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'Mr.& Mrs. Smith' Writer Kinberg Brought In To Rewrite Cruise's 'Hardy Men'
Filed under: Comedy », Deals », Mystery & Suspense », Scripts », 20th Century Fox », Newsstand »
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Though, as of now, Ben Stiller and Tom Cruise are still attached, it seems a script overhaul is needed before Fox 2000's Hardy Men heads into production. The Hollywood Reporter tells us that Simon Kinberg (Mr. & Mrs. Smith) has been brought onboard to re-write the script from scratch, leading this writer to assume the current version (which has already gone through several scribes) wasn't up to par for some people. Hmm, I wonder {cough} Cruise {cough} who had a problem with it? Shawn Levy, who just recently scored a major hit with Stiller's Night at the Museum, is attached to direct.
Based on the classic Hardy Boys series of books, Hardy Men reunites the two brothers (who have since become estranged) as adults, and follows them as they attempt to solve another mystery. Kinberg, who just finished work on Doug Liman's Jumper, will need to turn in something relatively fast as the studio wants to send this puppy into production this January. Never in a million years did I imagine Ben Stiller and Tom Cruise teaming up together in a buddy-type flick, but just the thought of it has me itching to see the final product. Will Stiller's usual comedic shtick mesh well with Cruise's ultra-serious persona? And since we have to go all the way back to 1983 to find the last comedy (Risky Business) Cruise starred in, will he have what it takes to deliver the funny? Here's hoping Kinberg can do for Hardy Men what he did for Mr. & Mrs. Smith -- ya know, minus the off-screen love affair. Although ...
Terrible Director Shawn Levy Will Helm 'The Seems'
Filed under: Action », Sci-Fi & Fantasy », 20th Century Fox », Family Films »
At least once a day we hear about this or that project being "the next big franchise," but following the disappointing performance of Eragon, it is hard to tell which one(s) will actually pull it off. Despite 20th Century Fox already having a potential series on its hands with Night at the Museum, it has brought on that film's director, Shawn Levy, for another attempt at building a brand of blockbusters. This one is based on another children's fantasy novel, the not-yet-published The Seems: The Glitch in Sleep, which seems to need a new title. Part of an eventual series, the book involves a parallel universe in which things like sleep, weather and memory are designed and manufactured. The plot of the first installment follows a boy who must save this world from a glitch in that world. The script for the movie will be written by the book's authors, John Hulme and Michael Wexler (I guess it will be awhile before the next book then?)Although Levy is on my list of the worst working directors, he isn't much worse than Chris Columbus, who got the ball rolling with the first two Harry Potter movies. He could very well make another hugely successful fantasy film, as he shockingly did with Museum. But at the same time, he has so many projects in the pipeline right now, including Hardy Men and The Flash, that he probably won't devote enough time to any one project to make it really worth our time and money. If he couldn't respect simple historical facts for Museum like Atilla the Hun's race, then he probably won't bother doing any other preparation for The Seems. I guess with a fantasy world, he doesn't have to worry about making errors, but still.
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