Here is Bruce with Radha Mitchell in a Scene from the Surrogates. Anya Monzikova (#10) if your paying attention) from Deal or no Deal is also in this Movie. Anya, Open the case.
The Surrogates release date announced
Disney said that The Surrogates will be released in September 2009. Thats a Long time to wait.
Here is Bruce with Radha Mitchell in a Scene from the Surrogates. Anya Monzikova (#10) if your paying attention) from Deal or no Deal is also in this Movie. Anya, Open the case.
Here is Bruce with Radha Mitchell in a Scene from the Surrogates. Anya Monzikova (#10) if your paying attention) from Deal or no Deal is also in this Movie. Anya, Open the case.
Who knew?
"The" Chad St.John
WB goes to 'The Days Before'
Nunnari to produce St. John's sci-fi spec script
By DAVE MCNARY
Warner Bros. has snapped up "The Days Before," a sci-fi action spec by tyro scribe Chad St. John, and set up the project with Gianni Nunnari ("300") at his Hollywood Gang shingle.
Story centers on aliens invading Earth by traveling backwards through time and wiping out humanity -- yesterday by yesterday -- while one man stays a yesterday ahead of them, trying to convince the world that the end is coming again.
Craig Flores of Hollywood Gang will exec produce.
Nunnari's teamed with "300" partner Mark Canton of Canton Prods. on Greek mythology epic "War of the Gods," with Relativity's Ryan Kavanaugh producing and financing. Hollywood Gang and financier Endgame Entertainment recently joined to produce Sergei Bodrov's period epic "The Silk Road: The Adventures of Marco Polo."
St. John has previously penned "The Further Adventures of Doc Holiday" for Bruce Willis.
He's repped by ICM.
Go St.John!
WB goes to 'The Days Before'
Nunnari to produce St. John's sci-fi spec script
By DAVE MCNARY
Warner Bros. has snapped up "The Days Before," a sci-fi action spec by tyro scribe Chad St. John, and set up the project with Gianni Nunnari ("300") at his Hollywood Gang shingle.
Story centers on aliens invading Earth by traveling backwards through time and wiping out humanity -- yesterday by yesterday -- while one man stays a yesterday ahead of them, trying to convince the world that the end is coming again.
Craig Flores of Hollywood Gang will exec produce.
Nunnari's teamed with "300" partner Mark Canton of Canton Prods. on Greek mythology epic "War of the Gods," with Relativity's Ryan Kavanaugh producing and financing. Hollywood Gang and financier Endgame Entertainment recently joined to produce Sergei Bodrov's period epic "The Silk Road: The Adventures of Marco Polo."
St. John has previously penned "The Further Adventures of Doc Holiday" for Bruce Willis.
He's repped by ICM.
Go St.John!
Review of What Just Happened I thought was very nice
Movie Review: 'What Just Happened?'
Willis, DeNiro shine in 'What Just Happened?'
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
WHAT JUST HAPPENED?
*** 1/2 Rated: R for language, some violent images, sexual content and some drug material. Starring: Robert DeNiro, Robin Wright Penn, John Turturro, and Bruce Willis. Director: Barry Levinson. Running time: 99 minutes. Theater: Egyptian.
BY ROGER MOORE - THE ORLANDO SENTINEL
Say what you will about the guy, but nobody, nobody, is better at playing Bruce Willis than Bruce Willis. As a portly, bearded, tantrum-throwing, chair-tossing version of the movie star "Bruce Willis," "Die Hard" dude all but walks off with "What Just Happened?" Watch Willis blow his fuse in front of the producer of his new picture (Robert DeNiro), and you'd swear you can see the Oscar-winning tough guy not just flinch at the mock violence. Bobby D's giggling behind those eyes.
Movies about Hollywood are as common as Jolie babies, and there have been broader, funnier, meaner takes on the business than this one. But this Barry Levinson version of real-life producer Art Linson's memoir is more movie-savvy than any of them. Linson, who produced "Fight Club," "Into the Wild" and scads of other films, finally shows us what a "real" producer actually does.
