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Cosmopolis (2012, D: Cronenberg) S: Robert Pattinson
From Variety:
David Cronenberg is teaming up with Portuguese producer Paulo Branco to bring Don DeLillo's novel "Cosmopolis" to the screen. Cronenberg will helm and also adapt the 2003 novel for the screen. Story follows a 28-year-old multimillionaire on a 24-hour odyssey across Manhattan. Considered one of America's leading novelists, DeLillo's most acclaimed works include "White Noise" and "Underworld." Branco will produce via his Paris-based shingle Alfama Films and Cronenberg's Toronto-based Antenna LTD. Shooting is skedded for 2010 in Toronto and New York. |
re: Cosmopolis (2012, D: Cronenberg) S: Robert Pattinson
I'm not sure I'm crazy about the premise (I'm imagining a darker version of After Hours) but I like Cronenberg so I'll be there.
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re: Cosmopolis (2012, D: Cronenberg) S: Robert Pattinson
I only needed to read Cronenberg's name and my ticket was as good as bought.
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re: Cosmopolis (2012, D: Cronenberg) S: Robert Pattinson
he still doing that flick with denzel and tom cruise?
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re: Cosmopolis (2012, D: Cronenberg) S: Robert Pattinson
Originally Posted by riotinmyskull
(Post 9596598)
he still doing that flick with denzel and tom cruise?
"Materese Circle died well before MGM suffered its meltdown. We haven't an actual confirmation on why, but all the signs are that Cruise killed it. What is known is that after lobbying Cronenberg to let him play a lead role, Cruise then went behind Cronenberg's back to have the script rewritten as a Tom Cruise vehicle - in other words, treated Cronenberg as a director-for-hire and stole control of the project away from him. Some of us guess that Croneneberg subsequently walked away from it - and rightly so. This isn't unheard of from top stars, a number have their preferred script doctors and use their star power with studios this way. Personally, I think it's despicable behavior, shows an utter contempt for the directors. I'm not a Cruise-hater in general, but this...screw him." As far, as the latest films Cornenberg is working, there is casting news on Cosmopolis, and there will be a a most interesting film with Viggo that will precede it, check out the news here: http://indieethos.wordpress.com/2010...-fleshing-out/ |
re: Cosmopolis (2012, D: Cronenberg) S: Robert Pattinson
Originally Posted by GoldenJCJ
(Post 9596547)
I'm not sure I'm crazy about the premise (I'm imagining a darker version of After Hours) but I like Cronenberg so I'll be there.
Originally Posted by KillerCannibal
(Post 9596576)
I only needed to read Cronenberg's name and my ticket was as good as bought.
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re: Cosmopolis (2012, D: Cronenberg) S: Robert Pattinson
Bump!
Looks like Robert Pattinson is now in the lead role. I told my wife. She said he was good in Remember Me, and "playing Edward the vampire doesn't involve much skill." |
re: Cosmopolis (2012, D: Cronenberg) S: Robert Pattinson
Why can't fucking actors just take their pay for their skills and do what the fuck the directors tell them and say what the writers write for them? They're not forced into taking a job but when they do they should go with what they agreed on. Fuck Cruise if he really pulled that bullshit.
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re: Cosmopolis (2012, D: Cronenberg) S: Robert Pattinson
Originally Posted by dsa_shea
(Post 10576238)
Fuck Cruise if he really pulled that bullshit.
I doubt he pulled that bullshit with Kubrick. |
re: Cosmopolis (2012, D: Cronenberg) S: Robert Pattinson
David Cronenberg...
Originally Posted by SomethingMore
(Post 10576204)
Looks like Robert Pattinson is now in the lead ro...
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re: Cosmopolis (2012, D: Cronenberg) S: Robert Pattinson
Originally Posted by inri222
(Post 10576973)
I doubt he pulled that bullshit with Kubrick.
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re: Cosmopolis (2012, D: Cronenberg) S: Robert Pattinson
Originally Posted by dsa_shea
(Post 10576238)
Why can't fucking actors just take their pay for their skills and do what the fuck the directors tell them and say what the writers write for them? They're not forced into taking a job but when they do they should go with what they agreed on. Fuck Cruise if he really pulled that bullshit.
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re: Cosmopolis (2012, D: Cronenberg) S: Robert Pattinson
Originally Posted by inri222
(Post 10576973)
I doubt he pulled that bullshit with Kubrick.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2006/oct/05/news1 Stanley Kubrick regarded Eyes Wide Shut as a "piece of shit" that had been ruined by the interference of its A-list stars, a friend of the director claimed this week. The character actor R Lee Ermey starred in Kubrick's 1987 film Full Metal Jacket and remained in close contact with the director until his death in March 1999. He described the film-maker as a "shy, timid" man who was effectively bullied by his stars, Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman. "Stanley called me about two weeks before he died," Ermey told Radar Online. "We had a long conversation about Eyes Wide Shut. He told me it was a piece of shit and that he was disgusted with it and that the critics were going to have him for lunch. He said Cruise and Kidman had their way with him - exactly the words he used." Eyes Wide Shut marked Kubrick's return to film-making after a 12-year hiatus. The film was in the final stages of post-production when he died at his home in Hertfordshire. It was finally released to mixed reviews and middling box office. Asked why Kubrick had allowed himself to be strong-armed by his stars, Ermey said, "He was kind of a shy little timid guy. He wasn't real forceful. That's why he didn't appreciate working with big, high-powered actors. They would have their way with him, he would lose control and his movie would turn to shit." During the film's production, Cruise and Kidman were full of praise for the director's methods and claimed that the finished film was exactly as he would have wanted. Discussing the experience of working with Kubrick, Kidman insisted that "it was incredibly rewarding, and I'd do it again in a heartbeat." |
re: Cosmopolis (2012, D: Cronenberg) S: Robert Pattinson
Originally Posted by RagingBull80
(Post 10577007)
:banana:
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re: Cosmopolis (2012, D: Cronenberg) S: Robert Pattinson
So Pattinson is now in the lead. Though I think Farrell is def. the more accomplished actor, I'm sure the final film will still be a Cronenberg film, on that higher otherworldly level that only Cronenberg could produce.
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re: Cosmopolis (2012, D: Cronenberg) S: Robert Pattinson
I wouldn't skip a Cronenberg movie even if Courtney Love was the lead.
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re: Cosmopolis (2012, D: Cronenberg) S: Robert Pattinson
If Cronenberg was able to elicit an effective performance from Marilyn Chambers, I'm sure he will work similar wonders with Pattinson. I'm not worried.
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i'm anxious to hear reactions from twi-hards after they see this because pattinson is in it
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re: Cosmopolis (2012, D: Cronenberg) S: Robert Pattinson
Paul Giamatti and Marion Cotillard will co-star.
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re: Cosmopolis (2012, D: Cronenberg) S: Robert Pattinson
Originally Posted by NoirFan
(Post 10578043)
If Cronenberg was able to elicit an effective performance from Marilyn Chambers, I'm sure he will work similar wonders with Pattinson. I'm not worried.
Plus, as stated by a few others here, nothing would keep me away from a new Cronenberg film. |
re: Cosmopolis (2012, D: Cronenberg) S: Robert Pattinson
Originally Posted by Chadm
(Post 10577532)
R. Lee Ermey is a nutjob. I don't believe this. Kubrick was known to be a bossy guy with a lot of authority, and who was willing to really push his actors to the limit. I've never heard of him being a weak-minded guy, who can be pushed around. |
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I don't know... after a 12-year hiatus, I would imagine the guy wasn't quite as authoritative or confident as he was in the past, especially if there might have been signs of his health deteriorating around that time.
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re: Cosmopolis (2012, D: Cronenberg) S: Robert Pattinson
Originally Posted by SomethingMore
(Post 10578150)
I don't know... after a 12-year hiatus, I would imagine the guy wasn't quite as authoritative or confident as he was in the past, especially if there might have been signs of his health deteriorating around that time.
I still think EWS could have been a great movie if Kubrick had been able to edit it after some screenings, like he did with a lot of his films. |
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R lee could be telling the truth, people want Kubrick to be a mythic figure, but he probably has different relationships with different people, and may have just been venting to him. To other people Kubrick said eyes wid shut is his best flick. So he must have had a complex relationship with it. Artists won't always be cut and dry about their art.
When I heard of the cronenberg summary I thought of eyes wide shut, which he is a big fan of |
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Back on topic...
Has anyone read the book? How was it? |
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