Project Updates: Sin City 2; Red State And Hit Somebody; And The Incredible Crash Test Dummies
The specter ofSin City 2will hang overRobert Rodriguezuntil…well, until he finally makes the damn movie. I can conceive of a distant future in which Rodriguez has become a filmmaker akin to Ingmar Bergman (just for the sake of argument) but is still hit with questions aboutSin City 2.
On the subject of the sequel, Rodriguez spoke toDigital Spy(viaCinemaBlend) and said “We’re still working onSin City, I want to do it so we’ll see. It’s just a matter of when…We have a script… a rewritten script that we still have to write and it’s just finding the right time slot to do it.”
So, the film is basically in the same spot it has been for some time: pending, but not really close to the starting line. For what it’s worth, Rodriguez also mentioned that he’s still in contact withMike Allredabout making a film based on Allred’scomic seriesMadman. That would be a great thing to see (possibly) and I’d infinitely prefer that toSin City 2.
After the break, Kevin Smith offersRed StateandHit Somebodyupdates, and theIncredible Crash Test Dummiesmovie is, shockingly, still moving forward.
Kevin SmithtoldColliderthat he’s castingRed State, but isn’t really interested in making big announcements about the film. “This time I’m just trying to just do it differently where I’m like “lets kind of quietly make the movie and see what happens”. You know, let everyone know when it’s done.” And he’s got some actors chosen and locked, but in general is looking for the sweet spot between ‘name’ and ‘unknown’ actors.
Meanwhile, there’sHit Somebody, the hockey movie based on a Warren Zevon song, which Smith is still writing. He says he’s got eighty pages written, and the idea is to shoot in Detroit next year.
Finally,BabedirectorChris Noonanis evidently still set to direct aCrash Test Dummiesmovie. Yeah, based on the ’90s toy line and cartoon series that were based on PSAs from the late ’80s. Producer Doug Lodato toldHollywood Today(viaBleeding Cool) that he’s looking for financing and has some other creative talent on board. Specifically,
If we could do with Crash Dummies what he did with talking pigs, it would work at the end of the day. We also brought in Dave Elsey who was the creature creator of last Star Wars and was nominated for an Oscar. I am trying to assemble a superb team.
My instinct would be to guess that the ship has long since sailed forThe Incredible Crash Test Dummies, but if Stretch bloody Armstrong can get a movie, why not these guys? I’m not going to be first in line for either, but it causes me no particular pain that they might get made.
