Friday, May 12, 2017

The Men From Rio

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When I wrote up the news that Thom Yorke is scoring Luca Guadagnino's remake of Suspiria starring Tilda Swinton I made a joke about how Luca's doing everything he does because he loves MNPP and he's gifting us with the world we dream of living in. But now, with today's news, I am sensing more sinister tones to this... now I think Luca is maybe stealing the life I am meant to live! 

Variety is reporting he's gotten his hands on Jake Gyllenhaal -- the film is called Rio and it will star Jake as a reporter who visits a rich friend (played by Benedict Cumberbatch) in the titular city, only to get sucked into Benedict's plot to fake his own death.

Vibe-wise right off the bat I'm feeling a Strangers on a Train thing - one innocent guy wrapped up in a not-so-innocent guy's wickedness. No? Luca always makes me think of Hitchcock. The script was written by Steven Knight, he of Eastern Promises and Taboo slash Peaky Blinders (aka all the current Tom Hardy projects) fame. Anyway since it's set in Brazil let's hope for lots of sweat and and open shirts and short shorts!
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2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Count me in for any movie set in Rio (my favorite city), even if it's starring horse-face Jake, a good actor but not my visual cup of tea. If I were the casting director. I'd replace Benedict with Idris or Chris Pine or Jai or Matthias in a heartbeat.

Anonymous said...

Damn, Luca has been KILLING it lately.