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Good Interview with Bruce Willis
Interview: Bruce Willis
newsPeople22 Mar 10 @ 06:00am by Michele Manelis
In a scene from 'Cop Out'
Link to the Real Article here
We’ve seen a lot of buddy movies and cop type films before – some generic in their approach. What did you find so interesting that you wanted to inhabit this character?
You can ask (director) Kevin (Smith) this, but I don’t think we ever really thought of it as, ‘OK we are making a cop buddy movie’. I know all the films you mean, but I never felt like we were making that kind of film. Our job was to just make you laugh and it started there, and ended way over there, but I mean, there’s a story in there. But ... we were just trying to make people laugh. And trying as hard as we could to come up with funny stuff.
Did you think your own persona affected the script?
It beyond affected it. Had we not had a first great shooting day, which was never really presented to us as, ‘this is a test and let’s see how you guys get along; if you can interact and be funny with one another’. No-one ever said that.
How much improv did you guys put on the screen?
I think it had some form of improv in it, sometimes we’d stay with it, sometimes we just went back to the script.
This movie is like a showcase of what you think is funny?
That’s a good way of putting it. It’s a showcase of what I think five or six people think is funny. Obviously you can’t get everything into a 90 minute film, but it’s not about anything else except the comedy.
It’s a very youthful humour.
Yeah, we weren’t going to leave those youthful jokes out.
Is it fair to say that today you laugh about the same things that you did when you were a 12-year-old boy?
I think the 12-year-old boys (or girls) are our audience. (But) there are so many boring movies out there, more slow movies, or really serious movies and so few films come along that are just trying to make you laugh – just trying to crack you up.
Humour comes out of jealously, especially towards your wife, (in the movie) or just in general. How do you relate to jealousy? Are you a jealous person?
I think I’ve set jealousy aside. There’s very little in the story that had to do my jealousy of a new husband who is with my ex-wife, but it’s a small part of the story. And those are just those signposts that keep the movie going along – to keep the film moving along, until we can get to some of the real big laughs again.
You’ve reached a level of professionalism where you don’t really have a lot to prove that maybe younger actors, in their 20s would. Has jealousy been professional or personal, or as you get older does it kind of dissipate?
It has for me. I think the longer you stay working in this industry, everybody finds their own little niche and you can build your own little kingdom, your own little world. You get to do these kind of films, but sometimes you get asked to do other kind of films, and some people never make the cut, some people fall off, but I don’t see a lot of people really being jealous.
I read where you said this is the happiest time in your life. Is that a result of just getting older?
Just because it is the happiest time in my life. It really is. I’ve never been happier than I am right now.
Is there any specific reason why now is a great time for you?
Yes, I got remarried again last year and she’s really a wonderful woman. That makes me happy all the time.
You’re going to get to a point soon where your daughters are going to get married?
I have a little time. They have good heads on their shoulders, but the time will come and when it happens it happens. It’s just a rite of passage.
Are you saving a nest egg?
Weddings today are $45,000. I’m broke, man. I was actually going to see if I could borrow some money from you guys ... the good thing is, the mother pays for the wedding.
With all the romance you have in that movie you would think all you need is a good buddy?
Well, you always do need a good wingman. Everybody needs that, every guy needs that.
Is the movie a good representation of how you deal with your friends?
Is it all laughter and having fun? I think my default mode is to just try to make you laugh, to say the stupidest thing to make you laugh. Everybody likes to laugh. It makes you feel good and it makes you healthier.
Are you surprised when a scene you’ve rehearsed isn’t funny but when it’s improvised or just happens, it gets the best laughs?
It happened a few times in this movie. Seann William Scott’s part was really funny on the page, but he took it to outer space, I mean he is so funny, he elevated it, and took risks that really paid off. They were really so funny, that you’d just go, ‘I can’t believe he just said that’, it’s so crazy. So yeah, he’s terrific.
How do you see the evolution of the police figure in movies? You’ve really played the extremes as in Die Hard.
