Blocean’s Bleleven!
That was the pitch for Trump Heist, a movie set to star Eddie Murphy, Chris Rock and Chris Tucker as con men who work in Trump Tower and pull off a major swindle there. Except now Ben Stiller is replacing Eddie Murphy, the movie could be called Tower Heist and the whole thing could be totally different.
The film was originally written as a specifically black movie, but with Stiller coming onboard that’s likely to change. At least, I hope it’s likely to change. If not, Stiller should have a talk with Ted Danson about the dangers of black face (although it worked damn well for Robert Downey Jr, so…).
Trump Heist‘s script will be rewritten, and the LA Times assumes it will be rewritten by one of Stiller’s cronies; this could be the fifth writer on the project. The name change could be coming from a legal decision, which is too bad. Tower Heist is unbearably generic.
Brett Ratner, by the way, remains attached to direct, as he has been for years. It’s been since Rush Hour 3 that Ratner directed a feature, so I imagine he’s chomping at the bit to get back on a set.
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If by 'bit' you mean 'vegas buffets', then I'd agree Ratner's been chomping.
It's also been since Rush Hour 3 that Chris Tucker has been in a project. And before that, Rush Hour 2. And before that, Rush Hour. This will be the first non-Rushour film he's been in since 1997. 13 years.
They should just cast Robert Downey Jr in the lead and have him play a black man. Otherwise why watch this movie?!?
Sounds like utter garbage. No wonder Murphy walked. Donald Trump needs to die.
Goddammit, Devin, why do you continue call what Robert Downey, Jr. did in Tropic Thunder being in blackfaced?! His character had a surgical procedure which included darking the pigmentation of his skin to appear black.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackface
It's obvious this is still black Ocean's 11. Ben Stiller is just playing the Don Cheadle role. I vote German accent.
They should make movies called Black <title of other movie>. I bet people would see them.
Black Titanic
Black Schindlers List
Black American History X
I really want to see Black Avatar.
Eddie Murphy walking away from a bad movie!? HA! Eddie can only work with cartoons and CGI co-stars, err, at least someone with too much money thinks so.. the fact they couldn't get Trump to whore his name some more for a goofy comedy means this failboat is already below water..
A Blaffair to Rememblack
Black Star Wars
"Use the force muthafukka…"
#1 – I'm not even sure where to begin to comment on your idiocy. Firstly, will you please help me to inform every other moron that wikipedia is not The Truth all the time? It's a site that anyone can post on. It's not INFALLIBLE. Secondly, in the very article that you post to apparently make Devin aware of his stupidity, there is this quote…
"so that the term may be used in a broader sense to include similarly stereotyped performances even when they do not involve blackface makeup"
Good god are you stupid.
meant #5. Love commenting on someone's stupidity and then making an obvious mistake. 🙂
#13
Except Robert Downey Jnr. wasn't playing blackface at all.
He was playing a white Australian who was doing black face.
Just for your further enlightenment, Christoph Waltz did not actually hunt down and murder any jews in Nazi occupied france.
So, you're telling us that Robert Downey Jr. is black? Because it sure looked to me like a white actor was colored dark by MAKEUP. It doesn't matter that it was his Australian actor who underwent some surgery, the actual ACTOR was in blackface. The real PERSON who was PHYSICALLY on the set was in blackface. He was playing a guy in BLACKFACE. In order to play a guy in blackface, he had to be, guess what? IN BLACKFACE. Understand now or do you need to call your buddy Christoph and let him explain it to you?
I agree with you completely # 16 but you are wasting your time. #5 and #15 should star in a remake of Dumb and Dumber!
Yeah, I know it's a waste of time trying to explain a basic concept to a dolt, but since I literally have nothing to do at work, it is mildly amusing. I can picture them sitting home staring at their screens and thinking, 'But, it's the Austrailian guy in blackface!'. It's a shame they don't require licenses to breed.
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