The Movie Blog Uncut Podcast - May 26th 2008
Hey there folks! Well it’s time for the first real Monday Round Table in 5 months. We’re all back in Canada again and ready to get the horses going. Tonight I’m joined once again by Doug Nagy and by the immortal Darren Conley (Bruxy was out of town tonight unfortunately). Much fun! So sit back, relax and join us as the three of us discuss:
1) Hellboy 2 anticipation. Better than Iron Man?
2) The Hobbit details
3) The Hobbit Legal problems
4) Prospects of a Highlander remake
5) Conan re-visioning
6) Movies still yet to come this summer
All this and a few things more.
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25 Comments, Comment or Ping
WolfMarauder
I’ve missed having all of you guys. You have a much better dynamic that way. :)
May 26th, 2008
Grave
OK 3 things i like to say….
1. Good show, im excited about HB2, Your also right about Highlander, love the first movie and the rest sucked major.
2. I dont care that much for the upcomming Hulk movie. But I do wanna see it just to see John in the film. However Im pumped about TDK, I wrote today on a message board about my expectations for the new Batman film and that I dont care how much money it makes, I just want the film to meet my greater than or equel to BB.
3. I love to see all Dougs tatoos, that be a great topic about cool tatoos in films or on actors.
Snooch to the Nooch!!!
May 26th, 2008
Rodney
What? No direct download? Dammit.
May 26th, 2008
John
Hey Rod,
Yes… there is a link that says “Download”. It’s right under the player.
May 26th, 2008
PADTHAI
I have to say that it’s pretty amazing that they made Hellboy 1 for 66 million. This is why these movies are filming in countries like Romania, Czech Republic to save money and get the most out of it. If they filmed Hellboy in America, it could cost double that.
May 26th, 2008
Kristina
Hellboy 2 will not crack $100 million, and that makes me really fucking sad. If, however, this movie can match or beat the quality of Iron Man, this will be the best moviegoing summer in YEARS for me.
May 26th, 2008
Sir Jig-A-Lot
yup. i’ll concur with Kris. Hellboy II will at least match Iron Man..& best Hulk & Dark Knight. sleeper hit. at least Qualitywise.
agreed on Black Hole needing a remake & cutting out the cheese.
Highlander needs to be left the fuck alone.
Nice to have the Old Crew back. great show :-)
May 26th, 2008
Phil Gee
Darren’s voice made me feel warm inside; you have no idea how much you’ll miss something until it is gone.
Thanks a lot for the show guys.
May 26th, 2008
yamo
I may be wrong but i saw a movie call The Black Hole staring The man Judd Nelson and the sexy Kristy Swanson back in 2006. I never saw the Original but this one was just ass bad. but i will see the Original when I can find it on DVD.
May 26th, 2008
Devon
It was great to hear the round table again. How long are you in Canada for John? I’m hoping it’s as long as possible so we can get as many round tables as possible. ;)
May 27th, 2008
[email protected]
Well…. that’s just fucking weird.
About two months ago, a good friend and I actually talked about what would be cool to do with a “Black Hole” remake. I think we probably spent a good three hours working out the plot… we even talked about writing a script, but stopped when we realized the chances of us actually getting anyone to read it would be next to zero.
Ah well…
May 27th, 2008
CanuckLou
Ah, this was a long awaited re-union. Too bad Bruxy couldn’t make it. Great to know you guys have not lost your magic!
Your point on Highlander and the Black Hole is well taken. Recently there were reviews about the Andromeda Strain mini-series remake and most of the reviewers had never read the book or seen the original movie.
HB2 does look friggin’ awesome though, doesn’t it!
May 27th, 2008
Steven Carroll
On The Hobbit and Christopher Tolkien. J.R.R. Tolkien sold the rights for $25,000 because he felt that it was unfilmable, so he let it go for absolutely nothing.
May 27th, 2008
Steven Carroll
Also, the writing team is the same as LOTR + GDT. Sirkis is back and Ian Mckellan. They also plan on giving all recurring roles to the original actors that portrayed them.
May 27th, 2008
bert belgium
next time i’m expecting extensive BSG talk john!!! how can you not talk about this season in the colonial fleet?
May 27th, 2008
Kevin C
I think hellboy 2 will definately crack $100 mil. The fact that he directed this will bring in a nice crowd alone. I know the first one didnt do all that well in the BO but it does seem like its got a decent cult following. The first one was good, and now everyone knows who Guillermo DelToro is. I think $100 mil domestic is a decent expectation.
May 27th, 2008
Gutpunch
Seeing how that the first Hellboy barely cracked 60 million dollars in the US I don’t think HB2 will do much better. Hopefully it will but I doubt it.
May 27th, 2008
Kevin C
I know HB only did $60 mil, but think about the fact that Hellboy was not marketed very strongly and at that point no one really knew who Del Toro was.
This time around, the marketing (while still not huge) has picked up from the first, and everyone knows about Pans Labyrinth and Del Toro. I think that will draw alot of people in, not to mention the fact that sequels generally do better in their opening week than originals.
All this, to me, says that if HB 2 is a good movie, it will have legs and get very close to or surpass $100 mil domestic.
May 27th, 2008
Kristina
Actually, everyone DOESN’T know about Pan’s Labyrinth and Del Toro. He’s not a household name, except in the geek community.
May 27th, 2008
Jon H
YES. The second Hobbit film should be this 90 minute wide shot of armies walking towards Morder and having sex on the way.
May 27th, 2008
Kevin C
Alot more people know who Del Toro is now as opposed to when the first Hellboy came out.
May 27th, 2008
Darren J Seeley
Where to start….
How about here:
1) Doug Jones is Abe. I also would not be shocked in the least if in Hobbit Time, he plays a character, maybe an Orc or something.
2) I was not a big Hellboy fan. My first intro to Del Toro was Mimic, then I caught up with his earlier Chonos, then I saw Devils Backbone at the Austin Film Fest in 2001. I thought Blade 2 was great. But I didn’t give a suck about Hellboy.
I like the trailer for Hellboy. But alas, it will be tough to beat Iron Man
3) I *hated* The Black Hole when I was young. I thought it was a hokey, lame piece of junk. However, I loved Saturn 3, so to each his own I guess. Note: maybe Sat3 should be remade; if the robot in that film wanted to vibrate between Farrah Facwett’s legs, just imagine the possibilities of an update…
4) Tito Ortiz as Conan.
5) My summer anticipated: Get Smart, Dark Knight, Ice Age 3 (loved the first two) Hulk… Mother Of Tears…and Journey to the Center of the Earth…
I was hoping for House Bunny because I dig Anna Faris, but then I found out Adam Sandler’s production co. Happy Madison was behind it. Since it opend Aug 22, I won’t count it. My hopes aren’t high for Zohan either, for that matter.
May 27th, 2008
goodbar1979
great show guys!!
glad to have everyone back
**Hobbit - note*** Del Toro said that Ron Perlman will be a voice…but he said it wouldn’t be Smaug. He said he has another idea for Smaug’s voice…but we wont find out about until sometime in the future
May 27th, 2008
Darek
You should take a picture of the part of the trailer that you’re in and post it.
May 27th, 2008
Andee23
Great Show Guys. Everything I enjoy about the Monday Round Table was here and so much more.
I so missed the Nagy Rant It always hits the spot.
May 27th, 2008
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