Do you think that in the 80s it needed to be all action – the audiences expected that.
How have you seen that type of character?
Well, I’m sick of it, I’m sick of playing cops, that’s why I wanted to do a film that was just about funny cops. Cause there’s only so many times you can run down the road with two guns in your hand, screaming and take it seriously. But these films cop action or cop action buddy comedies have been around since they’ve been making films. They used to call them westerns, then they called them Second World War pictures, then it was gangster pictures, then they called them Vietnam pictures, or cop pictures after The French Connection. It’s always about a couple of guys that stand between the good guys and the bad guys. This is a variation on it that is, everything in the film is really secondary to trying to make you laugh. So it’s a version of it I guess.
Are people surprised that because of your tough guy persona you do have a good sense of humour?
Only people who forget that I worked on TV for five years. And I was funny everyday, that was my job. But people have short memories. I was funny one time in Sixth Sense too and then there was that one time in Die Hard when I made someone laugh.
I know, but I’m just asking about the general perception. Are people surprised?
No, they just say congratulations.
Bruce, what kind of actors make you laugh?
There are actors that can, just out of nowhere. You can be having a conversation and all of a sudden they just say something out of the blue, completely out of left field, that is so off topic and so not what we were talking about, that it cracks you up.
Can you name anybody?
Yeah, Tracy Morgan.
How is your music career, any upcoming performances?
No, I’m retired.
Why?
Too busy being happy.
You can’t be happy while also playing music?
I play a little. I sit in with the Allman Brothers Band once in awhile, but I’m not playing nearly as much as I used to.
Are you still enjoying acting?
Yeah, I think so. I still enjoy it sometimes a little more, sometimes a little less, but I still like trying to make something from 110 typewritten pages of words and try and be funny. In this case the funny ideas weren’t always in the script, but sometimes things get away from you, it’s tricky finding what the hook is.
Do you know when something is not working?
Yeah, I guess. If you catch something take a little left turn and come back to what the scene is supposed to be you feel like you’ve done your job.
‘Cop Out’ is in cinemas now.
newsPeople22 Mar 10 @ 06:00am by Michele Manelis
In a scene from 'Cop Out'
Link to the Real Article here
We’ve seen a lot of buddy movies and cop type films before – some generic in their approach. What did you find so interesting that you wanted to inhabit this character?
You can ask (director) Kevin (Smith) this, but I don’t think we ever really thought of it as, ‘OK we are making a cop buddy movie’. I know all the films you mean, but I never felt like we were making that kind of film. Our job was to just make you laugh and it started there, and ended way over there, but I mean, there’s a story in there. But ... we were just trying to make people laugh. And trying as hard as we could to come up with funny stuff.
Did you think your own persona affected the script?
It beyond affected it. Had we not had a first great shooting day, which was never really presented to us as, ‘this is a test and let’s see how you guys get along; if you can interact and be funny with one another’. No-one ever said that.
How much improv did you guys put on the screen?
I think it had some form of improv in it, sometimes we’d stay with it, sometimes we just went back to the script.
This movie is like a showcase of what you think is funny?
That’s a good way of putting it. It’s a showcase of what I think five or six people think is funny. Obviously you can’t get everything into a 90 minute film, but it’s not about anything else except the comedy.
It’s a very youthful humour.
Yeah, we weren’t going to leave those youthful jokes out.
Is it fair to say that today you laugh about the same things that you did when you were a 12-year-old boy?
I think the 12-year-old boys (or girls) are our audience. (But) there are so many boring movies out there, more slow movies, or really serious movies and so few films come along that are just trying to make you laugh – just trying to crack you up.
Humour comes out of jealously, especially towards your wife, (in the movie) or just in general. How do you relate to jealousy? Are you a jealous person?
I think I’ve set jealousy aside. There’s very little in the story that had to do my jealousy of a new husband who is with my ex-wife, but it’s a small part of the story. And those are just those signposts that keep the movie going along – to keep the film moving along, until we can get to some of the real big laughs again.
