Last year I
told you about a movie called The Revenant – a film that would never happen
but that at one time was going to star Samuel L Jackson and be directed
by Park Chan-Wook. Click
here to read the full details of this movie that never was.
Now The Revenant is back (at least I’m almost
certain this is the same project), and instead of Sam, Christian Bale
will be the lead. And instead of Park, John (The Proposition,
The Road)
Hillcoat will be directing.
This could be the most grim and
joyless movie ever made!
Bloody
Disgusting reports that Vacancy writer
Mark L Smith is working on the script, which he describes as ‘a period
action/revenge piece.’ The revenge comes when frontiersman Bale (this is
the late 1800s) gets left for dead by his buddies after a savage bear
mauling. Despite taking wounds that should have killed him, Bale’s
character – Hugh Glass – struggles through the wilderness to hunt down
the men who left him to die.
Smith is also writing a remake of the
French horror film Martyrs; that feels like a waste of time,
as there’s no way an American mainstream movie will go where Marytrs did,
or risk alienating audiences wholesale like that film seemed to enjoy
doing.
22 comments
Bale needs to do a comedic role, STAT! But I'll just about watch him in anything, especially if he's directed by John Hillcoat. The Proposition is an amazing film.
I still don't get your hatred of Bale and this sounds like a really good match of solid talent to me. By the way, fuck that Martyrs movie. I was enjoying it until around the halfway mark and then it went from entertaining to just plain vile in a totally not fun way. A US remake would have to be a completely different movie which would be a good thing in this case.
So this is a Man in the Wilderness remake?
Hmm. More intrigued by the news they're remaking Martyrs. That was a great movie. With one of the sickest, most cynical endings I've ever seen. No way they go there. It will be a lame torture porn movie with a pat conclusion.
"This could be the most grim and joyless movie ever made!" How ironic! I'm looking forward to your grim and joyless review, Devin-in-2010. You're becoming a parody.
I actually think a Martyrs remake could be a really good movie, if they just (SPOILERS I GUESS) cut out the entire last half of the movie, which is literally just a bunch of scenes of a woman getting the shit punched out of her in a basement. Instead, make the whole movie about the two girls invading the home of this family that the one claims tortured her years ago. The whole movie could be along the lines of "did this really happen, or is the one girl just INSANE?" and then the last scene of the movie is the other girl finding the torture room. ROLL CREDITS. No bullshit.
You are a brilliant actor, Christian Bale, but please for the love of god, do something FUNNY! Doesn't need to be an all-out comedy, or a romcom. But remember how brilliant you were in AMERICAN PSYCHO? Let's have more of that. You lovely, angry growling beast of a man.
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isn't this a remake of a Richard Harris movie from the 70's???
Holy shit. This is one of the most intense true revenge stories ever. Google "Hugh Glass" and be glad he's not looking for you.
Grim and joyless? This movie will be directed by John Hillcoat, not Tim Burton.
How can Bale be considered a brilliant actor when for the most part he just seems to walk through his roles no matter what they are.
For any new Jesus converts triple bill Dreyer's Passion of J'ean D'arc with Gibson's Passion of the Christ and Martyrs. Oh God, BLISSSSSS! You'll literally shit your pants blood!
You know what was grim and joyless? Iron Man 2.
"Bale's character – Hugh Jass -"
I'm with Devin – Bale has become oppressively joyless. It's a shame too, because he really can be brilliant. He's a wonderful sad sack in Velvet Goldmine and very, very good in Metroland as a goodhearted but restless young husband.
Martyrs was great. That is all.
It is amusing to watch you talkbalkers fall all over yourselves trying wash Devin's balls. Devin does not like alpha males or any production that he sees as glorifying that stereotype. So he seeks to use the weapon of the betas, humor and derision to strike down the offending (actor, writer, director, novel, etc.).
This story is based on the true story of a mountain man in the 1800's. As I recall, the mountain man survives the bear attack, survives in the wild, dodges indians and ends up not killing the men who betrayed him.
Dr Colussus, I'm glad you write talkbacks, and not adaptations of French horror movies, because your idea is so fucking retardedly cliche it makes the dull, drawn out of conclusion of Martyrs seem enjoyable.
Ennui, you sound totally Beta with your PUA speechifying, btw.
I rule.
Keep posting stuff like this i really like it
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