Nov 6 2009 New 'Sherlock Holmes' Trailer Really Wants You To Say 'Bromance'
If you thought the last Sherlock Holmes trailer was "wtf sherlock homes is not a cage fighter gay," wait until you see this one! You should have roughly he same reaction.
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Oct 20 2009 New 'Sherlock Holmes' Trailer, Dudes!
Dude! Last night, during the ball game, when you went to pick up more Milwaukee's Best Old BrewDog Lites, you fuckin' missed this new Sherlock Holmes trailer! You gotta see this shit! Iron Man is all like BOOSH punchin' these goddammers! S'all good, though; I internet taped it for you:
Sep 22 2009 I Already Can't Wait for 'Sherlock Holmes 2'! Wait, No, Warner Bros. Can't Wait for 'Sherlock Holmes 2'
God, Warner Bros. really wants to kiss Guy Ritchie's new Sherlock Holmes. Variety is reporting that, despite it being three months before the film's release, WB is already hiring a new writing team to take on a sequel, and have their eyes on Brad Pitt to play Holmes' biggest adversary (besides opium):
The studio is poised to bring on Kieran and Michele Mulroney, the scribes who are penning its "Justice League: Mortal" tentpole, to pen a draft of the new tale. Brad Pitt has had discussions with producers to star as Holmes' nemesis Moriarty in the new pic, say people familiar with the project, though there is no deal in place for him to take the part.
Now all they need to do is find a part for Ewan McGregor and there can finally be one film with every celebrity I've felt threatened by because of how often a girlfriend would bring up how attractive they are.
Sep 3 2009 Every Comic Character I Thought Was Awesome in 6th Grade Becomes a Movie
A Venom movie, Youngblood movie, and now a Lobo movie?
Warner Bros. has locked Guy Ritchie to direct “Lobo,” the live action adaptation of the DC Comics drama about an alien interstellar bounty hunter.Production on “Lobo” begins early next year. The character originated in 1983 in “Omega Men,” written by Roger Slifer and Keith Giffen. Lobo has had several comic incarnations. In the film, he is a seven-foot tall, blue-skinned, indestructible and heavily muscled anti-hero who drives a pimped out motorcycle, and lands on Earth in search of four fugitives who are bent on wreaking havoc. Lobo teams with a small town teenaged girl to stop the creatures.
WB is aiming for a PG-13 rating. Pic will be strong on visual effects, and Ritchie will bring the irreverent, gruff tone of past films like "Snatch" and "Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels."
Lobo creator Keith Giffen once said in an interview, "I came up with him as an indictment of the Punisher, Wolverine, bad ass hero prototype and somehow he caught on as the high violence poster boy." So the idea of Guy Ritchie using his Snatchiness to make the character both an uber-bad-ass and drastically toned down to a PG-13 rating is, really, doubly unfaithful. Well done, Hollywood. Your interests in fulfilling fan desires have reached new levels of willful obliviousness.
May 19 2009 'Sherlock Holmes' Trailer: It's a Fun One
I try not to ever say a movie "looks like a fun one." That's how my grandparents used to describe movies, and I hoped to never devolve to such a simplistic level of critique that judges all films as "fun ones," "renters," or head shakes and disgusted sighs. But I see no other way to describe Guy Ritchie's Sherlock Holmes. It genuinely looks like a "fun one." And not like a Transformers fun one, where enjoying the scant moments of fun means pushing aside all the aggravating, brain-hurting, often nonsensical events that led you there. A genuine fun one. Non-Crystal Skull Indiana Jones type fun.
The trailer:
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May 6 2009 More From That 'Sherlock Holmes' Detective Man Movie
Though Data and Geordi in the Enterprise holodeck will always be my go-to Sherlock Holmes point of reference, because I'm a nerd, USA Today's article and accompanying photo set covering Guy Ritchie's take on the famous detective have given me some renewed interest in the action-adventure reinterpretation. Even producer Joel Silver's quote, "Audiences are interested in seeing something they know," wasn't quite enough to discourage me about this project. You can't fault him for being depressingly honest.
Mar 31 2009 'Sherlock Holmes' Teaser Poster Won't Back Down
I know this new Sherlock Holmes is supposed to be an action-oriented, not-your-turn-of-the-century-grandpa's Sherlock Holmes, but why does that mean he's also '90s Tom Petty? Is this some kind of horrifying new trend? A resurgence of Pettian wardrobe? Maybe it's time to pull out my Mad Hatter costume...
