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Which of these Five A-List Projects Do You Give a Sh*t About?

By Dustin Rowles | Posted Under Trade News | Comments (24)

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  • I think this is bad-ass casting news, but I still like the old-school guys. And yes: You can consider both Johnny Depp and Tom Hanks old school, at this point. Word from Deadline is that both men are circling Sleeping Dogs, about five men working on the border zone between Paraguay, Argentina and Brazil, an area known for organized crime, where some of that money goes to fund terrorist groups. Even better news: Kathryn Bigelow is directing, and her Hurt Locker screenwriter, Mark Boal, is writing. Give a Shit Factor: 9.5

  • Robert Downey, Jr. — who is officially on the brink of world domination — is attached to a movie called Yucatan, which is based on 1700 pages of notes that were found among Steve McQueen’s possessions after he died. That’s a lot of material to process and refine, and now Warner Brothers has hired Anthony Peckham (Sherlock Holmes) to piece it all together into a script, so says Deadline. The movie is about an archeologist who hires a Navy diver to explore caves in the Yucatan jungle that lead to underground lakes. It’s rumored that the lakes contain gold and other treasure, which belonged to virgins who were sacrificed there a year before. Downey, Jr. would play the diver. It was originally conceived as an action movie without dialogue, but that’s unlikely to fly at a studio, and come on: The man’s voice is part of Downey’s appeal. Give a Shit Factor: 7

  • And speaking of Downey, Jr., Deadline reports that it’s now official: Sam Raimi will tackle Oz: The Great and Powerful, something of a prequel to The Wizard of Oz, which focuses on the younger life of Wizard, when he was transported from Kansas to Oz. Downey, Jr. is still attached to play the wizard, though he hasn’t officially signed on. And I do believe that the Hollywood Cog originally broke this story, many months ago, when Raimi was still circling. Give a Shit Factor: 8.

  • Michael Bay’s Transformers 3 now has a name. It’ll be called The Dark of the Moon, according to Collider. And speaking of, here’s a pub trivia question my team had last night: Which Pink Floyd album was also a title in Wind of the Willows? Oh, and: Give a Shit Factor: .05.

  • Finally, here are a couple of images from the set of Mission Impossible IV, which come from Coming Soon, where you can see the whole galley of them. Note: Many contain Tom Cruise shirtless. Note, also, that there is nothing in the world appealing about Tom Cruise shirtless. Give a Shit Factor: 2.5.


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    Comments

    You're giving Michael Bay too much credit with the .05.

    Posted by: PaulterA at October 7, 2010 11:46 AM

    • Anyone else find it amusing that the Tom Cruise pics have "Coming Soon" exploding from his crotch?

    Posted by: BWeaves at October 7, 2010 11:47 AM

    None. I give a shit about none of them, and I freaking love RDJ. Why can't he do a good drama, for pete's sake? Or something dark and interesting? He's too good to just turn into action man. *grumble*

    Posted by: Samantha at October 7, 2010 11:56 AM

    The GAS factor....I like it.

    Piper At The Gates Of Dawn?

    Posted by: sansho1 at October 7, 2010 11:58 AM

    I think a Thetan is trying to burst out of Tom Cruise's bellybutton.

    Posted by: mswas at October 7, 2010 11:58 AM

    Hells yes on 1 and 2, lukewarm on 3, couldn't give a shit on 4, and I'm sure I'll see it on Netflix on 5.

    Posted by: TylerDFC at October 7, 2010 12:02 PM

    Samantha,

    If you don't care about the first news ("Sleeping Dogs"), then you are an emotionless pit of shit.

    No offense, of course.

    Posted by: Kballs at October 7, 2010 12:07 PM

    Was Steve McQueen on an acid trip when he came up with that? Is that question redundant? Did he need acid? Inhaling all that asbestos must have had some perqs.

    Posted by: Mrs. Julien at October 7, 2010 12:11 PM

    1 is a must see IF Hanks and Depp are BOTH in it. Just cuz the two of them make no sense together but they are good actors so I'd like to see it.
    2 and 3 have RDJ and that's enough because he's RDJ.
    4 and 5 are Netflix fodder.

    Posted by: logan at October 7, 2010 12:18 PM

    Never mind the shirtlessness (no, seriously, never mind), what's he got on his feet?

    Posted by: Salieri2 at October 7, 2010 12:21 PM

    Kballs:

    Ok. I'm fine with that. I find both actors slightly overrated. *shrug*

    Posted by: Samantha at October 7, 2010 12:27 PM

    You know it's hard finding a good script when you have to use something Steve Mcqueen kinda wrote about.

    Posted by: junierizzle at October 7, 2010 12:30 PM

    Dear Tom Cruise,

    You are not Sawyer. Please to put the shirt back on.

    Sincerely,
    The Public

    Posted by: Chickaboom at October 7, 2010 12:51 PM

    Salieri2: "Never mind the shirtlessness (no, seriously, never mind), what's he got on his feet?"

    He's got lifts on his bare feet.

    Posted by: BWeaves at October 7, 2010 1:31 PM

    Only care about the first one, it sounds potentially amazing.

    Posted by: Snrub at October 7, 2010 1:47 PM

    Anything with Hanks in it is immediately uninteresting and makes my mind wander and dear god I forgot to get the car smogged and I hope my husband took the whipped cream off the nightstand and put it in the fridge or the kids are gonna be wondering o that reminds me I need green jello and pineapple rings.

    Tom Hanks and His Amazing Mind Wandering Inspiring Boredom is why I log some excellent free-associating time. And grocery list writing.

    Posted by: klingonfree at October 7, 2010 3:22 PM

    Today IS a good day to die.

    Posted by: klingoninfested at October 7, 2010 3:43 PM

    *[preface] Perhaps

    Fuckin' Romulan Ale...

    Posted by: klingoninfested at October 7, 2010 3:47 PM

    Your give a shit ratings are accurate and I concur.

    Posted by: wonderbreadhead at October 7, 2010 5:01 PM

    Tom Cruise has tiny nipples.

    "He never wears a shirt; he never wears shoes. Why hasn't he died from lack of service?"

    Posted by: Ellie at October 7, 2010 7:23 PM

    Caption for second Tom Cruise pic: "Mission Impossible IV: Constipation Unknown"

    Posted by: TrickyHD at October 7, 2010 9:41 PM

    Which Pink Floyd album was also a title in Wind of the Willows?

    sancho1 is correct. It is The Piper at the Gates of Dawn.

    Posted by: Uriah Creep at October 7, 2010 10:10 PM

    Tom Cruise has animé hair in that second pic. Pass it on.

    Posted by: replica at October 7, 2010 11:12 PM

    Don't you mean your "Kick-ass Victorious Trivia Team!"

    Posted by: El L Cool J at October 8, 2010 7:33 PM