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.also other than Tarseem.. are there any other dirs. that go by one name.??..

i respect his energy and enthusiasm. its refreshing to see such qualities in a young filmmaker, instead of the 'i know it all-get the fuck out of my way' attitude many young filmmakers have.

i dug charlie's angels, i thought it was fun. i have yet to see the sequel. i think w/ a have decent script mcg could turn out a very good film.

pure style and no substance of any kind...even for an action film like charlie's angels...the sequel i snot even a movie, if you ask me...it's all chopped to give you the idea that a lot of stuff is happening when actually nothing interesting never happens in the whole movie...

his music videos are all the same: saturated colors wirh some computer generated image behind the performers and some hot girls dancing around. he does this over and over and over, he has no imagination, or at least hasn't shown that...all the action sequences on both ca movies are rehashed versions of better action sequences in infinetely better movies...

is just pure garbage...

McG, meet Mario Van Peeples.
-Prince directed 'Under The Cherry Moon'...I guess that counts for a one-name director with no talent, huh?

i just remembered something. the other day i was talking to a woman who teaches film at some college around here and so (since she has an interest), i asked her what her favorite movies from this year were.  she said the Charlies Angels: Full Throttle was the best thing she's seen all year.  and made comparisons from McG to Orson Welles, and talked about how it was brilliant because there was no plot.  it was just "pure cinema" with the images and sounds and such.  i was like, ummm... okay.

Quote from: themodernage02and made comparisons from McG to Orson Welles, and talked about how it was brilliant because there was no plot.

Oh, how I wish the comparison would include the studio taking that film away from him.

I don't really have anything much to say about McG, but I liked Charlies Angels 2 a lot.

I like Charlie's Angels waaaaaay too much.  I really dig b/c of McG's obvious enthusiasm in every scene, no matter how pointless what we're seeing is.  The whole thing was goofy and fun.  

But goddaaaaaaaaaamn, did that mofo drop the ball in part 2.  The fun was gone for me.  The special effects... eh.  My biggest gripe was that they tried to do TOO much.  Like have a dirtbike explode midair and have it catapult Diaz to the back of another?  Riding planks down the tow cables?  And the supposed 'death scene' at the hands of Moore is so mind-boggling-ly bad-- were they trying to repeat Drew going out on the window in Part 1, one scene that was actually great?  I dunno.  I know I'm reading too much into such a goofy movie, but I hate it when directors get a little too much money and freedom and lose their minds.  Sometimes the man breathin' down your back is a good thing (as with part one).

Which is funny because I didn't like CA 1 nearly as much.

I feel sorry for McG... his fate was sealed at birth when his parents put the Mc in there.

Quote from: Weak2ndActI like Charlie's Angels waaaaaay too much.  I really dig b/c of McG's obvious enthusiasm in every scene, no matter how pointless what we're seeing is.  The whole thing was goofy and fun.  

But goddaaaaaaaaaamn, did that mofo drop the ball in part 2.  The fun was gone for me.  The special effects... eh.  My biggest gripe was that they tried to do TOO much.  Like have a dirtbike explode midair and have it catapult Diaz to the back of another?  Riding planks down the tow cables?  And the supposed 'death scene' at the hands of Moore is so mind-boggling-ly bad-- were they trying to repeat Drew going out on the window in Part 1, one scene that was actually great?  I dunno.  I know I'm reading too much into such a goofy movie, but I hate it when directors get a little too much money and freedom and lose their minds.  Sometimes the man breathin' down your back is a good thing (as with part one).

I'm with you. I was surprised how much I liked the first one because I was not expecting much. It didn't take itself seriously and it was a lot of fun. So I was kinda looking forward to the second one; it had a pretty good trailer. But my God, I so hated the second and the more I think about it, the more I feel it is the worst movie I have seen this year. It was just a string of scenes ripped-off from other movies with no attempt at a story. The first one also had Bill Murray, who is funnier with his pinky than Bernie Mack is with his entire body.

