http://deadline.com/2016/05/russell-crowe-james-franco-to-direct-cormac-mccarthy-blood-meridian-cannes-1201749735/
JUST FUCK MY BOOK UP
>>69142899
At least they're white eh
This is like a hundred times worse than a million holocausts.
>>69142899
LEAVE BOOKINO TO JAMES
>it's real
Why do I hate James Franco so much? I used to like the guy.
>>69143030
He's an insecure idiot trying to prove he's a real artist and has literary merit.
You hate him because he's a fraud.
I just bought the damn book, and now I have to read it before they make the film so I can tell people the book is better than the film.
>Vincent D’Onofrio also boarding the cast
Based
>James Franco-directed adaptation of Cormac McCarthy’s Blood Meridian
>Franco will also act in the film
FFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCCCCCCCCCCCKKKKKKKKKKK KILL KILL KILL KILL JUST FUCKING KILL MY SHIT UP I WANNA DIE PUT A BULLET IN MY HEAD
>>69142899
I honestly don't understand how James Franco even has a career.
He's a weak actor and horrible director.
WHY IN THE FUCK SHOULD BE DONE BY JAMES FRANCO
FUCKING DEAD ON ARRIVAL JESUS FUCKING CHRIST
WHY THE FUCK IS THIS GUY ALLOWED TO MAKE SHITTY MOVIES BASED ON ALL THESE BOOKS?
HE'S LIKE THE UWE BOLL OF BOOK-BASED MOVIES
ugh
JDISMA
JDISMA
JDISMA
>>69143070
Yeah. I think you nailed it. There was period where he was being lauded as some kind of renaissance man for having multiple degrees. It just came across as really pretentious. Like cool you have degrees but what the fuck do you do with them? Oh you make shitty stoner movies with your buddies. Probably spawned from that.
in case you're wondering what this shit is going to be like: http://www.vice.com/read/james-francos-blood-meridian-test-656
Of all the characters in the book, I don't remember "Bloated Aussie".
>>69142899
NO. NO. PLEASE BE A JOKE.
>>69143115
It's sad knowing that this wasn't some elaborate parody
Even sadder knowing that Franco really does believe that his movies aren't garbage, I think he's adapting the Disaster Artist because he's a carbon copy of Tommy Wiseau (without his movies being entertaining).
>>69143021
>James Franco to direct
>>69143259
I could see Crowe pulling it off 10, 15 years ago, but unless he can really whip himself into shape, it won't work.
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In all seriousness it might be decent. I don't think Franco would be dumb enough to do this if he didn't have confidence in himself. Usually makes for good results
>>69143322
Franco's previous efforts strongly suggest it will be unwatchable trash and butcher the source material.
leave westernkino to me
>>69142899
This is makes me genuinely upset. I know he made a Blood Meridian short a few years ago, but I thought that was it.
He should fuck off. If he's a fan of the book then he should know that no one like him should be adapting it.
WHY COULDN'T RIDLEY SCOTT DO IT. HE WANTED TO IT
>>69142899
bloody hell.
coen brothers were art thou?
>>69143322
have you seen his adaptations of child of god and as i lay dying, or the blood meridian test posted earlier in the thread? they're amateurish and embarrassing. he is seriously without merit as a filmmaker.
>>69142899
god dammit. would it be possible to do a social media campaign calling for a different director?
just like how will ferrel dropped out of playing Reagan.
this is bullshit.
So since it is now happening, who should be the Judge?
>>69143496
Karl Urban
They hate us 'cause they ain't us!
>>69142899
>James Franco to direct
>>69143496
Idris elba
>>69143322
>I don't think Franco would be dumb enough to do this if he didn't have confidence in himself.
>implying being dumb doesnt make you over confident
>>69143496
Jimmy Fallon
At the end of the book, was it rape?
>>69143417
2 or maybe 3 % less shit than what james is going to make
How can James Franco be such a smart guy but be so shit at acting an directing?
>>69143417
Ridley Scott wouldn't make justice to it neither. And this is coming from someone who truly loves The Counselor.
