Re: Heads likely to roll at Sony Pictures.

"MFalc1" <mfalc1@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> It was the year of BEWITCHED and STEALTH and ZARATHURA (sp?), now RENT
> is underperforming, MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA (a gorgeous, but empty,
> undramatic would-be melodrama that indicates that Rob Marshall was
> overwhelmed by filmmaking logistics and mountains of development notes
> from Lucy "BONFIRE OF THE VANITIES" Fisher, among others) is destined
> to find a smaller-than-expected audience once the word of mouth pours
> out from its current limited run-and FUN WITH *** AND JANE is likely
> to be THE CABLE GUY II (in terms of more "adult" Jim Carrey comedy fare
> that isn't simple/simplistic enough to connect with a large audience).
>
> How many firings are likely to take place at Sony early in 2006? And
> will Amy Pascal survive....or will she convince Sony that fortunes will
> turn around if Jessica Alba agrees to do the I DREAM OF JEANNIE remake?
>
> Sony's film division doesn't just need to think outside the box, it
> needs to throw the box away before megamillions are spent for more junk
> (RENT excepted) that mass and class audiences shy away from.

This is the same regime that has greenlit a Daniel
Craig-led..............oh, screw it. Never mind.


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Icebreaker
"Yes, well, when I see five weirdos dressed in togas stabbing a man in the
park in full view of a hundred people I shoot the bastards! That's my
policy."

"That was a Shakespeare-in-the-Park production of Julius Ceasar you moron.
You killed five actors. Good ones! Your presence at the Queen's reception
will not be necessary."


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