Quickhits: Luketic Bails on Dallas, Englund Directs, Even More Jackass
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Hooray for Friday:- According to the
great Johnny Knoxville, another Jackass
movie is currently being filmed. Yippee, more screen time devoted
to morons hurting themselves! Can you handle the excitement? Yes? Well then, how about the irony that Knoxville decided against The
Dukes of Hazzard 2 because, as his costar said, "the reviews [were] just so bad", but is going ahead
full force with this sequel? The mind boggles.
- Bad sign #295 for Dallas:
director Robert Luketic has left the project, reportedly because he's unhappy with
some of the casting choices. He didn't mention any names but I think it's clear that like many of you, readers, he too
hates JLo. Though Fox is acting like they'll get right back on the horse (Betty
Thomas is rumored be in line to take over), the fact is that the film has been quietly pulled from their fall release schedule - get ready
to wait.
- Robert
Englund (that's Freddie Krueger to you) has signed on to direct only his second
feature, and his first in nearly 20 years, a horror comedy called Killer Pad. The movie is about three friends
who move into a house in the Hollywood Hills, refusing to believe that it really has "a dark history." While
it would be sort of refreshing to see a movie in which everyone just does laundry and hangs out in a decidedly
non-haunted house, I'm guessing that's not going to be the case here: all sorts of blood and nastiness is undoubtedly
in store for the lads.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
4-01-2006 @ 9:55PM
lea said...
You're clueless as to why Robert Luketic might have quit the Dallas movie. Guess what, he personally wanted Jennifer Lopez to play Sue Ellen, she was HIS choice. You're a moron, stop hating on J.Lo just because you have a pathetic, useless and unsuccessful life.
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4-03-2006 @ 1:32PM
josh said...
I'm sure Knoxville decided to do Jackass for a trifecta of reasons: it's a reunion with old friends, it is probably a lot less time-consuming than a narrative film, and (most importantly) I imagine he is co-owner of the Jackass name and will thus get a larger cut of the box office than he is used to.
As far as Bob Englund goes, unless my memory fails, his other film as a director was 976-EVIL (written by a young Brian Hegeland!), which was really terrible. It featured the kid from Fright Night (Evil Eddie), who later went on to be a gay porn star.
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