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Some days you get lots of things that you like — texts from friends you haven’t heard from in a while, fun packages in the mail, extra shots of espresso because the barista made too many by accident, good conversations with strangers, etc. And some days the only thing you get is endless news of a bunch of different reboots of movies that came out, like, two seconds ago. “That’s just life, it ain’t easy, it’s so tough, it ain’t easy.” – Vitamin C. So, “Whatcha gonna do, say whatcha gonna do?” – Vitamine C, same song? PICK WHO PLAYS THE MUMMY! From Deadline:
Universal Pictures is setting Len Wiseman to direct The Mummy, the reboot of a franchise whose most recent incarnation grossed $1.25 billion over three films. Jon Spaihts is writing the script and the studio is eyeing a potential summer 2014 release, so things are moving quickly, with Universal eager to ramp back up one of its most venerable franchises.
I spoke to both Kurtzman and Wiseman, and they said the script Spaihts is writing puts the gauze-covered villain into a modern-day context.
“When I first heard Universal was relaunching this, that is the image that popped into my head, the period tale, the old monster, but when Bob and Alex pitched it, there was a great new take and approach, and a very different mummy as well,” Wiseman told me. “It’s a darker twist on the material, a scarier version.”
Not only darker and scarier, but a very different The Mummy as well?! That leaves it open to all sorts of possibilites! Obviously my first choice is Seth MacFarlane. He did a surprisingly enjoyable job on Saturday Night Live two weeks ago, he is TOTALLY on fire right now after that mic blunder at the Emmys, and I hear he is dating someone from Game of Thrones. Seems like a clear enough choice. (Plus: The voices.) If Seth isn’t available though, maybe Tom Waits? Or, hell, how about a lady The Mummy? Zooey’s friend from The New Girl, maybe? Lots of good choices here. Should be a good, necessary reboot. Definitely can’t wait to see this one.
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Lindsay Lohan
Mitt Romney – he’s gonna have a lot of free time soon.*
*ya burnt, Romney
I am sorry, but everyone involved in this “reboot” needs to drink a can of paint thinner and take a nap. The word “reboot” came into play when they hired a whole new cast and created an alternate universe for the 40-year-old franchise Star Trek. And that was a good use of the word “reboot”! But now every time we make a sequel or a prequel or just crank out another entry in some 100-year-old genre, we’re calling it a “reboot”? WHY? So we can sound like morons who don’t understand the words we insist on using? I’ll be over here by the nooses.
You obviously didn’t understand that Veronica Mars was a Maltese Falcon reboot, you blookhead,
Can there be a Veronica Mars reboot that stars the same cast, has the same writers and directors, and is just a continuation of where we last saw all our favorite pals?
On one condition: Piz is dead, and no one is sad. The mystery is unsolved, and zero people care because ew, Piz.
Ugh, Piz. I still hate him when I see him on other stuff.
It made sense for the Batman franchise, as it started over with a different origin story than the Tim Burton/Joel Schumacker movies, but yeah, Prometheus was not a reboot, and Wolverine is not a reboot. I wouldn’t really call X-Men: First Class a reboot either.
How bout instead of rebooting it, we just all go ride the Mummy ride a billion times. I love that ride!
In that case, I’ll volunteer myself to play the part of The Mummy. Hop on!
Take the cost of the film/(number of people in America to transport to Mummy Ride + labor) – $15 admission fee = The amount of dollars this movie will probably lose anyway. I say go for it.
That ride is awesome. Definitely the 2nd best thing at Universal Studios (first best is the Spiderman ride, no duh).
Birdie and the cast of Spookybuddies.
buried with a donkey
he’s my favorite honkey!
sorry, that’s a reply to FLW
i think we’ve got a volunteer…
If Len has any say in it, all roles will be played by Kate Beckinsale.
Lady Gaga would be genuinely awesome.
Jerri Blank
“The Mummy‘s reboot’s villain’s is actually its hero. The hero, whose treasure has been stolen — we’ll say it’s stocks for now — hunts down the men who stole from him and take what is rightfully his: his stocks in Apple, where he sold his soul back in the ’80s.” -Len
Wasn’t the 1999 Mummy movie a reboot of the 30′s Universal flick? This hurts my brain.
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Here’s an idea – can we make a new rule where they have to wait at least 20 years before remaking a movie? Is Hollywood really that unoriginal that I have to live through two of the same movie series being made before I even hit 27?
Isn’t the answer always Andy Serkis?