May 15 2007Tim Allen to Get Pummeled...in New Film (sigh)
My agent promised me this movie will be better than the Chuck Liddell episode of Entourage
David Mamet's upcoming mixed martial arts drama has just unleashed the coke snitch curse, dooming itself to failure by casting Tim Allen.
That's right, folks. The former coke dealer and hacky comedian and current star of everything that is soulless and evil joins the cast of Redbelt, playing a "troubled action star with marital problems who meets the master when he is getting pummeled in a street fight."
Okay, well I like the getting pummeled part. Couldn't that just be the movie? Could it be a documentary?
Eh, to be completely fair, he was pretty good in Galaxy Quest.
Redbelt will also star Emily Mortimer, Alice Braga, Joe Mantegna, Rodrigo Santoro, Ricky Jay, David Paymer, Rebecca Pidgeon and Jose Pablo Cantillo, along with martial artists and fighters Randy Couture, John Machado, Danny Inosanto, Enson Inoue and Ray Mancini.
Reader Comments
1. Rosey - May 15, 2007 3:56 PM
Bionic Woman! You know you're excited for this re-make, admit it. And the jokes write themselves
2. Praz - May 16, 2007 10:44 AM
I'm not excited about the story, but if Mamet's writing this should be good. Right?
3. Dan - May 16, 2007 3:17 PM
Lacey Chabert's pretty hot.
4. mike - May 17, 2007 12:23 AM
galaxy quest WAS awesome
5. Conceited Hipster - May 17, 2007 1:54 AM
I've always thought Tim Allen had the potential to be fantastic in the right role. I always pictured an abusive alcoholic, or perhaps a child pornographer. But, this sounds ok too.
6. uni'tard - May 17, 2007 9:45 AM
that mustache would own the film. it adds like three levels of shadyness to tim allen. then all he would have to do is act.