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Here's A Feel-Good Trailer For Gregor Jordan's THE INFORMERS (Written By Bret Easton Ellis)!

Cool by Dignan666	Aug 6th, 2008 12:00:02 AM
Love Easton Ellis.
NEW ORDER by stroyer	Aug 6th, 2008 12:09:14 AM
awesome.
I LOVE IT by whatyoufear	Aug 6th, 2008 12:11:30 AM
I want to see Lunar Park adapted to the screen. MAKE IT SO, Hollywood.
I liked this when it was called LESS THAN ZERO by NomeKing	Aug 6th, 2008 12:12:10 AM
Winona looks anorexic, they don't even show poor Renfro, and I heard that they shot it in URUGUAY pretending to be LA. Been there etc.
And what song MUST play over the credits? by madfigs	Aug 6th, 2008 12:17:24 AM
You know say daddy me snow me gonna blame, A licky boom-boom down
I'm a huge fan of Ellis BUT... by BillEmic	Aug 6th, 2008 12:22:46 AM
This movie looks pretty bad. It just seems grim and humorless. Ellis' work is nihilistic and grim to the extreme, but it's also hilarious. This seems like just another "LA is a pit of sex, drugs, and despair" movie.
Ugh... by LoneGun	Aug 6th, 2008 12:30:41 AM
This trailer is so unappealing. And I say that as one who read and enjoyed the book. Read it when it came out and actually attended a literary festival were Easton Ellis read from it. Interesting guy. If I remember correctly, he said that he writes standing up, at his kitchen counter.
Remake Less than Zero by JoeSixPack	Aug 6th, 2008 12:30:50 AM
it needs to be done. I will watch anything with Ellis attached, though.
A remake of Less than Zero by BillEmic	Aug 6th, 2008 12:48:27 AM
that was incredibly true to the book would be much appreciated. It's a shame that they didn't get it right the first time around, as Robert Downey was perfect casting.
Period piece? by SunTzu77	Aug 6th, 2008 01:11:31 AM
None of the clothes or hairstyles reflect the 80's.
I'm pissed I didn't see this when I had the chance by IndustryKiller!	Aug 6th, 2008 01:26:10 AM
It looks like it was actually fucking SHOT in the 80's, which is pretty damn awesome. Looks pretty great overall, what with the pounds and pounds of cynicism layered on there....yup my kind of movie. And Winona Rider will never stop being the hottest Gen-X poster girl as far as I'm concerned.
Renfro by robzass	Aug 6th, 2008 01:29:09 AM
This is his last performance right?
And Ellis' cinematic track record is fucking solid. by IndustryKiller!	Aug 6th, 2008 01:30:22 AM
American Psycho, Less Than Zero, Rules of Attraction all great films. The mans work translates.
Brad Renfro is in this? by kataklysmic	Aug 6th, 2008 01:30:54 AM
jesus, how long ago was this shot? And can't Bret Easton Ellis just off himself already? I mean, how many decades can you wallow in the depths of human depravity. For the love of god, go to Disney World or something guy...
~~~OH SORRY! THOUGHT THIS WAS TO FLAME MICHAEL BAY~~~ by The Marquis de Side 3	Aug 6th, 2008 01:49:12 AM
so it's "INFORMERS" not "TRANSFORMERS"! I'll just go to the other page. excuse me =0p
Hmmm... by SunTzu77	Aug 6th, 2008 01:49:17 AM
I respectfully disagree...no one has an 80's haircut or clothing in this trailer. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v =rlAXMgudYo8 ; the 80's were gaudy and loud colors...poofy hair...shoulder pads....... I'm just saying. http://content7.flixster.com/p hoto/30/97/21/3097217_gal.jpg; http://content7.flixster.com/p hoto/99/12/35/9912353_gal.jpg
Hell... by SunTzu77	Aug 6th, 2008 01:51:41 AM
Look at Less than Zero... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v =Suag57NzcUE
Glamorama by thinboyslim.	Aug 6th, 2008 02:37:11 AM
would make an awesome adaptation, especially with the current climate of celebrity and terrorism.
dude... beaks... by Muldoon	Aug 6th, 2008 03:02:11 AM
that was no where near a feel good movie, you sir as badass as you are, are a liar... i just dont know if ill ever be able to trust your stuff again dude... and the trailer looks badass, hope/think itll kick ned kelly's ass
what happened to routh? by orange cinema	Aug 6th, 2008 03:07:48 AM
he's supposed to be in this, AND it looks like they cut the vampire stuff out too.
Hell no need to watch it now, they played the by SID 8.0	Aug 6th, 2008 03:56:22 AM
whole movie in the trailer. I hate that.
Ellis co-wrote the script by s0nicdeathmonkey	Aug 6th, 2008 04:21:39 AM
so, it should be faithful.
Is Jordan off Tripods trilogy? by red_weed	Aug 6th, 2008 05:07:12 AM
I want to see the tripods movies and last I heard he was supposed to be making them after this film... but I dunno what's going on with it now. Man I wanna see them tripods!
