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ApexOversteer
03-08-2012, 2:56pm
http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb164/ApexOversteer/theloneranger-first.jpg

That's Johnny Depp and Armie Hammer in our first look at The Lone Ranger, directed by Gore Verbinski (Pirates Of The Carribean) and written by Justin Hayth, who was nominated for a best adapted screenplay for his work on Revolutionary Road.

Disney intends to release The Lone Ranger in May 2013.
simpleman68
03-08-2012, 2:58pm
Clever, but expensive for them to cast Depp as Tonto. I guess that would be a cue as to the "flavor" of the script?
Scott
ApexOversteer
03-08-2012, 3:00pm
Clever, but expensive for them to cast Depp as Tonto. I guess that would be a cue as to the "flavor" of the script?
Scott

Expensive? These days Disney can't afford NOT to put Johnny Depp in their movies.
DAB
03-08-2012, 3:02pm
'what's this "we" stuff white man, you go and fight, i'm staying right here'
simpleman68
03-08-2012, 3:04pm
Expensive? These days Disney can't afford NOT to put Johnny Depp in their movies.

An effective formula for success indeed; although big names didn't save the likes of Ishtar. :lol:
Scott
ApexOversteer
03-08-2012, 3:04pm
'what's this "we" stuff white man, you go and fight, i'm staying right here'

"Dammit Tonto... I said 'POSSE'..."
Sea Six
03-08-2012, 3:16pm
"Dammit Tonto... I said 'POSSE'..."

:funniest:
Mike Mercury
03-08-2012, 3:30pm
'what's this "we" stuff white man, you go and fight;

bowels no move !
GS Ragtop
03-08-2012, 3:59pm
So without Googling, which film does the Guiness Book of World Records say is the biggest film flop of all time?
ApexOversteer
03-08-2012, 4:03pm
So without Googling, which film does the Guiness Book of World Records say is the biggest film flop of all time?

Cleopatra?

Edit: I looked it up. Cleopatra made half of it's production cost back in cinemas, and it's the incorrect answer.

The correct answer... cost $100MM to make, and made $10MM in cinemas. Ouch.
Datawiz
03-08-2012, 4:12pm
So without Googling, which film does the Guiness Book of World Records say is the biggest film flop of all time?

Water World
8Up
03-08-2012, 4:13pm
"Doc say you gonna die"
GS Ragtop
03-08-2012, 4:20pm
Cleopatra?

Edit: I looked it up. Cleopatra made half of it's production cost back in cinemas, and it's the incorrect answer.

The correct answer... cost $100MM to make, and made $10MM in cinemas. Ouch.

I was surprised by the answer - ran across it a couple of months ago. Hint for those still thinking: Geena Davis appeared in the film and the flop led to the wide-spread belief she couldn't carry a film.

Course, there were 90 million good reasons for that belief. :rofl:
ApexOversteer
03-08-2012, 4:21pm
Water World

People actually went and saw Waterworld. It made $265MM worldwide in cinemas, against a production budget of $175MM

I thought maybe Battlefield Earth, and it did only make $21MM at cinemas, but it also only cost $74MM to make, so it still made back more than the correct answer.
ApexOversteer
03-08-2012, 4:26pm
I was surprised by the answer - ran across it a couple of months ago. Hint for those still thinking: Geena Davis appeared in the film and the flop led to the wide-spread belief she couldn't carry a film.

Course, there were 90 million good reasons for that belief. :rofl:

I laughed when I looked it up. Seems I was one of the 15 people that actually went and saw it in theaters. You see, I'm a big fan of Cronenberg's The Fly, and still thought Geena Davis was hot at the time... and the whole thing was kinda hot in the trailer.... man I was doing sooooo many drugs then...
GS Ragtop
03-08-2012, 4:32pm
:rofl:

I'm a Fly fan myself. Also liked her in Beetlejuice. Less so in A League of Their Own.

Anyway, time for me to go work out. Answer, for those still noodling, is Cutthroat Island. While some say it killed CarolCo, the studio was already bankrupt by the time the movie was released.

Sorry for the hijack, Apex. :cert:
simpleman68
03-08-2012, 4:43pm
... thought Geena Davis was hot at the time... and the whole thing was kinda hot in the trailer.... man I was doing sooooo many drugs then...

:iagree: And on both counts :leaving:
Scott
ApexOversteer
03-08-2012, 4:53pm
Wait why aren't Native American groups all pissed off at a white dude playing Tonto? :confused:

Who you callin' white man, pale face? Depp is part Native American, apparently.
G8rDMD
03-08-2012, 5:04pm
How long before we have the ACLU protesting that a Native American actor was not used in the role of Tonto? :rofl:
Chris Fowler
03-08-2012, 5:45pm
"Dammit Tonto... I said 'POSSE'..."
Tonto: Buffalo come.
Lone Ranger: How do you know?
Tonto: Ear sticky.
BuckyThreadkiller
03-08-2012, 5:47pm
Cleopatra?

Edit: I looked it up. Cleopatra made half of it's production cost back in cinemas, and it's the incorrect answer.

The correct answer... cost $100MM to make, and made $10MM in cinemas. Ouch.

Not Heaven's Gate?
SnikPlosskin
03-08-2012, 6:57pm
http://i2.listal.com/image/1613035/936full-geena-davis.jpg
ApexOversteer
03-08-2012, 11:12pm
Not Heaven's Gate?

UA lost $41MM on Heaven's Gate. CarolCo lost just over twice that on Cutthroat Island...
Fasglas
03-09-2012, 3:45am
How long before we have the ACLU protesting that a Native American actor was not used in the role of Tonto? :rofl:

When the ACLU fronts the money to make the movie, they can choose whoever they want to play any part. Until then, it's better if they just STFU.
78SA
03-09-2012, 5:02am
Tonto: Buffalo come.
Lone Ranger: How do you know?
Tonto: Ear sticky.

:lol: