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Post by HoudiniDerek on Dec 22, 2008 13:58:03 GMT -5
I can believe that, Eve. It's one of the best suggestions I have heard for him.
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Post by amyk on Jan 7, 2009 2:19:39 GMT -5
My sister heard an interview on the radio yesterday with SJC about the new TAT he is producing. The only info I got from her though is that it is similar to the old but updated with Iraq war vets. She didn't hear the whole interview.
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Post by earthdogue on Jan 28, 2009 16:13:59 GMT -5
www.variety.com/VR1117999155.html Fox assembles 'A-Team' Carnahan, Scotts join remake set for 2010 By MICHAEL FLEMING January 28, 2009 Twentieth Century Fox has assembled a creative team to transform 1980s TV series "The A-Team" into a summer 2010 film. Studio has set Joe Carnahan to direct and Ridley Scott to produce, with Tony Scott exec producing through their Scott Free banner. Also producing are Jules Daly and Stephen J. Cannell, the latter of whom created the original TV series. Carnahan will team with Brian Bloom to polish a script by Skip Woods ("G.I. Joe"). The intention is to start production by June for a June 11, 2010, release. Fox has struggled to find a way to exploit the branded TV show while avoiding the series' campy tone. Director John Singleton had most recently been attached to such an attempt before dropping out. Woods came in and started over. "Tony and I feel that marrying this Scott Free project with Joe's sensibility will result in a fast-paced, exciting franchise, one we hope will be around for years to come," Scott said. Carnahan and the Scott brothers say they will use the original premise of the series as the template for an action film. In the original, four Vietnam vets convicted of armed robbery escape from military prison and became do-gooder mercenaries. The Middle East will replace Vietnam as the place the four did their tour of duty, but Carnahan said the origin story is the jumping-off point. "You can ... make a film that reflects on the real world without losing the great sense of fun and the velocity of action in a classic summer popcorn film," Carnahan said. Carnahan has put his Pablo Escobar film "Killing Pablo" on the back burner. The project was complicated by the bankruptcy filing made by the Yari Film Group. "I am determined to make that movie there or elsewhere, but it's an interesting time in Hollywood, and you have to be aware when you get the opportunity to step into a business model that is working," Carnahan said, noting that many of the top-grossing studio films are based on branded properties. "This was a coveted property, and reimagining a show that I remembered as a kid was tough to turn down," Carnahan said. "Fox hired me to make it as emotional, real and accessible as possible without cheesing it up."
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Post by mizhowlinmad on Jan 28, 2009 17:13:53 GMT -5
First of all, welcome, earthdogue, to our crazy corner of TAT fandom! Pull up a chair and stick around. "Fox has struggled to find a way to exploit the branded TV show while avoiding the series' campy tone. " We *like* the "campy tone." We don't want it to be changed. "Tony and I feel that marrying this Scott Free project with Joe's sensibility will result in a fast-paced, exciting franchise, one we hope will be around for years to come," Scott said. A-Team 2? 3? Naaaaah. '"You can ... make a film that reflects on the real world without losing the great sense of fun and the velocity of action in a classic summer popcorn film" Carnahan said. " No, you really can't, because the laws of logic and physics are so different in TAT world...and it's such a product of the events and times of the 1980s. "This was a coveted property, and reimagining a show that I remembered as a kid was tough to turn down," Carnahan said. "Fox hired me to make it as emotional, real and accessible as possible without cheesing it up." But...you guys are totally missing the point. It *is* a cheesy show. That's why we all love it. ;D
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Post by amyk on Jan 28, 2009 20:11:36 GMT -5
Before I read your comment, miz, I had already copied the following in order to make my own comments about it:
But then you basically took the words right out of my mouth. So I don't really have anything to add other than my plea to SJC would be PLEASE DON'T RUIN THIS SHOW BY MAKING THE MOVIE! Since he is not likely to listen to me, I'll just continue in the hope that something will happen so that the execs pull the plug on this project. ;D
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Post by amyk on Jan 28, 2009 20:12:23 GMT -5
Come to think of it, even if they make a horrendous movie, I will not allow it to ruin the show for me!
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Post by HoudiniDerek on Jan 29, 2009 20:58:53 GMT -5
It is sad that they are doing this to the show. Faceman has often said that they have changed the whole premise. He originally said he would not guest star in it if it did. I am not sure if that has changed or not, but I hope not.
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Post by amyk on Jan 30, 2009 1:33:53 GMT -5
I hope all the original actors boycott it. But they may feel a sense of obligation to SJC if he asks them to be in it, so if that is the case, I would understand if they would go ahead and be in it. But I think I will likely boycott it even if any of the originals are in it. Plus, I probably won't be around to see it in the theaters anyway. And I refuse to buy it or rent it on DVD.
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Post by mosame on Jan 30, 2009 16:11:49 GMT -5
Since you can't tell whether you like something or not unless you've seen it, I'm going to watch it, even though I don't like the whole idea and I don't think this is going to be good or funny or interesting...
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Post by mizhowlinmad on Jan 30, 2009 16:18:53 GMT -5
I have mixed feelings about it. Amy and HD, I know you're more traditionalists, and I really agree with that perspective in most ways. But I don't know if the curiousity in me would be enough to stay away from it. How about a compromise: I watch it on an airplane as an in-flight movie. No, wait, they never show movies involving airplane crashes as in-flight movies. Never mind. It really depends for me as who they get to play Murdock. If it's Woody Harrelson I adamantly refuse. Jim Carrey, probably ditto. My choice would be Robert Downey Jr., but he's such a big star again, he'd probably be unavailable.
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Post by mosame on Jan 30, 2009 16:45:13 GMT -5
The point is that these guys cannot be replaced. Anyone who dares to do it will be nothing but a poor imitator for me...
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Post by HoudiniDerek on Jan 30, 2009 16:49:33 GMT -5
I would watch it out of curiosity, but it would not be the A-TEAM to me. It would be a movie about fugitives.
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Post by mizhowlinmad on Jan 30, 2009 16:51:50 GMT -5
The point is that these guys cannot be replaced. Anyone who dares to do it will be nothing but a poor imitator for me... You're exactly right, Mosame. Isn't it sad to think of Jim Carrey or some other "manic" actor pretending to be Murdock? I also hate the idea that these Hollywood types feel like they have to "modernize" all these movies based on beloved TV shows. I mean, if they made an Andy Griffith movie, would they have Andy and Barney breaking out .357s and Uzis on the bad guys? Of course not (even though they've probably considered it.) We *like* the fact that TAT can't hit the broad side of a barn. We like their goofy character interaction and witty banter. We love the cheerfully non-harmful violence. If we want to watch violence, sex, death, and mayhem, we'll just turn on the nightly news.
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Post by mosame on Jan 30, 2009 17:03:14 GMT -5
Maybe I exaggerate but I think Jim Carrey imitates DS. Only he seems less spontaneous and therefore less natural...
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Post by mizhowlinmad on Jan 30, 2009 17:13:34 GMT -5
Maybe I exaggerate but I think Jim Carrey imitates DS. Only he seems less spontaneous and therefore less natural... I would have to agree. There's a scene in the original ACE VENTURA in which he's trying to act crazy to get thrown in a mental hospital, and now that I look back, he's impersonating DS all the way. The major difference I see between DS and JC is that JC constantly mugs for the camera and can be very irritating. DS has a softer side and allows his fellow actors to really play off what he's doing, which makes whatever he's doing funnier. (That's a kind way of putting it.)
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