Nic Cage Remaking 'Bad Lieutenant' with Werner Herzog!
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As soon as this story hit, I had to check to make sure a) it wasn't April 1st, and b) we all still lived on the planet Earth. Yes, I'm not kidding about this one -- The Hollywood Reporter tells us that Werner Herzog is remaking Abel Ferrara's gritty, NC-17-rated cult classic,Bad Lieutenant, and none other than Nicolas Cage is going to star. Nic Cage! Werner Herzog! Am I the only one who's completely blown away by this bizarre news? (Though, to be fair, we did kinda see this coming ...)Cage will take on the role originally played by Harvey Keitel; he'll slip into the part of a drug and sex-addicted corrupt cop, though there's no word on how far they'll take this version of the film. However, exec producer Avi Lerner did promise this new take will "deliver as much filth as the original." Wonderful! We'll look forward to it Avi! Nu Image/Millennium Films will finance, with Pressman Film Corp. producing. When asked about his opinion on this new project, Cinematical snark expert Scott Weinberg said "Awesome, let's hope it's as funny as his last remake. The Wicker Man as a comedy ... brilliant!" (Oh man, this is such a nasty, nasty film.)
Okay, now it's your turn: I know you folks are dying to sound off on this one below ...
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5-13-2008 @ 6:58PM
Antonio said...
They should rename it "The Very Bad Lieutenant."
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5-13-2008 @ 7:03PM
Antonio said...
Oh, and why do they need to remake this film, with Cage no less? This is not the vehicle for Cage at all. Keitel was perfect for this part. If anything, he should remake it. Unless Cage is able to do like he did in Leaving Las Vegas, I think this might be a waste of time. Maybe they should get Ian McShane to do the part. He'd be great!
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5-13-2008 @ 7:08PM
Nallan said...
Werner Herzog! That might be cool. Nic Cage....not so cool.
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5-13-2008 @ 7:28PM
Jeffrey Overstreet said...
How many great films will Cage wreck with lousy remakes?
Let's see...
Wings of Desire -> City of Angels
The Wicker Man -> The Wicker Man
And then, really, wasn't National Treasure 2 a bad remake of National Treasure?
The only decent Cage performance in recent memory was his turn as Fu Manchu in "Werewolf Women of the SS."
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5-13-2008 @ 10:48PM
AJ Wiley said...
I hated the original, so this actually sounds like an improvement.
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5-14-2008 @ 1:29AM
Christopher said...
WTF!!! Man this Re-Make crap is for the birds!
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5-14-2008 @ 5:56AM
Steven said...
Can we let movies age a little before remaking them?
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5-14-2008 @ 9:48AM
Monika said...
Full frontal Cage?
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5-14-2008 @ 12:34PM
Torgo said...
To be honest the thought of watching a film featuring Nic Cage whack off though a car window does not make me super exited, Herzog involvement not withstanding
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5-14-2008 @ 1:02PM
The Pepto Pimp said...
Nic Cage is just wrong. He's been working for Disney for too long to be able to pull this off.
Besides, he could never survive a Herzog production.
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5-14-2008 @ 6:46PM
Rob said...
I'd be much more excited if they were making "Bad Lieutenant: The Musical" ...
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