Piven v Nature
Filed under: Comedy, Casting, New Line, Newsstand
It's a great day for Jeremy Piven fans (and, presumably, Piven himself): finally, after spending pretty much his entire career in supporting roles, the man is on the verge of landing a leading part. Woo hoo! According to press reports, he's in "final negotiations" with New Line to star in an untitled (it used to be called Furry Vengeance - can't imagine why that was dumped) "man vs. nature project." In the movie, Piven would play a "real estate developer who accepts a challenge from his real estate
mogul boss to develop a pristine forest in the hopes of being promoted
to partner." Not too disastrous sounding, right? But wait: "He gets more than he bargained for when the area's animal residents
start taking their revenge on him and wreak havoc on his every attempt
to develop the land."All together now: Oh. Dear. So, is this going to be Doctor Dolittle, except without the talking? The Money Pit, except with animals breaking stuff? Man alive. 20 years of strong supporting roles, and he gets this?
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11-30-2005 @ 1:26PM
Michelle Travis said...
Sure, the way you put it the project sounds lame, but actually it's a very good, funny, subversive script from Carnes & Gilbert, who also have "Mr. Woodcock" w/Billy Bob Thornton and "Stalker: A Love Story" with Owen Wilson upcoming. Did you read it before slamming it? Piven's a smart guy and isnt going to do something lame as his breakout role. Could be good for him.
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11-30-2005 @ 2:56PM
Tracee Larson said...
A good portion of movie premises, particularly comedies, sound lame. If the concept comes together through savvy script writing and comedic performance, then the movie works.
As a native Oregonian who has dealt with forestry/development issues, this movie concept sounds a bit silly, but I've heard of developers getting attacked by wild animals (beware the elk and their horns), so this definitely has potential to work.
Besides, with JP at the helm, and his comedic timing, performance, and his genius at ad-lib, this could be rather hysterical. I only hope they will film it in Oregon, not only for the realism factor (got to show Mt. Hood), but that it would be another boost to our film industry.
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