You’ve reached a level of professionalism where you don’t really have a lot to prove that maybe younger actors, in their 20s would. Has jealousy been professional or personal, or as you get older does it kind of dissipate?
It has for me. I think the longer you stay working in this industry, everybody finds their own little niche and you can build your own little kingdom, your own little world. You get to do these kind of films, but sometimes you get asked to do other kind of films, and some people never make the cut, some people fall off, but I don’t see a lot of people really being jealous.
I read where you said this is the happiest time in your life. Is that a result of just getting older?
Just because it is the happiest time in my life. It really is. I’ve never been happier than I am right now.
Is there any specific reason why now is a great time for you?
Yes, I got remarried again last year and she’s really a wonderful woman. That makes me happy all the time.
You’re going to get to a point soon where your daughters are going to get married?
I have a little time. They have good heads on their shoulders, but the time will come and when it happens it happens. It’s just a rite of passage.
Are you saving a nest egg?
Weddings today are $45,000. I’m broke, man. I was actually going to see if I could borrow some money from you guys ... the good thing is, the mother pays for the wedding.
With all the romance you have in that movie you would think all you need is a good buddy?
Well, you always do need a good wingman. Everybody needs that, every guy needs that.
Is the movie a good representation of how you deal with your friends?
Is it all laughter and having fun? I think my default mode is to just try to make you laugh, to say the stupidest thing to make you laugh. Everybody likes to laugh. It makes you feel good and it makes you healthier.
Are you surprised when a scene you’ve rehearsed isn’t funny but when it’s improvised or just happens, it gets the best laughs?
It happened a few times in this movie. Seann William Scott’s part was really funny on the page, but he took it to outer space, I mean he is so funny, he elevated it, and took risks that really paid off. They were really so funny, that you’d just go, ‘I can’t believe he just said that’, it’s so crazy. So yeah, he’s terrific.
How do you see the evolution of the police figure in movies? You’ve really played the extremes as in Die Hard.
Do you think that in the 80s it needed to be all action – the audiences expected that.
How have you seen that type of character?
Well, I’m sick of it, I’m sick of playing cops, that’s why I wanted to do a film that was just about funny cops. Cause there’s only so many times you can run down the road with two guns in your hand, screaming and take it seriously. But these films cop action or cop action buddy comedies have been around since they’ve been making films. They used to call them westerns, then they called them Second World War pictures, then it was gangster pictures, then they called them Vietnam pictures, or cop pictures after The French Connection. It’s always about a couple of guys that stand between the good guys and the bad guys. This is a variation on it that is, everything in the film is really secondary to trying to make you laugh. So it’s a version of it I guess.
Are people surprised that because of your tough guy persona you do have a good sense of humour?
Only people who forget that I worked on TV for five years. And I was funny everyday, that was my job. But people have short memories. I was funny one time in Sixth Sense too and then there was that one time in Die Hard when I made someone laugh.
I know, but I’m just asking about the general perception. Are people surprised?
No, they just say congratulations.
Bruce, what kind of actors make you laugh?
There are actors that can, just out of nowhere. You can be having a conversation and all of a sudden they just say something out of the blue, completely out of left field, that is so off topic and so not what we were talking about, that it cracks you up.
Can you name anybody?
Yeah, Tracy Morgan.
How is your music career, any upcoming performances?
No, I’m retired.
Why?
Too busy being happy.
You can’t be happy while also playing music?
I play a little. I sit in with the Allman Brothers Band once in awhile, but I’m not playing nearly as much as I used to.
Are you still enjoying acting?
Yeah, I think so. I still enjoy it sometimes a little more, sometimes a little less, but I still like trying to make something from 110 typewritten pages of words and try and be funny. In this case the funny ideas weren’t always in the script, but sometimes things get away from you, it’s tricky finding what the hook is.
Do you know when something is not working?