'Sherlock Holmes' ShoWest Poster [Coming Soon]
Oct 30 2008 Last Minute Costume Ideas from 'Sherlock Holmes' Set
The Bad & Ugly has some new shots from the set of Guy Richie's Sherlock Holmes that give a better look at Jude Law as Watson and Robert Downey Jr. as Holmes. Still need a Halloween costume for the weekend? Just get a fedora, tilt it to a jaunty angle, and you're ready to wow the crowds as the world's greatest detective, RDJ style. Next year it will be passé; this year it's cutting edge, so much so that you'll probably have to keep telling people you aren't a hobo.
Oct 13 2008 See the RDJ and Jude Law as Fictional Sleuths
Just Jared has put up some photos of Robert Downey Jr. as Sherlock Holmes and Jude Law as Watson from the set of Guy Ritchie's new action take on the character. With all the ascots and suspenders, it's like a regular accessories seldom used in modern culture convention on that set! I don't know.
More shots here, of a Chaplin-esque Sherlock.
Sep 19 2008 It's Elementary That Jude Law is Playing Watson, Watson
Variety reports that, in addition to slowly, inadvertently transforming into Phil Collins, Jude Law will be taking on the role of Watson in Guy Ritchie's Sherlock Holmes:
Jude Law is negotiating to join Robert Downey Jr. in "Sherlock Holmes," the drama that Guy Ritchie will direct for Warner Bros. and Village Roadshow Pictures.Law is expected to close a deal shortly to play Watson, the super-sleuth's sidekick.
Does this guy love being in sleuth movies or what? He was in that movie Sleuth, then there's this movie with a sleuth... and... hmm... you know... there's probably one or two I'm forgetting, so we'll say that's three or four sleuth movies. And this could probably get a sequel if it does well, so that's six. So yeah, I was right in saying this guy loves being in sleuth movies. He's in like seven.
Jude Law in talks for 'Sherlock' [Variety]
Jun 4 2008 Guy Ritchie Planning to Make Sherlock Holmes Snatchier
Frenetic director and Madonna's better half, Guy Ritchie, is working on a new take on Sherlock Holmes for Warner Bros.--but this won't be your grandpa's Sherlock! Working from a script based on an upcoming comic, the Snatch director's take will reportedly reinvent the characters, making Holmes "more adventuresome and take advantage of his skills as a boxer and swordsman." It's about time that pipe-smoking pansy dropped all that brilliant reasoning shit and started indiscriminately punching and stabbing some dudes. And would it kill Watson to drop some freestyle rapping over Holmes's violin?
Guy Ritchie on Sherlock's case [Variety]
Nov 12 2007 'Revolver' Trailer Sees Guy Ritchie Return to Cool, Edgy Form
When your most famous, most popular movies were your fast-paced, "in-your-face" criminal stories starring Jason Statham (we'll say your other movie was a flop starring your transvestite wife), how do you set your new fast-paced, "in-your-face" criminal story starring Jason Statham apart?
If you're Guy Ritchie, the appropriate answer is "by giving the usually-bald Jason Statham the hair of Bam Margera, then making Ocean's Eleven with lesser celebrities, but still title it after firearms like Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels."
In fairness, Revolver does look less obnoxiously hip than Snatch, and it must be smarter since it keeps drawing awkward chess analogies.
Revolver Trailer [Yahoo!]
Jul 26 2007 Guy Ritchie - The Gamekeeper
Guy Ritchie had a hell of a time trying to get that "Madonna taste" out of his mouth
Guy Ritchie has signed on to direct a film version of his Virgin comic series The Gamekeeper.
Project revolves around the reclusive caretaker of a Scottish estate with infinite knowledge of the behaviors of all animal species. When the alleged killer of his son surfaces, the caretaker finds that Europe's urban jungle is not so unlike that of the natural landscape to which he's accustomed.
Macguyver meets Mean Girls, anyone? Ritchie is also directing Rocknrolla, a movie he wrote himself, later this year. He's hoping he can make the world forget about Swept Away. No word on whether Madonna is still doing that ridiculous English accent.
