CLOONEY CRIES UNCLE OVER U.N.C.L.E.
George Clooney has dropped out of Steven Soderbergh's upcoming film The Man from U.N.C.L.E. for Warner Bros.
For those who grew up caves The Man From
U.N.C.L.E. was a TV series in the 1960s that capitalized on the "spy mania" created by the success of the James Bond movies, and even had some input during development by Bond creator Ian Fleming. The show was about two secret agents, American Napoleon Solo, and Soviet Russian Illya Kuryakin battled threats from global power-mongers T.H.R.U.S.H.
Soderbergh seems keen on bringing it to the big screen, and if Clooney isn't keen on joining him, then he's either thicker than two short planks, and thinks that he has enough money to maintain his lifestyle for the rest of his life.
Why?
Well, outside of the Ocean's 11 movies, which were sugar coated confections made by Soderbergh, you'd be hard pressed to find many George Clooney films crossing that $100 million mark that is necessary to be considered an "A-List movie star," and cash the obese checks he gets for movies far too few people see. Even the last Ocean's movie cost so damn much it still failed to profit despite the big box office, but that's another story.
Clooney needs to do the movie, he needs a Brad Pitt, or equivalent to play his partner, and he needs something people will actually pay money to see. He ain't getting any younger and villas in Italy aren't cheap to keep up ya know.
WANNA DANCE DIRTY?
Lionsgate has hired a writer to reboot the 1987 indie hit Dirty Dancing.
Should be as big as Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights!
Or the Dirty Dancing TV series, which lasted half a season before the network realized that nobody watched it.
Does anyone see what I'm getting at here?
The original film was a lightning in a bottle moment, a tiny, cheaply made movie, that caught on big time. It was the right film with the right attitude at the right time. Attempts to replicate its success on TV and the big screen have all met ignominious failure.
So why keep trying?
Because Hollywood is so scared of trying anything new, they will accept guaranteed failure, because then they can pass the blame onto their market research when it tanks.
MTV SCORES BIG
The MTV Network, home of The JerseyCold Sore Shore scored major ratings with the live Video Music Awards last night. In fact, they were the biggest ratings the network has ever seen.
You know, such success might lead MTV into a bold new direction.
Imagine, a cable channel dedicated entirely to music, and music related programming. I'm talking all kinds of genres, styles, music videos, concert specials, you name it.
I think there used to be a channel that did that a long time ago, but it's long dead, and I think MTV can fill this gap.
George Clooney has dropped out of Steven Soderbergh's upcoming film The Man from U.N.C.L.E. for Warner Bros.
For those who grew up caves The Man From
U.N.C.L.E. was a TV series in the 1960s that capitalized on the "spy mania" created by the success of the James Bond movies, and even had some input during development by Bond creator Ian Fleming. The show was about two secret agents, American Napoleon Solo, and Soderbergh seems keen on bringing it to the big screen, and if Clooney isn't keen on joining him, then he's either thicker than two short planks, and thinks that he has enough money to maintain his lifestyle for the rest of his life.
Why?
Well, outside of the Ocean's 11 movies, which were sugar coated confections made by Soderbergh, you'd be hard pressed to find many George Clooney films crossing that $100 million mark that is necessary to be considered an "A-List movie star," and cash the obese checks he gets for movies far too few people see. Even the last Ocean's movie cost so damn much it still failed to profit despite the big box office, but that's another story.
Clooney needs to do the movie, he needs a Brad Pitt, or equivalent to play his partner, and he needs something people will actually pay money to see. He ain't getting any younger and villas in Italy aren't cheap to keep up ya know.
WANNA DANCE DIRTY?
Lionsgate has hired a writer to reboot the 1987 indie hit Dirty Dancing.
Should be as big as Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights!
Or the Dirty Dancing TV series, which lasted half a season before the network realized that nobody watched it.
Does anyone see what I'm getting at here?
The original film was a lightning in a bottle moment, a tiny, cheaply made movie, that caught on big time. It was the right film with the right attitude at the right time. Attempts to replicate its success on TV and the big screen have all met ignominious failure.
So why keep trying?
Because Hollywood is so scared of trying anything new, they will accept guaranteed failure, because then they can pass the blame onto their market research when it tanks.
MTV SCORES BIG
The MTV Network, home of The Jersey
You know, such success might lead MTV into a bold new direction.
Imagine, a cable channel dedicated entirely to music, and music related programming. I'm talking all kinds of genres, styles, music videos, concert specials, you name it.
I think there used to be a channel that did that a long time ago, but it's long dead, and I think MTV can fill this gap.
