variety.com - 5/14/2008
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Werner Herzog directing updated version of film Nicolas Cage will star in an updated version of 1992's "Bad Lieutenant" with Werner Herzog directing, Edward R. Pressman producing and Avi Lerner's Nu Image/Millennium Films financing. Project, also called "Bad Lieutenant," is due to be announced at Cannes. Production will start in late summer. The original pic, produced by Pressman, starred ...
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Werner Herzog and Nicolas Cage to Remake Bad Lieutenant
/Film —
Did one of you piss off the Ghost of April Fool’s Day? Topping off a day of odd movie announcements and rumors, Variety reports that director Werner Herzog (Grizzly Man, Aguirre: Wrath of God) will helm a remake of Abel Ferrara’s NC-17 classic Bad Lieutenant starring Nicolas Cage in the title role, formerly inhabited, and fantastically so, by Harvey Keitel back in ‘92. The remake is scheduled to begin filming late summer. Like Point Break 2, first word of this remake arrived last year and I ...
The Dailies: May 14, 2008
MTV Movies Blog —
- Magneto gets a new co-star, and he’s one heck of a Beast, with news that Hank McCoy joining “X-Men” prequel. (Latino Review)
- If you don’t want to know who John Hurt plays in “Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, don’t watch the “Indiana Jones” DVD. (Film Chat)
- From the “I couldn’t make this up” files: Nic Cage to remake “Bad Lieutenant,” with Werner Herzog directing. (Variety)
- Michael Moore’s “Fahrenheit” follow-up finally coming in 2009. Expect it to be not the least bit controversial. ...
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Nicolas Cage: One 'Bad Lieutenant' —
ETonline - Breaking News 5/14/2008
Kiss 'The Family Man' goodbye.
NICOLAS CAGE is set to play a cop with some serious ethical shortcomings in 'Bad Lieutenant.' The film, to be directed by WERNER HERZOG ('Rescue Dawn'), will be an updated remake of the 1992 crime drama ...
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Hollywood Reporter 5/14/2008
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