They’re cousins, identical cousins all the way.
Battle: Los Angeles is an aliens-vs-humans movie starring Aaron Eckhart and Michelle Rodriguez. The majority of the scenes are being shot in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. *record scratch*
It’s not unusual to film in a state that offers bigger subsidies and interest-free loans, but trying to substitute Baton Rouge for L.A. is just ballsy as hell. This isn’t a subtle change of setting like Gran Torino, which was set in the large Hmong community of Minnesota but was filmed in Michigan, a state that offers up to 42% in subsidies toward production costs. Michigan was also, according to Clint Eastwood, “less gooky“.
If Battle: Los Angeles becomes a series, I look forward to these future installments:
Usually Robert Rodriguez is pretty uncreative when he’s casting a movie. “Eh, I’ll just stick my slutty girlfriend in it,” he’s fond of saying. But Variety recently reported on the actors in line for Machete, which began production this week, and it’s like all my most feverish coma fantasies come true!
I don’t know how they ever got insured — with Danny Trejo and Michelle Rodriguez on the same set, they’ll have enough Latin machismo to power 1000 lowriders. I also hear that craft services won’t be offering any food, just cigarettes and Eagles records.
Despite my repeated assertions that even for a piece of sh-t it’s a piece of sh-t, 4 Fast 4 Furious grossed $72.5 million this weekend. It was the biggest opening of ‘09, destroying the previous biggest, Monsters vs. Aliens ($58.2m) and Watchmen ($55.7), and broke the record for biggest April opening ever (though I’ve heard your aunt April is also rather loose). Now, I’ve said many times that only idiots could love Fast and Furious, and, as evidence, I’d like to share with you a comment a 4 Fast 4 Furious fan left on my weekend preview post:
barrel_racing2345 says: i think to make the next movie of the fast and furious more exciting is too make vin disels character start dating anther girl but (her knowing that actually lenny is alive) and the one who got shot is the one hitting on vin’s character…but more driving action and drama and a race to keep lenny alive but the race to death for the chick that lost her husband when lenny was actually was suppost to be shot….that way lenny can come back i miss her she needs to come back!!!!
*kisses fingertips* Mmm, now that’s some tasty stupid. It tells you all you really need to know about these movies that someone who’s a big enough fan to speculate on the plot of the next one could still think Michelle Rodriguez’s character (Letty) is named “Lenny.” Though I think I actually prefer “Lenny.” Maybe Vin Diesel could win her over by promising to live off the fat of the land.
That’s right, just kneel here in front of me on this river bank, barrel_racing2345, and I’ll tell you aaaall about 5 Fast 5 Furious. It’s just like you’ve always wanted - Vin and Letty are finally gonna get together! It’ll be the most beautiful wedding you ever saw. *aims pistol at back of skull* They’ll be standing together up there on the altar, looking gorgeous and tough and street… Then Paul Walker will pull up in a huuuuge, shiny limousine - with NoS, and ground effects, and chrome rims, and decals, and a huuuuge spoiler - covered in metallic flake paint…
Ha, just kidding of course. The real 4 Fast 4 Furious poster is below, though I still like my version better. Also, what’s up with Jordana Brewster? Does she play a zombie?
[via ComingSoon]
