(my) Hollywood Dream Teams
Posted on: February 28, 2009
If this is indeed true, then the gods of cinema are GOOD!
The other day I wrote a post about 25 actors I would pay to see. Well, of those 25, there’s rumoured to be some exciting collaborations!
Ryan Gosling, Elijah Wood and Cillian Murphy have been reportedly tapped for the filming of The Mechanic, a remake of the Charles Bronson classic of the same name. Wow, that’s like a hat trick for the film world. That’s like Kovalev, Komisarek and Kostitsyn right? (Um, no. Those are just the names of three hockey players. A hat trick is three goals, duhh). Oh. Anyways, three in one is my kind of fun!
Speaking of hot collabos, let’s take a look at a few of my other notable unions in theaters this year:
Public Enemies: This one’s already been established as the big poppa of popcorn partnerships – Christian Bale and Johnny Depp, the ultimate on-screen duo. I don’t want to jinx it by being overly-excited, but damn it, I’m so excited (can I really hide it?) I still can’t find the trailer anywhere though…
Star Trek: Zachary Quinto and John Cho, and for a little six-degree of separation, John Cho is playing Hikaru Sulu, a role immortalized by George Takei, who actually starred in Heroes which is home to Zachary Quinto! Cool beans!
Year One: Laugh attacks are pretty much in the sac with Michael Cera and Jack Black, who take you back in time, Fred Flinstone-style. I’m banking on this one to be a box-office hit – the trailer’s already promising a gay old time!
Che: Benicio del Toro and Santiago Cabrera are currently in theaters with this four-hour intermission-required film experience. BdT won the Cannes award for best actor, and Santi-C gets my award for best-looking actor in a historical/war drama about Che Guevara.
And there’s ongoing talk about The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, starring Heath Leger with Johnny Depp filling in…but I have to wait til my sources (google) deliver more on that fact front.
So that’s pretty much it for now…yup, dream team supreme for the screen!
3 Responses to "(my) Hollywood Dream Teams"
March 1, 2009 at 11:44 am
indeed, those all sound great…but none of them feature collaborations from my top 25 list! which was the whole point of this lol
the soloist is at the top of my list though (robert downey jr)
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March 1, 2009 at 2:57 am
Other upcoming movies that show potential: “The Soloist” with Jamie Foxx and Robert Downey Jr; “X-Men: Wolverine” starring Oscar host Hugh Jackman, sexy Ryan Reynolds and the versatile Liev Schreiber; and “After.life” is sure to be a thrill with Justin Long and Liam Neeson.