Which one of you did this?
Clancy Brown as The Judge, yes or no?
>>69142899
Wow this literally made me sick. I am not one of the faggots that say BM can't be turned into a movie, those fucks should try pulling bat out of their asses.
It could be a bitchin' film, but directed by tryhard like Franco? Hell no! Coens or John Hilcoat maybe could be good. Although Hilcoat did totaly miss the point of the Road so maybe no.
>>69143560
what makes you think he's smart?
>>69143560
He cant be that bad at acting if you think hes smart
>>69142899
LEAVE IT ALONE FRANCO YOU INSUFFERABLE TALENTLESS CUNT
>Ryan Reynolds
>James Franco to also star
REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
>>69143496
eric wareheim
>>69143612
He has an undeserved degree from NYU.
>>69143614
>>69143589
Steve McQueen would probably do a good job.
>>69142899
I thought someone bought the rights years ago to protect it?
>>69143496
Vincent D’Onofrio
>>69143612
He has a lot of great ideas, and has the knowledge but for some reason lacks the talent for it. You can be smart and have skills, but if you don't have the talent, then you will most likely be shit
>>69143021
>Vincent D'Onofrio
This alone gives me hope, assuming he's playing Judge Holden
>>69143720
>He has a lot of great ideas
Like what?
This is... this is a day we all knew would come but. I don't know how to feel. D'Onofrio would be GOAT judge though..
If they're so intent on making a clusterfuck of it then let Malick do it.
>>69143496
>He never sleeps, he says. He says he'll never die. He bows to the fiddlers and sashays backwards and throws back his head and laughs deep in his throat and he is a great favorite, the judge. He wafts his hat and the lunar dome of his skull passes palely under the lamps and he swings about and takes possession of one of the fiddles and he pirouettes and makes a pass, two passes, dancing and fiddling all at once. His feet are light and nimble. He never sleeps. He says that he will never die. He dances in light and in shadow and he is a great favorite. He never sleeps, the judge. He is dancing, dancing. He says that he will never die.
Justin Kurzel or David Michod could make this work if McCarthy himself penned it. I can't really imagine someone tacking on McCarthy without being extremely faithful to him. László Nemes would be a cool choice too.
But no. James fucking Franco.
the press release mentions vincent d'onofrio and tye sheridan have also been cast and franco will act in it as well
my guess
d'onofrio = the judge
crowe = glanton
sheridan = the kid
franco = toadvine
d'onofrio is a decent if typecast/obvious choice. sheridan is a good actor but i wish the kid really had been like 14-16 years old. sheridan will be around 20 when they film this
crowe and franco are garbo choices
>>69143719
>>69143738
>>69143767
Will mean very little in the hands of James Franco.
>>69143417
One person in the world who would do worse job than Franco and you chose him.
>>69143322
>confidence
>good results
Pick one
>>69143815
>Vincent
>Russel Crowe
>Producer Scott Rudin
something tells me Franco will have very little control on set
>>69143496
Gibson
Not even meming
>>69143815
He really is a complete hack. I want to be optimistic, but I've actually seen a few of his movies. They're amateurish beyond belief.
>>69143720
All his "ideas" are basically taking great books and making them into absolutely awful movies.
Franco better do his absolute best with this shit
based franco
/tv/irigns on suicide watch
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1YVrxFmheSc
>>69142899
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0KnbqSf9eWE
Reminder what happened last time Franco directed McCarthy
>>69142899
>James Franco
>not the Coens
godamnit
Like The Disaster Artist i'm optimistic. Malick or Coens would be preferable but, we'll always have the text. D'Onofrio is just about the best choice for Holden though.
>>69143720
what makes you think he has any great ideas? every movie he's made has been absolute shit. as others have said, he just takes existing literature and makes it into a shitty "movie."
>>69143720
Didnt Spielberg say something like "if you cant visualise things in your head well you'll never be a good director"
>>69143982
I believe he tries to be good at what he does, but ultimately it's trash.
