Killer crocs! Head for the hills!
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Though you may have managed to make it until
today without hearing the news, I feel compelled to tell you that a movie about a giant, killer crocodile is currently
filming in Australia. It's called Rogue
and, while it surely will never approach the awesomeness that was Anaconda (the former's tragic lack of Ice
Cube assures that), it nevertheless is very likely to be crappy, campy goodness. In fact, Touchstone Pictures is so
incredibly excited about the idea of oversized, deadly crocs that they're going to make their own damn movie about
them. Primeval, Touchstone's newly-announced project, tells the heart-warming story of "a news producer, reporter and cameraman who travel to South Africa on an assignment to bring back alive a 25-foot croc named Gustave." Yes, you read that right: his name is Gustave. Apparently the team is shocked that the creature would rather snack on humans than hang out with them, and things get even worse when (get this) "a feared warlord targets them for death." Warlords? A deadly crocodile named Gustave? Screw Rogue, man, Primeval is where it's at!
The movie, which will star Orlando Jones and Dominic Purcell, will begin shooting in South Africa in April. There's no word yet on who will play Gustav.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
2-28-2006 @ 3:34PM
chuck said...
what?! no steve?! screw that
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2-28-2006 @ 4:37PM
Bill said...
whatever.
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2-28-2006 @ 11:40PM
narsy said...
I admire this man. Is really brave. I saw a lot of documentaries with him.
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3-03-2006 @ 3:10PM
WILLIAM R HALLIBURTON JR said...
There actually was a giant Crocodile affectionally named Gustave in central Africa. There were attempts to capture the creature, all to no avail. There was a documentary on PBS regarding this.
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3-03-2006 @ 3:12PM
jonime1 said...
Why is there a picture of Steve if he isn't in the film? My kids LOVE him, so I was hoping it would be another of his movies....oh well. There really isn't anything else to comment on this.
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3-03-2006 @ 4:52PM
steve said...
Wasnt there a made for TV movie about a giant croc?
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3-03-2006 @ 5:07PM
justin said...
man its just gonna be like all the others heres a list
1. alligator
2. alligator 2 the mutation
3. lake placid
than theres two more made by sci-fi for tv both titles were crocodile something and crocodile 2 blood surf. theres really only so much you can do with an gint animal and thats destroy and kill and theres tons of movies like that man just go see king kong.
love, peace and chicken grease
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3-03-2006 @ 6:58PM
Whitney said...
I'm glad to see I'm not the only person who saw the documentary on Gustave and the attempts to catch him. Gustave is man-eater, is about 27 feet long and lives in disputed territory, so the idea of human conflict isn't too far-fetched. Perhaps making a theatrical film on the subject will create interest in the documentary, which was very good.
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3-03-2006 @ 7:01PM
den said...
Maybe the "Rogue" crocodile didn't like American tourist Hawaiin shirts and plaid shorts?
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3-03-2006 @ 7:07PM
BJ said...
Ha. everyone has forgotten Dark Age (a giant croc from Australia, he ended up the hero of the piece before the flick was over) The big old salt water croc ate one small (sickly) kid, but generally, ate mostly the big bad guys (poachers) etc. in the flick.
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3-03-2006 @ 7:40PM
IRA S. ITZKOWITZ said...
THERES NOTHING AS TASTY AS SMOKED CROC STEAK, ALSO I THINK THAT A CROC IS KOSHER BECAUSE IIT HAS SCALES ON IT'S SKIN. PEOPLE HERE IN FLOIDA USED TO EAT BOX TURTLES. THEY CALLED IT FLORIDA CHICKEN, BUT THAT WAS IN THE 1930'S DURING THE DEPRESSION.
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