In
a business filled with non-news I am proud to use a news article on a
non-news item that has begun to circulate, but not to further the lack
of news and legitimize it but to call it out and tell you that though
the actor in question may eventually star in the film in question if the
film in question actually ever gets made, the current status of such
events is dogshit of the highest magnitude.
There is a story that Brad Pitt is the number one candidate to star in the proposed feature adaptation of the excellent game Red Dead Redemption. It originated on an integrity challenged gossip blog [ick!] and made its way to an actual website I admire. IGN! Here is the cutting edge news:
“Sources say the Hollywood heartthrob is the hot favorite to play
renegade outlaw John Marston in an epic cowboy shoot-em-up based on the
PlayStation game.
“This is an exciting project with a great character at the center of it,” a source said.
“The idea is to make this in the style of an epic Western movie but with a few modern touches.
“Brad is perfect for the role and he is being given first refusal.”“
Guess
what? First refusal means that Brad has a window of time all to himself
to decide if he’s interested in making the movie. Pretty much
everything A-list actors and some B-list actors get has that privilege,
something I know a little about firsthand as a recent project I’m
involved it ground to a halt for over a month as a big name mulled it
alongside countless other projects before passing. First refusal means
nothing when discussing a film project. It’s something stars get, but if
you think that the Rockstar adaptation is the only thing on Brad Pitt’s
desk (including others likely with funding, a good creative team, and
ones based on successful books, games, comics, and existing movies) then you’re a bonehead.
It’s not news. Also, Red Dead Redemption‘s
not a Playstation game. It’s also an XBOX game, the version I chose to
buy because the Xbox is better. Shit like this annoys me, because it
seems that people still go out of their way to just create buzz out of
vapor. Red Dead Redemption
is an amazing game with rich storytelling and extremely cinematic
elements (though the fact it’s a Western does taint its financial
prospects) and it’s from a developer that constantly churns out winners.
I don’t think it’d be difficult to envision 100 million bucks being
rounded up to make it happen and Pitt’s shown he can bounce between
prestige projects and big budget movies effortlessly. He’d make a good
lead for it.
But
because they sent him the script and gave him an exclusive window to
decide if he is interested is nothing. It happens every day to a bunch
of people in the movie industry. It means nothing.
On a similar note, Zoe Saldana has first refusal on my penis for the evening.
But at least I got to paste a beautiful image from a Western that Pitt actually made, the delightful and gorgeous The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, a film about as many people have seen as the vaporware Red Dead Redemption flick.
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Ok, I am really going to miss Devin on this site. But, if that means that Nick is going to be doing more writing here again, then that's a pretty sweet trade-off. Nice.
I have seen Assasination…. and Xbox blows.
I think Karl Urban would be better for John Marston. He already kinda looks like the character and I know he can do any accent.
Jesse James was such a grand piece of work. There's no chance in hell that this would be anything more than a tired Leone pastiche…I'm sure Pitt would feel the same.
How, exactly, is the Xbox better? 8th Attempt.
Umm, Xbox is better? Oh sure, if you're into kludgy graphics. PS3 rocks the shit, unless of course Rockstar actually comes out with a PC port of RDR sometime within the near future (which I would purchase posthaste).
What a bold statement to make, saying the XBOX is better. Does the XBOX play Blu-Rays? Is it backwards compatible with the expansive PS2 game library? Does it allow its owner to swap out the default Hard Drive for a bigger one? Is the PS3 notorious for overheating and have something called the Ring of Death? Does the XBOX have hands down some of the best games on the market, like Uncharted 2, God of War III , Joe Danger, Pixel Junk Shooter, Heavy Rain, Little Big Planet etc etc? Sorry Nick, old buddy. The PS3 is BETTER. verification attempts: 7
Um…okay, I sorta got that Brad Pitt might be playing John Marsten…I think? Seriously, what the fuck did I just read?
Are there actually sites out there claiming that Pitt is in and the movie is being made? Most of the articles I've read on the subject (including my own) stress pretty clearly that this is all essentially rumor and really means very little. Then again, lots of people are ass-hats (I just don't bother with those sites).
But it's just fun and interesting as the game is awesome; as is Brad Pitt.
@marco, I own both a PS3 and an XBOX, and while I think the PS3 has a better user interface and is a better all-around media center, I do have to point out a couple things in the interest of fairness. No, the XBOX 360 is not backwards compatible with the expansive PS2 game library, but neither is the PS3 (or it least it hasn't been for years). The 360 is, however, backwards compatible with many 1st generation XBOX games (if the emulation is a little glitchy at times). Also, the 360 hard drive is easily replaceable, although you can't use a 3rd party drive. Still, I could swap out my 120 gb hard drive for a 250 gb without having to open the console up.
Ya you're a real movie maverick, Nick. Nobody is laughing while you stew. *snicker*
IGN has an article up at of 8/26 that once again pits the Xbox-360 against the PS3 and in all the important categories PS3 wins out. It's the better machine. Add a couple things they didn't mention like Xbox's weirdass controller and online pay-to-play… how is there an argument left? It's just all about which GoW you like — God of War or Gears of War.
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