Between ‘Thor’ Turns, Chris Hemsworth Revs ‘Rush’

COMMENTS (16)

• Alex Pettyfer strikes out again.

  Comment by tawnydawn — Monday July 11, 2011 @ 4:43pm PDT  Reply to this post

  • Thank the lord

    Comment by geezer — Monday July 11, 2011 @ 5:06pm PDT  Reply to this post

    • This is not his project. He is the producer of a competing biopic, so he has not technically struck out yet.

      Comment by stars.moon — Monday July 11, 2011 @ 6:46pm PDT  Reply to this post

      • Isn’t he too young for James Hunt?

        Comment by hotpot — Monday July 11, 2011 @ 9:29pm PDT  Reply to this post

        • James Hunt was in his twentys when he was participating in the Formula one.

          Comment by thomasd5 — Thursday July 14, 2011 @ 7:56am PDT  

• This is such a limited and difficult subject matter. Only a few films about auto racing have been successful, and most of those were long ago. (The Fast series does not count)

  It could be good, but Ron’s recent track record doesn’t give me a lot of hope.

  Like racing and Ron Howard…but, not here…not now.

  Comment by tom — Monday July 11, 2011 @ 4:46pm PDT  Reply to this post

  • It’s only a limited subject matter in Nascar country, worldwide F1 is huge. Looking forward to this one.

    Comment by J.Stewart — Monday July 11, 2011 @ 6:05pm PDT  Reply to this post

    • F1 is not that huge in its total reach and impact.. It is limited to a very high income demographic. The price points for tickets are outrageous, and F1 has stumbled badly in its several US efforts. Globally, F1 does have more appeal.

      Grand Prix and a few other films dealt with F1. Both Days of Thunder and the Stallone racing film sucked, so using these as a barometer won’t help.

      In any case, I believe this will be a really difficult film to craft to generate global box office appeal…period.

      Comment by tom — Tuesday July 12, 2011 @ 8:39am PDT  Reply to this post

• Anybody remember that Stallone movie Driven? Days of Thunder? Anybody?

  Comment by Bueller — Monday July 11, 2011 @ 4:54pm PDT  Reply to this post

• Nice to see this walking block of wood make his first real blunder–this movie will
  NOT open. Even
  as an international play it’s dubious at best. And what’s messed up
  is CH’s quote is probably
  in
  the 8 mil range after Thor/Avengers.

  Comment by INterested Observer — Monday July 11, 2011 @ 5:37pm PDT  Reply to this post

• This could be good, hopefully Morgan and Howard will be back to their A-games this time around. Hemsworth will be working nonstop : he has to wrap The Avengers and Snow White and the Huntsman this year, then this biopic early next year, then the Thor sequel that HAS TO be finished sometime next year to meet that 2012 release date, and there could be an Avengers-sequel in his near future, as well. He did a good job on Thor, so hopefully he will keep up the good work and stay out of trouble. I would hate to see another talented actor lose a very promising career because of standard celebrity-troubles (booze, drugs, violence). At the moment, he could have 3 (!) lucrative franchises on his hands AND a potential Awards-magnet directed by an Oscar-winner and scripted by one of the most respected screenwriters today.
  Bottom line : don’t screw it up !

  Comment by pmillller1988 — Monday July 11, 2011 @ 5:58pm PDT  Reply to this post

• From the films Hemworth is choosing, it doesn’t look like he’s chasing an Oscar, or it’s chasing him.

  Comment by Anonymous — Monday July 11, 2011 @ 6:22pm PDT  Reply to this post

• Hemsworth is a good dude. And ten times the actor of Alex Pettyfer.

  Comment by loki — Monday July 11, 2011 @ 8:18pm PDT  Reply to this post

  • Amen to that. Seems like a good genuine heroic prospect.

    Comment by Lara — Tuesday July 12, 2011 @ 6:07pm PDT  Reply to this post

• Great script with a very dynamic rivalry at its core, not to mention there guys were F1 racers were gods back then. Looking forward this.

  Comment by landa — Monday July 11, 2011 @ 10:19pm PDT  Reply to this post

• I have my doubt’s that the James Hunt biopic will be a huge box office success. But if it’s done anyway I’d rather prefer the version with Alex Pettyfer.

  Comment by thomasd5 — Thursday July 14, 2011 @ 8:03am PDT  Reply to this post