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POLTERGEIST remake might have its Director and GEORGE CLOONEY’s career moves

According to Bloody Disgusting, director Vadim Perelman is in serious talks with MGM to helm their planned remake of the 1982 film POLTERGEIST. While I’m on record as not being a fan of remaking this classic supernatural thriller, Perelman is a very respectable choice. While he’s never done a movie in this genre before he did do the very solid adult oriented drama, THE HOUSE OF SAND AND FOG in 2003, starring Jennifer Connelly and Ben Kingsley. It at least showed he can mount a solid film, and is not a hack whose only credit is an MTV style TV commercial.

After reading that the Coen brothers newest film, BURN AFTER READING, is getting pretty tepid advance reviews I couldn’t help but think about the choices GEORGE CLOONEY has made in his movie career. First, I have to point out that I still believe the best work Clooney has ever done as an actor was that of Dr. Doug Ross on the NBC medical drama ER. That part fit him like a glove and elevated him as ‘the next big thing’ in Hollywood leading men. Make no mistake, I think Clooney’s a very good actor, but to me it seems like he runs his career as if he were living forty or fifty years ago.

Good looks and charm are great but a few big projects with mainstream appeal would also be nice. If you throw out the OCEAN’S ELEVEN franchise, which George could do in his sleep, the only big mainstream hit he’s had was Wolfgang Peterson’s, A PERFECT STORM. Maybe it’s just me but I would have loved to see Clooney in the PLANET OF THE APES remake (with a better script of course), I AM LEGEND or say a remake of SOYLENT GREEN. Or even better, how about starring in Universal’s planned new EARTHQUAKE movie! While I don’t mind George having fun goofing around on screen in films like LEATHERHEADS or INTOLERABLE CRUELTY, I really would like to see him in bigger high concept projects with mass appeal. Please George, don’t let BATMAN AND ROBIN scare you away from that and start re-thinking your career path!

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August 31, 2008 - Posted by | And Beyond - Trailers & News | , , , , ,

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