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Werner Herzog's BAD LIEUTENANT remake? Double-You Tee Eff?

Herzog can do no wrong in my book by DirkD13"	May 14th, 2008 02:37:28 AM
Let him do what he wants, the crazy bastard can't help but make great films.
OHOHOHO by mattforce7	May 14th, 2008 02:44:02 AM
WTF a joke is not as funny as this
At least he's not remaking "Clueless"... by ScoobySnack	May 14th, 2008 02:46:06 AM
... now THAT would be the sign of the Apocalypse.
Will be rated NC-35 by bottombrick	May 14th, 2008 02:50:17 AM

Who the hell wants a remake of this?? by Jim Jam Bongs	May 14th, 2008 02:59:21 AM
I'm baffled so many times why investors throw their money at certain films.
i wanna see.. by nolan bautista	May 14th, 2008 02:59:44 AM
..Nic Cage moaning w/ his schlong hanging out..
Bizarre by kwisatzhaderach	May 14th, 2008 03:17:01 AM
But everything Herzog does is worth watching.
Quint, dude! by L33TH0TT13	May 14th, 2008 03:23:27 AM
Don't put ideas in anyone's head!
wtf?? by vestaxwax	May 14th, 2008 03:57:05 AM
a herzog doc on ferrera makes more sense than this... what's next? reservoir dogs? eattheblinds.blogspot.com
Nic Cage by Adama77	May 14th, 2008 04:00:20 AM
Jo Blo says Nic Cage is taking this one. What's up with the constantly being scooped by him 'eh?
??? by CuervoJones	May 14th, 2008 04:30:12 AM
I´m shocked.
Casting Idea... by Henry Fool	May 14th, 2008 04:53:46 AM
I wish he could cast one of the grizzly's from Grizzly Man in the Harvey Keitel role and just call it 'Bad Bear'. It could be thematically related to the Timothy Treadwell doc... "BAD, BEAR! BAAAAAADDD, BEAR!!!!"
Weird by psychedelic	May 14th, 2008 04:57:32 AM
Why not remake Gladiator, Juno, No Country For Old Men, and The Lord of the Rings. Come on Hollywood! Don't pussy out on this remake mania!!!! I'd be curious to hear Herzog's reasons for wanting to do Bad Lieutenant.
The idea of Nic Cage playing a corrupt coked up cop by ingloriousjedi	May 14th, 2008 05:09:26 AM
is enough to not care that the original was awesome and for no reason needs to be remade. Nic Cage is up there as one of the best. He's crazy and should have cast as Willy Wonka. Bad lieutenant remake gets a get out of jail free card.
"You ever suck a guy's cock?" by Charlie & Tex	May 14th, 2008 05:17:22 AM
Someone had to quote it...
I can see Shia LaBeouf in the Norman Bates role by Riley Martin	May 14th, 2008 05:17:52 AM
Cause I bet he's a transvestite fag behind closed doors
Herzog IS doing wrong if he does this!? by FILMFUNK	May 14th, 2008 05:39:38 AM
Why a remake? Wernor's got the nuts to do an original movie with similar themes! Why call it Bad Leutenant? Why remake a film no-ones really heard of? It's not like That title will get em flooding in just to see what he's done with it! Nic Cage? I was the biggest Cage nut back when he was doing stuff like Raising Arizon and Wild at Heart but I can't stand to watch him in the shit he's in these days. This aint cool news this is Aint it Confusing News . com
Love me some Herzog by bottombrick	May 14th, 2008 05:42:14 AM
But Nicholas Cage to Rehash Keitel's role? He pumps out nothing but shit.
no no no no no by angrykirby.tk	May 14th, 2008 05:44:54 AM
no, no bad lieutenant remake. let great movies stay great, stop shitting on them with awful remakes. goddamnit.
Cage's Jack-Off Scene... by Karl Childers	May 14th, 2008 05:52:33 AM
That'll probably be pretty fucking funny.
i agree karl by _SnakePlissken_	May 14th, 2008 06:12:50 AM
..."stick your tongue out"...
Hollywood will eat itself by BenBraddock	May 14th, 2008 06:26:15 AM
The banquet is well underway!
Hell yeah! by Gozu	May 14th, 2008 06:59:21 AM
If only they could get the rights worked out for Schooly D's "Signifying Rapper."
Herzog can make Cage crazy good again by pipergates	May 14th, 2008 06:59:37 AM
This could be an amazing cinematic event
21 jump street remake (like it couldnt get worse) by palewook	May 14th, 2008 07:07:39 AM
http://tinyurl.com/5nh3tr as if Hollywood couldn't continue to dig up more retarded retreads
Werner Herzog raped my childhood by CuervoJones	May 14th, 2008 07:19:02 AM

I agree, Herzog can do whatever the fuck he wants. by Knuckleduster	May 14th, 2008 08:04:40 AM
I hope this gives Cage the chance to redeem himself after the past couple of years he spent making nothing but crap. And by crap, I mean Ghost Rider.
