Web of Lies: No suprise that a Nimrod is involved
When I saw the following on Quiet Earth, quite frankly I dismissed it (and not just because I hate the earth like the GOP does):
"Sam Raimi met Nimrod (Antal) on the Sony lot before his first US film, Vacancy. They clicked, so Sam hired him to direct Armored. Now, Predators is getting some great word-of-mouth around tinsel-town. Warners loves it and now Sam Raimi and Sony want the director back at the studio to helm Spider-man."
Several things seemed off to me: (1) Someone brought up the movie Armored without making a joke about it. (2) Nobody says tinsel-town anymore. I checked on that with MY sources...and those sources laughed at me. (3) Why would Sony care what Sam Raimi thinks, even if he is keeping his role on the film as a "producer?" Isn't this akin to asking the girl you just dumped to check out the rack on the hottie you're now shagging? Sure, Raimi may have some contractual thing that allows him to stay on as a "producer," but that really doesn't mean anything. If you've seen "30 Rock," you know that these titles are usually just given out to stop the fighting. Also, (4) Predators is getting great word of mouth? From what mouths? And what words? This all seems highly suspect. But then Slashfilm picked up the story and basically said that Quiet Earth knows their shit. This is the equivalent of a Sam Jackson character in any movie he's ever been in vouching for somebody: You'd best trust him. I haven't seen Armored. Nobody has, the film was quarantined. I have seen Vacancy, and it was pretty but stupid. I do know that this is not the guy I want making this movie but it is the type of guy who the studio is going to hire to make this movie. Instead of somebody young and hip (Edgar Wright), someone with great character sensibility (Jason Reitman), someone with a really unique visual eye (Michel Gondry), or somebody with a passion for the character, they're going to hire a guy who they can puppeteer. So, Nimrod, be warned: You're about to have a hand up your ass. That may be the finest sentence I've ever composed on this blog.
"Sam Raimi met Nimrod (Antal) on the Sony lot before his first US film, Vacancy. They clicked, so Sam hired him to direct Armored. Now, Predators is getting some great word-of-mouth around tinsel-town. Warners loves it and now Sam Raimi and Sony want the director back at the studio to helm Spider-man."
Several things seemed off to me: (1) Someone brought up the movie Armored without making a joke about it. (2) Nobody says tinsel-town anymore. I checked on that with MY sources...and those sources laughed at me. (3) Why would Sony care what Sam Raimi thinks, even if he is keeping his role on the film as a "producer?" Isn't this akin to asking the girl you just dumped to check out the rack on the hottie you're now shagging? Sure, Raimi may have some contractual thing that allows him to stay on as a "producer," but that really doesn't mean anything. If you've seen "30 Rock," you know that these titles are usually just given out to stop the fighting. Also, (4) Predators is getting great word of mouth? From what mouths? And what words? This all seems highly suspect. But then Slashfilm picked up the story and basically said that Quiet Earth knows their shit. This is the equivalent of a Sam Jackson character in any movie he's ever been in vouching for somebody: You'd best trust him. I haven't seen Armored. Nobody has, the film was quarantined. I have seen Vacancy, and it was pretty but stupid. I do know that this is not the guy I want making this movie but it is the type of guy who the studio is going to hire to make this movie. Instead of somebody young and hip (Edgar Wright), someone with great character sensibility (Jason Reitman), someone with a really unique visual eye (Michel Gondry), or somebody with a passion for the character, they're going to hire a guy who they can puppeteer. So, Nimrod, be warned: You're about to have a hand up your ass. That may be the finest sentence I've ever composed on this blog.
Labels: director of new spiderman, nimrod antal, Spider-Man, Spider-Man 4, web of lies
posted by Ryan at
9:02 AM
0 Comments
