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    #992
    Agent Coulson
    Registered Users Posts: 60,285 ✭✭✭✭Agent Coulson


    Charlize Theron wants to star in a LGBTQ+ Die Hard Reboot.


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    #993
    Agent Coulson
    Registered Users Posts: 60,285 ✭✭✭✭Agent Coulson


    Paramount Movies will be hitting Paramount+ 30, 45 & 90 days after there cinematic release.

    Paramount will also being remaking and rebooting back catalogue films and TV series Love Story, Fatal Attraction, Flashdance, The Italian Job, The Parallax View, Paranormal Activity, and Pet Sematary


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    #994
    Mr Crispy
    Registered Users Posts: 7,651 ✭✭✭Mr Crispy


    David Fincher is set to direct the Netflix feature The Killer, based on a graphic novel about a contract killer who develops a conscience. It will be penned by Andrew Kevin Walker who collaborated with Fincher on Seven, Fight Club, and The Game. Michael Fassbender is in talks to star (Variety).


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    #995
    TICKLE_ME_ELMO
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 23,925 Mod ✭✭✭✭TICKLE_ME_ELMO


    I see Nomadland is going to be released on Disney Plus in April, no extra charge beyond subscription.


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    #996
    Agent Coulson
    Registered Users Posts: 60,285 ✭✭✭✭Agent Coulson


    TICKLE_ME_ELMO wrote: »
    I see Nomadland is going to be released on Disney Plus in April, no extra charge beyond subscription.

    It's been free on Hulu for a while now.


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    #997
    The Black Oil
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Regional East Moderators Posts: 18,204 CMod ✭✭✭✭The Black Oil


    Not bad, internet. Not had at all.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bEzbim8peGU

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8n9q0TNYIl0

    Moderator: Television, Psychology and Dublin County North.

    CMod: Entertainment



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    #998
    Agent Coulson
    Registered Users Posts: 60,285 ✭✭✭✭Agent Coulson


    Avatar is once again the highest grossing film of all time after getting a re-release in China this week.


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    #999
    silverharp
    Registered Users Posts: 17,840 ✭✭✭✭silverharp


    this blew my mind when I saw this recently, hadnt seen the film since I was about 10 but remember I thought there was something odd about this scene as most or all of this scene was cut out, this explains it

    https://twitter.com/IXAeroMaestroXI/status/1317688345275863040

    A belief in gender identity involves a level of faith as there is nothing tangible to prove its existence which, as something divorced from the physical body, is similar to the idea of a soul. - Colette Colfer



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    #1000
    Tony EH
    Registered Users Posts: 18,910 ✭✭✭✭Tony EH


    ^
    It hasn't been cut from the film since the 80's.


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    #1001
    silverharp
    Registered Users Posts: 17,840 ✭✭✭✭silverharp


    Agent Coulson wrote: »
    Charlize Theron wants to star in a LGBTQ+ Die Hard Reboot.

    if Joanne McClane and Hanna Gruber make out at the end, then I guess...

    A belief in gender identity involves a level of faith as there is nothing tangible to prove its existence which, as something divorced from the physical body, is similar to the idea of a soul. - Colette Colfer



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    #1002
    CastorTroy
    Registered Users Posts: 28,794 ✭✭✭✭CastorTroy


    silverharp wrote: »
    if Joanne McClane and Hanna Gruber make out at the end, then I guess...

    Yeah, dunno how it would work. Not like there was much of a relationship in it outside of John and Holly.


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    #1003
    jill_valentine
    Registered Users Posts: 7,090 ✭✭✭jill_valentine


    She's already in an LGBTQ+ Highlander, so works for me.


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    #1004
    silverharp
    Registered Users Posts: 17,840 ✭✭✭✭silverharp


    jill_valentine wrote: »
    She's already in an LGBTQ+ Highlander, so works for me.

    I hope Dame Judy Dench is playing Sean Connery's role

    A belief in gender identity involves a level of faith as there is nothing tangible to prove its existence which, as something divorced from the physical body, is similar to the idea of a soul. - Colette Colfer



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    #1005
    mikhail
    Registered Users Posts: 3,863 ✭✭✭mikhail


    Agent Coulson wrote: »
    Charlize Theron wants to star in a LGBTQ+ Die Hard Reboot.
    They haven't made a good Die Hard in quite some time, and while Willis has still shown something in the likes of RED, I'm okay with a reboot. I don't care if they make the lead a lesbian or whatever, but I don't have any confidence that they'll make a good movie. Die Hard was a lightning strike - it has no business being as good as it is. The sequels have seen diminishing returns.


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    #1006
    silverharp
    Registered Users Posts: 17,840 ✭✭✭✭silverharp


    mikhail wrote: »
    They haven't made a good Die Hard in quite some time, and while Willis has still shown something in the likes of RED, I'm okay with a reboot. I don't care if they make the lead a lesbian or whatever, but I don't have any confidence that they'll make a good movie. Die Hard was a lightning strike - it has no business being as good as it is. The sequels have seen diminishing returns.

    it will end up being sexist , it will be a film where a woman beats up and kills men the whole time, almost unwatchable out the gate, unless Hanna Gruber's team are all women too :pac:

    A belief in gender identity involves a level of faith as there is nothing tangible to prove its existence which, as something divorced from the physical body, is similar to the idea of a soul. - Colette Colfer



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    #1007
    jill_valentine
    Registered Users Posts: 7,090 ✭✭✭jill_valentine


    silverharp wrote: »
    I hope Dame Judy Dench is playing Sean Connery's role

    Sorry, glib reference to The Old Guard. The movie is oddly coy about it but she and the Quynh character were lovers.


