuck this". the non gay one from the mighty boosh looks like ustinov there.
What, no Hollow Man 3? by zooch	Nov 13th, 2007 03:00:12 PM

Thomas Crown II: The Glass Bottom Boat Donkey Punch by Uncapie	Nov 13th, 2007 04:34:47 PM
Where Verhoeven takes the audience into new perils of shits and grins...don't 'cha know.....!
THOMAS CROWN AFFAIRS IS AN IMMENSELY REWATCHABLE MOVIE by BringingSexyBack	Nov 13th, 2007 04:56:44 PM
It showcases Brosnan's persona so much better than James Bond. I'm of the camp that thinks he plain sucks as Bond. Too wussy. But as Thomas Crown, he was perfectly suited to the role. Glad there's going to be a sequel, and hope Rene Russo will be in it. She was definitely 50% of the original's charm.
Nude Rene Russo = Sold by Iowa Snot Client	Nov 13th, 2007 05:00:16 PM
Topkapi vs. Uncapie: Requium
Vern by JustThisGuy	Nov 13th, 2007 05:11:07 PM
I believe you have it confused, Both Thomas Crown affair and Topkapi are based on the exact same book. So this isn't just "based on unrelated books that were made into movies already." This is "based on the same book that was made into two extremely different movies already."
Brosnan didn't suck as Bond by I Dunno	Nov 13th, 2007 05:11:23 PM
He just got some cheesy scripts and direction to work with. Especially now after Casino Royale, that tried so hard to be gritty and real it makes the Brosnan Bonds look a little silly. But with the proper script and direction, he could have been a great Bond. It's the Cloony/Batman syndrome.
Samuel Fulmer: Thomas Crown WAS rated R by ShiftyEyedDog2	Nov 13th, 2007 05:43:29 PM
so why wouldnt the second one be?
Good one, Iowa! by Uncapie	Nov 13th, 2007 05:49:28 PM
That made me laugh!
Topkapi pissed me off by troutpencil	Nov 13th, 2007 06:09:20 PM
Because Dassin thought his wife (Mercouri, the lead) was amazing and could do no wrong and filled the movie with her, but she was awful. I hate seeing that sort of delusion out of directors. The movie was only interesting for Ustinov's crazed performance, but she had top billing, and the camera was constantly pointed at her stupid face, which pretty much ruined it for me.
So it's a sequemake by CherryValance	Nov 13th, 2007 07:41:22 PM
Now I've seen everything.
The Thomas Crown Orgy! by MrMysteryGuest	Nov 13th, 2007 07:56:52 PM
Brosnan, Russo, Belluci, directed by Verhoeven! It's a natural!
Thomas Crown Royal by Darth Fabulous	Nov 13th, 2007 09:05:27 PM

The Thomas Crown Affair Is Pierce's Best Film by Darth Fabulous	Nov 13th, 2007 09:07:39 PM
With Verhoeven at the helm, this sequel/remake might top it.
"Thomas Crown WAS rated R..." by Osmosis Jones	Nov 13th, 2007 10:22:03 PM
"...so why wouldn't the second one be?" Um, didn't stop the PG-13 installments of the Robocop and Die Hard franchises from happening...
Paul Verhoeven rocks by Gozu	Nov 13th, 2007 10:23:10 PM
Can't wait to see what he does with it.
Osmosis Jones by ShiftyEyedDog2	Nov 13th, 2007 10:25:38 PM
I agree. There have been franchises that had sequels with lesser ratings. But there's no reason to think this is going in that direction. If anything, I think the choice of Verhoeven only reinforces the idea that they're fine with an R movie. I was only addressing Fulmer's brushing it off like it was already a PG13 franchise.
Last Word On Two Movies- One Book (Maybe) by dannyocean	Nov 13th, 2007 11:53:05 PM
Point Blank and Payback. Both based on "The Hunter" by Richard (Donald E. Westlake) Stark.
WHAT A FUCKIN TERRIBLE HEADLINE by aicndoesntwantmorecowbell	Nov 14th, 2007 12:08:12 AM
jesus fuckin phone service
ThisGuy by Vern	Nov 14th, 2007 02:56:01 AM
You're right, I'm confused. But I looked it up and according to the credits Thomas Crown is not based on any book. And the book Topkapi is based on (Light of Day) seems to be about what Topkapi is about, but not what Thomas Crown is about. So I guess there are not two separate books but only one is based on the book. I think. Anyway, to the classily named guy who dissed Verhoeven, I can see you going after BASIC INSTINCT, but not BLACK BOOK. I think BLACK BOOK is the best movie I've seen so far this year. If anything directing a Thomas Crown sequel is a step down for him.
by misnomer	Nov 14th, 2007 05:19:31 AM
liked the first one alot- seems like theyve taken their time with the sequel...but i find brosnan to be very watchable. looking forward to this, though the choice of verehoven seems a little odd. maybe this sequel will be a departure from the tone of the first? what about angelina jolie? i heard she was in the running
Thomas Crown Affair by Lost Jarv	Nov 14th, 2007 07:14:44 AM
was the cinematic equivalent of a glossy magazine- it was plastic, dull, unmemorable, and worse left me with the distinct impression I'd seen it before. (And I haven't seen the original) Brosnan did suck as bond, but I'm not sure how much of that was his fault- at least 2 of the films (if not 3) rank among the worst in the series. They should never have fired Dalton, who was an excellent Bond in 2 shitty movies.
Robert Davi Could Play the chap on the right by DarfurOnTheRocks	Nov 15th, 2007 08:29:06 AM
...just saying... that's all..
Stone Cold Steve Austin with a wig could play the chap on the le by DarfurOnTheRocks	Nov 15th, 2007 08:30:25 AM

I gotta agree...sounds like a huge step down by just pillow talk	Nov 15th, 2007 08:32:55 AM
after Black Book. Now that was a good movie...tits, betrayal, war...
Verhoeven will once again be suffocated by studio influence.. by polyh3dron	Nov 15th, 2007 01:24:42 PM
I think Black Book was awesome because he was outside the Hollywood system and was allowed free reign. Now that PV is returning to the studio system I feel that studio interference will make him compromise his work to the point where it is bland, just like Hollow Man unfortunately.

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