Player Affinity writes: By now, you've probably seen the trailers or TV spots for Tower Heist, right? It's the one with Ben Stiller, Eddie Murphy, and a cavalcade of hilarious character actors. They're planning on stealing back the money they lost to a Bernie Madoff-like billionaire. It looks fun, has great actors, and appears to have some really timely themes.
However, there's a big, unfortunate "but" attached to Tower Heist, and his name is Brett Ratner. Yes, the director of such illustrious titles as X-Men: The Last Stand and Rush Hour is back for another go at sheer Hollywood escapism, and if history is any indicator, he'll royally screw up Tower Heist.
This begs the question: When it comes to Brett Ratner, is "hate" too strong a word? I say absolutely not. Let's countdown the reasons.
THR
Jared Leto, 45, will soon be donning the iconic silk pajamas and smoking jacket of Playboy founder Hugh Hefner, who died Sept. 27 at age 91, for an upcoming biopic from Brett Ratner.
EW
Director and producing mogul Brett Ratner says film critic aggregation site Rotten Tomatoes is a destructive force in Hollywood. Speaking at the Sun Valley Film Festival last weekend, the Rush Hour…
it's true because superman versus batman wasn't really all that bad. sure it wasnt great but people made it out like it was terrible. we all know some people like to have their opinion drown out others and its often the extreme views. either too postive or too negative that tries to get the most attention.
Agreed, it's sucks to see something try and break the typical mold we are currently stuck in but ends up "too different" so people tear it to shreds. Everyone's biggest complaints were "it's too dark" or "it was not funny"... Well it was a dark movie, and it wasn't meant to be funny. That's about it. It was advertised as is, I fail to see why people expected anything else. Seeing Batman V Superman try to be more than just your typical CB movie but fumble on some regards then get torn to shreds for it, then seeing something like Captain America:TFA or the Thor movies release and use a hell of a lot of humor as a crutch to cover up the fact they hold no real plot or substance yet be glorified and told they just set the standard is kinda frustrating. I'm not trying to turn this into a Marvel vs DC thing, I know someone is gonna yell fanboy at the top of their lungs. It's just the only examples I could think of.
Deadline
Amazon Studios has acquired Victoria Woodhull, with Oscar winning Room star Brie Larson poised to produce, and play the first female candidate for the presidency of the United States. Amazon bought it in a pitch package deal. Ben Kopit, who wrote the Warner Bros film Libertine that has Brett Ratner attached to direct, will write the script. Larson will produce alongside Whalerock Industries’ Lloyd Braun and Andrew Mittman. Anne Woodward is exec producer and Whalerock’s John-Eric Capps is co-producer.
