emmanuel lewis would be the dwarf, vin diesel as aragon (wanted snipes, but u
have hive as legolas), denzel washington as elron, spike lee directing, jaleel
white as sam wisegangie
--- On Wed, 7/8/09, Milton Davis <mv_media_...@yahoo.com> wrote:
From: Milton Davis <mv_media_...@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [RE][scifinoir2] In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale
To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
Date: Wednesday, July 8, 2009, 2:50 PM
I would do a Gansta remake of Lord of The Rings: Pimp of the Bling.
Snoop Dogg would be Gandalf, Gary Coleman would be Golem, Wesley Snipes would
be Legolas and Gabrielle Union would be the pretty elf girl. The ring would be
the shizznat! I'm still working on the cast.
--- On Mon, 7/6/09, ravenadal <ravena...@yahoo. com> wrote:
From: ravenadal <ravena...@yahoo. com>
Subject: Re: [RE][scifinoir2] In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale
To: scifino...@yahoogro ups.com
Date: Monday, July 6, 2009, 5:17 PM
The way I would use this opportunity is to remake movies like Douglas
("Imitation of Life") Sirk's "All That Heaven Allows" (1955) which originally
starred Jane Wyman an Rock Hudson. Here's a synopsis: Cary, a wealthy widow,
falls in love with the much younger nurseryman, Ron Kirby. This provides gossip
for the country club set, and her children are ashamed that she plans to
remarry below her station. Ron is an independent man who can ignore the petty
conventions of society, but can Cary also ignore them?
I would remake this with Angela Bassett in the Wyman role and Marcus Patrick
("Descent") in the Hudson role.
Then I would cast and overpay unemployed black actors and actresses that I like
such as:
Ron Glass (who looks great and was very good as Kerry Washington's father in
"Lakeview Terrace")
David Ramsey (very charismatic as "Anton Brigs" on "Dexter")
Tracie Thoms ("Cold Case," "Rent")
Cassandra Freeman
("Inside Man" - MY choice for new Uhura).
I would also like to make a big budget remake of Alfred Hitchcock's "Marnie"
with Halle Berry in the Tippi Hedren role, Denzel Washington in the Sean
Connery role and Morgan Freeman in the Alan Napier role.
~rave!
--- In scifino...@yahoogro ups.com, "B. Smith" <daikaiju66@ ...> wrote:
Another would be Frank Miller and Dave Gibbons' Give Me Liberty. Martha is a
hard casting choice because you need someone young but with some grit. My
wife's suggestion hit it out of the park: Keke Palmer. She's definitely has the
chops to do it and is the right age. `I think Edward Norton or Christian Bale
would be perfect as her antagonist Morreti. Adam Beach could be a great
Wasserstein.
>
> --- In scifino...@yahoogro ups.com, "Martin Baxter" <truthseeker013@ > wrote:
> >
> >As for casting a movie, I'd do Ellis and Hitch's The Authority. Casting --
> >
> > Jenny Quantum -- Ellen Page
> > Apollo -- Brad Pitt (because Apollo is one PURDY man, and Pitt is just that)
> > The Midnighter -- Karl Urban
> > The Doctor -- Kal Penn (if I could talk him away from his present job)
> > The Engineer -- Jennifer Lopez (I'm *not* a fan of hers by any means, but
> > she's best here for the role)
> > Jack Hawksmoor -- Jason Statham (all he does is glower and kick a$$, so
> > *behold*! Statham's defining role)
> > Swift -- Michelle Yeoh
> > Rose Tattoo -- Rosario Dawson (all she needs to do is to let her hair grow
out a bit)
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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> >
> Subject : [scifinoir2] In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale
> >
> Date : Sun, 05 Jul 2009 15:05:34 -0000
> >
> From : "ravenadal" <ravenadal@>
> >
> To : scifino...@yahoogro ups.com
> >
> >
> I am watching something called "In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege
> Tale" on Showtime. The movie stars Jason Statham and the cast includes such
> stellar actors as Ron ("Hellboy") Perlman, Ray ("Goodfellas" ) Liotta -
> shamelessly chewing up scenery as Gallion, the prolific John Rhys-Davies,
> Burt "Smokey and the Bandit" Reynolds, Claire "Meet Joe Black" Forlani,
Leelee ("Deep Impact") Sobieski and Brian J. White ("The Shield," "Moonlight")
wearing a nasty looking scar as Commander Tarish.
> >
> > The movie is directed by German born schlockmiester Uwe Boll, best known
> > for his "BloodRayne" movies.
> >
> > I had never heard of this movie so I went to IMDB, Box Office Mojo and
> > Wikipedia and discovered "In the Name of the King" cost $60 million and
> > grossed a robust $13 million worldwide. Then I discoverd the first
> > "BloodRayne" cost $25 million and grossed a whopping $2.42 million.
> > WTF!!!!!
> >
> > Then I discovered that Boll is very successfully manipulating a lucrative
> > loophole in German tax laws. Boll is able to acquire funding thanks to
> > German tax laws that reward investments in film. The law allows investors
> > in German-owned films to write off 100% of their investment as a tax
> > deduction; it also allows them to invest borrowed money and write off any
> > fees
associated with the loan. The investor is then only required to pay taxes on
the profits made by the movie; if the movie loses money, the investor gets a
tax writeoff.
> >
> > Imagine, thought I, if black filmmakers were able to exploit such a
> > loophole? Everybody KNOWS black films don't make money. What an excellent
> > opportunity to make all the black epics everyone dreams of but nobody dares
> > risk the money to make.
> >
> > What a bonanza! You could hire all the known but under utilized black
> > actors and actresses - pay them top dollar - WTF? We are TRYING to lose
> > money after all!
> >
> > Let Vin Diesel make his "Hannibal." Let Spike Lee make his "Tuskegee
> > Airmen." Let the Hughes Brothers make whatever they want. Hell, let me film
> > "The World Ebon." Shoot, I could burn through a coupla hundred million
> > dollars real quick!
> >
> > Imagine the mishmash of casts you could come up
with! What would be your dream project?
> >
> > ~rave!
> >
> > http://twitter. com/ravenadal
> > http://theworldebon .blogspot. com
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > http://www.youtube. com/watch? v=JQdwk8Yntds
> >
>
