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Eva Mendes in Negotiations for "Bad Lieutenant"
FilmWad —
The remake that makes no sense continues its reign by potentially picking up a leading lady. Eva Mendes may play opposite her "Ghost Rider" co-star Nicolas Cage in Werner Herzog's reimagining of Abel Ferrara's "Bad Lieutenant." According to Variety, Bill Finkelstein wrote the new screenplay based on the 1992 original by Ferrara and Zoe Lund. Harvey Keitel starred in the first film as a corrupt cop investigating the rape of a nun. It's not clear at this point what part Mendes will play, but Cage will play the eponymous delinquent officer. -David Morgan
Newsbites: The sequels and remakes edition!
FilmChat —
... Just when you think this guy's life couldn't get any more interesting than it already is... Oh, and Variety says the Bad Lieutenant sequel, or whatever it is, may re-unite ...
Eva Mendes Interested in Bad Lieutenant (the movie, that is)
At The Movies - Film News and Reviews —
Eva Mendes is apparently doing something in The Bad Lieutenant but I’m not sure what.
Variety has news that Eva Mendes is in talks to join the cast of Werner Herzog’s remake of Abel Ferrara’s The Bad Lieutenant. Nicolas Cage is already set to star in the role made famous (or infamous) by Harvey Keitel.
The original was about a corrupt cop (get it? Bad Lieutenant, you see) who gets involved in the investigation of the rape of a nun. Would Mendes be playing the nun? Let’s check the cast of the first film and play “match that actress.” Let’s see, I have heard of ...
‘Bad’ News About Eva Mendes
Vulture —
... Mendes Salutes the Lieutenant: Eva Mendes is in negotiations to star with Nicolas Cage in Werner Herzog's lackadaisical reimagining of Bad Lieutenant. Herzog's response to the news that Mendes might come aboard: "Who is she?" [Variety] ...
Bad Ghost Lieutenant. Trade Roughage 06/16/08
SpoutBlog —
The Happening had a much better opening weekend than expected (or is it feared?), coming in at third place with $32.1 million domestically, and actually beating The Incredible Hulk overall overseas. Meanwhile, Universal and Marvel insist that their superhero movie is a hit, even though it mad six million dollars less in its opening weekend than Ang Lee’s supposedly disastrous Hulk five years ago.
Werner Herzog’s “don’t call it a remake” remake of Bad Lieutenant has found a female lead in Eva Mendes, who previously starred opposite new Bad ...
Next Herzog Project to Star Ghost Rider Duo, Mendes and Cage
BuzzSugar —
The wildly talented German director Werner Herzog (Rescue Dawn, Grizzly Man, Little Dieter Needs to Fly) has tapped the Ghost Rider leads for his next project, a remake of Bad Lieutenant. The original 1992 film has this description on Netflix:
Winner of an Independent Spirit Award (Harvey Keitel for Best Male Lead), director Abel Ferarra's gritty, visceral crime drama puts an out-of-control police lieutenant (Keitel) on a collision course with disaster. A survivor of the streets, this junkie, thief and killer comes face to face with his own sordid past. Although he's exploited ...
Eva Mendes in talks to star in ‘Bad Lieutenant’
The Screening Log —
Busy actress Eva Mendes is in negotiations to star in Werner Herzog’s upcoming crime drama “Bad Lieutenant,” according to Variety. ...
Mendes Likes Bad Lieutenants
Cinema Blend News —
... Wrath of God , he floated his cast and crew on rafts down the Huallaga and Nanay Rivers in Peru. In Fitzcarraldo , he chronicled the trials of Brian Fitzgerald physically pulling his 320-ton steamer over a muddy, 40-degree hillside by, well, actually pulling a 320-ton steamer over a mountain without the use of special effects. So, while a remake of the Harvey Keitel-starring Bad Lieutenant might sound uneventful, when Herzog is helming, who knows what can happen. According to Variety , Eva Mendes is in talks to join Herzog's "re-imagining" of a corrupt cop investigating a ...
“Amy Winehouse lands in the hospital again” links
Cele|bitchy —
- Amy Winhouse packed up her portable crack pipe and a few yards of dead horse hair and headed for the clinic this afternoon after fainting at her home. UsWeekly reports that after Wino fell down or whatever, her daddy took her to the hospital [Dlisted]
- Tom Brady spent Father’s Day in LA with his son John and, of course, Gisele too [Lainey Gossip]
- Nicole Richie’s New Reality Show [Fafarazzi]
- Rihanna, Sean Kingston and Flo Rida were one of many stars spotted at the 19th Annual MuchMusic Awards. I ...
