Six Degrees to Southeast Asia
By TK | Posted Under Trade News | Comments (3)
Who’s ready to play Hollywood word jumble again?!
File this under: I have absolutely no idea how this will end. Thai director Prachya Pinkaew, who directed the massively entertaining Ong-bak, as well as the completely insane Chocolate (which I keep meaning to review), has signed on with Millennium Films to make his first English-language film, Elephant White. Details are less than scant — all I could dig up on the plot is that it’s about a mercenary and his old friend who can’t be trusted.
Then again, if you’ve seen Ong-bak, you know that story isn’t really that important. What’s interesting about this story in general is that Pinkaew is being given the opportunity. His films are certainly exciting, and he sure as hell knows how to direct an action sequence, but still… So far, only two people have been cast, and depending on where your allegiances lie, you’ll either think that they’re relative heavyweights, or complete wastes of space. The merc will be played by Djimon Hounsou, and his friend will be played by… Kevin fucking Bacon.
Bacon is always fun to watch, regardless of what he’s doing (even if it’s Hollow Man). Hounsou… I dunno, man. I’ve said it before — I don’t know if he needs to fire his agent or what, but he’s been in a ton of movies, and about 10% of them are good. The last movie I saw him in was Never Back Down, and after seeing it I punched myself in the face as punishment for robbing myself of those 90 minutes. And for all the Amistads, Deep Risings, and Blood Diamonds he’s made, Eragon was just inex-fucking-cusable. Anyway, my point is, he makes a lot of shitty choices, and there’s no guarantee that this won’t be another one.
But hey, at least it’ll have The Bacon.
(h/t: Dark Horizons)
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Comments
Posted by: Magiel at February 19, 2010 10:30 AM
A White Elephant in Thailand is not a gooed thing.
Once heard a story about that (from a thai), that they are sort of very special. And if the Emperor gave you a White Elephant, you had to accept it. Feed it. Hug it and give it little kisses.
They only problem with that, as it was a gift and a white one is very special, you couln't use it to work the fields. Or anywhere else.
But you HAD to feed it.
So it is used to fuck over your enemies, who will go quitly bankrupt.
That's what giving someone a white elephant means.