I mean, just listen to his poetry. I just think he's so self-absorbed that he can't look past himself for inspiration for his work.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KoaWrErL2sU
So, now that this is ruined, when can we expect another adaptation of BM? Jesus fuck, this'll just delay the actual good movie to come out...
Fucking Franco cunt.
Perfect
while improbable, it's far from impossible that this will turn out well
>Russell Crowe losing weight to become the Judge
All of my keks
>Get in faggot, we're going scalping
>>69144147
I agree, Blood Meridian needs either a certified crazy director like Herzog or some complete amateur who pulls it off by luck.
>>69142899
Scot Rudin was blocking Hillcoat and now he is supporting Franco. Is he fucking stupid or some kind of genius? Also Rusell Crowe's role? What is he supposed to play?
>>69144277
Glanton?
Sheridan is way too old for the 14yr old Kid, but I guess that's Hollywood for ye
>you will NEVER see the adaptation by Coens
THANK YOU WESL-ahem-KID
That casting is great.
Throw a big budget at him and it may be ok. The short demo thing looks cheap, but with swooping vista shots, period towns, the larger sense of scale can really help. I hope he nails that spooky umbrella chase scene and minigun.
>>69144444
WITNESSED
>>69144444
Quints confirm
>>69144444
quints have spoken, this movie can't be bad.
>>69143919
Gibson should be directing.
>>69144062
i can't believe somebody so stupid exists. holy shit i hate him.
>>69143496
Glenn Jacobs
>>69144133
since it's literature and not some capeshit I'd say the remake will take 15-20 years to arrive.
Who plays the kid?
>>69144644
jennifer lawrence.
>>69143496
Dave Franco
>>69144444
QUINTS CONFIRM GOAT CASTING
>>69143322
>confidence makes for good results
How does he keep getting the rights to do these movies
>An obviously reverent adaptation that fails to make a case for the source material being turned into a movie, Child of God finds director James Franco outmatched by Cormac McCarthy's novel.
>38%
IT'S GONNA BE GREAT
Red pill me on this book and why suddenly everyone's obsessed with it please
>>69144015
>implying Malick would direct something so violent and nihilistic
>>69144798
Because it's edgy and people get scalped. It's a tarantino flick in book form.
>>69144798
>suddenly
>>69144798
>goes to /pol/
>doesn't read books
Unsurprising
>>69144798
It's brutal story told beautifully. The Judge is an amazing character.
>>69144800
Not wholly nihilistic, Malick's own natural interests mirror Holden's
>>69144847
is the judge a supernatural being?
>>69144896
I accept the mystery. Can go either way. Sort of preternaturally peak human.
>>69143496
>he will never be judge holden
jdimsa
>>69144847
>Malick's own natural interests mirror Holden's
Yeah but he doesn't go around raping and killing children
>>69144978
now i have to read this shit before the stupid movie comes out.
>>69142899
>first he's gonna ruin Disaster Artist
>now he's gonna ruin Blood Meridian
>>69143573
>>69145190
It is legitimately great, and cinematic, enjoy
FUCK
FUCK
FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK
WHY
WHY
CANT
WE
HAVE
NICE
THINGS
>>69145460
I discovered McCarthy after watching The Road movie about 4 times.
Then I read the book and I was blown away. roasted babies, pregnant caged women, holy shit.
>>69144363
>poet
Anybody read his poetry?
>>69145555
>>69144444
>>69143777
>>69143222
>all these numbers
maybe it wont be so bad after all fellas
>james franco to direct
>>69144798
>suddenly
Moo
So was the kid killed, raped or both?
>>69146365
I don't know, but if I dont see a teen getting raped in the movie, I'm gonna write a very angry letter to james franco.
>>69143094
Subtle Wedding Singer reference?
>>69143094
>>69146432
>>69146450
>Blood Meridian direct by James Franco
https://youtu.be/uKNKVzVAqUk?t=89
anyone care to explain what blood meridian is except that it is a book
>>69147281
blood meridian is something that happens to a woman once a month.