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    #1008
    pixelburp
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Entertainment Moderators Posts: 35,941 CMod ✭✭✭✭pixelburp


    As said already, Die Hard is a franchise that's dead as a dodo anyway, and don't care what Charlize _wants_ to do with the franchise. I want to be a millionaire but unlikely to happen. If she wants to make it LGBTQ+? Cool, doesn't affect me or the franchise in any way.

    Does make me speculate if Theron could acquire the rights to "Nothing Lasts Forever", the book on which Die Hard was based - yes it was based on a novel, for those not in the know!


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    #1009
    FunLover18
    Registered Users Posts: 6,793 ✭✭✭FunLover18


    Die Hard is a recognisable IP. Personally I'd prefer a reboot to more dull sequels with phone in performances from Willis. There was talk of doing a prequel a few years ago which is just so stupid.


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    #1010
    Tony EH
    Registered Users Posts: 18,910 ✭✭✭✭Tony EH


    One Die Hard movie was good. The first one, that's all. One dumb movie that managed something entertaining despite being absolutely ridiculous.

    Amazes me how people keep clinging to a recognisable title when the clear diminishing returns over the course of decades is there for everyone to see.


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    #1011
    jill_valentine
    Registered Users Posts: 7,090 ✭✭✭jill_valentine


    FunLover18 wrote: »
    Die Hard is a recognisable IP. Personally I'd prefer a reboot to more dull sequels with phone in performances from Willis. There was talk of doing a prequel a few years ago which is just so stupid.

    I'm not sure she's necessarily suggesting an actual name brand Die Hard movie, so much as a take on that general premise, ie one character having to scrounge together the means to outwit a much slicker group of baddies with hostages.


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    #1012
    FunLover18
    Registered Users Posts: 6,793 ✭✭✭FunLover18


    jill_valentine wrote: »
    I'm not sure she's necessarily suggesting an actual name brand Die Hard movie, so much as a take on that general premise, ie one character having to scrounge together the means to outwit a much slicker group of baddies with hostages.

    Oh well if that's the case then I have absolutely no problem with it and I don't know why anyone. Jesus, how many of those have we seen over the years.


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    #1013
    pixelburp
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Entertainment Moderators Posts: 35,941 CMod ✭✭✭✭pixelburp


    FunLover18 wrote: »
    Oh well if that's the case then I have absolutely no problem with it and I don't know why anyone. Jesus, how many of those have we seen over the years.

    Ah you know why. Cos people are so easily triggered now it's not even funny anymore. Something something woke etc. Fill a bag with a bunch of Hollywood IPs, pick one out, add the line "... but with women / LGBTQ" and watch the usual reaction.

    Was watching Crimson Tide the other day, arguably Tony Scott's best work and you know, they don't make submarine dramas anymore, which is a shame. They're such natural films for easy tension, stakes and danger. All the drama you get from confined quarters, egos clashing.


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    #1014
    odyssey06
    Registered Users Posts: 27,880 ✭✭✭✭odyssey06


    pixelburp wrote: »
    Was watching Crimson Tide the other day, arguably Tony Scott's best work and you know, they don't make submarine dramas anymore, which is a shame. They're such natural films for easy tension, stakes and danger. All the drama you get from confined quarters, egos clashing.

    TV has taken over there also eg remaking and expanding Das Boot

    "To follow knowledge like a sinking star..." (Tennyson's Ulysses)



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    #1015
    Tony EH
    Registered Users Posts: 18,910 ✭✭✭✭Tony EH


    odyssey06 wrote: »
    TV has taken over there also eg remaking and expanding Das Boot

    And it was shit.

    Sometimes it's best just to leave things alone.


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    #1016
    Agent Coulson
    Registered Users Posts: 60,285 ✭✭✭✭Agent Coulson


    So with the Snyder cut released, Chris Columbus say he has a R-Rated cut of Mrs. Doubtfire in 3 other cuts of the film he has.


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    #1017
    CastorTroy
    Registered Users Posts: 28,794 ✭✭✭✭CastorTroy


    Probably just camera left on Robin as he goes off on expletive filled improvised lines.


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    #1018
    pixelburp
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Entertainment Moderators Posts: 35,941 CMod ✭✭✭✭pixelburp


    Wonder what other recent releases might be good candidates or conversation pieces for "directors cut", outside the superhero genre. To that end, must get around to the director cut of Kingdom of Heaven; I've heard tell it'd so superior it legitimately pushed the film into Great status


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    #1019
    mikhail
    Registered Users Posts: 3,863 ✭✭✭mikhail


    I haven't watched the two cuts of Kingdom of Heaven, but I have seen the director's cut and really enjoyed it.


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    #1020
    p to the e
    Registered Users Posts: 2,303 ✭✭✭p to the e


    Agent Coulson wrote: »
    So with the Snyder cut released, Chris Columbus say he has a R-Rated cut of Mrs. Doubtfire in 3 other cuts of the film he has.

    Apparently there's a Broadway musical on the way so I'm thinking this is just an attempt at free publicity.

    Besides there's already a horror version.


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    #1021
    Mr Crispy
    Registered Users Posts: 7,651 ✭✭✭Mr Crispy


    Chris Walas, the special effects makeup artist who designed and created Mogwai and Gremlins tweeted his very first sketches for the project.

    https://twitter.com/walas_chris/status/1373650164053766147?s=20

    https://twitter.com/walas_chris/status/1373772713555234818?s=20


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