Clive Owen may not be Bonded, but I can't wait for THIS:
POSTED BY: chrisisall
UPDATED: Monday, April 5, 2010 04:28
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http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/clive_owen_tapped_for_marlowe_rol
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Philip Marlowe- A NATURAL!!!
A franchise I could love as much as Bond....
Thoughts?
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"I only do it to to remind you that I'm right and that deep down, you know I'm right, you want me to be right, you need me to be right." - The Imperial Hero Strikes Back, 2010
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Aww man, that'd be brilliant.
And the timing for this news is perfect, I'm just about to finish reading my first Chandler/Marlowe book, The Long Goodbye. Loving it.
ETA: In all honesty though, if this were real, would you really want Clive Owen?
Was just thinking about it, and I'm not ENTIRELY sure he'd be right for it. Get David Fincher to direct it... That'd be awesome. Would be interested to see someone like Mark Ruffalo play Marlowe. But maybe that's just because I want Ruffalo to get a main role in something. Dude rocks.
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He could definitely do the role justice.
I'm not a big fan of Clive Owen but he generally puts in a solid performance. I agree with the article in that he has the right speech delivery to match the role but then I always thought Sin City was heavily inspired by Chandlers works anyway, they have a lot of similarities.
Mark Ruffalo could do it as well. He's shaping up to being a great actor.
Hopefully the movies will have enough success to spawn a decent, well made series of films. It would be nice to see them done right.
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Quote:The article makes it sound pretty real...
Originally posted by BigRichard:
ETA: In all honesty though, if this were real, would you really want Clive Owen?
The laughing Chrisisall
"I only do it to to remind you that I'm right and that deep down, you know I'm right, you want me to be right, you need me to be right." - The Imperial Hero Strikes Back, 2010
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Quote:Confidence is high, I say again, confidence is high.
Originally posted by lwaves:
Hopefully the movies will have enough success to spawn a decent, well made series of films. It would be nice to see them done right.
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Now I'm confused as to whether you actually believe it is, or are still trying to trick the stragglers 
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If Owen's in, I think it'll be good.
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Oh, wow, no mention of Frank Miller who was originally slated to write and direct. Apologies to Frank, but that's a good sign. Man, The Spirit seriously blew--I'm talking Battlefield Earth level blew.
I just hope they get someone serious about adapting it. No freakin' Mickey Spillain, b.s. I want Chandler in all his brooding, satirical, psychological complexity, not some jagoff, thinks he's cute, tellin' me what a woman's swaying hips look like.
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Quote:Thanks for makin' me feel good about not renting it.
Originally posted by HKCavalier:
Man, The Spirit seriously blew--I'm talking Battlefield Earth level blew.
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Oh, god, Chris, it was amazingly terrible. Not REMOTELY engaging. Just dreary and lifeless. Hot babes and thudding dialogue. He even managed to make Sam Jackson dull! When I get a chance to ask him, I need to find out what Frank was thinking when he put that together.
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