The Ladykillers

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modage

June 12, 2003, 05:10:18 PM
needed its own official topic eventually.  according to imdb the damn things status is "completed".
Christopher Nolan's directive was clear to everyone in the cast and crew: Use CGI only as a last resort.

children with angels

#1
June 12, 2003, 05:28:38 PM
Oh that is the best news I've heard in a long time...

I loved the original movie - I can't possibly imagine what they're going to do with it but I have total faith in them. If pretty much anyone else was behind this remake I would be shouting "Whatthefuckthatfilmisperfectleaveitasitis" to anyone who would listen, but as it is: I am fine...
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sphinx

#2
June 12, 2003, 06:58:42 PM
the plot of this movie is sphinxtastic

oakmanc234

#3
June 13, 2003, 03:29:11 AM
CAN-NOT-FUCKING-WAIT
'Welcome the Thunderdome, bitch'

Ghostboy

#4
June 13, 2003, 08:50:48 AM
I haven't seen the original...it sounds like one of those twistedly delightful comedies along the lines of 'Arsenic And Old Lace.' I can't wait to see Hanks in a Coen brothers film...especially acting with Marlon Wayans. Brilliant!

children with angels

#5
June 13, 2003, 08:53:37 AM
Yeah, that's pretty close! It's slightly edgier though (and funnier in my opinion).
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godardian

#6
June 13, 2003, 01:20:44 PM
Strange that ex-Coen-cameraman Barry Sonnenfeld is listed as a "producer."
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children with angels

#7
June 13, 2003, 01:28:23 PM
Why strange?
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modage

#8
June 13, 2003, 01:29:05 PM
thats because...

The Coens Court Ladykillers
Replacing Barry Sonnenfeld on the black comedy remake.
 
April 29, 2002

According to Variety, the Coen brothers plan to follow their next project, Intolerable Cruelty, with a remake of the 1955 black comedy The Ladykillers. The original British pic, which starred Sir Alec Guinness and Peter Sellers, "centered on four accomplices in a robbery who try to kill their indestructible elderly landlady." Joel Coen will direct the film, which he'll co-write with brother Ethan.

Variety claims the Disney-based remake "is set in the South and revolves around an eccentric matron who unwittingly rents out rooms in her house to a gang of professional thieves. They plan to use the innocent address as a hideout while they plot a big-ticket heist. But they discover they're no match for the woman."

Filmmaker Barry Sonnenfeld (Big Trouble, Wild Wild West) was onboard to helm the remake but has instead opted to produce The Ladykillers along with Tom Jacobson. Before he became a director, Barry Sonnenfeld was a cinematographer who shot the Coens' Blood Simple, Raising Arizona, and Miller's Crossing.
Christopher Nolan's directive was clear to everyone in the cast and crew: Use CGI only as a last resort.

godardian

#9
June 13, 2003, 06:03:10 PM
Quote from: children with angelsWhy strange?

I just thought it was quite unusual for a cinematographer who went on to direct ends up producing for the very directors who gave him his start... just seemed like an odd reversal of circumstances, or something. I don't really care for Sonnenfeld as a director, though, so I should probably just be glad the Coens are doing this.
""Money doesn't come into it. It never has. I do what I do because it's all that I am." - Morrissey

"Lacan stressed more and more in his work the power and organizing principle of the symbolic, understood as the networks, social, cultural, and linguistic, into which a child is born. These precede the birth of a child, which is why Lacan can say that language is there from before the actual moment of birth. It is there in the social structures which are at play in the family and, of course, in the ideals, goals, and histories of the parents. This world of language can hardly be grasped by the newborn and yet it will act on the whole of the child's existence."

Stay informed on protecting your freedom of speech and civil rights.

MacGuffin

#10
July 14, 2003, 02:42:58 AM
Coen Brothers Shooting Ladykillers in Natchez
Source: The Natchez Democrat

The Natchez Democrat reports that Joel Coen and Ethan Coen will be filming Touchstone's The Ladykillers, starring Tom Hanks, Marlon Wayans, George Wallace and Ryan Hurst, in Natchez, Mississippi:

Fresh on the heels of their hit "O Brother, Where Art Thou?" brothers Joel and Ethan Coen are hard at work on their next film - and they've chosen Natchez as a location.

As it now stands, the filmmakers are set to be in and around Natchez the first two weeks of September to film outside shots for their remake of the 1955 black comedy "The Ladykillers."

Filming will take place on Canal Street across from the convention center, on Commerce Street near the Ritz Theater and in the 200 block of Linton Avenue as well as locations outside the city limits.

While star Tom Hanks will not be in Natchez for the filming, co-star Marlan Wayans and a handful of other actors will. And about 50 to 60 local extras will be cast in late August for some of the scenes, Godfrey said.

How did the Coen brothers find Natchez?

"They had filmed "O Brother" in Mississippi, too, so when they started working on this one, they remembered that Mississippi had riverboat casinos," said Assistant Location Manager Ed Godfrey. "They contacted Mississippi Film Office, which sent them here."

The brothers themselves visited Natchez three times earlier this year, and other co-producers are set to return later this month to tie up loose ends.

Filming has already started in Los Angeles, where inside shots - about 90 percent of the film - are being shot.

In "The Ladykillers" - the original of which starred Alec Guinness and Peter Sellers - Hanks will play a would-be riverboat casino robber whose plans are foiled by his elderly landlady.
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Coen Brothers Rewriting Fun With Dick and Jane
Source: Variety

Joel and Ethan Coen will rewrite director Barry Sonnenfeld's Fun With Dick and Jane, starring Jim Carrey and Cameron Diaz. The Columbia Pictures remake is scheduled to start production in eight weeks with Brian Grazer producing.

The original Columbia film starred George Segal and Jane Fonda as an upper middle-class couple who turn to pulling heists to pay the bills.

The film marks Carrey and Diaz's first pairing since The Mask, the film that made stars of both.
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©brad

#11
July 14, 2003, 09:40:32 AM
damn the coen bros. r busy dudes. its all good news though.

Ghostboy

#12
July 14, 2003, 10:06:41 AM
Despite my extreme excitement for both Intolerable Cruelty and The Ladykillers, despite my thinking that Fun With Dick And Jane sounds like delightful fun, despite my love for whatever the Coen Brothers decide to do next -- I hope they don't keep doing remakes.

mutinyco

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#13
July 14, 2003, 11:11:36 AM
I think they're cashing in a few of their chips right now. They've been at this for 20 years. Time to earn a couple of bucks and settle into the next phase of their careers. They're from an older generation now. They're legit.
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mutinyco

#14
October 17, 2003, 09:45:34 AM
"I believe in this, and it's been tested by research: he who fucks nuns will later join the church."

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