If he were alive; Klaus Kinski as the "Bad Lieutenant." by Uncapie	May 14th, 2008 08:15:44 AM
"I'D BUY THAT FOR A DOLLAR!"
How'd it get burned???!!! (while cowering at Jesus's feet) by Spandau Belly	May 14th, 2008 08:18:02 AM
You can sign me up for two tickets now. Not coz I'll have a date or anything but because I won't even hear this movie the first time because I'll be laughing so hard. This could actually top the Wicker Man Remake. This is now my most anticipated film of the future.
Dear god by PotSmokinAlien	May 14th, 2008 08:21:19 AM
Verhoeven i can see wanting to do something like this, casting a shitty ham in an unnecessary remake and being totally in on the joke. but Herzog kind of needs excellent actors for his films to succeed.
Lets stop making anything that isn't a remake. by Barmat	May 14th, 2008 08:30:34 AM
Hollywood should not be allowed to make anything originale. There is just to much stuff that needs remakeing.
"Meet the Parents" was a remake. by Knuckleface	May 14th, 2008 08:34:09 AM
The first Meet the Parents was made in 1992 on a low budget. Then it was remade with big stars. Bad Lieutenant wasn't exactly a mainstream blockbuster.
I like Herzog, by Stevie Grant	May 14th, 2008 10:08:34 AM
but I've always been curious as to why he shows up in Harmony Korine films.
At least he probably won't..... by Cagliostro	May 14th, 2008 10:17:53 AM
Shoot up half of the budget like Abel did. I wonder if Nic Cage will really fix onscreen like Keitel did. And just how tha fuck are you gonna replace the heroin chic "authenticity" of someone like Zoe Lund? (God rest her soul)
As if the movie needed a remake by Stalkeye	May 14th, 2008 10:25:56 AM
It was good enuff already as it was. what's next the rest of Ferra's indies like Ms. 45 or the king of new york? Fucking untalented Hollywood I tell ya.
WTF?!!!!! by DallasGoodbar	May 14th, 2008 10:56:21 AM
Fuck H'wood and it's no having an original idea ass!
"Strawberry, you cocksucker!!!" by Lord Haw Haw	May 14th, 2008 12:17:00 PM
Whoever greenlit this must be a Red Sox fan, because other than replacing Darryl Strawberry with K-Rod so as to take a shot at the Yankees, this film has "completely unnecessary" written all over it.
Yeah Quint, Meet the Parents by Sith Witch	May 14th, 2008 12:19:20 PM
came out a full seven months before Bad Lieutenant. So this remake will be the 2nd 1990s remake so far.
I'd see Crossroads... by The Funketeer	May 14th, 2008 12:41:14 PM
starring Nicholas Cage if Herzog directed it. Who cares if it's a remake? The dude doesn't take his film lightly so obviously he feels he can do something interesting with this.
Herzog is my favorite filmmaker by Gwai Lo	May 14th, 2008 01:06:19 PM
I've seen almost all of his films, even the really rare ones. This does NOT sound true if you know anything about the guy.
Haha, let me clear a few things up for you folks by Gwai Lo	May 14th, 2008 01:12:20 PM
a) if Werner Herzog is remaking something, there is no way in hell it is going to be a typical "Hollywood remake" b) the only true remake Herzog has to his name so far is Nosferatu, which is one of the greatest vampire films ever made, so I wouldn't worry about this turning out awful. I don't think Herzog does awful. c) Herzog is NOT a "so-so" director without Kinski. Anyone who thinks so needs their head examined and a copy of Stroszek, Lessons of Darkness, La Soufriere, The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser, and a shit-ton of other films he's made on DVD
this is fine, as long as... by duanejones	May 14th, 2008 01:33:01 PM
...abel ferrara gets to remake _aguirre_ with harvey k. "play your fuckin' pan pipes, you atzec fuck, or i'll use your skull as a crack pipe!!!!!" did i say _aguirre_? my sincerest apologies! obviously, i meant _every man for himself and god against all_ starring christopher walken as kaspar h.: "play the piano, bitch, and SHOW MY HUMUNCULOUS DWARF ASS YOUR NON-HUMUNCULOUS DWARF ASS!!!!" oops!! _every man for himself and god against all_??? what could i have possibly been thinking? i mean, a remake of _fata morgana_ with schooly d on the soundtrack running the "kashmir" down "DUH NUH NUH!/NUH NUH NUH!?NUH NUH NUH!/NUH NUH NUH!/drivin' through the desert, g./ my motherfuckin' self...." which is to say: double-you tee eff, for realz...
