Next stop obscurity

Paul Verhoeven (Basic Instinct, Total Recall, Robocop, Hollow Man, Starship Troopers) will be directing a sequel to 1999’s The Thomas Crown Affair, a movie that combined the originality of a heist flick with the sexiness of old people screwing.  I never saw it, but it’s going on my Netflix queue as soon as I get through Osmosis Jones.

Verhoeven revealed his plans on the Dutch radio program Met Het Oog Op Morgen.  Reportedly, Pierce Brosnan will be back, but Angelina Jolie will be replacing Rene Russo as the lead in… The Topkapi Affair.

Of the project, Verhoeven said, “Meep bop blurp poop moog blep burg,” which is Dutch for “Angelina Jolie is a total piece of ace.  Watching her teach third world children to operate an iPod gives me a total iRod, you know what I’m sayin’ kemosabe?”  (despite sounding like retarded gibberish, Dutch is a very efficient language).

Bonus: Check out the original Ebert and Roeper some guy review here