Director D.J. Caruso told SCI FI Wire that his Eagle Eye star Shia LaBeouf is interested in starring in Caruso's proposed film version of Y: The Last Man, playing the hapless slacker Yorick, the last man on Earth.
"Shia and I talk all the time, and when I feel it's right, I'll show him the script," Caruso said in an interview. "He's definitely interested.
LaBeouf just finished the sequel film Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen and doesn't have anything on his schedule at the moment. "I think Shia is going to take a a little break, relax and take some time off," Caruso said. "I would like him to do it if our schedules work out."
Caruso is currently completing a script for Y: The Last Man--based on Brian K. Vaughn and Pia Guerra's acclaimed graphic novel series--with Carl Ellsworth, who also wrote Caruso's Disturbia (which also starred LaBeouf).
The story follows Yorick after the sudden death of every male mammal on Earth. Caruso and Ellsworth turned in a script to Warner Brothers executives, got some good notes and are working on a bang-up third act that still sticks to the original stories very closely, he said.
"We came up with some really cool things that would enhance act three and be close to what is happening in the series of books," Caruso said. "It was a ground-breaking idea. I know [the rewriting] is taking longer than I thought, but it's a really great project, and it's important that you focus on the story and get it right."
Caruso added that Y: The Last Man is envisioned as the first of three films. "It's definitely a three-parter," he said. "Trying to fit in the whole story in one is too much."
The graphic novel features a menagerie of compelling female characters, including Yorick's conflicted sister, Hero; the kick-ass government Agent 355, who is his bodyguard; and 355's sinister fellow agent, 711. The movie will include all of them, but not as they appear in the books.
"Yorick's sister, Hero, is in the script at this point, but she is not as much of a character as she was in the first draft," Caruso said. "Right now, she's sprinkled throughout, but she's not a major, major character."
Caruso added: "The 711 character is in it, and she's insane. She does teach [Yorick] a life lesson or two in a very interesting way. It's a comedic, yet horrifying, scene. She's very cool."
As for rumors that singer-turned-actress Alicia Keys is up for the key role of Agent 355? "It's too early to talk about who we're going to cast, and it's nice that the fanboys and fans are talking about it, but we haven't talked to her about it yet," Caruso said. "If we don't get Alicia Keys, though, I'm sure I'll make a pretty good choice."
Is he a good fit, and is the story worth a trilogy?
First question: No, no, NO, no, No, no, nonononononono. Shia Beef CANNOT ****ING ACT. Anyone that thinks of putting him in a movie or suggests that he be put in a movie should be hit in the head repeatedly till they understand this.
Second question: Eh, yeah. I liked the comic, but it would have to be more than just one movie given how long the comic is. I don't like this bit at all though, "The movie will include all of them, but not as they appear in the books." If you are going to make a movie out of something, ****ING STICK TO THE MATERIAL.
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Has LeBeouf done anything dramatic enough to warrant the accusation that he can't act?
No offense to fun action movies, but if you put an Oscar-award winner in Transformers or Indiana Jones, you probably aren't going to get that different of a performance. Or is there some role he played that demanded a lot that he failed to deliver?
I don't like him for the role and I don't like the idea of trying to change the story or make it more than it is. The comic would ideally make a mini-series on TV, but there is too much fine detail to make it into a series of movies that are released a year or more apart.
As for Yorrick, I would have loved Alan Tudyk in that role, but he's aged past it. You need someone who can be described a a loveable schmuck.
I think Zach Levi from Chuck could totally pull it off.
As for 355, you need a bad ass not a pop singer. Gina Torres would be perfect for 355.
I'd also go with Robin Tunney as Hero. Cause she's got the the right amount of bat **** insane.
He's not what I'd call a quality actor, but he rises above the Keanu Reeves school of acting as his range of emotion covers more than 2 expressions. Do I think he's good for Yorrick? No, not really, he needs to seriously work on his stuff to pull that off. But he's not a horrible terribad choice, a horrible terribad choice would have been what's his name from those Star Wars movies that were never made and I did not see. Honestly most of Nymm's choices make excellent sense to me, but I realize that they'd never go with that since Shia LaBeouf has been decided to be the new star of Hollywood and we're just gonna have to swallow that whether we want to or not.
As for the story, yes, I think it's worthy of a trilogy, but I thought the same of His Dark Materials which ended up getting one movie I quite liked while far worse movies are on movie 4-6 in a series. I also thought Serenity and the Narnia series deserved more movies, so anyone saying he's gonna make a trilogy based on something I like (anyone who's not Peter Jackson) doesn't really put me at ease. The general public has no taste, you end up with one great movie and a studio that would rather put out Paris Hilton's latest disaster because her tits sell better.
One other thing...they will inevitably ruin the whole thing by telling us exactly what caused the plague.
One of the key points of the book, for me, is the constantly wondering what really happened. I recall at least 4 reasonable versions being recounted by various characters. If they start the movie showing "THE CAUSE" it'll suck.
I'm just wondering how Shia keeps getting put in action roles. He's almost as out of place as Leonardo DiCaprio (Who also should be banned from action roles).
