Showing posts with label Liam Neeson. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Liam Neeson. Show all posts

Thursday, April 9, 2009

My Love letter to Warner Brothers Studios



Oh Warner Brothers...how I love your studio!

Your studio is a risk taker and you do quality over quantity: you let Chris Nolan set Heath Ledger free in Gotham, you had the Cajones to make Watchmen, your backlot tour is light years better than Universal, etc.

When other studios are fishing from the shore, you are going deep sea fishing. While others are remaking "Underdog" and "Alvin and the Chipmunks". You are going to remake of my favorite childhood films: "Clash of the Titans".

I will admit that when I first heard this, I was not thrilled. It is one of the few "classics" from my childhood that hasn't brought back from the dead, just to be killed with a remake. Most remade films these days are seen as cash cows to kill and feast upon it's opening weekend grosses, and ignore the face that the second week's gross drops by 70%. You are looking to nurture the potential cash cow, and breed it into a franchise. You seem to be looking long term with this remake. You understand the reason the fanboys loved a film in the first place. You take all the good from what was before and breathe new life and love, and restore it to a new level.

Liam Neeson will play Zeus and Ralph Fiennes is Hades.

Oh how very cool is that??? I just had a geekgasm.

I've got your back Warner Brothers...DON'T SCREW THIS REMAKE UP!

Tuesday, September 25, 2007

Gidget goes to Washington

Sally Field will be playing Mrs. Lincoln in the upcoming film by Stephen Spielberg. The man playing the President? Liam Neeson. The film will be based on the book "Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln."

The film is supposed to be set in the time leading up to the Civil War. The film is a long time coming, since Neeson signed on to play "Honest Abe" back in 2005 when Spielberg finished "Munich" and before he started "War of the Worlds".

The film is being developed by Tony Kushner, who wrote the script for "Munich".

I am not sure how to feel about this casting overall. It doesn't really get me excited, but I don't hate it. I have to say that Spielberg is doing some really interesting work the last 5-6 years and I am interested to see where he takes this.