Warner Bros Closes Space War Pitch That Has Sam Worthington Attached

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• Won’t it be confusing having two shows named Awake on at the same time.

  Comment by James — Monday June 6, 2011 @ 4:00pm PDT  Reply to this post

• Probably a space war over unobtanium.

  Comment by J — Monday June 6, 2011 @ 4:05pm PDT  Reply to this post

• Is this Dan Dare again? What’s the big secret?

  Comment by kellog — Monday June 6, 2011 @ 4:06pm PDT  Reply to this post

• Dollars to donuts this is the Dan Dare project they were talking to writers about.

  Comment by sweet mister — Monday June 6, 2011 @ 4:55pm PDT  Reply to this post

• Sam Worthington attracts bad projects like a sticky turd attracts flies. Avatar, Titans, Terminator Salvation…three of the worst movies in the last two years.

  Comment by Anonymous — Monday June 6, 2011 @ 5:06pm PDT  Reply to this post

  • Bad actor, bad movies. A perfect fit I’d say.

    Comment by casting couch — Monday June 6, 2011 @ 6:17pm PDT  Reply to this post

    • Sam’s got a little bit of charisma and likability to him, and at least he’s not a wooden actor.

      But what I cannot stand is how his Australian accent creeps into every role he does, whether the role requires an American or English accent, or whatever accent gods had in ancient Greek mythology. I swear even his Na’vi has a hint of Australian in it.

      Among other reasons, Sam’s accent as Jake Sully really hindered Avatar. “When Aye wus lying thehr in the V.Aye. hawspital, w/ a biig ‘ole blown thru the middle of my lyfe, I staawted ‘aving these dreams owf flying. I wus free. Soonah or layter though, you awwlways ‘ave to wayke up.”

      Sam’s accent in Clash of the Titans was even more hilariously out of place.

      Seriously, can’t he get an accent coach? Otherwise, he and other guys like Gerard Butler are just going to fade away sooner or later.

      Comment by sr — Tuesday June 7, 2011 @ 1:08am PDT  Reply to this post

  • Yeah, Avatar was REAL bad for his career. Idiot.

    Comment by Gil Brooks — Monday June 6, 2011 @ 7:18pm PDT  Reply to this post

    • Avatar is a bad movie. Humungous box office and yes, great for Worthington’s career, but still a bad movie. Worthington is a no-talent except when it comes to doing a passable imitation of cardboard trying to emote. It’s the classic case of studios trying to continually foist an actor onto audiences, in the hope they will stick. Whereas audiences either don’t want to see them and stay home, or go to their films for other reasons. Doctors call it the Shia LaBeouf Syndrome.

      Comment by Ripsnorter — Monday June 6, 2011 @ 11:35pm PDT  Reply to this post

• Dan Dare Vs. Buzz Lightyear

  Comment by Space Ghost — Monday June 6, 2011 @ 5:24pm PDT  Reply to this post

• John V. Karavitis Although I love sci-fi movies and TV series, nevertheless, “war in space” is a very difficult theme to properly present. For example, in my opinion, Battlestar Galactica (the re-make) was very convoluted and slow-moving. A lot of people lost interest in it very quickly. “War in space” also means that the writers will have to try and craft situations with which the person on the street can relate, in a scenario where there is a constant threat of death and destruction. This kind of intensity is difficult to create, let alone maintain, and keep viewers’ interests high. I wish them luck. John V. Karavitis

  Comment by John V. Karavitis — Monday June 6, 2011 @ 5:56pm PDT  Reply to this post

• ^^^ But they did do like $4Billion at the BO combined…Just saying tho…

  Comment by Cyber Hater — Monday June 6, 2011 @ 6:30pm PDT  Reply to this post

• POLL QUESTION: With the world seeming to be in the palm of these up-and-comers’ hands, who is worse at deciding their future – Sam Worthington OR Gerard Butler?

  Comment by Pollster — Monday June 6, 2011 @ 7:00pm PDT  Reply to this post

  • Damn good question, Pollster! It’s almost up there with which came first, the chicken or the egg?! I’d say Gerard Butler. Although he’s by far the better actor (I’ve not seen anything from Worthington I’d actually term acting), it’s SW who’s laughing all the way to the bank.

    Comment by Ripsnorter — Tuesday June 7, 2011 @ 11:37am PDT  Reply to this post

• Iwanyk is the stamp of quality. Kind of like KMart.

  Comment by The Great Kazoo — Monday June 6, 2011 @ 7:22pm PDT  Reply to this post

• Dan Dare = Meh.
  The Forever War = Hell Yes!–If they don’t pull a Starship Troopers on it.

  Comment by Eric S — Monday June 6, 2011 @ 10:14pm PDT  Reply to this post

• Yes this is the Dan Dare project.

  Comment by DanDareFan — Tuesday June 7, 2011 @ 4:27am PDT  Reply to this post

• Fir those that point to Avatar- Worthington was a supporting actor, as was the entire cast. . I agree- he has not chosen a project that shows his acting chops. Still waiting to see if he has them.

  Comment by Mike in NC — Tuesday June 7, 2011 @ 9:56am PDT  Reply to this post

• LET’S GIVE THE MOVIE A CHANCE BEFORE CRUSHING IT!
  A GREAT WRITER CAN ACHIEVE THE GOAL AND MAKE THE
  STAR REALLY FIT THE ROLE.. POSITIVE VIBES!

  Comment by P.SILVERMAN — Friday June 10, 2011 @ 12:37pm PDT  Reply to this post

• Robotech! Nuff Said.

  Comment by Rick Hunter — Monday June 13, 2011 @ 3:24am PDT  Reply to this post