Overture Films (The Men Who Stare at Goats, The Crazies) announced today that they’ve grabbed US distribution rights to Stone– which sadly has no relation to the awesome Aussie biker film. No, this Stone‘s about an arsonist (played by Edward Norton) who manipulates his parole officer (Robert De Niro) by throwing his wife (Milla Jovovich) at him. Frances Conroy also stars, presumably as De Niro’s spouse.
One can only hope that Norton is going back to evil territory here, because the man sure knows how to play an bad guy. It’s also great to see him reteaming with De Niro after the disappointment that was The Score. There was a line from an interview with Norton talking about his role in that film that always stuck with me. I’m paraphrasing here, but it was something like “I would have taken this job to work with Robert De Niro and Marlon Brando if it was just a reading of the phone book.”
Of course, the film ended up being little more entertaining than that, and De Niro hasn’t had a great role this entire decade besides Stardust (yeah, you heard me) so we shall see what they can do with this.
Expect Stone to hit next year.
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DeNiro – "I'm getting 2 million for memorizing roughly 65 lines of dialogue for this pic. I heard all it took to convince you to play a mime in this flick was the prospect of working with me again and a Spicy Beef Hearty Hickory Collection Gift Box from Hickory Farms? Is that true"?
Norton – "Yeah, I did. Mmmmmmm… cracked wheat crackers topped with spicy savory beef summer sausage and jalapeno spread…. I would do another Pride and Glory for some of that shit."
This movie would be more appealling if it involved Ed Norton throwing his wife, played by Marlon Brando, at his parole officer played by Robert DeNiro. Better yet, the wife could be palyed by Marlon Brando's corpse.
Totally agree with you bout De Niro and the Stardust role being bout his only good recent role. And he wasnt even that fitting, he did the swashbuckling pirate fine, but when he shoved his femenine side he just turned into a joke…Daniel Craig was supposed to have done that role and would probably have been better.
But this film here sounds very fitting and like it could get something very good and edgy out of De Niro, Norton and Jovovich…
A trailer is actually out there, Milla plays Norton's wife and is used in the plot against De Niro. Looked kinda blah. That is all
Far as we can telll the long rich Ed Norton is maintaining TOTAL SUCK-UP SILENCE in the face of gargantuan
revelations of 'peacetime' genocide
in Holllywood's 'fave' franchise slum paradise –ACROSS the Pacific
( 70 million exterminated in 'peacetime'
decades AFTER WWII unoutted, unanswered for, unmentioned -FACT- ).
ESP. galling as people continue to suffer and die in—the–millions on this,
the once again 'mysteriously overlooked'
60th Anniversary of the urgently, staggeringly relevant —KOREAN WAR.
—-NOT LOOKIN' GOOD KIDS
-NOT LOOKIN' GOOD…
-Amen-
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