Yeah, I guess. If you catch something take a little left turn and come back to what the scene is supposed to be you feel like you’ve done your job.
‘Cop Out’ is in cinemas now.
New Gorillaz Stylo Video
Look it up on Youtube. Embedding was disabled for the Video. But if you follow the link below you should see it. A Cameo! Nice B, very nice.
The Video
The Video
Comes out Friday!
Bruce Willis doing another great character. I think Bruce Willis has an excellent sense of humor. I am positive this is going to be an excellent movie since for one, it has Bruce Willis in it. Two, it combines Cops, and Funny. Bruce willis is excellent at playing both. He built his reputation playing a cop, he built his following with his sense of humor. Just gotta love it you get both for the price of one.
Chalk up another one for Bruce!
Feb 23 2010 11:46 AM EST
'Cop Out' Cast Say Working With Bruce Willis Is 'Awesome'
'I'm just overjoyed,' Tracy Morgan says at comedy's New York premiere.
By Jocelyn Vena, with reporting by Perri Nemiroff
As if anyone needs confirmation that working with Hollywood legend Bruce Willis is awesome, his "Cop Out" co-stars are spreading the word. And having the chance to work with him on the Kevin Smith-directed flick, which opens this weekend, was a dream come true.
"It was awesome. I don't have the words," Tracy Morgan, who co-stars as Willis' partner, Paul Hodges, in the flick, told MTV News on the red carpet at the New York City premiere. "I mean, can you imagine? This is Bruce Willis. Just getting the opportunity to work with him ... I would have done one scene with him, let alone I got to do a whole movie with Bruce Willis. 'Die Hard' franchise and all that stuff. I'm just overjoyed."
Adam Brody, who also plays a police officer in the comedy, said he's always wanted to be in a cop movie. "Yeah, actually, I did [want to be a cop when I was a kid]. I don't think I'm a violent person, but guns always seemed like a cool prop," he explained. But would he want to be arrested by Willis and Morgan? "No! I'd be intimidated [by them] because Bruce is a heavy and then who knows what Tracy's gonna do."
Michelle Trachtenberg, who plays Willis' daughter in the cop comedy, loved having the chance to improvise with the icon. "I've known Kevin [Smith] for years. He's so awesome and extraordinary. He let me, Bruce and I, improv a bunch of our stuff, and it was a lot of fun," the "Gossip Girl" star said. "Bruce is great. It was fun playing his daughter 'cause I know his daughters, so it was an interesting mix."
Check out everything we've got on "Cop Out." For breaking news, celebrity columns, humor and more — updated around the clock — visit MTVMoviesBlog.com.
The real article here
'Cop Out' Cast Say Working With Bruce Willis Is 'Awesome'
'I'm just overjoyed,' Tracy Morgan says at comedy's New York premiere.
By Jocelyn Vena, with reporting by Perri Nemiroff
As if anyone needs confirmation that working with Hollywood legend Bruce Willis is awesome, his "Cop Out" co-stars are spreading the word. And having the chance to work with him on the Kevin Smith-directed flick, which opens this weekend, was a dream come true.
"It was awesome. I don't have the words," Tracy Morgan, who co-stars as Willis' partner, Paul Hodges, in the flick, told MTV News on the red carpet at the New York City premiere. "I mean, can you imagine? This is Bruce Willis. Just getting the opportunity to work with him ... I would have done one scene with him, let alone I got to do a whole movie with Bruce Willis. 'Die Hard' franchise and all that stuff. I'm just overjoyed."
Adam Brody, who also plays a police officer in the comedy, said he's always wanted to be in a cop movie. "Yeah, actually, I did [want to be a cop when I was a kid]. I don't think I'm a violent person, but guns always seemed like a cool prop," he explained. But would he want to be arrested by Willis and Morgan? "No! I'd be intimidated [by them] because Bruce is a heavy and then who knows what Tracy's gonna do."