Ben (DeNiro) has a Sean Penn drama in previews, going through test screenings. It's not going well. He begs the director to cut it.
"Where can I kiss you? Where? Name the location!"
He has another picture about to start filming. But his star, the man whose presence ensures that the film will be financed and filmed, has "a Grizzly Adams beard. And he's a pig." They're talking about Bruce Willis. He doesn't shave, no movie.
A screenwriter (Stanley Tucci) is determined to make this film about a florist.
"It's the Rose Bowl Parade meets 'The Da Vinci Code!' "
And an agent known and hated by all has just killed himself. Think of this as "Three Movies and a Funeral."
Add to that stress the weight of Ben's home life - as in, he has none. He's got two ex-wives, including one he's still in love with, a trophy bride (Robin Wright Penn) who tired of his "work first" lifestyle and the ever-ringing phone.
"What Just Happened?" follows Ben through two weeks of his life, bending over backward at every turn, stroking his mad Brit director (Michael Wincott, a stitch), nagging Bruce's ulcerous agent (John Turturro, hilarious) into making his client shave, yielding to the will of the iron-lady studio boss (Catherine Keener, doing a perfect Sherry Lansing), trying to please everyone, pleasing almost no one, and knowing that all this effort is just running in place, paying alimony, child support and overhead while watching his status on Vanity Fair's "Hollywood power" ladder slip by the hour.
DeNiro is the best he's been in years as this master negotiator who somehow can't seem to get anyone to do things his way, an unflappable operator who handles revelations about his kids and a brazen come-on by a starlet in a men's room as business as usual, nothing to lose your cool over. Linson, producing the film, and director Levinson see to it that Ben is not the movie-mogul-as-monster we've seen in "Swimming with Sharks" and other Hollywood roman a clefs. He's just a guy who multi-tasks, charms, lies and stalks his latest ex-wife because he has to.
It's Hollywood, and everyone's into yoga, Ecstasy and starlets, yoked to their Blue Tooth like a deal-sealing ball-and-chain. Yes, it's an inside-baseball movie in the extreme. But if you're into baseball, you'll recognize the lineup and grin at "What Just Happened?"
Willis, DeNiro shine in 'What Just Happened?'
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
WHAT JUST HAPPENED?
*** 1/2 Rated: R for language, some violent images, sexual content and some drug material. Starring: Robert DeNiro, Robin Wright Penn, John Turturro, and Bruce Willis. Director: Barry Levinson. Running time: 99 minutes. Theater: Egyptian.
BY ROGER MOORE - THE ORLANDO SENTINEL
Say what you will about the guy, but nobody, nobody, is better at playing Bruce Willis than Bruce Willis. As a portly, bearded, tantrum-throwing, chair-tossing version of the movie star "Bruce Willis," "Die Hard" dude all but walks off with "What Just Happened?" Watch Willis blow his fuse in front of the producer of his new picture (Robert DeNiro), and you'd swear you can see the Oscar-winning tough guy not just flinch at the mock violence. Bobby D's giggling behind those eyes.
Movies about Hollywood are as common as Jolie babies, and there have been broader, funnier, meaner takes on the business than this one. But this Barry Levinson version of real-life producer Art Linson's memoir is more movie-savvy than any of them. Linson, who produced "Fight Club," "Into the Wild" and scads of other films, finally shows us what a "real" producer actually does.
Ben (DeNiro) has a Sean Penn drama in previews, going through test screenings. It's not going well. He begs the director to cut it.
"Where can I kiss you? Where? Name the location!"
He has another picture about to start filming. But his star, the man whose presence ensures that the film will be financed and filmed, has "a Grizzly Adams beard. And he's a pig." They're talking about Bruce Willis. He doesn't shave, no movie.
A screenwriter (Stanley Tucci) is determined to make this film about a florist.
"It's the Rose Bowl Parade meets 'The Da Vinci Code!' "
And an agent known and hated by all has just killed himself. Think of this as "Three Movies and a Funeral."
Add to that stress the weight of Ben's home life - as in, he has none. He's got two ex-wives, including one he's still in love with, a trophy bride (Robin Wright Penn) who tired of his "work first" lifestyle and the ever-ringing phone.
