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More News On The New Jack Ryan Film -- Does It Have A Director Now?!

First? by Knuckleduster	Jan 24th, 2008 04:42:06 AM
Am I cool now?
Fernando Meirelles is GREAT by Vesuvio	Jan 24th, 2008 04:44:06 AM
But he wasn't the director of City of Men. You could've used The Constant Gardener instead.
CUARON for DEATHLY HALLOWS, ZEMECKIS for THE HOBBIT by Vesuvio	Jan 24th, 2008 04:44:45 AM
Just sayin
Meirelles has made two great movies. by Knuckleduster	Jan 24th, 2008 04:47:10 AM
Just not sure this is what I'd like to see from him next.
The Constant Gardener was excellent by SpencerTrilby	Jan 24th, 2008 04:56:12 AM
but I'm pretty sure the Paramount execs didn't even bother to watch it. Anyway, interesting rumor.
cool choice by kwisatzhaderach	Jan 24th, 2008 05:15:43 AM
it reminds me of sputnik and yuri gargarin, when the world trembled at the sound of our rocketssshhhhh
Meirelles is too good to do Jack Ryan. by beastie	Jan 24th, 2008 06:23:13 AM
Jack Ryan films are fun and all but Meirelles is an artist. Let him continue to do Brazillian films or if he does need to come to Hollywood, let him do something LIKE (I know it's too late) The Road.
Jack Bauer is the new Jack Ryan! by Stalkeye	Jan 24th, 2008 06:45:19 AM
Well, atleast before the writter's strike postponed season 7. Oops!
Sounds good to me by citizenchris099	Jan 24th, 2008 07:04:22 AM
I hope the rumors come to fruition as this could be a good film. I personally liked all the Ryan films cept Sum.
Debt of Honor would be ballsy... by Judge Briggs	Jan 24th, 2008 07:06:25 AM
I would love to see that movie made. That movie would make a hella good tie into Executive Decisions. Ben Affleck did a fine job with Sum of All Fears too.
Cauren for Hallows... by Judge Briggs	Jan 24th, 2008 07:07:33 AM
I second that. I hate the current director. Cutting so much from the books. What a hack he is. I mean, at least film the extra scenes and release a la Jackson Lord of the Rings uber cuts. Thanks, WB, thanks alot.
New Bond film title... ready for this? by metaluna	Jan 24th, 2008 07:44:21 AM
'Quantum of Solace'. Yep... wtf?
City of God by TerryMalloy	Jan 24th, 2008 07:46:57 AM
is ridiculously good. Excellent. One of my favorite movies ever. As beastie says, Meirelles is too good for Jack Ryan.
I can't believe you like SOALF better than PATRIOT GAMES! by Vamp-AICNchat	Jan 24th, 2008 07:59:24 AM
I think PATRIOT GAMES is the best Ryan film. It also stars Boromir, Jules Winnfield, Darth Vader, Indiana Jones, Dumbledore and Frank Gallagher (UK tv character).
metaluna... by Vamp-AICNchat	Jan 24th, 2008 08:00:49 AM
...I broke the story on talkback. heh
Patriot Games by TerryMalloy	Jan 24th, 2008 08:03:50 AM
is the best Jack Ryan in my opinion too vamp
GREAT CHOICE by PVIII	Jan 24th, 2008 08:42:02 AM
Can't wait for Blindness.
Also by PVIII	Jan 24th, 2008 08:43:14 AM
FERNANDO MEIRELLES GOTTA EAT!
Which book? by bralli	Jan 24th, 2008 09:02:01 AM
Which Tom Clancy book is this supposed to be? I don't recognize the title.
NO CLANCY INVOLVEMENT=SUICIDE. by uss cygnus	Jan 24th, 2008 09:38:42 AM
Who are the ad-wizards who made that decision?
"Sum Of All Fears" Movie Fatal Flaws Were.... by uss cygnus	Jan 24th, 2008 09:46:51 AM
1. Changing the villians away from Islamic Terrorists. AND 2. HUGE PLOT HOLE: The Secret Service sweeps any building the President is going to enter with radiation and neutron detectors long before the President arrives, and they would have detected the bomb quite easily. There are bomb sniffing dogs deployed by both local law enforcement and USSS that would have detected the high explosives package in the nuke, alerting to it's presence, and there is NO WAY that vending machine would have been allowed to be placed in that stadium without being inspected inside and out first. Not to mention the fact that the Presidential Motorcade gets into a rural area outside Baltimore in less than five minutes....
As you can tell, I'm a Clancy Fan....so: by uss cygnus	Jan 24th, 2008 09:50:25 AM
The only "great" Jack Ryan film so far has been "Red October". I would rate the remaing pictures this way 1.SOAF (despite it's flaws) 2. Clear and Present Danger 3. Patriot Games....The only movie that has even come CLOSE to doing the source book justice was "Red October".
FUCK YEAH!!!!! by the_man_from_Rio	Jan 24th, 2008 10:16:29 AM