Michelle Trachtenberg, who plays Willis' daughter in the cop comedy, loved having the chance to improvise with the icon. "I've known Kevin [Smith] for years. He's so awesome and extraordinary. He let me, Bruce and I, improv a bunch of our stuff, and it was a lot of fun," the "Gossip Girl" star said. "Bruce is great. It was fun playing his daughter 'cause I know his daughters, so it was an interesting mix."
Check out everything we've got on "Cop Out." For breaking news, celebrity columns, humor and more — updated around the clock — visit MTVMoviesBlog.com.
The real article here
The Surrogates
I cant wait. September 25th is apparently the date.
Here are a couple of stills from the movie. Could Bruce have 2 more polar opposite looks going on than he had here?
Here are a couple of stills from the movie. Could Bruce have 2 more polar opposite looks going on than he had here?
Bruce Willis Confirms 'The Expendables' Cameo
Confirmation of 'The Expendables' Cameo
August 18, 2009 08:44:46 GMT
'I'm waiting for a call from Sly about when we're going to try and make that happen,' the 'Die Hard' star said of him joining Sylvester Stallone to shoot a very special scene for the action adventure.
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© Janet Mayer/PR Photos Bruce Willis will indeed make a cameo appearance in Sylvester Stallone-directed "The Expendables". Laying bare the fact was the star of the "Die Hard" series himself. The 54-year-old action star told MTV News that he is leaving time open on his schedule to shoot a cameo for the action adventure movie.
About his cameo, he confessed that he will be seen sharing screen with Stallone and Arnold Schwarzenegger. "That's the concept," he said with a grin. "That's the plan." Though so, the former husband of actress Demi Moore revealed that he has yet shot the scene. "Not yet, I haven't united with them," he said. "I'm waiting for a call from Sly about when we're going to try and make that happen."
When pursued on what character he will be portraying, the leading man of "Surrogates" fessed up that he has no idea about it just yet. "I don't know anything about [my character] yet, haven't seen any pages yet," he explained. Still, he added, "But I'm excited about it."
"The Expendables" centers its story on a team of mercenaries who heads to South America on a mission to overthrow a dictator, who has caused devastation in the last 20 years. Steve Austin, Dolph Lundgren, Brittany Murphy and Charisma Carpenter are among the star-studded cast ensemble.
The film has been shot in locations, such as Brazil, New Orleans and Los Angeles starting on March 28. April 23, 2010 has been set to be the theatrical release date of this Lionsgate movie in North America. Earlier, some footage from the film have been made available to view.
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August 18, 2009 08:44:46 GMT
'I'm waiting for a call from Sly about when we're going to try and make that happen,' the 'Die Hard' star said of him joining Sylvester Stallone to shoot a very special scene for the action adventure.
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© Janet Mayer/PR Photos Bruce Willis will indeed make a cameo appearance in Sylvester Stallone-directed "The Expendables". Laying bare the fact was the star of the "Die Hard" series himself. The 54-year-old action star told MTV News that he is leaving time open on his schedule to shoot a cameo for the action adventure movie.
About his cameo, he confessed that he will be seen sharing screen with Stallone and Arnold Schwarzenegger. "That's the concept," he said with a grin. "That's the plan." Though so, the former husband of actress Demi Moore revealed that he has yet shot the scene. "Not yet, I haven't united with them," he said. "I'm waiting for a call from Sly about when we're going to try and make that happen."
When pursued on what character he will be portraying, the leading man of "Surrogates" fessed up that he has no idea about it just yet. "I don't know anything about [my character] yet, haven't seen any pages yet," he explained. Still, he added, "But I'm excited about it."
"The Expendables" centers its story on a team of mercenaries who heads to South America on a mission to overthrow a dictator, who has caused devastation in the last 20 years. Steve Austin, Dolph Lundgren, Brittany Murphy and Charisma Carpenter are among the star-studded cast ensemble.
The film has been shot in locations, such as Brazil, New Orleans and Los Angeles starting on March 28. April 23, 2010 has been set to be the theatrical release date of this Lionsgate movie in North America. Earlier, some footage from the film have been made available to view.
