06.03.09 FINALLY, A MODERN HAMLET. NOW I CAN SLEEP.
Hamlet got made in 2000 with Ethan Hawke, in 1990 with Mel Gibson, and in 1996 with Kenneth Branagh, so why not, let’s make another one. With Emile Hirsch and Twilight director Catherine Hardwicke.
Ron Nyswaner, best known for penning Oscar winner “Philadelphia,” will write the script. The new “Hamlet” will center on similar themes as the original play but will be set in contemporary America. In the new version, a young man must decide whether to kill his uncle to avenge the death of his father. [THR]
Says Hardwicke, “I had a great time working with Emile on Lords of Dogtown, so when he suggested Hamlet, I was intrigued. We read the play aloud and when I heard Emile speaking Shakespeare’s amazing words, I was flooded with images. We edited the play tightly, making the words extremely accessible. In our version, we’re working hard to make Hamlet a thrilling cinematic experience – the violent, intense, and romantic scenes that happen ‘off-stage’ in the play will be shown in vivid detail.” [/Film]
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FINALLY, A MODERN HAMLET. NOW I CAN SLEEP.
Wow a more violent and intense hamlet set in modern america! That will be so different from the Ethan Hawke version! And by that I mean it will be exactly the same, except shitty because it has the prick from “Speed Racer”.
Hmmm…. Hamlet is the prince of Denmark. People in Denmark are called Danes. Dane Cook fucks raw pork. Ergo, Hamlet will have worms in it’s dick.
That’s a unique twist on chronological order there, Vance. Architect much?
So an actor started reading fucking Hamlet during casual conversation, and instead of saying, “Wow, that’s really great. You’re an amazing, serious actor, dude” you fucking greenlighted this vanity project? It’s not supposed to get this far guys. Shut it down before Channing Tatum gets ideas.
Crappy, your email is crappy (see fb).
AW! What about the yahoo if my work don’t work…
Somebody tell Dan Rosen about this immediately.
YAHOO! I think it worked…
Aw no, I see, it’s …@gRim…, I left the r out.
Gee, a typoe, how otu ov characgter
I always thought Ophelia would be a good name for sex addiction.
They should just combine this with the Stretch Armstrong and Waldo movies so I can not see all of them at once. It will be a not see party.
“We read the play aloud”
OK, Hollywood isn’t so much glamour as it is Dead Poets Society meets Dude, Shut the Fuck Up.
Something is rotten in the state of New Jersey.
Somebody might want to warn Dan Rosen’s sister about this.
Upon hearing this news, Shia added: “I want to do the mom-fucker play.”
When this movie comes out, I’m going to become Muslim and I’m not going to fuck with it at all.
Emile Hirsch is an evil midget.
I don’t know about you guys, but I think this movie was the play Shakespear always wanted to write. He’s smiling down on Catherine Hardwicke right now going “I want to Ophelia up”
Meh. I would be more excited about uncle killing if Brett Ratner had a nephew.
This movie is going to take place in Scandalousnavia…
*snaps twice in a circle*
Vin Diesel expressed interest in Richard III until someone told him it wasn’t a sequel.
More like Lame-ertes, am I right?
*Holds hand up for high five, realizes how long it’s been since Rotwangchung was last seen*
I can’t wait to see Wilson Phillips play the 3 witches.
Oiphelia is what the Stath yells out at his prostate exams
Instead of putting on a play to catch his uncle in a fit of conscience, he challenges him to a game of Poker. Hamlet makes sure his uncle is constantly dealt the King of Hearts (the one with a knife in the back of his head). Through his excellent poker skills, he gets a read on him that way and is convinced he did it.
::: 75% chance Hollywood comes up with something dumber than that :::
Dude, Rot!
elle0-nice
New jeebus fucklick christ more goddam zombies up
Hollywood, raping classical literature since 1910.
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