>>69147281
It's a very good book.
It's pretty well recognized as one of America's best living novelist's best work. No Country for Old Men (which you obviously know was adapted to the universally loved movie that won four Oscars including Best Picture) is a SORT OF spiritual successor to Blood Meridian but is usually accepted to be inferior. The villain The Judge is one of modern literature's best villains and is like Anton Chigurh times a thousand in his intensity.
>>69144741
>posting a god tier shit movie
With extreme confidence came an equally extreme result. "So bad it was good"
>>69145629
Reciting it can even kill Vogons.
>>69145088
FUCK I never realized how perfect this would be. I should have picked up on how much I wanted this after his performance in Carnivale.
Good shit, anon
GOD FUCKING DAMMIT
FRANCO YOU FUKCING HACK
PIECE OF SSHIT TALENTLESS JEW FAGGOT
SOMEBODY HAS TO KILL THIS HACK TO AVOID THE COLOSSAL FAILURE THAT BLOOD MERIDIAN WILL TURN OUT TO BE
>>69147281
It's about a group of cowboys who go around and murder tribes of Indians and sell their scalps for money. One of their members (Judge Holden) is a demon/angel/Satan.
>>69142899
>he thinks James Franco isn't an artistic genius
All the butt hurt in this thread makes me chuckle
The only thing better is if the Judge is cast with a large black woman
Project is dead already. They did not secure book rights lol
>>69143890
righ the only road to success is to have very little self confidence and belief in what you do
>>69148327
Source?
>>69142899
IM GONNA HANG MYSELF IM GONNA HANG MYSELF IM GONNA FUCKIGNB KILL YMSELF IM GONNA SHOOTM YSELF ITN THE FUKC HEAD IN THE FUCKCING HEAD IM GONNA BWLOW MY FUVKCKING HEMAD OFF IM ONNA CUT MY GIVKUCKIG WRITSDT IN THE RFFUKCIGITN MBAATHNFNFTUB
>tfw you genuinely like Franco as a serious and comedic actor
>>69143815
D'Onofrio is only the best living choice to play judge, anyways
>tfw no PSH judge
>tfw no Gandolfini judge
might as well just let Franco direct the movie. if it won't be the best movie it could have been, just let it be trash
>>69142960
Clearly you've never read the book. Non white people show up all over the place in it.
>>69148746
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/cannes-russell-crowes-blood-meridian-891007
Dead !
>>69148936
HAHAHAHA
>>69148746
Not that anon but, yeah, they goofed. Which may be crisis averted, but damn, D'Onofrio would be perrrrfect.
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/cannes-russell-crowes-blood-meridian-891007
The project is now being shelved because the filmmakers didn't have the rights to the novel.
The splashy Cannes package Blood Meridian has fallen apart.
Though Russell Crowe had been in talks to star in James Franco's adaptation of Cormac McCarthy’s Blood Meridian, all of the deals are off because the filmmakers didn't have the rights to the novel.
>>69148908
Second
>>69143496
Brendan fraser
>>69148977
So who has the rights?
>>69148930
Yeah, and than proceed to get butchered.
>>69149029
I"m assuming no one but McCarthy?
>>69144575
This.
Isnt this just a shitty western?
Whats the big deal, anyone can direct it.
>>69143496
Danny DeVito
Michael Cera
Melissa McCarthy
>james franco to direct
Jesus christ I want off this ride.
>You now realize that the project is dead because the producers started this thread to see if people liked the project or not
>>69142899
No no no no no no please no no no no no...NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
Im not an anti-semite, but fuck Jewish Hollywood nepotism. Franco cant act, unless hes pretending to be a retard, which he does well enough.
>>69143294
He'll be the judge. Just shave his head and point the camera.
>>69149029
Someone else on some other thread said Tommy Lee Jones, but I don't know. I would trust him to do right by the book if it ever comes to be made a movie.
