Its hard for a white kid with a couple of rich friends living in a middle class white neighborhood in the city. Yea... uh huh...
On Fri, Jan 22, 2010 at 12:44 PM, Martin Baxter <truthseeker...@hotmail.com>wrote: > > > "... the 'gritty' side of teenage life?" Someone buy these clowns a clue, > please. > > > "If all the world's a stage and all the people merely players, who in > bloody hell hired the director?" -- Charles L Grant > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik > > > > > ------------------------------ > To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com > From: daikaij...@yahoo.com > Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2010 14:33:05 +0000 > > Subject: [scifinoir2] Re: Spider-Man 4 definitely in trouble - Villian > Dispute > > > Malkovich was going to be the Vulture but that's all scrapped now. > > I'm getting a bad feeling about the new direction this movie is taking. > They want a younger Spider-Man and the focus to be more on the "gritty" side > of teenage life. They hired Marc Webb, the director of (500) Days of Summer, > and have cut the budget to $80,000,000. > > Why not give someone like Neil Blomkamp or another genre director with some > chops a shot? Webb is a capable director but we've seen how putting a > director of more intimate movies into the big budget action chair can have > mixed results. > > --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, "Mr. Worf" <hellomahog...@...> wrote: > > > > Who would he be? The Condor? > > > > I think that Malkovich is in that special category of Hollywood weirdos. > > Such as Shatner, Walken, Depp, Hopkins, and others. Good actors in the > right > > part. Weird in other parts. Val Kilmer is starting to be like that now > too. > > > > On Wed, Jan 6, 2010 at 12:42 PM, Martin Baxter > > <truthseeker...@...>wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > ... > > > > > > ... > > > > > > ... > > > > > > Okay, I'll ask... > > > > > > WHY does the movie need Malkovich as a villain? Personally, I've never > been > > > enamored of his work in the least. > > > > > > "If all the world's a stage and all the people merely players, who in > > > bloody hell hired the director?" -- Charles L Grant > > > > > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > > To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com; ggs...@...; cinque3...@... > > > From: tdli...@... > > > Date: Wed, 6 Jan 2010 00:35:22 -0800 > > > Subject: [scifinoir2] Spider-Man 4 definitely in trouble - Villian > Dispute > > > > > > > > > > > > [image: Bookmark and Share]< > http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=250&pub=xa-4a92b9d818cb896c> > > > [image: delays spidey] > > > This is a story I've been working on ever since I saw this December > > > 11th email that went out to the *Spider-Man 4* special effects crew > that > > > day: > > > Hey there-- > > > We were just notified that our schedule is pushing. We will NOT be > starting > > > as planned. I’m terribly sorry for this news, and I hope this email > reaches > > > you in time to find other options. We do not know how long we are > pushing, > > > and we will not know until mid-January. By mid-January, we will be told > how > > > long the push is, whether it be 2 weeks, 2 months, or something else. > The > > > studio has every intention of making the movie, but we no longer have > > > a confirmed start date. > > > Again, I’m terribly sorry, but Sam Raimi has story issues [that] need > to be > > > resolved before we are ready to shoot. > > > Feel free to call me if you have any questions. > > > VFX Team > > > [image: Sony_pictures_logo]At that point, it wasn't well known that the > * > > > Spider-Man* franchise director who also is helming the 4th installment > had > > > huge problems with the script that has run through screenwriters Jamie > > > Vanderbilt, David Lindsay-Abaire, and Gary Ross. I'm even told Sam > Raimi had > > > been very vocal inside Sony that he "hated" it. Now Raimi and Sony are > > > anxiously waiting for still another version from screenwriter Alvin > Sargent, > > > who wrote *Spidey 2* &* 3* and is married to *Spidey* franchise > producer > > > Laura Ziskind. "It is unlikely that May 11, 2011, date will be made," a > Sony > > > insider just told me today. "It depends on how quickly the script can > get > > > in." However, agents have told clients in the movie to already expect > the > > > film to be pushed back. > > > My sources say Sony still intends to release that summer, even if the > new > > > date is July 2011. But *Spider-Man* has always owned that coveted early > > > May date. Even as far back as September 2008 when I reported my > exclusive > > > that Sony Locks In Sam Raimi & Tobey Maguire in 'Spider-Man 4'< > http://www.deadline.com/hollywood/exclusive-sony-sets-sam-raimi-studio-may-shoot-4-and-5-at-same-time/ > >. > > > And now this is a giant opportunity for other studios planning their > 2011 > > > schedules to grab this big opening. > > > *Spider-Man 4* was supposed to start filming in February, and star > Tobey > > > Maguire echoed that repeatedly in publicity appearances for *Brothers*. > > > Then it pushed to March. Then late March/early April. And now there's > no > > > date at all, according to my Sony insiders who emailed me: "Some > > > decisions have been made over the holiday about *Spider-Man 4*. We will > be > > > extending the production hiatus on the film. The studio is firmly > committed > > > to this franchise but, for us, the script must come first. We intend to > > > notify members of the crew immediately. As you know, Alvin Sargent is > > > currently working on the screenplay. When we have more news, we will > keep > > > you posted." > > > I do know that Sony Pictures co-chairman Amy Pascal and Columbia > Pictures > > > president Matt Tolmach, who have shepherded the *Spider-Man* franchise > > > from Day One, has been wrestling with this script problem for months. > "I'm > > > going to do everything I can to make May," she has repeatedly told > Hollywood > > > types involved with the movie. "But I'm not going to start a movie > where the > > > script isn't right yet. Not unless I want my career to be over." > > > Fortunately for Pascal, Sony is not yet "pay or play" on some of the > talent > > > negotiations which were still only at the tail end. Raimi is insisting > that > > > John Malkovich play the villain, so that won't change. But I do hear > that > > > it's now unlikely Anne Hathaway will be cast. "I'm not so sure we're > going > > > in that direction," an insider told me recently. Sony had been hot for > her > > > until bigwigs realized she'd cost too much and they probably don't need > > > "such a big star" for the pic, I'm told. (See my previous, Anne > Hathaway > > > Wanted For 'Spider-Man 4'< > http://www.deadline.com/hollywood/anne-hathaway-wanted-for-spider-man-4/> > > > ) > > > As for those repeated rumors that *Spider-Man 4* will and won't shoot > in > > > 3D, I've got to figure that's uppermost on Sony minds given the post-* > > > Avatar* climate. Back in April, Sony Pictures' co-chairmen Amy Pascal > and > > > Michael Lynton told *Forbes* magazine they were considering making the > 4th > > > *Spider-Man* in 3D. Here were the quotes: "Could be," said Pascal. > Lynton > > > added: "People are paying a premium to see movies in 3-D and that's a > very > > > big deal. It's never been done before that someone says you have to pay > more > > > to see *Spider-Man* than a romantic comedy." More as I get it... > > > > > > > > > > http://www.deadline.com/hollywood/exclusive-spider-man-4-officially-has-no-start-date-as-of-today-because-of-script-problems-sony-unlikely-to-make-5112010-release-date/ > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > > Hotmail: Trusted email with powerful SPAM protection. Sign up now.< > http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/196390707/direct/01/> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! > > Mahogany at: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/ > > > > > > ------------------------------ > Hotmail: Powerful Free email with security by Microsoft. Get it > now.<http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/196390710/direct/01/> > > > -- Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/
