Depp: The Night Stalker
Edgar Wright has been one of my favorite filmmakers since I discovered Shaun Of The Dead in 2004, and sadly didn’t get to actually see it in the theater (still upset that I didn’t get to), and had to wait for video. I did get to see Hot Fuzz in the theater, and that was fine mixture of action/horror elements. Damn near close to perfection if you ask me. Can’t go wrong with having the best (at least to me) James Bond in your cast as well.
It seems he’s now throwing in his stock with Johnny Depp and making a Disneyfied version of Kolchak: The Night Stalker.
I don’t want to immediately take a dump on this so I’ll just wait and see how it turns out. It could be some goofy Depp, but hopefully not Jack Sparrow: Night Stalker. However, I would like to see this be a straight on project for the both of them and be focused on the horror aspect, and less on any sort of comedic element.
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I’m all for people having different opinions, but saying that Timothy Dalton is the best James Bond is just wrong. And I like Dalton as Bond, but c’mon, he’s outdone in very way by Connery and Craig, and even Brosnon, IMO. You just aren’t allowed to think this.
Seriously though, I am cautiously interested in this project.
Yeah, honestly I’d rank Woody Allen before Dalton.
Rene F. Rangel, While I do not rate Timothy Dalton as the…Best 007, he is far better than…Daniel Craig. My fave Bond is…Moore…Roger…Moore! Dalton is 2nd, Connery 3rd, Craig 4th, Brosnan 5th, and George Lazenby…006th!
He’s been my favorite James Bond since I saw Licence To Kill (my favorite Bond film) in the theater in 1989 at the age of 5. Connery is the original, but I just wish Dalton had done more films. He barely outshines Connery though, I’ll give him that. I also like Dalton for being so clinically brutal with only small bits of humor, but then my favorite Connery Bond is Diamonds Are Forever, so yeah….
The other Johnny Depp movie-related news that came out today is what I really want Rene on the case for.
Kolchak was a very mannered bit of characterization. He was very purple in his prose and would always end up shrieking like a pansy when the monster of the week got too close for comfort. It’s going to take insane control from Depp not to go full Sparrow on this.
Hoping this is more Tintin than Pilgrim from Wright’s end.
How could this be a Kolchak film without focusing a good amount on the comedy aspects? The entire reason of getting Wright is because he can mix in the horror with the comedy.
There’s comedy, then there’s ridiculous overblown bullshit. Both guys have proven they can go too far when not under control.
That Kolchack TV show reboot didn’t fare too well.
The new Kolchak series sucked because it had no humor and a lame backstory. Wright and Depp may just be a good thing.
Yes, yes yes, more comedy and depp acting full sparrow is exactly what this movie needs…..what is it with all these SERIOUS un-funny horror/star war fanboys that require 159% seriousness, in this case koltchak was the perfect freak-out character!!!!!
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