Exactly MacG-- and wtf is with Bernie hitting a bomb away from the premiere w/ a pole or something?  What was the ending about anyway?  It still makes no sense to me.

Quote from: MrBurgerKingI feel sorry for McG... his fate was sealed at birth when his parents put the Mc in there.

LoL...........

fuck, I can't take it anymore..... who is McG????????

Oh, I love McG! I mean, for what he's done so far, I think he could be really really good. It's refreshing to see the kind of movies he makes. I think he's what Brett Ratner wants to be, he tries to make the kind of movies McG has so far and he fails each time. Seriously, I just finally saw Charlie's Angels II and couldn't believe it one-upped the first one, which I just thought was great...one of the best films of 2000, CA II is one of the best of this year. They both remind me that hollywood is still capable of putting out good films and that makes me happy. I wish there were more hollywood directors like McG that just want to put out funny, entertaining movies that actually are funny and entertaining. He's a little like Spielberg in that respect (nothing like Welles), but a little less serious. He seems to enjoy it all too. I'm looking forward to what he does next, he's great. I hope to have his energy as a filmmaker.

Quote from: SoNowThenfuck, I can't take it anymore..... who is McG????????

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::valley girl::

" Like oh my gosh..what is he like thinking wearing a like um  lika a blue jean jacket??..lika um hello Mr McG, its 2003 like not 1983...whatever!"

... :arrow: doesn't he look like uncle cracker???

Quote from: themodernage02it was just "pure cinema" with the images and sounds and such.  i was like, ummm... okay.

I would never call it pure cinema, but its entirely surface nature is why I enjoyed it so much. It seemed to have no other purpose other than to be nonsensical eye candy, and in that regard, I felt that it delivered 100%. I loved how random it felt. The first movie felt slightly too attached to its plot, whereas this one just abandoned all concept of narrative. In extreme, over the top cases like this, I can applaud that.

That said, I hated Demi Moore and was bored with Bernie Mac. You can't top Rockwell and Murray.

Quote from: GhostboyI hated Demi Moore and was bored with Bernie Mac. You can't top Rockwell and Murray.

Yea, I didn't like the idea of Demi Moore being in it from the beginning...agreed, she sucked. I thought Bernie Mac was pretty funny though. Not as good as Murray, true...but not bad at all. None of the villains came close to Rockwell, definitely agree with you there. And then John Cleese was just wasted. But I still really loved the movie overall, even with its flaws.

Director McG Talks Superman Status
Source: Coming Soon!

During a press conference for the upcoming Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle DVD, director McG gave an update on the new Superman movie in development at Warner Bros.

"I'm a big fan of 'Superman,' and you know, I'm discussing it with Warner Brothers, but it's still very uncertain," he said. "It's a big project and they're being very cautious, and I'm being very cautious and it's yet to be seen if it's in the cards."

McG also addressed the issue of why Superman has had so many false starts. "I think they want to be very respectful of the crown jewel of, you know, all their franchises," he added about the studio. "It's a great character. And I think everybody who would ever be a part of that type of picture wants to get it done properly. So I don't think they're in any rush to make that picture, and I think their focus is on doing it right."

Asked what he will be working on next, McG said, "Well I mean I'm circling a couple pictures, and I'm very much considering directing live theater, because I want to improve as a director and become a better and better storyteller, and I'm thinking about going to London to direct theater."

"No matter what I do I promise you that the next project will have a very, very purposeful photographic palette".

Director McG is Daring to Adapt Evel Knievel
Source: Variety

Director McG is attached to Universal Pictures' Evel Knievel biopic, Pure Evel, based on the daring, devilish icon of the 1970s. Screenwriter Andrew Walker (Seven) will write a new draft of the script.

Knievel, McG said, was one of the characters he fantasized about in his "Walter Mitty childhood." He and Walker plan to visit Knievel, who is recuperating from back surgery in Clearwater, Fla., and interview him for the film.

The film will focus on a narrow slice of Knievel's life, tracking the stuntman's rise to fame as he jumped everything from buses to a canyon, thrilling audiences when he landed safely -- or crashed and broke nearly every bone in his body. McG envisions ending at Knievel's much-hyped, failed rocket jump across the Snake River Canyon.

