Doug Liman Set For Swashbuckling Duty

COMMENTS (14)

• This is such a great story and the last adaptation was not good. Let’s see what he can do. But Jonathan Rhys Meyers must, must, must be in this

  Comment by Reader1 — Friday May 7, 2010 @ 4:51pm EDT  Reply to this post

• Why another adaptation of the three musketeers it’s beyond my understanding!

  Comment by valerie — Friday May 7, 2010 @ 5:00pm EDT  Reply to this post

  • Because I need to rid my brain of the memory of the Chris O’Donnell version!

    Comment by Linda — Friday May 7, 2010 @ 5:41pm EDT  Reply to this post

• Pretty hard to beat the Richard Lester version w/ Michael York, Oliver Reed, Faye Dunaway etc.

  Comment by tms — Friday May 7, 2010 @ 5:37pm EDT  Reply to this post

• For those of you hating on Doug, remember that the proof is in the results… this guy launched the BOURNE franchise, as well as directing MR & MRS SMITH, SWINGERS and the hugely under-rated GO. While he was at it, he set the tone by directing (and producing) the first few seasons of “The OC” (in other words, the good seasons). If Doug is taking this on, it will kick ass. Period.

  Comment by Doug is my BOY — Friday May 7, 2010 @ 6:24pm EDT  Reply to this post

  • A little sensitive here no? No one has hated on Doug in any of the above posts.

    Comment by Arthur — Friday May 7, 2010 @ 7:26pm EDT  Reply to this post

  • Who exactly is hating on Doug here? You’re a mite defensive me thinks.

    Comment by Confused — Friday May 7, 2010 @ 8:58pm EDT  Reply to this post

  • How can anybody not like Doug? He’s so money. And Go was great… especially on a tiny budget. I heard Doug say that one of his lawyer dad’s clients financed Swingers for about $750,000. That’s a happy man.

    Comment by So Money — Friday May 7, 2010 @ 9:14pm EDT  Reply to this post

• thanks for that, doug liman’s mom…

  Comment by this guy — Friday May 7, 2010 @ 7:31pm EDT  Reply to this post

• Dear Doug is my BOY:
  Sounds like Doug is your BOSS

  Comment by suspect — Friday May 7, 2010 @ 9:06pm EDT  Reply to this post

• No one ever mentions Liman’s REAL first film — “Getting In,” a dark comedy about being on the waiting list for medical school, and killing people ahead of you to “get in”. Kristy Swanson starred and it went straight to video.

  Comment by ahem — Saturday May 8, 2010 @ 1:45am EDT  Reply to this post

• If anyone wants to hate Doug, they has no further to look than MR & MRS SMITH (he couldn’t even finish shooting it before he was kicked off) and JUMPER (one movie he wasn’t kicked off of and it shows). Warners execs best have plenty of patience otherwise this will be just another disaster.

  Comment by be real — Saturday May 8, 2010 @ 7:57pm EDT  Reply to this post

• those of you worshipping Doug have clearly never seen him on set. the guy is a wreck with little to no ability to make a wise creative choice on his own. whatever you enjoy about “his” movies, credit Simon Crane (his 2nd ad) and Lucas Foster (his producer/wrangler) for always making him look good. without those two, Doug would be directing proactive infomercials now.

  Comment by flypaper — Saturday May 8, 2010 @ 11:38pm EDT  Reply to this post

• Has anyone else had a car torched in (social-democratic welfare state) France? It is literally their “disaffected” youth’s past time. National disintegration burns over 40,000 autos a year, over 100 a night. (And these stats are for targeted vehicles not including those adjacent cars that catch fire too.) I can’t imagine this movie will have much appeal in the land of it’s birth, let alone a world struggling with radical terrorism and youth recruiting anarchy groups. However, I like to rent chic lit and period costumes so good luck.

  Comment by FeFe — Sunday May 9, 2010 @ 4:32am EDT  Reply to this post