Guest NaturalBornThriller4:20 Posted October 16, 2003 Report Posted October 16, 2003 MGM will begin production in January on Be Cool, the Get Shorty sequel that F. Gary Gray will direct, with John Travolta reprising his role as Chili Palmer. The studio is also courting Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson to play a bodyguard-singer who develops an uneasy alliance with Palmer. Be Cool moves the loan shark-turned film producer Palmer away from the feature film business and into the music industry. In short order, Chili witnesses the murder of his music industry friend by the mob, he agrees to manage an up-and-coming singer, and he's threatened by her mob-connected manager. The Rock would play the manager's bodyguard, a big guy who wants to be a singer and who happens to be gay. After beating him up in their first encounter, Palmer tries to help the tough guy become a film star. The studio is targeting the film for a holiday 2004 release. Credit: ComingSoon.net
razazteca Posted October 16, 2003 Report Posted October 16, 2003 Anybody else coming back to reprise their characters?
The Fett Posted October 16, 2003 Report Posted October 16, 2003 I think it's a good move for Rock if he accepts. Do a couple of non-action roles to get more people to take him a little more seriously as an actor instead of a dumb muscle-bound wrestler turned action hero. This is if they don't make the character he plays too flamboyantly gay or else, he's right back to being a joke.
TheOriginalOrangeGoblin Posted October 16, 2003 Report Posted October 16, 2003 Sounds better than the animal movie atleast. Plus Get Shorty owned!
razazteca Posted October 16, 2003 Report Posted October 16, 2003 You know you want to see The Rock as an Elvis impersonalitor.
starvenger Posted October 16, 2003 Report Posted October 16, 2003 Anybody else coming back to reprise their characters? I need to reread the book but I don't think that any of the principals return. It's a very good read, by the way.
Cheex Incarnate Posted October 16, 2003 Report Posted October 16, 2003 *potential spoilers* *I'm coincidentally reading Be Cool (sequel to Get Shorty) right now, and if what your saying is true, Rocky could be playing the gay samoan body guard named Elliot* -Cheex
Mecha Mummy Posted October 16, 2003 Report Posted October 16, 2003 That'd be a good fit as long as they don't make him flamboyant. I just hope Rock saves the real depreciating stuff for SNL.
imajackoff? Posted October 16, 2003 Report Posted October 16, 2003 When he was on his pimping tour for The Rundown, Rock mentioned during a radio interview that it was likely that he would be in this movie with Travolta.
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