Carl Rinsch to Direct Keanu in the Samurai Film '47 Ronin'
Filed under: Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Casting, Universal
Carl Rinsch is a name perhaps best known to those in the advertisement world, but the commercial director has been poised to break into the feature film world for some time now. His name had been attached to direct Fox's reboot/prequel to Ridley Scott's Alien, until it became apparent that Scott wanted to direct as well as produce. All is not lost, however, as now Rinsch has been tapped to turn Keanu Reeves into a Samurai in 47 Ronin.The project is being set up at Universal with a script from Chris Morgan, who has been earning the studio hand over fist lately with his scripts for the last two Fast & Furious movies as well as Wanted. Currently the immortal Keanu Reeves is the only actor attached to the project, meaning he's most likely to command the presumably effects-heavy film, something Reeves hasn't really done since 2005's Constantine. It's unclear precisely who he'll be playing in the story, but The Hollywood Reporter explains the script "centers on a group of 18th century samurai who set out to avenge the death of their master."
Aside from the above, details are rather vague, as always, in these early stages, but in my experience, samurai make everything better, so news on 47 Ronin is worth keeping an eye out for on their focal inclusion alone. Plus, it's nice to see Rinsch have a firm project to be attached to. You may not recognize his name, but you've probably seen a few of his commercials. His most visible job was probably creating the robotic Heineken keg commercial, but his most impressive is a brilliant Evolution of Technology spot. Check them both out below (plus another of his); and believe me, you'll want to see the Evolution of Tech one, it's a stunner.
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11-18-2009 @ 6:56PM
Joseph Finn said...
Yeah, there is no reason we need another remake of the 47 Ronin, one that's already been made 6 or so times (once, in 1962, with Toshiro Mifune). Excellent revenge story though, so I'll actually reserve judgement.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forty-seven_Ronin
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11-18-2009 @ 10:01PM
gurv said...
what the EFFFF is going on in those commercials?! Yeah, I get what is happening but what is so impressive about watching, in one example, fuzzy graham cracker bears get chased around a city's downtown to a soundtrack of "sad, French, and a bit too drunk?" As I am not Eurotrash I am going to have to respectful decline from agreeing with the label of "brilliant," "stunner," or any other word that suggests to the slightest degree "quality."
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11-19-2009 @ 3:43AM
fluffrick said...
You don't have to be 'Eurotrash' to understand these commercials - having an advanced degree in gibberish might assist, however, in understanding the content of your reply.
I await to see your commercial portfolio with ill-disguised impatience...
11-19-2009 @ 11:31AM
gurv said...
Fluffer - your local elementary school should offer classes in reading comprehension but for the time I'll help you out. I didn't say I didn't understand the commercial because I'm not eurotrash; I said I disagreed with it being good because I'm not eurotrash. Sorry if what I write offended you. I wasn't insulting your boyfriend personally - he might be a very nice guy but that doesn't mean that I have to think his weird commercials are good.
And your response is in short: "let's see if you can do better,". Really?? Are we back in the fifth grade? Hasn't this stupid argument been put to rest a hundred thousand times before on previous threads. I don't have to be a better commercial director to be able to have an opinion on what I like. Arguing that I do is just idiotic. And even if that weren't true, who are you that I would give a damn about what you think of my professional work?! I'm not going to lose any sleep tonight worrying that I haven't proved myself to some person self-nicknamed fluffy.
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