As I noted in the Pulse post below, there's this really annoying trend whereby studio heads are insisting on the inclusion of "young, hot, hip" actors in film franchises in order to bring in the coveted teen set (e.g., think AVP). Yes, I understand that it's just good for business but it's still annoying. Below are two additional examples. I can already predict that Die Hard 4 and Rambo 4 are going to suck. From Darkhorizons,"Jeepers Creepers" and "Dodgeball" star Justin Long, hot off recent hits like "The Break-Up" and upcoming comedy "Accepted", is just days away from being officially announced to co-star in Die Hard 4.0 reports IESB.
The site can confirm that he is in the final stages of his negotiations, though whether he will play the son of John McClane (Bruce Willis) or a computer hacker that he teams up with is unsure.
Long also confirmed that Len Wiseman ("Underworld") rumored to be in talks, is in fact directing. Fox has been seen scouting Vancouver for the big action sequel which finds hero John McClane coming out of retirement to battle an Internet terrorist organization."
"Production on "Rambo IV" is finally expected to commence October 1st in Thailand and talking with Entertainment Weekly, Sylvester Stallone says a lot of the delays in the last two years which stalled the film revolved around the lack of a potential enemy.
After ruling out the Mideast, Africa, and Korea, the actor finally hit on a solution "I called Soldier of Fortune magazine and said, 'What is the most critical man-doing-inhumanity-to-man situation right now in the world? Where is it?" says Stallone. They came back with Burma (aka. Myanmar), the largest country geographically in mainland Southeast Asia.
Art Monterastelli ("The Hunted") co-wrote the script with Stallone which finds Rambo living a monastic lifestyle in Bangkok and salvaging old PT boats and tanks for scrap metal. When a group of volunteers bringing supplies into Burma disappears, a relative of one of the missing missionaries begs Rambo to find them. He heads off with a team of young guns to find them."
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Well, the fact that the main players in Superman returns were in their early 20's is another great example of this.
Even more ruinous: the Underworld director is doing Die Hard 4? Hoo boy. There's going to be a lot of scenes of Bruce Willis bursting through double doors and angrily striding past lounging goths.
And Stallone calls Soldier of Fortune magazine to find out about current events? Sigh. I guess I shouldn't be surprised.
I'm sad about Die Hard because I like that franchise. I'm still not a huge fan of T2 because of Eddie. With that director we're also sure to see long shootouts that somehow seem boring.
I think you're too hard on T2; Eddie pulls off most of those scenes pretty well, the really annoying parts are more the script's fault.
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