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« Reply #2400 on: February 05, 2010, 02:12:52 PM » |
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http://insidemovies.moviefone.com/2010/02/04/mcg-nest-film-war-romantic-comedy/McG Goes to 'War' With a Romantic Comedy
File this under 1) It's a stretch or 2) Spreading your wings.
Action director McG is in negotiations to helm the romantic comedy "This Means War" with Bradley Cooper and Reese Witherspoon taking on lead roles, according to a report in The Hollywood Reporter. "War," which has been floating around Hollywood since 1998 and at times has had director Gore Verbinski and star Martin Lawrence interested in it, revolves around two best friends who fall in love with the same woman and subsequently have a massive falling out.
McG's expertise is broad-based action, in such films as 'Terminator Salvation' and the two 'Charlie's Angels' outings, and even his attempt at drama, 'We Are Marshall,' was rescued by its football action. Clearly in McG's hands story lines takes a back seat. So what's with a romantic comedy? Is McG going to take this tale of two men and their disintegrating friendship into another realm, kind of like the escalating violence in 'The War of the Roses'? Or is he going to play it straight? But wait, there's more: McG's name is attached to a movie version of the Broadway and Tony-award winning musical 'Spring Awakening,' about the sexual awakening of a group of teens in 19th century Germany. What's going on here?
What do you think?
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« Reply #2401 on: February 05, 2010, 02:32:16 PM » |
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Every time this thread is bumped (shut up, Frances dear), I make a list in my head of movie musicals I think will actually be good. Definitely In the Heights. Now I'm wondering if American Idiot would work if done the way Passing Strange was.
By which I mean that I have lost all interest in an SA movie.
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« Reply #2402 on: February 05, 2010, 05:29:43 PM » |
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I always forget that the SA movie is actually happening, then it gets mentioned like this. It's odd.
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« Reply #2403 on: February 06, 2010, 05:52:05 AM » |
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McG directing the SA movie scares me. A lot. Why the fuck would they want him, of all the possible directors, to do this?
I know it's not official or anything (or is it?), but seriously.
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« Reply #2404 on: February 06, 2010, 12:35:59 PM » |
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Why on earth is Spring Awakening being mentioned along with a tacky romantic comedy?
I don't know if I like this.
I don't like this.
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« Reply #2405 on: February 06, 2010, 12:38:12 PM » |
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Didn't you read the article? They're turning Spring Awakening into a romantic comedy. Obvs.
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« Reply #2406 on: February 06, 2010, 12:41:11 PM » |
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Ha, how fitting.
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« Reply #2407 on: February 06, 2010, 12:45:20 PM » |
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But, really, are you actually confused as to why Spring Awakening was mentioned in that article? It was questioning if McG would be able to handle a romantic comedy because all of his movies favor action over storyline, and then the mention of Spring Awakening is for the same purpose: Could he handle a musical without action? Or would it become very McG and just turn into an action movie.
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« Reply #2408 on: February 06, 2010, 12:47:48 PM » |
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No, no, I get it. I guess it's just that the article to me, seems like a glammed out piece of Hollywood junk in which Spring Awakening's title doesn't seem to fit.
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« Reply #2409 on: February 06, 2010, 12:49:09 PM » |
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I honestly have no idea what you're talking about.
It's an article about the director attached to direct the film, of course they'll mention it.
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« Reply #2410 on: February 06, 2010, 12:50:15 PM » |
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Action is definately something important in the story that wasn't included in the musical. Like how Moritz was supposed shoot himself with an A-K 47 rather than a pistol but Steven, Duncan, and Micheal didn't have the funds or the balls to do it.
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« Reply #2411 on: February 06, 2010, 01:09:04 PM » |
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McG directing the SA movie scares me. A lot. Why the fuck would they want him, of all the possible directors, to do this?
I know it's not official or anything (or is it?), but seriously. Um, it's been official since it was announced last April. And he also directed "We Are Marshall", so it's not like he's only done crazy blowing up things action films. |
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« Reply #2412 on: February 06, 2010, 07:19:10 PM » |
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Yeah, I knew that they had talked about it but I didn't know if he was officially contracted to do it yet. Action is definately something important in the story that wasn't included in the musical. Like how Moritz was supposed shoot himself with an A-K 47 rather than a pistol but Steven, Duncan, and Micheal didn't have the funds or the balls to do it. I lol'd. |
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« Reply #2413 on: February 08, 2010, 05:45:16 PM » |
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« Reply #2414 on: February 10, 2010, 06:29:21 PM » |
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I don't think there should be a movie. I really don't want a SA movie. If they make one, I will go see it, but I really don't want that to happen.
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« Reply #2415 on: February 11, 2010, 04:50:28 AM » |
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I'm still waiting for this to ~actually~ happen. I hope it doesn't. I don't think it could be done correctly by McG(ag).
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« Reply #2416 on: February 16, 2010, 06:07:00 PM » |
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« Reply #2417 on: February 16, 2010, 06:12:30 PM » |
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Huh. I guess it is still happening.
I think the best thing about the movie will be having the songs rerecorded with the fleshed-out harmonies.
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« Reply #2418 on: February 16, 2010, 06:57:30 PM » |
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"It's a classic story of...'I love her, she loves me, and society's going to tear us apart.'"
Um, that's Romeo and Juliet, buddy.
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« Reply #2419 on: February 16, 2010, 07:01:39 PM » |
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Wait. So they're going to show the band in the movie?
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« Reply #2420 on: February 17, 2010, 02:33:13 AM » |
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hmmm....
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« Reply #2421 on: February 17, 2010, 07:37:44 AM » |
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kimberly, you'd be surprised how much they have in common... And I know way too much about that! (I wrote a huge paper on it for school)
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« Reply #2422 on: February 17, 2010, 09:58:54 AM » |
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Yeah, I'd say that it's pretty accurate to say that society was going to try to tear them apart.
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« Reply #2423 on: February 17, 2010, 11:00:45 AM » |
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Um, that's Romeo and Juliet, buddy. Lol Yeah, Spring Awakening is based on Romeo & Juliet. |
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« Reply #2424 on: February 17, 2010, 11:09:18 AM » |
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2011 release? That's soon. Hm.
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