"What Just Happened?" follows Ben through two weeks of his life, bending over backward at every turn, stroking his mad Brit director (Michael Wincott, a stitch), nagging Bruce's ulcerous agent (John Turturro, hilarious) into making his client shave, yielding to the will of the iron-lady studio boss (Catherine Keener, doing a perfect Sherry Lansing), trying to please everyone, pleasing almost no one, and knowing that all this effort is just running in place, paying alimony, child support and overhead while watching his status on Vanity Fair's "Hollywood power" ladder slip by the hour.
DeNiro is the best he's been in years as this master negotiator who somehow can't seem to get anyone to do things his way, an unflappable operator who handles revelations about his kids and a brazen come-on by a starlet in a men's room as business as usual, nothing to lose your cool over. Linson, producing the film, and director Levinson see to it that Ben is not the movie-mogul-as-monster we've seen in "Swimming with Sharks" and other Hollywood roman a clefs. He's just a guy who multi-tasks, charms, lies and stalks his latest ex-wife because he has to.
It's Hollywood, and everyone's into yoga, Ecstasy and starlets, yoked to their Blue Tooth like a deal-sealing ball-and-chain. Yes, it's an inside-baseball movie in the extreme. But if you're into baseball, you'll recognize the lineup and grin at "What Just Happened?"
Something very funny in this Podcast
In this Podcast of October 8, 2008
Michael Winterbottom and Jewish Holidays (Episode 20)
You have to listen to a little over halfway through, but it gets very funny about an encounter with a Celebrity who hates Bruce Willis to the point of Obsession. Too funny. If you chose to listen all the way through, be forwarned it is not for the sensetive type. Well if you have watched Pulp Fiction, You are good to go on this one.
Enjoy!
Michael Winterbottom and Jewish Holidays (Episode 20)
You have to listen to a little over halfway through, but it gets very funny about an encounter with a Celebrity who hates Bruce Willis to the point of Obsession. Too funny. If you chose to listen all the way through, be forwarned it is not for the sensetive type. Well if you have watched Pulp Fiction, You are good to go on this one.
Enjoy!
Sweet Treat! and totally unexpected
On the new Blues Traveler Album
"North Hollywood Shootout"
the last track:
"Free Willis, Ruminations from Behind Uncle Bob's Machine Shop."
It is something totally awesome! also described on Amazon as:
"The album's biggest sonic curveball is its closing track, "Free Willis, Ruminations from Behind Uncle Bob's Machine Shop." The six-minute spoken-word sound collage finds the band jamming over an insistent drumbeat, while actor Bruce Willis, a longtime fan and friend, delivers a colorful freeform monologue/rant."
I love it! It is done in true Bruce Willis style.
"North Hollywood Shootout"
the last track:
"Free Willis, Ruminations from Behind Uncle Bob's Machine Shop."
It is something totally awesome! also described on Amazon as:
"The album's biggest sonic curveball is its closing track, "Free Willis, Ruminations from Behind Uncle Bob's Machine Shop." The six-minute spoken-word sound collage finds the band jamming over an insistent drumbeat, while actor Bruce Willis, a longtime fan and friend, delivers a colorful freeform monologue/rant."
I love it! It is done in true Bruce Willis style.
OCTOBER 3rd Baby!
What just happened will be opening in Theaters. Bruce Willis is Fat! He has a Beard.
Yet another take I dont agree with at all. But I am Biased.
Bruce Willis's Directorial Debut Shooting in October
September 23, 2008
by Alex Billington
Bruce Willis will be making his directorial debut on an indie film titled Three Stories About Joan. The psychological drama follows a young woman at three points in her life and the family tragedies that cause her to lose her grip on reality. Apparently the story involves her "faith in a love borne out of need, destroyed by a madness, and restored by a ghost." A ghost? Yes indeed. Willis has cast the lovely Camilla Belle as the lead in the film and will also star as her father. Shooting will start in early October in Shreveport, Louisiana under the production of Willis Brothers Films, which as you can assume, is the company run by Bruce and his two brother David. The budget is expected to between $10 and $25 million.
