Sure Michael Keaton has been around. But it just seems like it’s been too long that he’s been around, you know?. How long ago was Out of Sight and Jackie Brown? A dozen years? Shit. Live From Baghdad was eight years ago. Since then, he’s been keeping some time on kid-friendly projects like Jack Frost, Herbie: Fully Loaded, Cars and Toy Story 3. I just miss when Keaton was headlining. I miss the edgy Keaton in stuff like Clean and Sober, Pacific Heights and One Good Cop. Hell, I even miss the Keaton from Desperate Measures. How was he in The Other Guys? Have yet to see that.
Anyway, I’m just a fan who hasn’t forgotten Mr. Keaton. Any opportunity to catch his work is generally a good opportunity. And apparently HBO agrees. They’ve just inked a production deal with the former Beetlejuice, where he’ll get the chance to not only act, but direct and executive produce projects for them, says Variety. “Michael Keaton is a multifaceted talent who never fails to engage the
audience in fresh ways,” said Michael Lombardo, prexy of HBO
Programming. “We’re thrilled to have the opportunity to collaborate with
him.” Said Keaton of the collaboration: “When you look at the overall landscape out there and see what’s getting
done, you realize it’s not only the types of things HBO is doing, but
how extraordinarily well they do them,” Keaton said. “The question
really becomes, why would you not want to be in business with these
folks when they ask?”
No specific projects were mentioned as of yet. How about The Continuing Adventures of Peter McCabe?
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He was good in The Other Guys. Better than Walhberg at any rate.
I'm a life-long Keaton fan, and strongly believe that Tom Hanks stole his career(think about it), but i was really surprised at how weak he was in "The Other Guys". Except for the "whisper-fight". I hope for the best for him though. HBO does bring out the best in some people, and "Live from Baghdad" was excellent.
keaton's directorial debut "the merry gentleman" was fucking excellent…a very well shot, slower pacced drama that could really showcase what he could do behind the camera
You wanna get nuts? C'mon, let's get nuts!
I've always enjoyed Keaton's work. He's been out of the mainstream spotlight far too long. Glad to see he'll be showcasing his talents both in front of and behind the camera.
A sequel to Night Shift that brings back Keaton, Winkler and Long along with a revived Belzer.
What's that one like One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest but funny? With the guy who talks in baseball quotes. Anyway everyone loves that guy but HBO is a joke network. AMC and FX made it their bitch a long time ago. Pretty much since The Sopranos ended when HBO mandated that everything in some way be preachy and about homos or jews. Or both.
#7 – The Dream Team
Also, Burton was at his best when working with Keaton. I miss those days. Don't get me wrong, the first couple of Depp collabs were great.
Hey, I think WB just found their perfect network and actor for the new Batman tv show.
How about an alternate universe Batman 3 movie (on HBO! which means you can do graphic violence!) starring Keaton that pretends Joel Schumacher never happened? I'd watch that. Plus, you gotta do something when Nolan and Bale bail.
I miss the edgey Keaton of "The Dream Team"..
Fuck. Yes. Keaton is criminally underused these days. He was hysterical in The Other Guys. Of course, this is coming from a guy who knows every line of Gung-Ho by heart, so I'm biased.
Michael Keaton is the best actor alive. And you too would only be doing the projects you liked if you had made sure that you'd be receiving percentage from Batman (the one real and proper Batman movie, that is, as well as its sequel, Batman Returns) – the way he did. He's set for life, he doesn't need to act, and can only work on what he enjoys.
The nostalgia for the unwatchable burton batman films is amusing. Admit it folks, those movies are worse than anything Adam West was involved in.
"I attended Juilliard. I'm a graduate of the Harvard business school. I travel quite extensively. I lived through the Black Plague and had a pretty good time during that. I've seen the Exorcist 167 times, and it keeps getting funnier every single time I see it. Not to mention the fact that you're talking to a dead guy! Now what do you think!? You think I'm qualified?"
Comment #2 is spot on. I've thought about this for the past decade.
It all changed in 1993:
If only Keaton had done "Philadelphia" and Hanks had done "My Life" in 93, things would have been much different.
But homosexuality and the misunderstanding of aids was long over-due in the mainstream social conscious and the agents determined that Tom Hanks got aids and Michael Keaton got that "boring old" cancer acting piece.
Anyway. it doesn't matter anymore…Keaton is different, you don't actually know he's acting and it's almost as if it's a documentary in every frame or scene he's in.
Do yourself a favor and watch "The Paper" kids.
He completely dominates it.
Unlike Tom Hanks, Michael Keaton's BEST WORK is still ahead of him.
Without a doubt, I am one of many who look forward to his work on HBO.
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