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Post by pimpinainteasy on Aug 13, 2019 3:46:09 GMT
wow. great news. hope they get NICHOLAS CAGE or someone. not some chump like RYAN GOSLING.
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Post by amyghost on Aug 13, 2019 10:37:55 GMT
My favorite of King's 'pseudonymous' novels, and one that I'd love to see made into an intelligent, sensitive film. Unfortunately, I suspect it'll be turned into some piece of action tripe no matter who's starring in it. Back in the day, I could have seen someone like a middle-aged Dean Stockwell playing the character as what he's supposed to be--a man veering into mid-middle age, with the weight of the world on him, and that world coming apart. He could have played that fantastically.
It's my hope that they get a somewhat older and more seasoned actor--maybe not even a 'major' name, though that's doubtful--for the main role, but I don't really expect this; especially not if, as I said, they choose to tilt the story more to actioner than introspective character study.
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Post by pimpinainteasy on Aug 13, 2019 11:11:39 GMT
My favorite of King's 'pseudonymous' novels, and one that I'd love to see made into an intelligent, sensitive film. Unfortunately, I suspect it'll be turned into some piece of action tripe no matter who's starring in it. very well said. i dont know why they would turn into action tripe because this sort of film has zero box office potential. so why not go ahead and make it the way it should be made?
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Post by amyghost on Aug 13, 2019 12:30:26 GMT
My favorite of King's 'pseudonymous' novels, and one that I'd love to see made into an intelligent, sensitive film. Unfortunately, I suspect it'll be turned into some piece of action tripe no matter who's starring in it. very well said. i dont know why they would turn into action tripe because this sort of film has zero box office potential. so why not go ahead and make it the way it should be made? I'd almost prefer to see tihs made as a good cable or streaming film or short mini. Like you, I think the action-film approach might turn it into box office poison, but for some reason that's become a genre addiction Hollywood seems to find it hard to wean itself from.
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Post by pimpinainteasy on Aug 13, 2019 14:04:33 GMT
very well said. i dont know why they would turn into action tripe because this sort of film has zero box office potential. so why not go ahead and make it the way it should be made? I'd almost prefer to see tihs made as a good cable or streaming film or short mini. Like you, I think the action-film approach might turn it into box office poison, but for some reason that's become a genre addiction Hollywood seems to find it hard to wean itself from. yes, a streaming film would be a nice idea. though to be fair, a lot of NETFLIX movies are as bad as mainstream hollywood.
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Post by Carl LaFong on Aug 13, 2019 14:25:54 GMT
Tom Holland confirmed to play the lead!
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Post by amyghost on Aug 13, 2019 17:07:41 GMT
Tom Holland confirmed to play the lead! Kind of what I feared. Guy looks way too young for this role, if they plan to stay at all true to the story. Of which I'm not very hopeful. 
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Post by Carl LaFong on Aug 13, 2019 17:13:55 GMT
Tom Holland confirmed to play the lead! Kind of what I feared. Guy looks way too young for this role, if they plan to stay at all true to the story. Of which I'm not very hopeful. I was only kidding!
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Post by amyghost on Aug 13, 2019 21:26:20 GMT
Kind of what I feared. Guy looks way too young for this role, if they plan to stay at all true to the story. Of which I'm not very hopeful. I was only kidding! LOL, you had me going there, Carl. You know my lack of faith in Hollywood only too well... Unless they're going for a Bugsy Malone approach?!
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Post by politicidal on Aug 16, 2019 18:51:45 GMT
Doubtful they'd pick Cage these days.
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Post by hi224 on Aug 19, 2019 3:15:38 GMT
I'd rather Miles Teller or Nicolas Hoult perhaps.
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