Paul Dano will be joining the cast of Looper
from writer/director Rian Johnson, and already the cast is an
impressive one that includes the likes of Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Bruce
Willis, and Emily Blunt. Louisiana will host the production, which
starts in the new year.
Rian
Johnson is among that small group of super cool new filmmakers that
burst onto the scene with incredible first films and whose paths still
remain unclear. Shane Carruth is another good example, and I believe
Duncan Jones would be a newer addition, but Rian Johnson seemed to be
the most poised to go launch off. His debut film Brick, which is truly one of my very favorite films, is a powerhouse of style and substance that led to his follow-up Brothers Bloom,
a film that is pretty great too, yet didn’t seem to spark audiences or
careers quite as much. And while Carruth has remained on the periphery,
supposedly cooking up an aggressively bizarre sophomore effort a half a
decade after Primer, and Duncan Jones immediately transitioned from Moon to a bigger budget studio genre pic, Johnson has taken it a bit slower without ever falling off the radar, which has included some recent TV work on Breaking Bad and Terriers. Looper
will be his third film, and it’s one he’s worked on for some time.
Happily, it’s really starting to gear up and you can get tastes of that through his Tumblr blog,
which provided the pictures above and beside. The vague, out-of-context
snapshots are already hinting at a movie with tricks up its sleeves.
The
film centers around a group of “loopers” who assassinate individuals
that have been sent from 30 years in the future. Obviously this is set
up to be a twisty mindfuck of a film, with Levitt and Willis playing the
same character at different ages. The Playlist
has the inside scoop that the newly cast Dano will play a looper
alongside Levitt and will be a key character in the first act.
Frankly,
I don’t wish to know any more than that. I don’t need a trailer, I
don’t need stills, I just need the film in front of me. I will however,
bring you more interesting news about the film, which will certainly
rank high on many people’s most anticipated lists. It’s certainly at the
top of mine.
13 comments
You are a tool Renn and a coward.
Struggling to imagine how Levitt will be convincing as a young Bruce Willis. They look and act nothing alike. PS. Thanks for bringing the captcha back from the bowels of Hades. Long live the new CHUD.
chud, seriously…give up on pimping carruth as a good director. Rian Johnson has made 2 excellent films and worked with major talent. Duncan Jones has made an excellent movie (with a promising second on the way) also with big talent. Carruth made a film, although unique, had shitty production values, shitty acting and shitty music (all can be contributed to Carruth since he provided all that). Carruth is in no way even a minor talent
Unfortunately (for us) the captcha system apparently won't do anything to stop whining idiots like chudfan. Anyways… this looks like a cool concept for a movie, I do love me some heady sci fi. But I do wonder if Lukas Haas is cast in this as well, since it was nice to see a pseudo-Brick reunion in Inception.
I'm all in for this one. Johnson is primed for something great and a mindfuck sci-fi tale seems right up his high-concept alley. Plus, of course, Levitt is probably the best actor in his age range, if'n y'ask me. Plus, well, Willis. We like Willis. He can abuse us as much as he wants and we'll always like Willis.
#3 – i'd like to see you do better with even triple the budget carruth had
@Chudfan – Look, I'm not a supporter of Mr. Brown's content on the site but that sort of personal attack is way too much. Additionally, it tickles me when someone throws the word "coward" around when exercising their ability to post anonymously. Hopefully, the stress of getting your MRS degree will subside and you can find calm once again on-line.
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A couple comments- Levitt is great, and Bruce Willis will always be Bruce Willis as in a major hero character.
2nd, how did gfg get his spam on here when it takes me like 4 or 5 tries to get the captcha thing to work?
re: comment 3, Umm, Primer was amazing. Very original and completely avoided the cliches that plague 99% of time travel films. I thought Brick was overrated, though I love Levitt's acting. The guy is a serious talent. With him and Dano in this, I am sold. Get Ruffalo to be in it as well. I've got a man boner for his acting abilities. Everything he does is golden. He's even great in Blindness, and that movie sucked.
Rian Johnson's episode was, by far, the weakest ep in Breaking Bad season 3. Not necessarily Johnson's fault – it was well shot, but it was just a bit of a fizzer in the story dept (IMO).
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levitt = young willis? something tells me bruce is gonna be sporting an epic wig in this one…..
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