RUMOR CONTROL...THESE ARE THE FACTS

[Matt]

I don't hate him either. He's a harmless, generic director. I'm just confounded at the idea of a sequel to MIDNIGHT RUN. It wasn't that big of a hit, and I don't know anyone that was clamoring for a sequel.

[B_Metal]

One day I'll "get" this Ratner hate...

...Strike that. No I won't. Dude is no bigger fucktard than anyone else in the industry.

Yeah, being a decent person is for fags amiriteguys? /OBVIOUS SARCASM TO POINT OUT HE'S A PRETTY HUGE FUCKTARD.

[FilmNerdJamie]

If he's the only homophobe in town...then absolutely I'd join in throwing the stones at him. He was a dumbfuck for saying that sure. But people were hating on him long before that.

[B_Metal]

He's the only one being pretty out there and obnoxious about it.* So he gets no pass from me on it. Also to be fair I'm not a big fan of anything he's done so it's easy to say "screw that bozo" when he says something stupid.

*I don't recall anyone else making similar remarks.

[Ben Thomas]

Hey, look, I don't care - couldn't care less - what sort of a person Ratner is. He seems to be enjoying the modicum of superstar status he has/had while he is/was young enough. Fair play, so would I.

But as a director, he is at best uninspired. Even as a workmanlike, get the project done kinda guy, he's no Martin Campbell - who makes vapid but thrilling pieces of popcorn. And I've previously defended the guy for X3, which I genuinely like.

But if he gets his hands on Midnight Run, he'll turn it into just another uninspired, vapid piece of popcorn. Whether you're a huge fan of the original or not (I'd count it among my favourite films of the 80s and even my favourite films of Robert De Niro), if you go back and watch it, it is so much more than that. At the same time as being exactly that. Ratner can't do that.

Hence, FUCK. THAT.

[Anderson]

WB playing around with Dark Tower. Lots of iffiness in terms of the original team (Howard, Grazer, Goldman, Bardem). Nobody outside of Goldman is actually back working on it and my guess is in the event this goes forward, that's what will go down.

Goldman's off. WB gave him his directorial debut to get him the fuck away from the project. That happened yesterday.

[PHEDG]

A Midnight Run with no DeNiro, Grodin, Farina, or Ashton? What is the point?

[FilmNerdJamie]

Next memorial day.

Fast 6 vs. The Hangover Part III.

Place your bets (on Fast 6).

[Captain Russ]

I'll take the 3rd option: Spiceworld 3D.

[Abraham Smashington]

A Midnight Run with no DeNiro, Grodin, Farina, or Ashton? What is the point?

money?

[Captain Russ]

There wouldn't be any money, because who the fuck remembers Midnight Run? Most people don't even remember what fucking day it is.

(I loved it. Grodin is vastly underrated. See: The Lonely Guy.)

[FilmNerdJamie]

And the 300 sequel drops in August 2013. Weird, not March?

[Abraham Smashington]

There wouldn't be any money, because who the fuck remembers Midnight Run? Most people don't even remember what fucking day it is.

I'm trying to remember it and I'm coming up blank. Is it the one that's parodied in Cable Guy with the nipple and the prison scene?

[Captain Russ]

That's Midnight Express. Completely different.

[Abraham Smashington]

shit, maybe I've never seen Midnight Run then....