Ratner and Tucker Reteam For Sinatra Biopic.

[The Chairman]

No, Tucker isn't playing Frank, but:

http://www.firstshowing.net/2007/09...ker-adapting-mr-s-my-life-with-frank-sinatra/

How many of you actually went out and saw Rush Hour 3? As big of a fan of the Rush Hour series as I was (when the second one came out at least), I still haven't seen the third one. Anyway, both Rush Hour director Brett Ratner (X-Men 3) and star Chris Tucker are teaming up yet again, this time in a film adaptation of the book "Mr. S: My Life With Frank Sinatra." The film is about Frank Sinatra's valet George Jacobs, who will be played by Tucker.

The book, written by George Jacobs and William Stadiem, is a revealing behind-the-scenes glimpse into the world of Sinatra and the Rat Pack. The screenplay, which will be written by Stadiem, a longtime chronicler of old Hollywood, will apparently include celebrity anecdotes involving Marilyn Monroe, Peter Lawford, the Kennedys, Ava Gardner, Humphrey Bogart, Mia Farrow, Elvis Presley, Swifty Lazar and Marlene Dietrich, among others.

I'll admit I'm not a hater of Brett Ratner (I didn't despise X-Men 3 as much as everyone else did), but I can't say I'm fond of him either. He really hasn't impressed me that much and I'm starting to find his films more and more bland. I would've hoped that a story like this could've been told by a real filmmaker, but I guess that's not the case. Unfortunately I can't really see a great film about Frank Sinatra in the hands of Brett Ratner and Chris Tucker.

Frank is probably rolling in his grave.

 

[odiin]

****

 

[Steve Rogers]

Tucker annoys me and Ratner is so so, but who knows? This could be good. I'm a huge Sinatra fan, so I'm a little excited here.

 

[The Apocalypse]

I vowed never to watch another Brett Ratner film after X-3

 

[04nbod]

it makes me sick to see x men after that guys name!

 

[DACrowe]

Well, **** a duck.

Sounds like it oculd have been a good movie.

 

[The Chairman]

Well, **** a duck.

Sounds like it oculd have been a good movie.

If you've read the book, you'd know it could've been a GREAT movie. It was one of the best things I've ever read. Incredibly funny, often shocking and very entertaining.

That being said, I'd like to see a full-on Frank biopic from the beginning to the end of his life (the book only covers 1953 to 1968). Frank's life was so rich and fulfilling that a biopic could be epic. They'd be probably need multiple actors to play him, though.

 

[Steve Rogers]

I love how this became another "I hate X3" thread.

 

[Shoemeister]

No, more like a "Why the f**k did they make a 'Rush Hour 3'?" thread.

Come to think of it, why did they?





Oh that's right... they have no original ideas and they don't need the money.

 

[Steve Rogers]

No, more like a "Why the f**k did they make a 'Rush Hour 3'?" thread.

Come to think of it, why did they?

Because if Hollywood can find away to squeeze money out of s**t, they'll do it.

 

[strikezone89]

wow ratner and tucker teaming together?
what a surprise

 

[DACrowe]

Well I tend to think biopics that don't cover everything benefit from that. I think a biopic that tries to cover most of the life (say, Ra for example) tends to be a boring movie that is an exercise in acting mostly. While a movie that tries to capture a person in a few decades of his life but try and say a lot, if not everything about him in that era tend to be more interesting and more successful as film ventures, such as The Aviator.

But Ratner is no Scorcesse, so I have little hop.

 

[The Chairman]

Well I tend to think biopics that don't cover everything benefit from that. I think a biopic that tries to cover most of the life (say, Ra for example) tends to be a boring movie that is an exercise in acting mostly. While a movie that tries to capture a person in a few decades of his life but try and say a lot, if not everything about him in that era tend to be more interesting and more successful as film ventures, such as The Aviator.

But Ratner is no Scorcesse, so I have little hop.

Agreed. The 1950s' to 1960s' were the most interesting time of Frank's life.

 

[Carmine Falcone]

The name Brett Ratner alone makes me laugh, he is that terrible of a director.

 

[SolidSnakeMGS]

The only thing Ratner should be directing is the line at the McDonalds drive-thru, and that's only under close supervision.

 

[Cinemaman]

I've never liked Tucker. What about Ratner, I think he's one of those guys, who should have stuck with making commercial ads and music video clips.

 

[chamber-music]

The only thing Ratner should be directing is the line at the McDonalds drive-thru, and that's only under close supervision.

Lol that line is awesome!

 

[The Chairman]

^ Sadly, it's also true.

Someone like Scorsese would be much more suitable for this film. Sinatra lived one of if not the most rewarding and interesting lifes of any performer (moreso than Charles, Cash and Joplin), and to really have such talent impaired individuals take on his story (even if it's only one aspect) is a disgrace.

 

[signalman]

It would be nice if Nancy got her Boots on and walk all over Ratner and Tucker, telling them to stay the hell away from her Daddy.