February 23, 2005
Ice Cube to take Cary Grant lead in remake
For me this just taking the mickey on the whole remake front. Yes, I know there are always remakes in some form, but where the hell is all the original material? There's definitely a huge swing of late over to the remakes. Anyway, I've hammered on enough about that before. Coming Soon alerted me to the shocking news:
Revolution Studios is in talks with Ice Cube to play the title character in a remake of Cary Grant 1948 comedy Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House, says Variety.
Oh. My. God. I mean I think Ice Cube is fun in some of his movies, and perhaps he can go the way of LL Cool J, who I actually think does really well on screen, but in the lead role formerly played by the great Cary Grant? There's just no way that he could live up to that, never mind the whole movie living up to the original. Surely not.
Posted by at February 23, 2005 04:33 AM
Comments
Posted by: Simone at February 23, 2005 05:28 AM
Being an aficionada, I can tell you that this wont work. Ice cube is a decent actor but he needs to stick to the script. Torque was garbage, that was some serious trash right there. He was good in Barbershop, and Boyz to men and glass shield, and players club and dangerous grounds. And of course the Friday movies. That new one he did looks wack. He is only good when playing a gritty character. He cant do comedy and he is dry. He should stick do directing and hood movies because that is where he shines.
Posted by: Gifted one at February 23, 2005 02:27 PM
you mean "boyz n the hood" man, boys 2 men are a rnb trio. and cube was also good in friday and 3 kings. he's just funny
Posted by: - at February 23, 2005 11:03 PM
hey "-" or whatever you want to be called. Thanks for pointing that out. Lmao. Man I am slipping. I dont know why i put boyz to men. I guess i wasnt thinking. yeah 3 kings was good too.
But yeah thanks for telling me b
Posted by: gifted one at February 24, 2005 12:29 AM
"For me this just taking the mickey on the whole remake front."
Ahhh Richard, that line alone made me spit coffee out of my mouth! *giggles*
Tip: Dont drink coffee whilst reading Movie Blog in the morning! LOL
I have not seen that Cary Grant movie they were doing a remake of, but come on, are they really serious about this???