Brad Pitt to Play Van Gogh?
Filed under: Casting, RumorMonger, Brad Pitt
Brad Pitt may be taking a year off from Hollywood, but Ron Howard has a role for him when he's ready. Howard and producing partner Brian Grazer are planning to remake Vincente Minnelli's Lust for Life, a Vincent Van Gogh biopic starring Kirk Douglas as the mad painter. Oh, I'm torn - Vincente Minnelli is maybe my favorite single director of that era, and I'm generally against the idea of retreading his work. Then again, I don't think Lust for Life is his best film, and there's probably plenty to say about Van Gogh that Minnelli's artist-on-artist treatment didn't include. And it seems like Pitt has decided, post-Angelina, that he's only going to make films if they are actually interesting, which is, of course, great. But all of the potential good here could very well be ruined by the drippy Oscar-bait syrup that Ron Howard willfully smothers on every film he touches. 
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7-07-2005 @ 4:54PM
mcf said...
As far as I'm concerned, after Vincent and Theo, no one should bother trying to do Van Gogh again-- Tim Roth inhabits him so convincingly that it's scary.
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7-08-2005 @ 3:15PM
Galto said...
So he's taking a year off FROM Hollywood, then perhaps taking an ear off FOR Hollywood... Nice transition, Brad.
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7-22-2005 @ 2:49PM
Jordan Tabat said...
YOU HAVE THIS STORY TOTALLY INCORRECT. YES THERE IS GOING TO BE A VAN GOGH MOVIE BUT IT IS NOT, I REPEAT NOT A REMAKE OF LUST FOR LIFE. IT IS NOT A BIOGRAPHY. IT IS GOING TO BE SOMETHING COMPLETELY NEW AND DIFFERENT INVOLVING VAN GOGH BUT YOU HAVE NOT GOT THE STORY CORRECT. TRUST ME, I KNOW CAUSE I'M THE WRITER. SO WHY DON'T YOU CHECK OUT THE FACTS INSTEAD OF COPYING AN INCORRECT GOSSIP ITEM THAT RAN IN THE NY POST WHICH IS WHAT YOU DID.
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