Nov 6 2009Bradley Cooper Joins Crazy Power-Granting Pill Movie
Forget mobile phone-based thrillers, everyone. We've got a new ridiculous, specific brand of mysterious-agents-chasing-a-guy thriller on the way that sounds even better (stupider): the magic pill that makes you rich and powerful thriller! Finally, a film that turns Kids in the Hall's Brain Candy into something terrible. From Variety:
"The Hangover" star Bradley Cooper has signed on to star in Relativity Media suspense thriller "Dark Fields."Neil Burger ("The Illusionist") is onboard to direct.
Project is described as a what-if story about a designer drug that can make you rich and powerful. Eddie (Cooper) is a down-and-out New York writer until he possesses a pill that gives him the ability to access the full capacity of his brain. He soon realizes that his newfound intelligence and success come at a hefty price as mysterious forces begin to pursue him.
That sounds really good. I really wish I could buy the cocktail napkin where the writer first scrawled, "something with some kind of really awesome pill?" That's going to be worth so much some day.
Reader Comments
1. Misk - November 6, 2009 1:36 PM
first
2. glace neuf - November 6, 2009 2:14 PM
brah, this pill already exists - it's called ecstacy....
3. Nick - November 6, 2009 3:16 PM
It's got Bradley Cooper and the guy who directed the Illusionist. I don't see it being terrible. There must be something good about the script.
4. Footclan - November 6, 2009 5:07 PM
Brain candy was awesome!
5. jimbob - November 6, 2009 6:31 PM
Great, a movie based on the ridiculous "we only use 10% of our brains" myth. I wonder if the pill also stops men from thinking about sex every 7 seconds, and maybe it somehow stops you from eating 8 spiders a year in your sleep.
6. FDSY - November 6, 2009 10:01 PM
@5 but... isn't the 10% thing scientific fact? Because we do only use 10 % of our potential brain power. I'm positive. The rest you said is shit-tastic but the 10% thing is real.
7. Anon - November 8, 2009 1:32 AM
Wasn't this already an episode of Monsters or Dark Side?, where some kid takes pills his uncle was trying to peddle off on his dad and the kid becomes super intelligent. Wow a 2 hr minute based off of a short story I thought was too long at 30 mins. Good going hollywood. Blatant thievery strikes again.
8. anon - November 8, 2009 4:54 PM
It's based on the darkfields book. Not a bad read.
9. Chris - November 9, 2009 4:06 PM
Actually, I think Leonardo DiCaprio was attached to this project a while back.
And yes, we do indeed only use (at the most) 10% of our brain.