I'm just wondering how Shia keeps getting put in action roles. He's almost as out of place as Leonardo DiCaprio (Who also should be banned from action roles).
Whoa now, DiCaprio has more than proven that he can actually act now.
I'd almost them rather cast all unknowns, than stars for the roles. Granted I've only read the first two books of the series, but I just don't picture any stars as these characters.
I actually enjoyed him in Blood Diamonds quite a bit. Between that and the Departed, I revised what I thought he was capable of as an actor. All the teen heart-throb movies will always be associated with him but...well, if you were a teen heart throb and people were offering you millions to do it, we all probably would have let ourselves get typecasted :P
chmod said:
I don't want to live in a world where there are no consequences for being stupid. A few thousand years ago these users would have been eaten by lions.
I'd almost them rather cast all unknowns, than stars for the roles. Granted I've only read the first two books of the series, but I just don't picture any stars as these characters.
By first two books do you mean first two trades or first two original issues?
I keep saying I'm going to track down the trades and buy them to show support, as I 'borrowed' when first read it and really like them. I looked a couple of places last comic-con but nobody had more than one or two of them. Maybe I hit the wrong places. If the movie comes out I'm sure they'll be available at the local Barnes and Noble, just like my replacement Watchmen
I'm guessing trades. They are anthologies packaging a bunch of the comics together. I think there are 10 total. I just stopped into the Borders near me and they had 1-2 and 5-10 available which didn't help me at all because i need 3-4. I didn't have the time but you can go to the customer service desk at your local big box bookstore and they should be able to order them for you for no additional cost.
I actually enjoyed him in Blood Diamonds quite a bit. Between that and the Departed, I revised what I thought he was capable of as an actor. All the teen heart-throb movies will always be associated with him but...well, if you were a teen heart throb and people were offering you millions to do it, we all probably would have let ourselves get typecasted :P
You forgot Gangs of New York. What do you mean by "teen heart-throb movies" though? I really only remember him from Titanic and The Beach (as in that around that time frame) and then he just up and disappeared till GoNY came out.
While I liked all of the movies mentioned (Though Infernal Affairs was better than the remake), I don't think that his performance in any of them made them better. More that they were good in spite of him being in them.
While I liked all of the movies mentioned (Though Infernal Affairs was better than the remake), I don't think that his performance in any of them made them better. More that they were good in spite of him being in them.
Koru, I hope you're planning to pickle him in multiple, manageable pieces.
Andurian, it was suggested to me recently that to say things like, "I think...," is to render whatever you're saying meaningless and extraneous. If you're going to tack on your little disclaimers, don't say them at all. Everyone else can conclude easily enough that whatever you say is, in fact, coming from you and is therefore your opinion--but it should never be rendered as "in your opinion" because we all know that already and because it loses its strength. In my opinion.
It tends to imply that you are not taking a very firm stance on the topic and are open to debate about it; it only makes a statement lose strength if you are expressing that statement as indisputable fact, rather than tossing it up for debate and analysis.
"Answers without reasons are magic, not mathematics, Woolly Coati." -- the Space Hopper, Flatterland, by Ian Stewart
No no, I'd treat him kindly, so it couldn't be called a dungeon. By kindly I of course mean a little better than I treat my guild, meaning nothing I do will be terribly likely to result in death, horror or dismemberment. In the end, suffering builds character, many young actors despite being very easy on the eye lack character many older actors have, thus there is only one obvious solution to improve younger actors. Btw I will not take on the task of improving Christian Haydensen or whatever his name is, that is a task beyond me.
The "I' is the important part. You are taking ownership of the opinion, not trying to tell others how it is. It can support healthy debate by not putting people on the defensive.
I rather that than leaving it to others to interpret what I express was an opinion or a fact. Even if it can be surmised by the content of the conversation, not everyone will read it as intended.
That is just what I try to do, picked it up when I was in the mental health field and works for me, might not for others. I think it depends on personalities.
I get what you said though. Wasn't trying to take the umph out of Cao's opinion, I believe him. I just disagree. I'm okay with that.
ps. Is the In my opinion you put on the end was to establish that after making a strong point, or just a jab? :p
off topic i watched indy4 yesterday finally, for what they said they were going for in the director commentary they did a good job, felt like a b rated 50's movie. Which I enjoyed.
Maybe I just went in with super low expectations.
As for shias acting its nothing that makes me drop my jaw.
No pleasure, no rapture, no exquisite sin greater... than central air. -Dogma
Unfortunately my random thought process left two posts when next to each other confer something that was not intended.
I made a sarcastic quote edit of your previous post hoping to subtlety make the point that no matter how bad or good an actor is there will always be people that like like them and those that don't. It was not intended to be a literal correction.
The next post was my (albeit tangential) response to Trolo's post. Reasoning why I think that phrasing is valid in a discussion without weakening ones statements. In a general way, any discussion. It was not a defense of the previous post, only the validity of the wording. It is something I believe in so in retrospect I went down that road and may have missed the true point Trolo was actually making.