The screenplay for Three Stories About Joan was written by newcomers Christopher Alexander and Sam Applebaum. In addition to Belle and Willis, both Owen Wilson and Kieran Culkin will star in the film as well. It sounds like too much of a quirky story to actually turn out any good, but I don't know enough about all the details to really say. I'm more concerned about Willis' directing abilities than I am about the script. I'm sure this is going to be a big festival film next year, but I'm already worried that Willis won't be as good at directing as he is at acting. For some odd reason he doesn't feel like the kind of guy who knows how to work great behind-the-scenes, but then again, I haven't ever met him. I surely hope I'm wrong!
September 23, 2008
by Alex Billington
Bruce Willis will be making his directorial debut on an indie film titled Three Stories About Joan. The psychological drama follows a young woman at three points in her life and the family tragedies that cause her to lose her grip on reality. Apparently the story involves her "faith in a love borne out of need, destroyed by a madness, and restored by a ghost." A ghost? Yes indeed. Willis has cast the lovely Camilla Belle as the lead in the film and will also star as her father. Shooting will start in early October in Shreveport, Louisiana under the production of Willis Brothers Films, which as you can assume, is the company run by Bruce and his two brother David. The budget is expected to between $10 and $25 million.
The screenplay for Three Stories About Joan was written by newcomers Christopher Alexander and Sam Applebaum. In addition to Belle and Willis, both Owen Wilson and Kieran Culkin will star in the film as well. It sounds like too much of a quirky story to actually turn out any good, but I don't know enough about all the details to really say. I'm more concerned about Willis' directing abilities than I am about the script. I'm sure this is going to be a big festival film next year, but I'm already worried that Willis won't be as good at directing as he is at acting. For some odd reason he doesn't feel like the kind of guy who knows how to work great behind-the-scenes, but then again, I haven't ever met him. I surely hope I'm wrong!
Another Take on Bruce the Director
This news is exciting. Bruce has an amazing mind for conceptual things. This will be an awesome project to showcase that.
Bruce Willis Adds Hyphen, Now Actor-Director
Wednesday, September 17, 2008 at 10:01AM
Bruce Willis has been a movie star for 20 years or so and in that time, he's never stepped behind the camera. That's about to change with Three Stories about Joan.
According to the Shreveport Times (via Cinema Blend), Willis will direct Three Stories and co-star with Owen Wilson and Kieran Culkin. It's a psychological thriller written by Sam Appelbaum and Chris Alexander, and it will be shot in Louisiana, where every fourth movie is being made these days, or so it seems.
Here's the official thumbnail sketch of the movie, from AFM:
"At age seventeen, Joan loses her virginity. At age 21, she loses her virtue. At age 25, she loses her vices. Or did she lose nothing .... but her mind?
Three Stories About Joan interweaves the three phases of a young woman's struggle to retain her faith in a love borne out of need, destroyed by a madness, and restored by a ghost."
Willis has been down the psych-thrilla road, before, and Wilson technically has, too, with the awful The Haunting remake, but not so much since he's been able to choose roles. The linchpin, in my mind, is Kieran Culkin. If he's on his game, a la Igby Goes Down, take cover. That guy can be tremendous.
The movie is scheduled for a five week production in Shreveport, home of the Centenary Fightin' Centenarians, beginning on October 2nd.
Bruce Willis Adds Hyphen, Now Actor-Director
Wednesday, September 17, 2008 at 10:01AM
Bruce Willis has been a movie star for 20 years or so and in that time, he's never stepped behind the camera. That's about to change with Three Stories about Joan.
According to the Shreveport Times (via Cinema Blend), Willis will direct Three Stories and co-star with Owen Wilson and Kieran Culkin. It's a psychological thriller written by Sam Appelbaum and Chris Alexander, and it will be shot in Louisiana, where every fourth movie is being made these days, or so it seems.
Here's the official thumbnail sketch of the movie, from AFM:
"At age seventeen, Joan loses her virginity. At age 21, she loses her virtue. At age 25, she loses her vices. Or did she lose nothing .... but her mind?
