Never liked him an "Saturday Night Live" and I haven't changed my opinion since.
Posted on 11/16/2005 10:24:51 AM PST by jmc1969
Once the floodgates opened for films about the tragedy of 9/11, it was only a matter of time before Adam Sandler took his crack at the subject.
According to Variety, Sandler and Don Cheadle are circling "Reign O'er Me," a script from writer-director Mike Binder ("The Upside of Anger"). The drama has drawn interest from Sony and could be made next year at a budget of under $20 million if the pieces all fall together.
If the production can gel in time, "Reign" would probably be lined up as the third major studio offering to tackle 9/11. Oliver Stone is currently in production on a Paramount-based World Trade Center project starring Nicolas Cage, while Paul Greengrass is making "Flight 93" at Universal.
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Just what we need, an Oliver Stone conspiracy epic showing how an evil president forced 19 middle-eastern waifs into carrying out his sinister plan to let his friends take over the world's oil fields.
Sandler is a political pragmatist and a steadfast defender of Israel.
Cheadle, as opposed to Cage, is probably the most gifted actor in Hollywood today.
How about if we just show a loop of the on the spot photography from that day. I think we can bring it in for well under $20 mill.
I agree. He's highly overrated.
I just watched Hotel Rwanda a couple of weeks ago. Great movie.
I'm sure we can already guess the plot of the Stone movie- Bush knew. The Joos knew and didn't go to work that day, it's all about Irael and oil, yadda, yadda, yadda.... won't have to waste any money on that film.
A miniature tour de force.
Betcha if you saw him in Happy Gilmore you'd change your mind. Shades of Orson Wells in Citizne Kane that role was.
Owl_Eagle(If what I just wrote makes you sad or angry,
Then what on earth does playing the Robin Willliams role mean?
Could not agree more. I love his work. Do you remember his Nike commercials? loved em
I doubt Cheadle will sink in skill to anything remotely approaching a Robin Williams performance.
I like Adam Sandler, and I really like Don Cheadle. Anyone see his portrayal of Sammy Davis Jr. in Rat Pack? Man, it was astounding. The guy played Dean Martin was dead-on as well.
Should have read "the guy WHO played Dean Martin was dead on as well."
Sandler in a 9-11 movie...hmmm....
"So, Cajun Man, what American was most responsible for 9-11?"
"Clin-Tone!"
"Really, why do you say that?"
"The Su-Done!"
"That's right. The Sudan offered to give us Bin Laden. So how would you have handled 9-11?"
"Inva-Jone!"
"But what if invaded and they fought back with guerilla warfare?"
"Vaporiza-shone!"
"That would make many people upset. Who should they complain to?"
"United Na-shone!"
"Interesting. If you were president, how would you handle the United Nations?"
"Deporta-shone!"
Oh, I don't know... I'm a Morgan Freeman fan myself. Out of all the various roles I've seen him play, I've always completely believed he was the person he was portraying whether it was the POTUS, a detective, God etc...
Having said that- Cheadle is quite good.
Whether he plays a cop, a prisoner, a deity or a chauffeur his character is always the same: an unutterably wise yet slightly flawed mentor wistfully bemused by the antics of his charges.
Happy Gilmore is, quite simply, the best movie ever made.
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