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Bruce to do 3 more?
Here is an Article claiming 3 more Films for the man. I am still waiting for the release of Surrogates. Soon to be released Surrogates.
THR is reporting that Bruce Willis is in negotiation to star in three more action films, including "Inventory" thriller, the CIA tale "Red" and the mob biopic "Scarpa." In "Inventory," Willis, who is in negotiations for the role, would play a detective on the trail of a murderer. In "Red," Willis would portray a former black-ops agent who has gone into retirement but is forced back into action when a high-tech assassin threatens him and his girlfriend. Erich and Jon Hoeber are writing the screenplay, which is based on the WildStorm/DC Comic. In "Scarpa" Willis will play the title character Greg Scarpa, an FBI informant who worked deeply undercover in New York's Columbo family. The biopic is set to be directed by "Training Day" helmer Antoine Fuqua. Willis is also attached to a host of other action films, including the Kevin Smith-directed buddy action/comedy "A Couple of Dicks,
THR is reporting that Bruce Willis is in negotiation to star in three more action films, including "Inventory" thriller, the CIA tale "Red" and the mob biopic "Scarpa." In "Inventory," Willis, who is in negotiations for the role, would play a detective on the trail of a murderer. In "Red," Willis would portray a former black-ops agent who has gone into retirement but is forced back into action when a high-tech assassin threatens him and his girlfriend. Erich and Jon Hoeber are writing the screenplay, which is based on the WildStorm/DC Comic. In "Scarpa" Willis will play the title character Greg Scarpa, an FBI informant who worked deeply undercover in New York's Columbo family. The biopic is set to be directed by "Training Day" helmer Antoine Fuqua. Willis is also attached to a host of other action films, including the Kevin Smith-directed buddy action/comedy "A Couple of Dicks,
Hopefully he achieves way beyond this!
But way Cool News!
From the Sanoma Valley Sun
December 18, 2008
Bruce Willis to be honored at Sonoma International Film Festival
Staff Report
Kevin McNeely, chairman of the Sonoma International Film Society, announced today that actor and musician Bruce Willis, star of “12 Monkeys,” the “Die Hard” series, “The Fifth Element,” “The Sixth Sense” and the forthcoming “What Just Happened?” among other films, will be honored at the Sonoma International Film Festival (formerly the Sonoma Valley Film Festival) next spring.
The actor and occasional bluesman (he plays harmonica in a band) will be presented with the society’s “Lifetime Achievement Award” at the festival, which enters its twelfth year bringing films to the Valley, from April 1 to 5, 2009.
“My schedule is a little hectic these days,” said Willis, who is currently directing his first feature film in Louisiana. “But by hook or by crook, I will be in Sonoma for your festival in April. I am honored to receive this award.”
Willis’ cinematic work will be showcased as part of the festival’s tribute program, which will include a party as well as a ceremony.
From the Sanoma Valley Sun
December 18, 2008
Bruce Willis to be honored at Sonoma International Film Festival
Staff Report
Kevin McNeely, chairman of the Sonoma International Film Society, announced today that actor and musician Bruce Willis, star of “12 Monkeys,” the “Die Hard” series, “The Fifth Element,” “The Sixth Sense” and the forthcoming “What Just Happened?” among other films, will be honored at the Sonoma International Film Festival (formerly the Sonoma Valley Film Festival) next spring.
The actor and occasional bluesman (he plays harmonica in a band) will be presented with the society’s “Lifetime Achievement Award” at the festival, which enters its twelfth year bringing films to the Valley, from April 1 to 5, 2009.
“My schedule is a little hectic these days,” said Willis, who is currently directing his first feature film in Louisiana. “But by hook or by crook, I will be in Sonoma for your festival in April. I am honored to receive this award.”
Willis’ cinematic work will be showcased as part of the festival’s tribute program, which will include a party as well as a ceremony.
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.
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