Three Stories About Joan interweaves the three phases of a young woman's struggle to retain her faith in a love borne out of need, destroyed by a madness, and restored by a ghost."
Willis has been down the psych-thrilla road, before, and Wilson technically has, too, with the awful The Haunting remake, but not so much since he's been able to choose roles. The linchpin, in my mind, is Kieran Culkin. If he's on his game, a la Igby Goes Down, take cover. That guy can be tremendous.
The movie is scheduled for a five week production in Shreveport, home of the Centenary Fightin' Centenarians, beginning on October 2nd.
Bruce Willis the Director
This ones for you Linni. Linn and I were talking about this this morning. So here is my Blog update. Bruce Willis has done about everything else in Movies, why not Direct. He appears to be going in with his Brother David Willis, who has has been Producing since about 1990. This will be an exciting developement.
Bruce Willis to make movie in Shreveport
By Alexandyr Kent • akent@gannett.com • September 12, 2008
Buzz up! Bruce Willis, Owen Wilson and Kieran Culkin will star in “Three Stories about Joan.”
Willis also will direct the psychological thriller that will shoot in Shreveport
from Oct. 2 through Nov. 10, according to the Louisiana Office of Entertainment Industry Development.
Willis, an iconic action hero best known for playing John McClane in the “Die Hard” franchise, counts dozens of films among his credits. Enduring titles include “Armageddon,” “The Sixth Sense,” “The Fifth Element” and “Pulp Fiction.”
Wilson has made his mark in contemporary comedy in hits like “Wedding Crashers,” “Meet the Parents” and “The Royal Tenenbaums,” for which he shared an Oscar nomination with director Wes Anderson for best original screenplay.
Culkin’s screen credits include “Igby Goes Down” and “The Cider House Rules,” plus the “Home Alone” and “Father of the Bride” franchises. He’s brother of erstwhile child star Macaulay Culkin.
Another Article here:
BRUCE WILLIS
By Russ Fischer Published 09/16/2008 News
I'm not sure how it's taken so long for people to pick up on this story, because looking around now there's definitely some info that's been floating for a month or two. Our bad.
Why has this taken so long? You stick around in today's Hollywood long enough and you're bound to direct a vanity project or two. (And I guess if The Return of Bruno isn't a vanity project, nothing is.) I suspect that part of the reason Willis hasn't directed yet is -- and this is going to sound mean, but that's not the intent -- that he doesn't come off as the most...acute...guy on the planet. Other talents and skills, the guy's definitely got. But in interviews he's never displayed that particular sense of perception that makes a career director. Granted, he does display a singular ability to believe exactly what he wants to believe, which is a key component of a certain sort of filmmaker.
Regardless, the Shreveport Times reports that Willis is directing a flick in...you can probably guess this...Shreveport, LA. He's starring in the film, called Three Stories About Joan, with Owen Wilson and Kieran Culkin. The Louisiana Office of Entertainment Industry Development says the project will shoot in town from October 3 to November 10, perhaps a fairly whirlwind schedule if the film is primarily location-based, perhaps not if interiors are being built in a studio somewhere.
Nary an additional detail is to be had in the paper's article. No plot, no writer, no financiers, nuttin. They don't care about that shite.
But Three Stories About Joan was written by Sam Applebaum and Chris Alexander, and picked up by Willis's company only late this summer. The American Film Market's Film Catalogue provides a synopsis in addition to mentioning a $10-25m budget and produers Moshe Diamant, David Willis, Bruce Willis and Mark Damon working through Foresight Unlimited. Notably, no one mentions yet who might be playing Joan. (But YouTube has a couple amusing audition tapes.) Ze synopsis:
At age seventeen, JOAN loses her virginity.
At age 21, she loses her virtue.
At age 25, she loses her vices.
Or did she lose nothing .... but her mind?
THREE STORIES ABOUT JOAN interweaves the three phases of a young womans struggle to retain her faith in a love borne out of need, destroyed by a madness, and restored by a ghost. Bruce Willis character is the center of Joans life. He is egocentric, paranoid, tender, and brutal and madly in love with the Joan he wants her to be.
