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EXCLUSIVE: Bruce Willis is joining the cast of Looper, a science fiction time travel tale that reunites the Brick team of Joseph Gordon-Levitt and writer/director Rian Johnson. The Terminator-esque action film has a clever premise. Loopers are hit men whose victims are sent back in time from the future to be executed. The Loopers bump them off in the present, so there is no trace of a crime in the future. I’m told that Willis and Gordon-Levitt will play the same character, in those different time frames. That ploy is also being used in Men in Black 3, with Josh Brolin playing the younger version of Tommy Lee Jones’s Agent Kay. CAA is repping North American rights, and FilmNation Entertainment is repping it. Insiders said it is not being shopped at this fest. But buyers are all over it.
CANNES: Bruce Willis Plays Mature Joseph Gordon-Levitt In Time Travel Pic ‘Looper’
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It’s too intrinsic and been done to death as a premis—and let’s face it—Willis doesn’t carry the same clout he use to 10-15 years ago either. Sounds very weak.
PatKat, are you kidding me? This is great news! Rian Johnson is brilliant and this movie sounds completely, originally, awesome. I can’t wait to see who else gets cast, hopefully some more Mark Ruffalo or Rachel Weitz for a Brothers Bloom reunion!
While the premise may not seem original, I have no doubt that the film itself will be. Rian Johnson is an amazing filmmaker, and I can’t WAIT for this.
I think Bruce Willis is still a fantastic actor… and this film sounds interesting.
I agree. It does sound weak – and…dull. How many times can you transport someone without it getting too repetitious? Now, if something “happened” during this transport and the “tunnel of time” involved unexpected loops and twists, and surprise characters – “this” could be intense.
You really cleared that up.
Hopeful. Brick was amazing. Brothers Bloom was half good (the first half).
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The premise does seem a bit tired, but I’m rooting for Rian Johnson.
Brick was terrific, The Brothers Bloom was strong and I’m excited to see how he handles a more action based movie.
Can Bruce Willis play mature?
This is the same premise as an Outer Limits episode from the 90′s
Clever premise? How so? I don’t even understand it!
The script is phenomenal and this is the perfect pairing. The only better pairing would maybe have been Harrison Ford.
Willis could use a good action piece outside of Maclane.
How can anyone hate this movie? Movies about time travel are awesome and Hollywood needs to starting making more of them.
Mike I caught you re-writing your blurb…I liked it the way you originally had it: sounded like the good guys were sending the bad guys back in time, executing them here in the present so that the bad guy’s crimes would never be committed in the future, which would obviously screw up other aspects of history. Can we pitch this to–oops!
With Hollywood, all such movies are formulaic to a degree. At most people can tolerate moderate deviation from the formula, at least regarding to a major Hollywood release. Too much, and the audience rejects it. Usually.
In that case, what will make or break LOOPER is the execution, along with perhaps good acting and who knows maybe even a good clear touch or two. I mean look at THE HIDDEN, a TERMINATOR knock-off sure. But it’s pretty good.
P.S. – Deadline, thanks for spoiling MIB 3. Well I would if I actually cared about MIB 3. But someone out there might.
The premise is actually pretty good. The Loopers kill enemies, of the crime boss in the future, in their present. When things get hot in the future, the boss finds the Looper’s future self, wherever they are, & sends them back to get whacked so there is no connection to the syndicate. So the Looper in the present ends up killing himself, but for the work they’ve put in they give them a buttload of money so he can spend the next 25 years living it up until he gets sent back to die.
You people are insane. This is one of the most original stories about there. And the casting is pitch perfect so far.
Brick was overrated and awful. Bugsy Malone goes to high school, except it wasn’t even THAT good. The much talked about dialogue was forced, clumsy, witless and nearly incomprehensible at times –and don’t tell me I didn’t “get it!” I think people praised that film for its gimmick and what it was trying to be rather than what it ended up being. And this new film sounds like Van Damme’s Time Cop with hitmen — only it probably won’t be that good.
Is this a Time Cop II?
Who cares? Where is Die Hard 5 with an R rating? Bring back that fat donuts eating black cop from the first 1
Guys, wake up. Brick was horrendous.
Can the Loopers send back box office numbers for “Loopers”?
All this confusion about the premise is weird because it’s very straight forward in the script, with the premise clear and cool from page one. This is a really strong pairing and should bring a lot of attention to the movie.
Time travel is always a mess. I’ve written a couple of time travel books and never again.
Basically this is a hit man story with a twist. Still just a hit man story.
So what does that mean for Gemini Man?
The most fantastic premise of the project is expecting anyone to believe that Joseph Gordon-Levitt could ever physically evolve into Bruce Willis. ( and I really like JGL, just for the record. )
I saw this movie when it was 12 MONKEYS
And I saw 12 Monkeys when it was La Jete.
So, “unimpressed” thinks Brick was “..Bugsy Malone goes to high school”, eh?
What a cliched, common-denom reduction of a truly fresh, innovative low-budget Indie film….from someone who’s probably never written anything (that was made & distributed).
I agree. Brick was fresh and innovative. So mourn with me this derivative Time Cop sophomore effort, will you?
I’ve read LOOPER and it’s good. Not a simple “hit man” story, not a Terminator riff. It’s a smart, interesting property. Big focus on the characters.
FYI, this isn’t Johnson’s sophomore film. That would be the much underrated “The Brothers Bloom” from last year. Check it out.