I rewatched James Franco roast on netflix. was pretty good, first time I watched with two friends and we were cracking up. yesterday i realized how nervous jonah hill was. he was shaking and sweating profusely when he got up for his turn.
>>69149029
Scott Rudin apparently.
>>69142899
So in this movie, obviously D'Onofrio would be the Judge and Sheridan would be the Kid. I'm assuming Crowe would be Glanton, which makes it weird that he's the headlining star in the casting call, but whatever. And would Franco play Toadvine, or the Man?
>>>/lit/ BTFO
>article updated a few hours ago
>project has already been shelved again
>article edited and changed all to past tense
based
>>69148936
>>69148977
I've never seen a thread like this resolve itself so quickly.
It's good to know its dead.
>>69149429
>I've never seen a thread like this resolve itself so quickly.
Really is a ridiculous turn of events.
>>69143115
Damn, he makes a pretty good Jack Kerouac.
>>69148911
>not casting Glenn Fleshler as the Judge
D'Onoforio is plebe tier
>>69149503
No, D'Onofrio does menacing and intellectual perfectly, Fleshler is good, but does both only middlingly. Better as funny, creepy, a bit daft.
>>69143531
YES.
Very obviously it was rape.
>>69148395
Only dumb and unintrospective people feel confident all the time and about everything they do, they're insufferable to be around and suck out all the energy out of a room.
Hang no fewer than 100 extroverts.
>>69144444
God damn it. Well, it's confirmed.
>>69148936
thank fucking god
>>69142899
franco thinks he'll be viewed as intelligent if he makes movies based on books
James Franco really needs to get his head out of his ass if he really thinks he can handle a Blood Meridian adaptation after making such forgettable movies out of Faulkner's classics.
like how the fuck do you make a shitty movie out of As I Lay Dying
>>69142899
Really? After everyone shit all over that test footage he shot?
>>69142899
>James Franco
can that untalented, rat face homosexual aids faggot die already?
>>69149503
I forgot about this big guy!
i'm just not going to watch this
just like i didn't watch all his faulkner adaptations
>>69149581
You got them mixed up m8. Errol runs circles around Private Pyle in the menacing and fucked in the head department.
>>69144978
>>69144996
>His feet are light and nimble. He never sleeps. He says that he will never die. He dances in light and in shadow and he is a great favorite. He never sleeps, the judge. He is dancing, dancing. He says that he will never die.
Does that sound human to you? He's some kind of alien, or a demon- hell he might be the devil himself for all any of us know, but one thing is for sure- whatever he is he is NOT natural
>>69150028
the problem is that we only get 1 blood meridian adaptation for the next 50 years, and this will be it
>>69150054
On the subject, what about John Carrol Lynch?
>>69150061
woah he dances he must be an alium!
>>69143573
>blood-meridian
On the bright side we'll get a western. But westerns aren't all well received these days.
>>69150061
stop
>>69150061
>autist trying to read McCarthy
>>69144363
>9 careers
How does that saying go? Master of none
>>69150226
I think its more like "Women don't understand Master and Commander."
>>69150101
Yeah he would be a great fit too I believe
DDL is the only one with the chops to play the Judge. It's him or bust
>>69150226
Jack of all trades, master of none
I probably won't even see it because it sounds like the worst possible adaptation. It's a shame that this is how 99% of people are going to experience Blood Meridian
>>69150394
Click the link. The movie was shelved
>>69150064
i don't want any
if i want blood meridian, i'll read blood meridian
>>69149029
Me in a few years when I'm a successful Hollywood director. I promise to do right by the novel.
>>69150471
you're a real fun guy you know that anon
>>69142899
Agreed. I refuse to watch this. Remember what happened with All The Pretty Horses...
>>69143708
Called it.
http://deadline.com/2016/05/russell-crowe-james-franco-to-direct-cormac-mccarthy-blood-meridian-cannes-1201749735/
>>69142899
>hes never seen Child of God
shiggy diggy plebby niggy
>>69143708
pretty sure it was a stand up comedian. maybe john hodgeman?
Guessing Franco will play Toadvine.
