Casey Affleck Frontrunner to Join Revenge Thriller ‘Out Of The Furnace’

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• Nice talent involved in a very cliché concept. Well, at least they are killing the brother not the girlfriend for a change.

  Comment by Ozgur — Monday March 5, 2012 @ 5:17pm PST  Reply to this post

  • Yes, it’s been done a million times, but Ingelsby’s script, originally titled THE LOW DWELLER, gave us original characters and situations. Curious to see how this turns out.

    Comment by Fucking Studio Plant — Monday March 5, 2012 @ 7:51pm PST  Reply to this post

    • Nice name!

      Comment by Herbivore — Monday March 5, 2012 @ 9:36pm PST  Reply to this post

    • Uh, who exactly were the original characters? A bad guy with a scar and a pet? The ex-con man of little words? The pretty Madonna girlfriend? The grizzled old man with ghosts in his past?

      This thing was a mad libs script written with a thesaurus and a lot of five dollar words.

      Comment by HW — Tuesday March 6, 2012 @ 7:10am PST  Reply to this post

  • @ Ozgur — you’re kidding about the girlfriend, right? Spoiler alert, yes of course she too gets killed because of what our tortured hero hath wrought with his deeds. Except because the writer’s trying to channel Cormac McCarthy it’s not cliche, it’s deep!

    Comment by Brett N — Tuesday March 6, 2012 @ 7:14am PST  Reply to this post

• Very much looking forward to this.

  Comment by lalilulelo — Monday March 5, 2012 @ 6:00pm PST  Reply to this post

• This is shaping up to be a great cast, but they *have* to do something about that title.

  Comment by Bring back THE LOW DWELLER! — Monday March 5, 2012 @ 7:42pm PST  Reply to this post

• Will Ingelsby still be credited with the story? I heard that Scott Cooper heavily rewrote the script.

  Comment by camus80 — Monday March 5, 2012 @ 8:01pm PST  Reply to this post

  • There is not one single comma left from Ingelsby’s script. That’s not an exaggeration at all. Cooper changed the locale (hence the bad title change) He changed who the characters are. He changed the plot. He changed the characters’ names. Only thing left is there are two brothers. One gets killed. The other gets pissed. It’s very very strange. They should’ve just hired Cooper to write his own movie about a brother seeking revenge — cuz that’s basically what he did. And they could’ve saved heavily on writer/producer attachment fees.

    Comment by Alex — Sunday March 11, 2012 @ 10:36am PDT  Reply to this post

• “The Low Dweller” sounds better for the title. Regardless they’re assembling a brilliant cast here so I’m very much looking forward to this. Hopefully Cooper can repeat the magic that he created with Crazy Heart.

  Comment by David — Monday March 5, 2012 @ 8:17pm PST  Reply to this post

• I always thought Casey Affleck was better looking than his brother Ben and Casey is a much better actor too!

  Comment by natalie — Monday March 5, 2012 @ 9:40pm PST  Reply to this post

• That nice young boy should consider voice-modification surgery.

  Comment by Dawny — Tuesday March 6, 2012 @ 2:39am PST  Reply to this post

  • I second that.

    Comment by Word — Tuesday March 6, 2012 @ 7:44am PST  Reply to this post

• The concept was cool. The script was boring however — at least when it was called The Low Dweller. Hope they get a writer to do the proper rewrites on it. I think with the excellent talent they have that should not be a problem. Also, the original script had cliches in it that needed work. At least parts of the writing was strong.

  Comment by Just another opinion — Tuesday March 6, 2012 @ 8:31am PST  Reply to this post

• Have to third or fourth the dissenters on the “Low Dweller” draft. Really was one cliche after another. Was constantly surprised at the level of talent it attracted.

  Comment by bounder — Tuesday March 6, 2012 @ 1:40pm PST  Reply to this post