John Cusack's 'Stopping Power' Stops Production
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If there's one thing you can say for Jan De Bont's Stopping Power, it's that it has, well, stopping power. After signing John Cusack to star in the flick, and then promising us a 51-minute chase scene to wrap up the film (can that finish a film if it's at least half of the movie?), production has stopped yet again. Variety reports that some investors have questioned their involvement with the picture and pulled their funding, which, of course, stopped the film dead in its tracks. (Here is a link to JoBlo, as Variety's link to the story isn't working.) While I would have been interested to see how one could possibly pull off an almost-hour-long chase sequence, this is probably for the best. Unless De Bont finds more suckers investors to take over.
Now I can only hope, yet again, that Cusack's next film has the same fate. This leads me to a thought: what happened to John Cusack? While he's still loved by many, his drawing power has diminished greatly. Although he has worked continually over the years; remember when he starred in Grosse Pointe Blank and became the "it" man once again? From there, he had some decent roles, and then hit things out of the ballpark again with Being John Malkovich and High Fidelity. He was the guy to see, but then something happened. Did the allure fade and we got too used to him being around? It's time he ignores the crap and finds another tasty movie to remind us just how great Lloyd Dobler is. What do you think has happened to Cusack?
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10-02-2007 @ 3:53PM
Ian said...
I don't think anything's happened to Cusack. He's always mixed mainstream movies with smaller stuff: e.g., the year he made GROSSE POINTE BLANK, he also made CON AIR.
I like Cinematical, but this is kind of odd, sky-is-falling post isn't terribly appealing. Reel it in.
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10-03-2007 @ 1:52AM
Rob said...
A, Grace is Gone is coming out in December.
B, 1408 was a nice hit itself, among a sea of torture porn failures and various cries that horror was failing.
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10-02-2007 @ 4:50PM
Cincinnati Mike said...
There will always be a Cusack! Whenever your male lead must come to a moment of clarity while standing in the pouring rain--Cusack's the MAN, man!
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10-02-2007 @ 5:32PM
Colin Boyd said...
Didn't Cusack just put up his biggest non-ensemble opening ever? His only movie to crack $20 million on an opening weekend based on his draw alone? Why yes, 1408 did just that.
And his performance in Grace is Gone is getting his best notices in a long time. Maybe this question should've been asked two years ago...when it was somewhat accurate.
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10-02-2007 @ 5:35PM
E said...
Yeah man, Grace Is Gone . . . .
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10-02-2007 @ 5:47PM
MB said...
Ian -- What's odd about the question?
I'm not referring to mainstream -vs- smaller stuff. I am asking about his draw as an actor -- the power for people to hear his name and run to the movies. Perhaps 1408 will restart that. Jeffrey M. Anderson said it could get him some Oscar consideration. Or, maybe it will be Grace is Gone.
For a while, people seemed mainly to go to his movies because he was in them. There was a Cusack fever. Now it seems to have turned from "that Cusack movie" to "that movie with Cusack."
He has by no means tanked, but the draw has definitely been different lately.
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10-02-2007 @ 5:51PM
Christopher Campbell said...
Weird story. At first I thought this was a repeat of my earlier post about the movie being dead, but it turns out it had restarted and is now stopped again.
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10-03-2007 @ 6:46PM
hmm? said...
critics
hmm?
who could survive without you guys?
like ..everyone
hopefully
he is relaxing somewhere
maybe hes getting laid
im sure if your saying his career
has been pretty steady
of late
whats it matter
where he has been cinematically
Graceis gone
will be a real tear jerker
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