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Jealous Harvey Weinstein Stakes His Own Claim to 'Valkyrie' Debacle
Posted by Defamer Hollywood at 2:55 AM on May 29, 2008
Amid all of Tuesday's post-holiday hustle and bustle, we regrettably overlooked perhaps the most profound news item of the day: Harvey Weinstein indirectly hopped in the Valkyrie fray at Cannes by picking up US theatrical/DVD rights to Operation Valkyrie, a 2004 German retelling of the failed plot to assassinate Adolf Hitler. It's the same film Tom Cruise and Bryan Singer made (or are making, with worse accents) only to see it bumped twice to a Feb. 2009 release-date Siberia by Cruise/UA's partners at MGM — oddly the same folks with whom The Weinstein Company shares its own distribution deal. Small world, eh? It gets even weirder — kind of.
Originally made for TV, the German Valkyrie features The Lives of Others/Black Book actor Sebastian Koch as the eyepatched, would-be Hitler killer Col. Claus von Stauffenberg — also Cruise's role in the American version. Cruise, meanwhile, stars opposite Carice van Houten — Koch's Black Book co-star and real-life love interest. If Harvey has the balls (and/or the cash) to release Operation Valkyrie theatrically, especially before Singer's Valkyrie emerges from hiding, look forward to the most spectacularly awkward Tom Cruise premiere ever.
- TWC buys up German 'Valkyrie' [Variety via Lou Lumenick]
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DrFeelgood
Posted 9:16 AM 29/5/08
I just hope in Tom's version he actually kills Hitler.
In classic John Woo slow motion, hero floating in mid-air, double handgun exploding, doves flying by for no reason, style.
I miss that shit!
DrFeelgood
Evil Tortie's Mom
Posted 7:14 AM 29/5/08
@Calraigh: Tea's thinking, "Space aliens? That's not a religion, that's the TV show my husband's famous for."
Evil Tortie's Mom
Tiger_Tanaka
Posted 4:56 AM 29/5/08
Don't forget The Plot To Kill Hitler, starring Brad Davis.
Oh, you did? Nevermind.
Tiger_Tanaka
Calraigh
Posted 4:25 AM 29/5/08
This is awkward Tom Cruise:
[www.shareapic.net]
I can't possibly imagine what they're talking about.
Calraigh
WGARefugee
Posted 4:08 AM 29/5/08
@Sweet Panda Love: That's scientology method acting. Check out Anne Archer's shouty little Xenu, Tommy Davis, in the BBC documentary, "Scientology and Me." He's like a nasty little Tom Cruise clone.
WGARefugee
Sweet Panda Love
Posted 3:46 AM 29/5/08
(tears up thinking about dad)
Sweet Panda Love
shutupitsmine
Posted 3:34 AM 29/5/08
I don't know Sweet Panda Love.
I. Just. Don't. Know.
shutupitsmine
Sweet Panda Love
Posted 3:29 AM 29/5/08
Yes, well, I bet Sebastian Koch doesn't run real fast then RAISE HIS VOICE and repeat things, repeat things for emphasis.
Sweet Panda Love
Benny
Posted 11:02 AM 29/5/08
Why is Brendan Frasier in this movie?
Benny
Calraigh
Posted 4:08 PM 29/5/08
@Evil Tortie's Mom: HAHA!I know.I actually would have killed to have overheard the conversation.Katie Holmes' expression also kills me.
The subtext here is that Jason Beghe(the actor who recently left Scientology and made lots of great videos about how ridiculous the whole thing is and how brainwashed he was) is David Duchovny's best friend and when he came to him after he left it and explained to him what exactly it was that he had believed in, they both fell about the place laughing.Tèa apparently had always been suspicious of him b/c of the whole 'tology thing and DD and himself had drifted apart b/c of it. All fine and dandy now I hope!
P.s If I've just completely told you what you already know ignore me, I just had to make it known to the world.Tèa Leoni is a funny gal so I think this photo is priceless...!
Calraigh