New Films in Production

[SpiderBaby]

It's going to be like Meet the Fockers, 88 Minutes, Love Ranch, and, um, a meticulous restoration of all of Powell & Pressburger's films, all rolled into one!

Really. This is like a wait and see type thing, with low expectations going in. When was the last time any of them did anything worth while? If it wasn't for Scorsese (who I might add might turn this into Departed 2, not Casino 2.) this news would be skipped over. Too bad Pacino could of never joined the "gang" so-to-say in the early 90s.

[flyonthewall2983]

If it was anyone but Scorsese, I probably wouldn't have bothered posting it here. Those three films had guys helming it who couldn't direct traffic next to Martin.

[James Mills]

Sheesh, I don't understand how you guys can get so excited for what may very well be another (half hearted) effort from the Coens yet downsize the idea of Scorsese working with two of the best actors of all time... it's not as if they lost their talents while cashing in the past decade.

[flyonthewall2983]

Plus it's Pacino working for the first time with Scorsese and Pesci.

[SpiderBaby]

Plus it's Pacino working for the first time with Scorsese and Pesci.

Hoping for Pesci to have a big role in this. Would love to see some Pesci/Pacino screen time.

[Kellen]

Looks like Harvey Keitel might be in it as well.

[Brian C]

Really. This is like a wait and see type thing, with low expectations going in. When was the last time any of them did anything worth while?

Stone wasn't all that bad. Interesting in spots, albeit more for Norton's character than De Niro's. Still, I don't regret seeing it, and it required more from De Niro than simply showing up. So I'd say it was 'worthwhile'.

That said, my initial reaction to this news is a little like my reaction to each new Rolling Stones tour. Which is basically, "good for them."

Looks like Harvey Keitel might be in it as well.

Hell, why stop there? Surely Ray Liotta must be available too. And Christopher Walken really ought to have been in a Scorsese movie at some point, so let's get him also. Show that Stallone fella a thing or two about omnibus casting, Marty!

[oldsheperd]

I'm pretty sure Cybil Sheppard, Albert Brooks, Cathy Moriarty, Cheech and Chong, Griffin Dunn, Catherine O'Hara, Rosanna Arquette, Jerry Lewis, Sandra Bernhardt, John Goodman and Ving Rhames could make appearances.

[Brian C]

With cameos from Liza Minnelli, Jack Nicholson, Winona Ryder, and that kid from Kundun ... brilliant!

[Brian C]

The new Miramax: developing sequels based on every remotely successful movie they ever made.

[Tom Hagen]

Haters are going to hate. Personally, I'm just happy that there will be a Leo-free Scorsese film for the first time in a decade. He's done excellent work, but it will be a fresh change of scenery to bring DeNiro and Pesci back (never thought I'd type any part of that last sentence).

[Grand Illusion]

Tarr's new film has a runtime!!!

150 minutes

Too short.

[SpiderBaby]

Haters are going to hate. Personally, I'm just happy that there will be a Leo-free Scorsese film for the first time in a decade. He's done excellent work, but it will be a fresh change of scenery to bring DeNiro and Pesci back (never thought I'd type any part of that last sentence).

What you said about the Leo-free film stuff could go hand in hand of why people feel Marty hasn't done anything good since 95' (though I don't think that). So the "haters" might just feel that way until we see Pesci smashing someone's face in.

[flyonthewall2983]

Amen.

[ambrose]

Veteran director Yoji Yamada will direct Tokyo Story homage!.

It apparently will be a contemporary take on Tokyo Story with the working title of Tokyo Family

[flyonthewall2983]

Interesting article from the Hollywood Reporter on Don Cheadle's involvement with the Miles Davis biopic, which by now is still a screenplay being passed around to see who bites. At this point in his life, I think Don could pull off playing a younger Miles as well as in middle-age.

[Cosmic Bus]

Zhang Yimou brings Christian Bale on board for a project about the Nanjing massacre.

[Grand Illusion]

Zhang Yimou brings Christian Bale on board for a project about the Nanjing massacre.

Empire of the Sun II. Straight to DVD sequel.

[ianungstad]

Hopefully it's better than his two most recent films. A Woman, a gun and a Noodle Shop was pretty underwhelming. The few reviews of Under the Hawthorn Tree I've read have unfortunately been almost all negative.

[Cosmic Bus]

First Ridley Scott, then Todd Field, and now James Franco(?!) looking to write and direct Blood Meridian.

[Markson]

Robert Pattinson has been selected to star in Cronenberg's adaptation of DeLillo's Cosmopolis.

[perkizitore]

I hope that's not true!

[James Mills]

yeah wtf

[perkizitore]

I can finally picture the girlies in my film class watching a Cronenberg picture

[swo17]

I can't believe Cronenberg's going to make his next three films starring some guy from Lord of the Rings.