He is also her father. THREE STORIES ABOUT JOAN is a tautly structured fable that weaves in the surreal with the real, the supernatural with the unnatural, and the triumph of young love in all its exhaltation, and its desperation. And it is brilliant in its deception, as nothing ever is what it appears to be.
This will be Very Exciting to see this one! I know it will be probably 6 Months to a year before we see it probably, It will feel like forever!
Bruce Willis to make movie in Shreveport
By Alexandyr Kent • akent@gannett.com • September 12, 2008
Buzz up! Bruce Willis, Owen Wilson and Kieran Culkin will star in “Three Stories about Joan.”
Willis also will direct the psychological thriller that will shoot in Shreveport
from Oct. 2 through Nov. 10, according to the Louisiana Office of Entertainment Industry Development.
Willis, an iconic action hero best known for playing John McClane in the “Die Hard” franchise, counts dozens of films among his credits. Enduring titles include “Armageddon,” “The Sixth Sense,” “The Fifth Element” and “Pulp Fiction.”
Wilson has made his mark in contemporary comedy in hits like “Wedding Crashers,” “Meet the Parents” and “The Royal Tenenbaums,” for which he shared an Oscar nomination with director Wes Anderson for best original screenplay.
Culkin’s screen credits include “Igby Goes Down” and “The Cider House Rules,” plus the “Home Alone” and “Father of the Bride” franchises. He’s brother of erstwhile child star Macaulay Culkin.
Another Article here:
BRUCE WILLIS
By Russ Fischer Published 09/16/2008 News
I'm not sure how it's taken so long for people to pick up on this story, because looking around now there's definitely some info that's been floating for a month or two. Our bad.
Why has this taken so long? You stick around in today's Hollywood long enough and you're bound to direct a vanity project or two. (And I guess if The Return of Bruno isn't a vanity project, nothing is.) I suspect that part of the reason Willis hasn't directed yet is -- and this is going to sound mean, but that's not the intent -- that he doesn't come off as the most...acute...guy on the planet. Other talents and skills, the guy's definitely got. But in interviews he's never displayed that particular sense of perception that makes a career director. Granted, he does display a singular ability to believe exactly what he wants to believe, which is a key component of a certain sort of filmmaker.
Regardless, the Shreveport Times reports that Willis is directing a flick in...you can probably guess this...Shreveport, LA. He's starring in the film, called Three Stories About Joan, with Owen Wilson and Kieran Culkin. The Louisiana Office of Entertainment Industry Development says the project will shoot in town from October 3 to November 10, perhaps a fairly whirlwind schedule if the film is primarily location-based, perhaps not if interiors are being built in a studio somewhere.
Nary an additional detail is to be had in the paper's article. No plot, no writer, no financiers, nuttin. They don't care about that shite.
But Three Stories About Joan was written by Sam Applebaum and Chris Alexander, and picked up by Willis's company only late this summer. The American Film Market's Film Catalogue provides a synopsis in addition to mentioning a $10-25m budget and produers Moshe Diamant, David Willis, Bruce Willis and Mark Damon working through Foresight Unlimited. Notably, no one mentions yet who might be playing Joan. (But YouTube has a couple amusing audition tapes.) Ze synopsis:
At age seventeen, JOAN loses her virginity.
At age 21, she loses her virtue.
At age 25, she loses her vices.
Or did she lose nothing .... but her mind?
THREE STORIES ABOUT JOAN interweaves the three phases of a young womans struggle to retain her faith in a love borne out of need, destroyed by a madness, and restored by a ghost. Bruce Willis character is the center of Joans life. He is egocentric, paranoid, tender, and brutal and madly in love with the Joan he wants her to be.
He is also her father. THREE STORIES ABOUT JOAN is a tautly structured fable that weaves in the surreal with the real, the supernatural with the unnatural, and the triumph of young love in all its exhaltation, and its desperation. And it is brilliant in its deception, as nothing ever is what it appears to be.
This will be Very Exciting to see this one! I know it will be probably 6 Months to a year before we see it probably, It will feel like forever!