McG is at work on a Hot Wheels film for Columbia. He's also been working with Warner Brothers on a Superman project.

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McG is at work on a Hot Wheels film for Columbia..

ahahahahahahaahahahahahahaahha......this has to be made it will be so bad its funny...........what woul dbe cool if he did pseudo-guerilla and have peoples hands holding the hot wheels in place and racing them like kids do....complete w/ sound effects from their mouths.....

I'm sorry.  I just can't believe that there's really a McG forum.

That's all.

Quote from: hacksparrowI'm sorry.  I just can't believe that there's really a McG forum.

That's all.

There's not.  But there is a McG thread.

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Quote from: hacksparrowI'm sorry.  I just can't believe that there's really a McG forum.

That's all.

There's not.  But there is a McG thread.

Picky, picky.  :?

McG & Glenn Team Up for McCabe
Source: Variety August 31, 2005

McG has teamed with up-and-coming screenwriter John Glenn to develop a contemporary Dirty Harry story for the Fox channel, reports Variety.

Fox has made a script commitment with a sizable penalty for the project, which was pitched with the working title McCabe. The project would follow the story of a school teacher who becomes a cop to pursue justice and find his wife's killer.

Glenn will write and executive produce the project, along with McG. McCabe would be produced through McG's Wonderland Sound & Vision and Warner Bros. TV, where it's based.

i do give him props for the dirty harry story and not remake.  ripping off ideas loosely without due credit is ALWAYS the way to go.  most remakes are so different/updated from the originals anyway, if they weren't so greedy with the 'brand name'...  literally, do you think if they'd changed the characters names in Bewitched and made it about a fictional show "Witchypoo" anyone would've thought it had anything to do with that show?  hardly.  or if Alfie had some other name?  c'mon, we could TOTALLY get rid of a buncha remakes if they just learned to steal ideas better.

Phew...at first I thought he was going to remake McCabe and Mrs. Miller.

McConaughey Joins Huddle
Helmer McG will direct Matthew McConaughey in a real-life gridiron story surrounding a tragedy at Marshall College.

McG is getting back into the feature film business after three years. His last film was Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle, which may or may not have been the reason for his hiatus, but that's another story.

The Hollywood Reporter indicates McG has signed on with Warner Bros. to make a film about a true incident that rocked the Marshall College football team in the 1970s. Matthew McConaughey will star in the as-yet untitled film that details the events that took place when most of the members of the Marshall College squad, its coaching staff, commentators and local boosters were killed in a plane crash, Coach Jack Lengyel, to be played by McConaughey, and the surviving players rebuilt the team.

The movie, to be produced by Thunder Road and McG's Wonderland Sound and Vision, will be shot mostly in West Virginia, some of it on the Marshall College campus and football field.

McG says he's been "looking to expand my horizons as a storyteller." He's been expanding his resume since Full Throttle by working as an executive producer on The O.C. and Supernatural.

McG on Charlie's Angels 3
Will the director return for another go-round?

Director McG has had a rough time getting new film projects off the ground since directing Charlie's Angels in 2000 and the sequel, Full Throttle, in 2003. The director was at one point pegged to helm Superman, but that film fell through the hands of a host of directors before Bryan Singer took it on.

McG is currently hard at work on his most serious project to date, entitled We Are Marshall, which is currently filming in Atlanta. The film tells the tale of Marshall University's football program in the aftermath of a devastating plane crash that killed 75 in 1970.

Now that McG has had a taste of dramatic filmmaking, he says that his days of directing bombastic action flicks are over... At least for now.

"There's no more sequels in my future," says McG.

Tired of being labeled as another stereotypical music video director with the trademark one word name and knack for crafting spectacular action but little substance, McG has decided to take his career in a new direction.

"I'm not trying to shut it down and go, 'That's it, I'm only making Merchant Ivory pictures for the rest of my life.' But I definitely didn't take this picture just to go back to dreck, there's no way. I'm only interested in telling dramatic, serious stories."