This is the best idea I've heard in a long time. by mr.brownstone	May 14th, 2008 01:46:21 PM
Seriously. This is a gift. Anybody who isn't frothing at the mouth to see this is crazier than Cage and Herzog combined.
Regarding Herzog... by Stevie Grant	May 14th, 2008 02:05:47 PM
I know this is blasphemy, given his outstanding filmography; but currently, my most favorite thing about that guy is his interviews. In all seriousness, youtube, etc. the man and watch his interviews. Also, The Incident at Loch Ness catches all sorts of shit here on AICN, but come on. That is the perfect movie to watch on IFC or Sundance or whatever when you stumble in at 2am on Saturday night... and it's got Herzog as Herzog.
spit out your gum by General Crom	May 14th, 2008 02:16:13 PM
Will cage do the birdy dance?
hah hah -my friend in colledge told his buddy that bad luitenant by General Crom	May 14th, 2008 02:19:20 PM
would make a great date film.He hates him to this day for that.Like the time I had only seen the very begging of Happiness and told my friend who then rented it and watched it with his visiting family-doh!
Quint: You are brilliant by Cory849	May 14th, 2008 02:27:43 PM
You summed up all these announcements brilliantly. April Fools indeed. It is a low point for announceables.
You blew it Quint by JimCurry	May 14th, 2008 02:51:13 PM
so many different choices and you choose that lame PSYCHO joke? Bah...
General Crom by mr.brownstone	May 14th, 2008 03:02:36 PM
I once tricked a friend of mine into watching Under The Tuscan Sun when he had a brutal hang-over. He's still pissed about that one.
Why the fuck not? by Vern	May 14th, 2008 03:26:30 PM
I can't imagine Cage having the same dedication to the role as Keitel but this is a good chance for him to create an overacting tidal wave more powerful even than THE WICKER MAN. I was wishing BE KIND, REWIND had done BAD LIEUTENANT (specifically the scene where he sees Jesus and calls him a rat fucker) but this could be even better.
Seriously by Gwai Lo	May 14th, 2008 04:05:10 PM
What the hell is going on here? This is pretty much the weirdest movie news ever released. What's next, is Terrence Malick going to remake Maniac Cop? I just don't get this at all. I mean, assuming that no one is yanking Variety's chain, I'm sure Herzog will kick ass as usual, but this just seems like an incredibly odd choice for him to make. I'm sure he will elaborate on what drew him to the project eventually with some statement that is so utterly nuts that it will make profound and perfect sense.
transformers 2 remake? by daddyfatnads	May 14th, 2008 04:22:47 PM
starring shia le bouf as shia le bouf.should be out before the original is released.hell yeah
Werner Herzog can do no wrong most of the time by Gozu	May 14th, 2008 05:27:53 PM
However, Millenium Films has made a name for itself releasing shitty films and tarnishing legacies. Hopefully Herzog is wily enough to do his own thing and stay above it all. The resulting film is going to WEIRD.
This has got to be one of Herzog's little jokes. by bswise	May 14th, 2008 05:35:13 PM
Just how far will he go with it, is the question. Like when he said that he'd eat his hat if Errol Morris every finished a film--and did!
bswise by Gwai Lo	May 14th, 2008 05:46:04 PM
I think you mean his shoe, not his hat.
Are they just dusting off all of their options. by nicegoogly	May 14th, 2008 06:55:37 PM
Are these studios looking at all of their old option deals on the sequels and just saying "Hey, we paid for it already so let's make sequels no one is looking for." Bad Lt. is not even twenty years old and they are calling for a remake. When that flick was made, the indie scene was booming and shit like this was provocative. This is just horse shit with an aging actor only getting more and more strange as time goes on. The Bad Lt. worked in its time with the way New York City was in the mid 90's. An update with Disney-Owned Manhattan will be awful. Also, no one was asking for this to be remade. You want to remake a fairly recent movie that can be easily be remade better? Remake Transformers you dickholes.
Guaranteed to be the weirdest remake of the 00s by Mullah Omar	May 14th, 2008 09:34:54 PM
The fact that anyone would remake this film at all is weird. The additional fact that Werner Herzog is doing it is icing on the cake. The trifecta of Herzog wanting Nic Cage to star in this puts the film into lunar territory.
very strange news indeed... by RKO2285	May 14th, 2008 10:39:39 PM
I liked the original and I think this an uneccessary remake but with Herzog doing it, I am interested...
Why remake a borefest? by Motoko Kusanagi	May 15th, 2008 12:56:49 AM
Just askin'

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