Wanna see politics in action?
If someone came to you with a Multi Million dollar gift, wouldnt you just take it? These people seem lost in what they should do. Well not really lost, just opposed to doing the smart thing. Its all about posturing. They arent confused at what to do, they are pissed Bruce makes perfect sense and the elitists(pretending its someone elses decision)of Blaine County certainly don't want Camas County to have their coveted airport.
Bruce Willis: here is a gift from me to you, 2000 acres of land for free, perfectly situated for an Airport to go right in. Free! You can stop raising money for land for your new Airport.
Friedman Memorial Airport Authority: Is it in Blaine County? Because if it isn't, screw the tax payers! We have an agenda here.
Bruce Willis offers land for new airport from Gary Stivers on Vimeo.
Bruce Willis: here is a gift from me to you, 2000 acres of land for free, perfectly situated for an Airport to go right in. Free! You can stop raising money for land for your new Airport.
Friedman Memorial Airport Authority: Is it in Blaine County? Because if it isn't, screw the tax payers! We have an agenda here.
Bruce Willis offers land for new airport from Gary Stivers on Vimeo.
What Just Happened
Bruce Willis Goes Ballistic in 'What Just Happened?'
The new Barry Levinson film What Just Happened? sports an interesting cast and a workable premise, but festival audiences haven't exactly warmed to it.
Robert De Niro plays a film producer whose career is on the ropes, with John Turturro, Stanley Tucci, and Kristen Stewart filling out the cast. The movie covers two weeks in the producer's life as he tries to get a new film off the ground.
Bruce Willis shows up as himself in the film, and this clip shows just how much fun Willis can have at his own expense. The setup is that De Niro wants Bruce to shave his beard for the role. If you're at work, it's probably not a good idea to have the speakers up very loud.
See the clip here
Though it's be-boppin' around the world at various festivals, What Just Happened? will happen in the U.S. on October 3rd.
Reading for Charity
Tom Hanks, Julia Roberts, Bruce Willis and Jack Nicholson are to perform a reading of Ernest Hemingway' semi-autobiographical The World Of Nick Adams, backed by the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra, to raise funds for sick children.
Proceeds from the event, which will take place at Davies Symphony Hall in San Francisco, California on 27 October will go to The Painted Turtle charity.
A little Project under the Radar
Bruce co-produced this one with Queen Latifa and here is an article about the Movie.
The film, which is co-executive produced by Bruce Willis, Queen Latifah and Q-Tip, tells the story of Chris "Karma Kazi" Rolle, a former homeless teenager who inspires a group of New York City teens to transform their life stories into art, using hip-hop.
Rolle started the project in 1999 as a way to give youth a positive outlet for expression and to help teens develop skills for their futures.
After learning of the main character's story, hip-hop mogul Russell Simmons partnered with Willis in donating a recording studio to the project, enabling the youth in the film to complete a collaborative CD over the course of four years.
All of the film's proceeds are being donated to various organizations that focus on working to improve the quality of life for youth. Profits from the sale of the CD as well as T-shirts, posters and all other marketing material will also be placed into a special scholarship fund set up for students of the program.
SOHH recently caught up with Bruce Willis to ask him why he decided to associate himself with the project. "Hip-Hop is ingrained in the culture," he said. "It's not just in the city anymore, it's global. It's modern, it's hip and everybody has it in their head."
I will check it out if I can find it and report back. Hell it came out over a year ago and I cant find the DVD.
Say it isn't so
Date: May 10, 2008
By: El Mayimbe
...from what I'm hearing, for John Singleton's upcoming remake of THE A-TEAM, they're looking at Bruce Willis for the role of Col. John "Hannibal" Smith, the leader of the A-TEAM. I love it when a plan comes together!
I hope they are not basing it just on this picture that also appeared in the article. I dunno if this would be such a good idea. If anyone could pull that off, Bruce could. Have to wait and see.
By: El Mayimbe
...from what I'm hearing, for John Singleton's upcoming remake of THE A-TEAM, they're looking at Bruce Willis for the role of Col. John "Hannibal" Smith, the leader of the A-TEAM. I love it when a plan comes together!
