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BOP Daily NewsJuly 27, 2004The spirit of BOP News lives on in
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| The script of the profoundly well-titled Die Hard 4 continues to be kicked around at Twentieth Century Fox. Doug Richardson, who co-wrote the second Die Hard film, has been brought on board to give a polish to a previous script written by Mark Bomback. Bomback, whose only current credit is for the atrocious Robert De Niro/Greg Kinnear film, Godsend, was himself adapting a stand-alone script called WorldWarIII.com to use as the next Die Hard sequel. The original movie successfully created an entire genre as innumerable Hollywood pitch meetings began to include the phrase “Die Hard on a…” to sell their ideas. The third film in the Die Hard franchise, Die Hard with a Vengeance, actually managed to be a caricature of the original idea the first film was mocking. This latest news seems to indicate that the studio has not learned from their prior mistake. BOP thinks Fox should just skip to the end and make the fourth Die Hard film based upon the concept of Die Hard on a Die Hard set. Detective John McClane would find himself being attacked by all 72 writers who have had scripts rejected for his latest movie. |
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Billy Bob Thornton is going through quite the arrested development phase of his career. After recently playing an evil Santa Claus and signing on to play a drunken, lecherous part-time Little League coach in the Bad News Bears re-make, the man who cheated on Angelina Jolie has somehow managed to top all his recent transgressions. He is now poised to star in a film with a title so sophomoric that we regret Beavis and Butthead didn’t stay on the air long enough to enjoy this moment. Thornton will play the titular role in Mr. Woodcock. Thornton will play an evil high school gym coach (is that redundant?) who tortures a teenage boy then later again punishes the now-grown man by dating his mother and threatening to become his step-father. Pornographers are upset by the announced title, as it's impossible for them to come up with something more prurient for the take-off porno film than the lascivious title already in place. |
| Taking a note from Las Vegas, Fox is also developing a drama about casino management. The production, currently titled Chasing the Whale, involves the daily struggle casinos face in attempt to keep high rollers choosing their hotels over the competition. These high stakes gamblers are extraordinarily wealthy people who play for the rush of huge rewards, but who don’t blink at the threat of losing millions of dollars in a single night. Due to the lucrative nature of their business, casinos employ specifically for the purpose of catering to the every whim of these “whales”. The film will have limited appeal in the US, but the presumed whale-hunting theme will make it popular in the key overseas market of Japan. |
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