Death Wish - remake (D: Eli Roth) S: Bruce Willis
11-20-13, 07:52 PM
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A profanity-laced email that writer-director Joe Carnahan sent MGM's motion picture group president Jonathan Glickman in April began making the industry inbox rounds in mid-November.
Carnahan sent it after he exited MGM's upcoming remake of 1974's Charles Bronson vigilante thriller Death Wish, which Carnahan wrote and was attached to direct. "You had a potential Oscar-winning film with maybe the best script in Hollywood but because you're a coward and a dumb c--- you now have an untested, second-time director and an arrogant, lazy, aging action star that will run that poor kid into the ground," the missive read. (Gerardo Naranjo replaced Carnahan. The star is rumored to be Bruce Willis.)
The letter continued: "Good luck, asshole. You're a spineless, gutless turd who doesn't belong in the business. Enjoy your run as a 'studio head,' Glickman. It's going to be a short one. F--- you, Joe Carnahan."
Turns out, according to Carnahan's camp, this is just all in good fun. "Joe and Jon are old friends," claims Carnahan's rep, Simon Halls. "This is typical banter. Glickman's got it framed in his office. And Joe is working on a project for MGM right now." (It's a TV project called Dogs of War.)
All's well that ends not well, apparently.
Carnahan sent it after he exited MGM's upcoming remake of 1974's Charles Bronson vigilante thriller Death Wish, which Carnahan wrote and was attached to direct. "You had a potential Oscar-winning film with maybe the best script in Hollywood but because you're a coward and a dumb c--- you now have an untested, second-time director and an arrogant, lazy, aging action star that will run that poor kid into the ground," the missive read. (Gerardo Naranjo replaced Carnahan. The star is rumored to be Bruce Willis.)
The letter continued: "Good luck, asshole. You're a spineless, gutless turd who doesn't belong in the business. Enjoy your run as a 'studio head,' Glickman. It's going to be a short one. F--- you, Joe Carnahan."
Turns out, according to Carnahan's camp, this is just all in good fun. "Joe and Jon are old friends," claims Carnahan's rep, Simon Halls. "This is typical banter. Glickman's got it framed in his office. And Joe is working on a project for MGM right now." (It's a TV project called Dogs of War.)
All's well that ends not well, apparently.
11-21-13, 06:48 PM
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11-21-13, 06:57 PM
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Gerardo Naranjo is doing well and I would love to see his take on the material. The Bridge on FX is a great show and his first feature "Miss Bala (Miss Baja)" was gritty as all hell.
11-21-13, 07:09 PM
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It would be nice to see the book's original ending in a filmed-version for once. Highly doubtful it'll appear here.
11-21-13, 07:39 PM
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03-04-16, 11:26 AM
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‘Death Wish’ Revamp With Bruce Willis To Be Helmed By ‘Big Bad Wolves’ Directors Aharon Keshales & Navot Papushado
http://deadline.com/2016/03/death-wi...on-1201714438/
EXCLUSIVE: Paramount and MGM are setting Big Bad Wolves helmers Aharon Keshales & Navot Papushado to direct Bruce Willis in Death Wish, the revamp of the Charles Bronson vigilante franchise that is adapted from the Brian Garfield novel. Production will begin by the summer, I hear. Paramount released the original 1974 hit in conjunction with the Dino De Laurentiis Company, and MGM ended up with those rights, which is why the studios are teamed. Roger Birnbaum is producing.
03-04-16, 11:29 AM
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This will be absolute dogshit almost entirely because it stars Willis. I thought Big Bad Wolves was a pretty good film, but I don't see why it's a fit for these two. Doesn't matter anyway because Willis will sleepwalk his way through the role.
03-04-16, 11:38 AM
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03-04-16, 12:20 PM
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Ugh... this is still a thing?
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re: Death Wish - remake (D: Eli Roth) S: Bruce Willis
Thanks! Added to my list.
But yeah, add me to the group that thinks that Bruce Willis is a really bad choice for the remake.
But yeah, add me to the group that thinks that Bruce Willis is a really bad choice for the remake.
03-04-16, 06:54 PM
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DEATH WISH would work much better with casting against type. After I saw the first one back in 1974 I was upset because it made no sense that so many muggers would go after a tough guy like Bronson. They should have cast someone like Jack Lemmon or Tony Randall for it to have real power.
So for the remake, I'd prefer to see someone like Edward Norton or Paul Giamatti. Or maybe Steve Carell.
So for the remake, I'd prefer to see someone like Edward Norton or Paul Giamatti. Or maybe Steve Carell.