i might be a little biased because i'm brazilian, but fernando meirelles is one of the most original visions in cinema today...i cant wait to see BLINDNESS...hehe see blindness, anyway, he did not direct CITY OF MEN, his production company in Brasil, produced the series (there were 5 seasons) and the movie, which, by the by, is fooking awesome.
WTF? by kalash	Jan 24th, 2008 11:16:34 AM
Why would a thoughtful actor and a socially relevant director make a piece of reactionary shit from Clancy? Don't they have better things to do? Is Fred Thompson going to be in this?
I heard Gosling is willing to do it; but... by jimmy rabbitte	Jan 24th, 2008 12:09:31 PM
...only if they keep the talking pie in the script.
AWESOME by cpt. tim	Jan 24th, 2008 12:18:36 PM
maybe they can have Jack Ryan meet john clark for the first time for the fourth time.
hmm by MacTard420	Jan 24th, 2008 01:39:54 PM
Meirelles would be an interesting choice. I can't wait to see his movie BLINDNESS coming out this summer. City of God was amazing!
Baldwin was the only good Ryan. by Batutta	Jan 24th, 2008 02:50:34 PM
Harrison Ford's rendition was too crochety, and Affleck's was all about his hair. Alec Baldwin had a probing intelligence in the role, you could see him think his way through a situation rather than just whipping out a gun. It's a shame he ever bowed out of the series. He's too old and fat now.
Let me guess... You liked Patriot Games because by HellKing	Jan 24th, 2008 03:47:05 PM
you're Irish! It was okay but not the best. The Hunt for Red October was the best then Clear and Present Danger. Then it's a toss-up between Patriot Games and Sum of All Fears.
Batutta by Munro Kelly	Jan 24th, 2008 05:35:06 PM
I agree about Baldwin. I love "Red October". Everyone, in front and behind the camera, was on top of thier game. Alec Baldwin didn't really leave on his own, he was asked to step down so Harrison could take over. The things Alec said in interviews about wanting to do different things was a cover up. There was some sneaky studio politics behind that.
Now that's a cool choice, akin to hiring PG for Bourne by KillaKane	Jan 24th, 2008 06:33:40 PM
Finally the suits are switching on to getting 'real' talent to direct these types of thrillers. Will be interesting to see how this develops.
I buy Gosling in the role by ewokstew	Jan 24th, 2008 06:50:46 PM
Good casting.
Quentin Tarentino for Hallows by Turd Furgeson	Jan 24th, 2008 07:02:13 PM
You know you want to see it.... "Where's the mothafukin horcrux bitch!!"
City of God and City of Men rule! I am happy by Dogmatic	Jan 24th, 2008 09:02:46 PM
to know that Paramount is not half-assing this one like they did Sum of All Fears and actually going with a bold directorial choice. Dunno much about Ryan Gosling but I trust Meirelles! Good on ya Paramount! HOpe he signs!
Baldwin Could Play Ryan as VP Or as Prez by uss cygnus	Jan 24th, 2008 09:57:23 PM
As in "Debt of Honor" & "Executive Orders". Quite easily.
Horcruxes On A Plane by uss cygnus	Jan 24th, 2008 10:02:02 PM
...Too Easy.
I liked CITY OF GOD by JackIsLost	Jan 24th, 2008 10:20:15 PM
although it was wildly over-praised while THE CONSTANT GARDENER was both completely boring and infuriatingly stupid. So I'm conflicted...
without Tom Clancy... by RetroActive	Jan 24th, 2008 11:02:24 PM
Um, dumb idea, studio....dumb idea. Oh, wait! you're the studio! Of course it's a dumb idea!
Fuck that! Where's the new Jack Burton movie? by Pixeldriver	Jan 24th, 2008 11:12:46 PM

Bring me the old school Harrison Ford Jack Ryan by chien_sale	Jan 25th, 2008 12:22:17 AM
this whole "young actor that smell of piss with prestigious director" action movie is a blatant rip-off of the Bourne movies. fuck them all to Hell.
Jack Ryan story Clancy= not Jack Ryan by SkinJob69	Jan 25th, 2008 09:02:35 PM
Then again, most of the left-coast interpretations of Clancy (especially Sum of All Fears) completely freakin' ignore the books. A modern-day, multi-national neo-nazi group with WMD's?!? Not.Fucking.Likely- WTF was that?
Jack Ryan story not written by Clancy= not Jack Ryan by SkinJob69	Jan 25th, 2008 09:03:44 PM
Then again, most of the left-coast interpretations of Clancy (especially Sum of All Fears) completely freakin' ignore the books. A modern-day, multi-national neo-nazi group with WMD's?!? Not.Fucking.Likely- WTF was that?
Not Jack Ryan? by HellKing	Jan 25th, 2008 11:13:55 PM
Then you must love all the bad books. You didn't know that his best books were ghost witten? Yeah, when Clncy started to get popular he dicided to write the later books himself which were all bad.

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