With a feature remake of King of Kong still in the works, director Seth Gordon appears to be close to picking his next project: A Christmas comedy starring Vince Vaughn and Reese Witherspoon called Four Christmases. You've probably already guessed this, but it's about a couple both with divorced parents who are trying to go to ... four Christmases. ... Stop it. You're splitting our sides.
We don't think we're alone when we count this as the most disappointing film choice since Carrot Top went from not being in movies to Chairman of the Board. That being said, if this leads to Vince Vaughn playing Billy Mitchell in the Kong film, it's more than worth it.
[Via Ain't It Cool]
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Posted: Aug 21st 2007 9:42AM FrankTheCrank said
I'm dying to see this film.
Billy Mitchell looks like such a lovable psycho.
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Billy Mitchell looks like such a lovable psycho.
Posted: Aug 21st 2007 9:42AM (Unverified) said
The movie itself will be meh, probably interesting though if you like video games. Howard stern played clips from it yesterday and it sounded absolutely hilarious.
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Posted: Aug 21st 2007 9:45AM (Unverified) said
Oh, and Ben Stiller would be perfect for Billy Mitchell.
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Posted: Aug 21st 2007 10:12AM Neon Jebus said
I was thinking Ben as well. Unless perhaps you go for Chuck Norris but I think people would think it's another Missing In Action movie.
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Posted: Aug 21st 2007 9:56AM (Unverified) said
nice Justin McElroy.. i loved swingers man.. lol.. that quote made wanna watch the movie again..
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Posted: Aug 21st 2007 10:46AM (Unverified) said
You mean Chairman of the BORED!
(I stole that joke from Norm MacDonald.
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(I stole that joke from Norm MacDonald.
Posted: Aug 21st 2007 10:08AM (Unverified) said
there's nothing wrong with letting the girls know you're money and that you want to party.
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Posted: Aug 21st 2007 11:13AM (Unverified) said
money. bigger names (like jack black) = more boxoffice hype
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Posted: Aug 21st 2007 11:01AM (Unverified) said
King of Kong was a great movie. I saw it in Seattle with Steve. He had a Q&A after the movie. He mentioned that Newline Cinema bought the rights to the movie - and that Jack Black wants to play Steve.
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Posted: Aug 21st 2007 1:42PM (Unverified) said
Agreed, this movie was awesome and everyone who likes video games should go see it (even if, scratch that, ESPECIALLY if you don't know anything about arcade games). It wasn't just a tongue-in-cheek "hey look at the nerds" kind of thing. It was actually well shot and well edited. The scene with Steve's home movies and the wax pencil blew me away.
I saw it in Austin and we had an appearance by Steve, too. They even set up a machine in the lobby and had a tourney.
Anyone heard anything about "Chasing Ghosts"? I'm hoping it will provide me with another Billy Mitchell fix.
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I saw it in Austin and we had an appearance by Steve, too. They even set up a machine in the lobby and had a tourney.
Anyone heard anything about "Chasing Ghosts"? I'm hoping it will provide me with another Billy Mitchell fix.
Posted: Aug 21st 2007 11:20AM mr nimblewick said
I'm guessing this christmas movie is part of a deal to get Kong made.
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Posted: Aug 21st 2007 9:07PM (Unverified) said
First of all, Norm MacDonald does not suck. Secondly, if any of you are married with a kid, the idea for Four Christmases seems funny (or sad). It is a huge farce trying to make it through that day, trust me!!
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