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Guillermo Del Toro Accidentally Short-Lists Himself for 'Sleepless in Seattle' Remake
Posted by Defamer Hollywood at 3:40 AM on June 17, 2008
Never saying never might be the smart play for Guillermo Del Toro, who once went off so memorably on the Lord of the Rings franchise ("I was never into heroic fantasy. At all. I don't like little guys and dragons, hairy feet, hobbits — I've never been into that at all. I don't like sword and sorcery, I hate all that stuff") only to commit to directing the godforsaken Hobbit two-fer less than two years later. Alas, he's at it again this month in an interview with Complex Magazine, apparently setting himself up for his first stab at romantic comedy after he returns from New Zealand:
"No way. Sleepless in Seattle can go fuck itself," [Del Toro] said. "Monsters are the most beautiful creatures in the universe. I have no interest in everyday life, except through a twisted mirror."
Of course, slumping Seattle screenwriter Nora Ephron got to work straightaway, sensing an opportunity to rework her long-dormant third collaboration between Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan as the tale of a lovelorn, nocturnal minotaur and the elusive Fairy of the Dawn who fakes orgasms in his dreams. That, or Del Toro will just stick to his much cheaper, twisted-enough Ashton Kutcher/Cameron Diaz reunion entitled, naturally, Fuck Itself. Count on it.
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OldTowneTavern
Posted 4:21 AM 17/6/08
@Tiger_Tanaka: My rent, student loans and health insurance are the twisted monsters chasing me in my rearview mirror...and they can't die.
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encinoman
Posted 4:05 AM 17/6/08
When he looks in the twisted mirror, he sees a hobbit.
encinoman
OldTowneTavern
Posted 4:02 AM 17/6/08
If this is how he operates, I think it's time he passionately denounced going to the gym.
OldTowneTavern
Tiger_Tanaka
Posted 4:00 AM 17/6/08
Dude. It's Hollywood. Hollywood hates everyday life. You see any films where people worry about the rent, or student loans, or health insurance? No. It's all twisted mirrors filled with monsters.
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el smrtmnky
Posted 5:38 AM 17/6/08
@aspiringexpatriate: really? me thinks he's been back to the magic pan's labyrinth for thirds
el smrtmnky
aspiringexpatriate
Posted 5:02 AM 17/6/08
@OldTowneTavern: Hey, he lost like a hundred pounds making Pan's Labyrinth. That's him healthy.
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twistsayturn
Posted 9:07 AM 17/6/08
If a record I found (see below) through an online search of the registrations at the U.S. Copyright Office is correct, he has material to work with already for a sequel.
Type of Work: Dramatic Work and Music; or Choreography
Registration Number / Date: TXu000729224 / 1996-03-29
Title: Sleeping in Seattle : a sequel to Sleepless in Seattle.
Description: 2 p.
Notes: Treatment.
Copyright Claimant: Pamela S. Burt & Irving M. Weiner
Date of Creation: 1996
I think GDT is crazy, the Sleepless in Seattle canon is perfect fantasy fodder and lucratively licensable material. What seven year old does not want to play with a Sam Baldwin action figure, watch Sleepless in Seattle: the Animated Series, or play Sleepless in Seattle: the Video Game on their Wii?
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Cacafuego
Posted 11:33 AM 17/6/08
@aspiringexpatriate:
I have a theory that the more physically attractive a director is, the more likely his/her films will suck. Compare pretty boys Michael Bay and Len Wiseman to Peter Jackson & Guillermo Del Toro. And Hitchock wasn't exactly Mr. Universe. Thank god that directing and writing are the last refuges for "normal looking" people in Hollywood.
Cacafuego
Omelas
Posted 12:49 PM 17/6/08
@Cacafuego: But what about P.T. Anderson? Brilliant *and* dreamy ...
Omelas