Posted by shitty speller...DEAL WITH IT! at 24-205-35-70.gln-eres.charterpipeline.net on September 22, 2003 at 20:15:51:
so looking foward to this one.
A while back, when rumors were running rampant about the unlikely, but cool as hell idea that New Line was considering re-teaming Freddy Krueger and Jason Voorhees and pitting them against everyone's favorite S-Mart employee, Ash, Bruce Campbell was skeptical to say the least, as he was quoted as saying something along the lines of: "If you believe that, I've got some oceanfront property in Arizona you might be interested in." Now, either that quote was completely taken out of context, or "The Bruce" has changed his tune considerably. Campbell recently partook in a couple of interviews while promoting his brilliant looking new film BUBBA HO-TEP, during which he confirmed that there is indeed some movement on the project.
When questioned by The Seattle Times about a possible FREDDY VS. JASON VS. ASH, the actor had this to say: "Some executives at New Line are getting (excited) for that idea — which makes a lot of sense. But Ash has not been contacted to see what his franchise rate is. Funny thing is, it's actually a really cool idea, as long as there could be a satisfying end to that particular movie. There'd be no point for Ash to participate unless he could kick some major franchise ass." I don't think many would disagree with that...
And to follow that up, a reader over at AICN recently overheard an interview with Campbell on a Portland radio station, and when confronted by one of the DJ's with the fact that they had recently interviewed Freddy Krueger himself, Robert England, and that he had confirmed the film was in the works, the reader reports that Campbell responded by mentioning that negotiations were underway and that the fight is over whose franchise would come out on top in the potential crossover.
Is there really any doubt?
and heres something more up a different alley.
so not looking foward to this one
Hey, remember when we told you some time ago that there was talk about Sly Stallone writing, directing and possibly starring in a movie based on the unsolved murders of rappers Tupac Shakur and Biggie Smalls called THUGZ LIVES? Yeah, that was too odd to forget, right? Now seriously, did anyone actually think that the project would get off the ground? I personally thought that it would eventually be dropped by the wayside with the rest of Sly's career (as sad and undeserved as that may be...), but the film apparently has a full head of steam and is moving towards the casting stage. When speaking to The Chicago Sun Times recently, Stallone was was asked about recruiting some of today's hottest names in Hip Hop for the soundtrack of the film, to which the Sly-ster spilled the beans that not only will they appear on the soundtrack, but alluded to the fact that the film will be littered with rappers as well: "Yes, but I shouldn't talk about it too much because it's very competitive. I don't want to burn some bridges or be burned on the bridge. We're just getting into it right now and getting the cast together. A lot of the rappers will be new faces and I'll be going with people in the hip-hop community." Hmmm. A predominantly Hip Hop cast for a movie about two slain Hip Hop moguls? Genius! ;)