I had a thought about "47 Ronin." Given that Pacific Rim was influenced by anime, that it was more successful outside of the US, and the importance of the Chinese market to films, I think that after the comic book movie bubble bursts (soon, please), then Hollywood will start to mine Chinese, Korean & Japanese mythology and history for the next fad. I can't say I'd be disappointed to see some epic ancient stories or some modern adaptations of Eastern mythology.
Tusk will be Kevin Smith's next movie, rather than Clerks III. It started as a fucked up story on his Smodcast, and he wrote a script while waiting for work from the Weinstein company on Clerks III, and now it is turning into a low-budget horror flick, set to star Michael Parks (Abin Cooper from Red State, along with many other roles), and Smith wants Quentin Tarrantino to play a cop in the movie. Spoilered, even though it is silly, but it is what the movie is about: Spoiler The story (and you can hear it in his podcast, so it isn't really spoilers) is that a guy played by Parks kidnaps someone and surgically turns him into a walrus.
So, instead of "Human Centipede" it's "Human Walrus"? I doubt this will get much traction with mainstream audiences, but if he gets it done in time for Sundance(like he has planned) it will get a cult following. Who am I kidding, it's Kevin Smith. There will always be a cult following. I grew up with Kevin in NJ. He was(is) a nice guy, but I think the weed is rotting his brain.
He should stick with screwball comedy (not including Cop Out) at least they have some laughs. Red State was a failure.
How much pot does it take to be sitting around and go "I got it! Walrus! And I'll name the flick Tusk!" I could have sworn I listened to a podcast and Smith said Clerks 3 would be his final film. Maybe he made enough off of Red State that he thinks his walrus movie will do ok too.
I don't think Red State was a failure at all. He made back his budget in just the roadshow he went with around the country. Everything else was gravy. It wasn't a wide spread hit, but I don't believe that was his intention. The days of thinking Kevin Smith is going to churn out media to make giant profits or receive critical acclaim are long gone.
Pretty much this. If you listen to his podcasts (and admittedly he has gotten WAY crazy with the weed) he is all about small budgets and making movies as fiscally responsible as possible. He spent his entire Red State tour railing against the marketing budgets to release a movie. You can tell he largely blamed the marketing of the Weinsteins for Zack and Miri failing, and he REALLY seems to dislike Harvey Weinstein now. So apparently what he really wants to do is make the cheapest possible movies and projects to make money and tell stories, while basically doing no marketing outside his own little circle that already listen to his podcasts and follow his twitter. He basically said he sees zero reason to market his movies to anyone BUT his audience, because no one but his audience will show up. He tells a story about advertising Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back on Lifetime (which does seem really fucking stupid), and how that was just a total waste of money, and it bothered him. It mostly bothered him because his movies, despite whatever marketing was behind them, never made great box office money, so he really didn't see the point in marketing that was ineffective and expensive. I think he fucked up by saying he was 'retiring' from directing movies, because I knew something like this would hit. He'd be inspired by something, and end up doing it, and then having to explain how he said he was going to retire, but he isn't really retired at all. As for this movie, he describes how it came about pretty well in that blog I linked. He really didn't seem to have any intention to turn that into a movie, it was just a silly concept he was shooting the shit about in a podcast, and while he was bored and waiting, he decided to just run with it and write it to kill time, and it turned into a movie. As for Red State, I actually enjoyed it (gasp!). I found it unsettling at times, creepy at times, and it definitely had some twists and turns to it. The only thing that I think would've made it better would be if he actually DID have the rapture at the end of the movie, instead of having a Cop Out (see what I did there!?) ending. Personally, I thought Michael Parks fucking killed it as the creepy pastor in that movie. Everyone I've talked to has either despised the movie, or loved it. I guess I fall on the loved it end, but I can see why some people hated it.
When the film is finished, but you're not releasing it until December AND you have Led Zeppelin as your trailer music, I think you're intentionally trying to break the record for Oscar nominations . . . Jennifer Lawrence, Christian Bale, Amy Adams, Jeremy Renner, Bradley Cooper, Robert De Niro, Michael Peña, Louis C.K. and others
I feel like I've just been preached to by Jehovah's Witnesses trying to convince me of some shit that at least one of us knows isn't true and probably both.
I read the book, and honestly, just pass. Re-watch Black Hawk Down or Generation Kill, and pass on this nonsense. They haven't really made a great war movie about the shit in Afghanistan/Iraq that I've seen, except for The Hurt Locker.
That one of the dumbest war movies I've ever seen. Either they completely ignored their military advisors, didn't have any, or the ones they did had never been to Iraq.
Re: Re: Upcoming Movies Thread I agree, terrible on all fronts, bomb disposal tech can't hit a stationary target with a barret but then magically hits a running target? GTFO