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Won't that make Donner at least 91 when cameras begin to roll?
Robert Altman's last film "A Prairie Home Companion" had to do much the same thing with Paul Thomas Anderson essentially shadowing all of the pre-production and filming in case Altman was incapacitated.
That’s interesting, I didn’t know that.
Well, it is a somewhat extreme example as most big-name directors usually don't want to spend anywhere from 6 months to a year of their life shadowing someone else's movie.
Typically, it's a lesser-known veteran director with a solid track record, sometimes they may even be a member of the second unit or a producer on the film.
In this case, though, I'm 95% certain that the studio and insurers are counting on Mel Gibson to step into the director's chair if Richard Donner has to drop out.
And it's great to have nonagenarian directors working, especially good ones like Donner and Eastwood. I loved Donner's 16 Blocks; he needs to get back in the saddle.
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Another Indiana Jones sequel where for our hero, it will absolutely be the years, not just the mileage.
Look, Hollywood, I know you like playing on our childhood nostalgia, but there’s a limit.
Exactly. Making another one now would just be making one for the sake of making one.
I'd like to see another one. Be wonderful if Mel would take over. Since Donner's no longer around having most of the original team back could make it work.
They should use the later DIE HARD sequels as a template of what NOT to do.
As a rule you don’t have 90 year olds directing movies. And certainly not action movies. If Donner had wanted to direct another LW he should have done so 10 years ago or more. What was his last film anyway? 16 BLOCKS back in 2006? For all intents and purposes the man had retired a long time ago. Just because someone is alive doesn’t mean they need to direct another sequel. Some things are better left alone. I for one am a big fan of LW4 and I thought they finished it just right. There was a real sense of finality there. I never liked the idea of bringing back a geriatric cast for one last hurrah. Smells of desperation and laziness. That goes for all franchises.
Actually for some time LW4 was my favorite of the bunch. I just had a blast with it when I first saw it. Loved the addition of Chris Rock and his back and forth with both Glover and Pesci, and Jet Li was one deadly villain!
Lethal Weapon doesn't exactly align with his worldview! :D
If so -- assuming they both die on the job -- there'd finally be a truly LETHAL weapon !
Oh it's a terrific song, yeah.
I LOVE that song at the end. It a nice upbeat outro after all the harrowing stuff...