Death Wish (Eli Roth To Direct Bruce Willis in Remake)
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Death Wish (Eli Roth To Direct Bruce Willis in Remake)
Eli Roth is set to direct Death Wish, the MGM/Paramount remake of the 1974 hit with Bruce Willis playing the reluctant vigilante made famous by Charles Bronson. It becomes the latest effort by Roth to move from his bloody genre-film origins to studio fare. His previous film was the 2015 Keanu Reeves psychological thriller Knock Knock. Roth will direct the script by Scott Alexander & Larry Karaszewski. Joe Carnahan penned the original script. Roger Birnbaum is producing.
Roth takes the job after the exit early last month of Big Bad Wolves helmers Aharon Keshales and Navot Papushado, who left over creative differences when they wanted changes in a script Willis had signed off on; the studios didn’t want to go in that direction on what they hope will be a down-the-middle franchise launch. Roth works this in alongside his hosting duties on Shark After Dark, the nightly talk show that runs June 26-30 to cap each day’s programming during Discovery’s Shark Week.
After making his bones directing pics like the Hostel series and the cannibalistic The Green Inferno, Roth has been knock-knocking on the door to make more mainstream fare. He most recently had been attached to direct the prehistoric shark pic Meg at Warner Bros but left that job for creative reasons.
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I remember when this was going to be another Carnahan/Neeson movie but now we get Bruno the Asshole and Cabin Pervert.
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The thought of Bruce giving Eli a hard time on set, makes me giggle.
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ForeverBlu wrote:The thought of Bruce giving Eli a hard time on set, makes me giggle.
I wonder how long before Bruce gets fired for being a difficult, unbankable asshole. Lunch time, day one?
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WyldeMan wrote:ForeverBlu wrote:The thought of Bruce giving Eli a hard time on set, makes me giggle.
I wonder how long before Bruce gets fired for being a difficult, unbankable asshole. Lunch time, day one?
The first table read.
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Wait, a script by Carnahan and they give it to Eli Roth to direct??? Someone is fired.
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Tyger wrote:Wait, a script by Carnahan and they give it to Eli Roth to direct??? Someone is fired.
They had a Carnahan script but they threw it out and hired Scott Alexander & Larry Karaszewski. See their history below...
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- Problem Child (1990)
- Problem Child 2 (1991)
- Ed Wood (1994)
- The People vs. Larry Flynt (1996)
- That Darn Cat (1997)
- Man on the Moon (1999)
- Screwed (2000) (also directors)
- Auto Focus (2002) (producers only)
- Agent Cody Banks (with Ashley Edward Miller and Zack Stentz) (2003)
- 1408 (2007)
- Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters (2013) (uncredited)
- Big Eyes (2014)
- Goosebumps (2015) (with Darren Lemke)
- American Crime Story (2016–present)
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Re: Death Wish (Eli Roth To Direct Bruce Willis in Remake)
There's some good movies on that list, but how in the fuck do you not get Carnahan to do Death Wish if you can??
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As I expected, Bruce is phoning it in.
I'll stick with the underrated Death Sentence.
Part of me hoped that Bruce would channel his inner David Dunn.
It's important for films like this to have a gritty tone and atmosphere.
Also get the viewer to care about the protagonist.
Becoming emotionally invested, rooting for him/ her to get justice.
James Wan and Kevin Bacon nailed it for Death Sentence.
I'll stick with the underrated Death Sentence.
Part of me hoped that Bruce would channel his inner David Dunn.
It's important for films like this to have a gritty tone and atmosphere.
Also get the viewer to care about the protagonist.
Becoming emotionally invested, rooting for him/ her to get justice.
James Wan and Kevin Bacon nailed it for Death Sentence.
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Death Sentence was a GREAT movie! Loved that film. Based on this trailer, this movie won't come close to Death Sentence.
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Just saw a commercial for this. It's finally coming out.
It might be download-worthy just for the deaths.
It might be download-worthy just for the deaths.
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joey con carne wrote:Just saw a commercial for this. It's finally coming out.
It might be download-worthy just for the deaths.
A Bruce Willis movie? You might as well pick a Red Box rental at random....
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Dang it, I said "might be"! Might be!
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