Quickhits: Olyphant/Gordon-Levitt Join Stop Loss, THINKFilm Nabs 10 Items or Less and Check Out the New Casino Royale Trailer!
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Odds and ends from Thursday:
- According to the Hollywood Reporter, two more actors will be joining Ryan Phillippe in Kimberly Pierce's (Boys Don't Cry) drama Stop Loss. Pic, which revolves around a solider (Phillippe) who returns home from Iraq, only to be called back through the military's stop-loss program, has enlisted Timothy Olyphant and Joseph Gordon-Levitt to join its cast. Olyphant will play a "no-nonsense military man," while Gordon-Levitt takes on the role of a returning solider whose personal life is falling apart.
- THINKFilms has nabbed all North American distribution rights for 10 Items or Less, directed by Brad Silberling. The character comedy, which stars Morgan Freeman and Paz Vega, revolves around a picky big-time actor whose reluctance to take on certain roles leaves him suffering through a dry-spell. While considering a role as a supermarket manager, he slowly develops a close relationship with the shop's feisty cashier and, based on the description, it appears the two learn some life-lessons along the way.
- Okay, the best line from the new Casino Royale trailer definitely belongs to Eva Green. While sitting across from Bond (Daniel Craig) on a train, talking business, she goes "I will keep my eye on our governments money and off your perfectly-formed ass." Brilliant! Best. Line. Ever. And that's just a tiny bit worth of this fantastic trailer. If you're one of those people who still needs to be convinced of Casino Royale's awesomeness, then you simply must check out the new rock-your-socks-off preview over on Moviefone. Trust me on this ... it's worth it.
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9-08-2006 @ 9:42AM
RP said...
Casino Royale does indeed look ruddy fantastic. Although that was already my opinion from the first trailer, but the new one is even better.
I grinned like a child throughout.
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9-08-2006 @ 10:11AM
bgdc said...
Screw the naysayers...Craig nails what bond should be for the 21st century. He looks like a guy who is a killer that's been trained to be an agent. Not like a model that kills.
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9-08-2006 @ 1:48PM
The Jeremy said...
Skrew Eon and all of their apologists. The whole idea to make this film gritty in the first place was Pierce Brosnan's. He wanted to do it since *Golden Eye* and with Tarantino in the director's chair. But no, Eon rebuffed that suggestion until they decided to dump Brosnan. If anybody should have been dumped, it should have been all the executives at Eon, not Brosnan.
So because of such ethically-and-intellectually-challenged business decisions, myself and others will not be contributing to this film's box office take. Eon can pound sand until Sony wises up, overrules them, and brings back Brosnan for a decent and gritty send-off film.
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9-08-2006 @ 4:37PM
Max Steel said...
I agree with 'The Jeremy'. Brosnan's films may not be some of the best Bond movies, but he's a great leading man and he made a fantastic Bond.
As to the greatest line ever from Eva Green, I can see why so many A-List actresses turned down the part she plays. Worst line ever.
I hope that crazy McClory guy makes another Thunderball remake and stars Brosnan. That would be the best smack to Eon.
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