Title: Nic Cage in "The Wrestler?"
pool of jello - October 12, 2007 06:38 PM (GMT)
Academy Award winner and Hollywood superstar Nicolas Cage is currently in negotiations to star in a movie about the pro wrestling industry, currently titled "The Wrestler."
Here's a synopsis of the project from the Entertainment Trade Journal:
"The movie tells the story of Randy ''The Ram'' Robinson, a 1980s-era pro wrestler who has become a burnt-out shell of his former self. After he has a heart attack during a small-time match, a doctor tells him he could die if he fights again. He moves in with an aging stripper and takes a job at a deli, but then decides he can't pass up an opportunity to return to the ring and fight his old nemesis, even if it means risking his life."
Insight - October 12, 2007 07:26 PM (GMT)
and the low sink even lower...
pool of jello - October 12, 2007 07:40 PM (GMT)
It's not like he's posting on AMW. >_>
Insight - October 12, 2007 08:48 PM (GMT)
Zersch - October 13, 2007 12:48 AM (GMT)
Holy shit this movie sounds epic. Burn out wrestler? Check. Aging strippers? Check. Deli cuts? FUCKIN' CHECK.
pool of jello - October 13, 2007 12:53 AM (GMT)
I wish luchador Nic Cage would make me a sandwich while I get a lap dance. ;>_>
pool of jello - November 12, 2007 05:17 PM (GMT)
Mickey Rourke is getting into the ring with "The Wrestler," the indie drama that Darren Aronofsky will direct in January.
Rourke will play Randy "The Ram" Robinson," a role that Nicolas Cage had reportedly been set to play. There was no word Sunday as to why he had left the project.
Aronofsky and Robert Siegel wrote the script for "The Wrestler," about an over-the-hill grappler who returns to the ring for one last shot at glory.
Rourke, who once took time away from his screen career to become a boxer, has been enjoying a film resurgence that began with "Man on Fire" and "Sin City." He wrapped the John Madden-directed "Killshot," and is currently starring in the ensemble of "The Informers," a Gregor Jordan-directed adaptation of the Bret Easton Ellis novel.
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
Zersch - March 2, 2008 07:07 PM (GMT)
I just recently rediscovered the upcoming existence of this movie, and I'm really excited for it. Mickey Rourke is ten-fold a better choice for the role than Nicholas Cage was, and with Aronofsky directing I have high hopes for it.
pool of jello - September 11, 2008 06:34 PM (GMT)
Well, the movie won the best film award at the Venice Film Festival. Here's Roger Ebert's review:
http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.d...ALS03/809109997lol @ the picture. Looks like Shawn Michaels.
Zersch - September 13, 2008 11:18 AM (GMT)
So I was reading through that enjoying Ebert's little story when it completely changed into a review of Kevin Smith's new movie like two paragraphs in.