I hope they are not basing it just on this picture that also appeared in the article. I dunno if this would be such a good idea. If anyone could pull that off, Bruce could. Have to wait and see.
Morgans Summit
This Movie sounds like a knock off of so many themes. I realize not many Movies contain original themes, but it almost sounds over done already. I will wait to see more on this one though before I really comment on it. I cannot believe this movie is another one it seems Bruce has been tied to what seems like forever! Just make the darn thing already!
The Last Full Measure
Seems like this one has been on his list to do for EVER! The cast of characters has changed a lot too. It may be another one of those where you get your hopes up and it never happens. So far it appears it is on track for as on track as it ever was. Maybe the Writers strike delayed some of the script changes.
Obviously I have no pictures.
Obviously I have no pictures.
Pinkville Announced, Not gonna happen!
Here is Stones own words in a Variety article on the subject:
"On 'Pinkville,' I had a great script and one of the best casts on any of my films, with 40 young actors and Bruce Willis," Stone said. "It's a shame they lost faith in the film, and that they unemployed 500 people right before Christmas. We were three weeks from shooting."
Stone hopes to get his script back so he can revive "Pinkville" down the line.
"On 'Pinkville,' I had a great script and one of the best casts on any of my films, with 40 young actors and Bruce Willis," Stone said. "It's a shame they lost faith in the film, and that they unemployed 500 people right before Christmas. We were three weeks from shooting."
Stone hopes to get his script back so he can revive "Pinkville" down the line.
Assassination of a High School President
This is a Picture from the set. I will replace it when I find a better picture to do it with.
Here is a Sundance report on this one coming out in August. Again it seems like forever away. I really cant wait to see Bruce in another Comedy role. He really is very funny. HEre is what I found out on a Sundance Review:
Director Brett Simon’s feature debut is an intricately crafted high school drama that strays from the typical teenage fare and manages to keep what at first seems like a familiar plot twisting and turning until the very last frame. Combining a keen sense of relief that no one can make you go back to high school with an equally strong desire to return and make all of the cool kids realize that there’s life past graduation, Assassination of a High School President deftly captures a new kind of grown-up teenage angst.
Sophomore Bobby Funke, played with witty nuance by Reece Thompson, is a self-described newspaper dork whose social skills are severely lacking in this high school hierarchy, yet he is instantly recognizable as the person with the most promising future in his class. Determined to win a spot in a coveted summer journalism program, he finds himself at the epicenter of a story that threatens the entire social structure of St. Donovan’s High School--everyone from jocks to misfits to Bruce Willis’s campy and over-the-top principal. The rest of the perfectly cast ensemble creates a high school from hell, where anything seems possible, especially since every character appears to be 16 going on 30. Giving any hints about the way this film turns out would only destroy the fun.
Brett Simon - Brett Simon makes his feature directorial debut with Assassination of a High School President. His music videos with such bands as Queens of the Stone Age, Sum 41, and the Killers combine intricate narratives with visceral performances while maintaining a strong commitment to visual experimentation. Simon's short films and videos have appeared at festivals around the world, including Sundance, Toronto, Telluride, and ResFest. His short The Sailor's Girl screened at the 2005 Sundance Film Festival, and Counterfeit Film was made with a photocopy machine and won numerous awards.
The Surrogates
A new Movie on the Horizon for Bruce. Kind of sad they say it wont be out until 2010? That seems like forever from now! Sounds almost like a Korbin Dallas, James Cole, and John Mcclane mix.
Here is what Amazon has to say about the Book: In 2054, everybody in the Central Georgia Metropolis who can afford one owns a surrogate to go out and do things while its owner transmits all the decisions and receives all the effects safely at home. But someone or something is frying surrogates with megavolt electrical charges, and police lieutenant Harvey Greer has to find out who or what. The prime suspect is the Prophet, the quasi-Rastafarian leader of a cult that rioted against the surrogates 15 years ago. It soon seems, however, that the actual, physical perp is a supersurrogate, and the Prophet wouldn't ever use any kind of surrogate.
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