Dead wrong on the 80s by auraboy	Aug 6th, 2008 06:29:04 AM
No only Miami Vice was loud colours and pastel hues and big shoulder pads and that's because it was Miami. Look at an actual fashion magazine from the period this is set and you'll see how most L.A kids dressed is a lot more like this movie. It's all wayfarers and black suits...er kind of like today actually. Seriously the 80s is not the day-glo music videos - at least not for most people. Ellis should know, this is more or less short novels based around his life growing up in L.A plus a load of vampire stuff thrown in for laughs. I always thought the bored 80s vampires were pretty good overstated satire. But I guess some people take everything seriously. Some people apparently took American Psycho as a homophobic novel. Okay...
INFORMER, YOUKNOWSAYDADDYMESNOWMEGONNABLAM E... by tylerzero	Aug 6th, 2008 06:43:24 AM
A LICKY BOOM BOOM DOWN.
Avery was going to make Glamorama, but by beastie	Aug 6th, 2008 06:53:51 AM
I guess he couldn't get financing and then that whole DUI/manslaughter thing happened. I think Avery owns the adaptation rights, too so we probably will never see it. If you squint really hard and listen to loud pop music while watching it, though, you could pretend Zoolander is actually Glamorama.
beastie by thinboyslim.	Aug 6th, 2008 07:34:13 AM
that my friend is hilarious.
Looks Like Shit by jjn1268019	Aug 6th, 2008 08:39:08 AM
The book was okay, definetly not Ellis' best work, the trailer looks terrible. There seems to be no comedy in the film what so ever, much like Less Than Zero, which I thought was anything but entertaining. I always considered The Informers (novel) Less Than Zero's bastard child, I think this film may live up to that. Also I heard they took out the vampires! By far that was the only interesting part of the book. I cant imagine sitting through this in a theater, unless heavily sedated. Other than American Psycho all the other adaptations of his work have been crap. Rules of Attraction I thought was his best work but I was very disappointed in what Roger Avery did with that, HORRIBLE CASTING! James Vander Beak! Get the fuck out! Who would cast that asshole? Dont they realize his head is 4 times the size of a regular human head and when but on a BIG SCREEN he looks like a fucking retard. Not to mention half way through the film it looked like they went over budget and had to use scraps left over on the cutting room floor... but I digress, this trailer looks like shit.
Thanks thinboyslim by beastie	Aug 6th, 2008 09:30:02 AM
When I saw Zoolander, I thought that it must be, in the very least, inspired by Glamorama. The similarities are astounding.
Renfro is in the trailer by filmcoyote	Aug 6th, 2008 09:31:38 AM
look again. He's in about three moments in a row and has a line in it
The Informers is Ellis's worst book by Lovecraftfan	Aug 6th, 2008 09:54:51 AM
Its Less Than Zero remade and far less powerful.
re: Renfro by memento108	Aug 6th, 2008 10:16:09 AM
Kinda silly to not mention in this article that Renfro is in the trailer. Come on, man...
SNOW! by ironic_name	Aug 6th, 2008 11:13:11 AM
AUTOBOTS, ROLL OUT!
I'm with thinboyslim... by hollywoodsummers	Aug 6th, 2008 11:13:41 AM
Why aren't they doing Glamorama?? Much better story than this film. Probably cause the "terrorist" plot scares them... but look at Dark Knight, right.
A LICKY BOOM BOOM DOWN! by ironic_name	Aug 6th, 2008 11:14:36 AM

gay vampire superman deserves to get made by ironic_name	Aug 6th, 2008 11:16:23 AM

I thought Brandon Routh was in this by #1 Zero	Aug 6th, 2008 11:19:40 AM
I heard a while back that Brandon Routh (superman) played a vampire bouncer in this or something, and one of the olsen twins was in it. I guess that either changed or never actually happened.
This looks really impressive by Neo Zeed	Aug 6th, 2008 11:22:14 AM
80's rule!
Lovecraftfan: Worse than Lunar Park?! by Royston Lodge	Aug 6th, 2008 11:38:27 AM
Wow. That's pretty bad.
According to Maxim... by Lenny Nero	Aug 6th, 2008 12:34:58 PM
...Amber Heard gets all kinds of naked and nailed in this one.
Thought THE INFORMERS said TRANSFORMERS by SlickyVonBoner	Aug 6th, 2008 01:00:16 PM
damn. Where are my glasses?
The Door in the Floor 2: Still Humpin' Young Dudes by Goochbag	Aug 6th, 2008 03:34:37 PM
That's what it looks like to me.
This looks like shit. by Zeldas	Aug 6th, 2008 04:42:55 PM
I'd rather watch a season of Gossip Girl.
Ellis by SunTzu77	Aug 6th, 2008 04:54:40 PM
isn't the only one who grew up in the 80's. If they were to remove the intro to that trailer...and present it to an audience of past yuppies from the 80's...they wouldn't be able to identify the period. Besides that point... the trailer doesn't do anything for me.
But, by SunTzu77	Aug 6th, 2008 04:54:55 PM
I do wish Ellis the best.

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