Jodie Foster to star in and direct "The Beaver"
07-10-09, 09:49 AM
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Jodie Foster to star in and direct "The Beaver"
Let the jokes begin. But this is true. From Variety:
Mel Gibson will star in "The Beaver" for director Jodie Foster.
The script, written by Kyle Killen, topped the Blacklist in December.
Gibson will play a depressed man who finds solace in wearing a beaver hand-puppet. On top of helming, Foster will play the role of the man’s wife.
Foster boarded the project and brought it to Gibson, with whom she co-starred in 1994's "Maverick."
Anonymous Content's Steve Golin and Keith Redmon will produce the film. Producers are pushing for a September start date in New York.
Financing for the $18 million-$19 million pic has yet to be finalized. A studio could pick up the project or it could go the indie route, as Golin did with Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu's "Babel."
It's possible that Gibson's production company Icon could get involved in some way. Icon has distribution shingles in territories such as the U.K. and Australia.
Project had several star and director combos circling -- including Steve Carell and Jay Roach -- over the past several months.
Pic brings Foster back to feature directing for the third time, after 1991's "Little Man Tate" and 1995's "Home for the Holidays."
Mel Gibson will star in "The Beaver" for director Jodie Foster.
The script, written by Kyle Killen, topped the Blacklist in December.
Gibson will play a depressed man who finds solace in wearing a beaver hand-puppet. On top of helming, Foster will play the role of the man’s wife.
Foster boarded the project and brought it to Gibson, with whom she co-starred in 1994's "Maverick."
Anonymous Content's Steve Golin and Keith Redmon will produce the film. Producers are pushing for a September start date in New York.
Financing for the $18 million-$19 million pic has yet to be finalized. A studio could pick up the project or it could go the indie route, as Golin did with Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu's "Babel."
It's possible that Gibson's production company Icon could get involved in some way. Icon has distribution shingles in territories such as the U.K. and Australia.
Project had several star and director combos circling -- including Steve Carell and Jay Roach -- over the past several months.
Pic brings Foster back to feature directing for the third time, after 1991's "Little Man Tate" and 1995's "Home for the Holidays."
07-10-09, 09:56 AM
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Re: Jodie Foster to star in and direct "The Beaver"
Um this sounds horrible
07-10-09, 09:59 AM
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Re: Jodie Foster to star in and direct "The Beaver"
Goddamn misleading title..
This is just like the time I went to "Stoner's Pot Palace" and found only cookware.
This is just like the time I went to "Stoner's Pot Palace" and found only cookware.
07-10-09, 10:05 AM
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Re: Jodie Foster to star in and direct "The Beaver"
So we have a lesbian directing an anti-semite in a movie about beaver.
Yeah, audience is shrinking.
Yeah, audience is shrinking.
07-10-09, 10:26 AM
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Re: Jodie Foster to star in and direct "The Beaver"
Jodie Foster attracted to the beaver. Who'd a thunk it?
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07-10-09, 10:49 AM
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Re: Jodie Foster to star in and direct "The Beaver"
What genre is this? A dark comedy? A standard comedy? Or maybe a weird drama?
I could see this premise going several ways in tone, from quirky like "Lars and the Real Girl" to mushy like "Patch Adams".
I could see this premise going several ways in tone, from quirky like "Lars and the Real Girl" to mushy like "Patch Adams".
07-10-09, 12:15 PM
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Re: Jodie Foster to star in and direct "The Beaver"
I, for one, look forward to a film filled with clever wordplay, because I understand Ms. Foster is quite the cunning linguist.
07-10-09, 12:36 PM
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Whoever it was that decided Jodie Foster had any talent and started her career should be shot.
I've never seen a movie she was in that she didn't bring down a few notches by her mere presence and lack of talent.
I've never seen a movie she was in that she didn't bring down a few notches by her mere presence and lack of talent.
07-10-09, 04:31 PM
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