Although the Charlie's Angels series may go on, McG says that he will not be involved outside of possibly producing. "Maybe, I don't know, not for me; maybe Drew (Barrymore) and I would produce it. It would be three different girls, with a different director, that's what I say."

i'd take mcg over ratner any day.

Justin Marks rewriting 'Captain Nemo'
McG to direct fast-tracked Disney project
Source: Variety

Justin Marks has come on board to rewrite Disney's redo of "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea: Captain Nemo."

Remake will serve as an origin story of Nemo as he creates his warship, the Nautilus. Characters come from the Jules Verne novel and the 1954 actioner, that was the first live action film made by Walt Disney. Studio is fast-tracking the project that McG will direct.

Project is the latest pop culture notch in Marks' belt after penning scripts for "He-Man and the Masters of the Universe," "Voltron: Defender of the Universe," "Street Fighter" and a Green Arrow actioner. First draft was penned by Bill Marsilli.

Sean Bailey ("Tron 2.0") is producing with McG's Wonderland Sound and Vision. Jeanne Allgood serves as exec producer.

Disney hopes to make the film this year and is McG's follow up to "Terminator: Salvation."

Stephen Gaghan set to adapt 'Dead Spy'
McG is attached to direct Warners' espionage film
Source: Hollywood Reporter

Stephen Gaghan has been tapped to pen the adaptation of "Dead Spy Running," an espionage novel to which McG is attached to direct for Warner Bros.

Based on a book by British author Jon Stock, the film is meant to be the first in a trilogy and aims to reinvent the spy genre by telling the origin story of a newly trained spy in a tone that mixes the grittiness of "The Bourne Identity" with the wittiness of John Le Carre's oeuvre.

"Spy," to be published in June, begins with the protagonist running the London Marathon, where a fellow racer is strapped with explosives. The scenario leads to a globe-trotting adventure to clear the name of the man's father.

McG, who would direct at least the first installment, is producing with Jeanne Allgood via their Warners-based Wonderland Sound and Vision.

Ollie Madden, one of the studio's U.K.-based execs, is overseeing.

WMA-repped Gaghan, an Oscar winner for "Traffic," is writing the adaptation of nonfiction book "Blink," to which he is also attached to direct, for Universal and Appian Way.

Noooooooooo!!!!!!  :yabbse-angry:


This is heaven: McG to reboot La Femme Nikita for The CW
Source: SciFi Wire

When we heard this news, we squeed all over ourselves: The CW has ordered a pilot for a remake of La Femme Nikita, the 1990s USA Network show based on Luc Besson's French movie, from Supernatural producer McG.

La Femme Nikita! We loved the U.S./Canadian TV series for its moody ambience, doomed romance, complex sci-fi mythology and kick-ass action, featuring the smoking hot Peta Wilson and the mulletted and morose Roy Dupuis, not to mention Eugene Robert Glazer's Operations and especially Alberta Watson's Madeline.

We loved the movie for other reasons; mainly, the killer gamine Anne Parillaud and the kick-ass action. (Let us not speak of the 1993 U.S. remake, Point of No Return, featuring a miscast Bridget Fonda.)

Here's how The Hollywood Reporter's Live Feed reports the news about a remake.

McG ("Terminator: Salvation," "Human Target") will executive produce the "Nikita" remake, along with Peter Johnson from Warner Bros. and Wonderland Prods.

The French film "Nikita," about a young criminal who's trained to be an assassin by a top-secret government organization, was originally made by Luc Besson in 1990, then was remade in 1993 as a U.S. film starring Bridget Fonda called "Point of No Return." The story was then launched as a TV series in 1991 on USA Network.

"Nikita" will give The CW its first non-supernatural action-drama. In this version, Nikita goes rogue and a new assassin is trained to replace her.

This from the network that gave us Supernatural, Smallville and Gossip Girl. We love Supernatural, so here's hoping McG does right by one of our favorite franchises. And how about casting Wilson as the new Madeline?