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Reagan Movie Planned for 2011

Right Wing — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 16:45:34 GMT

Reagan Movie Planned for 2011

The story of Ronald Reagan's life -- from boyhood to Hollywood actor to leader of the free world -- is about to spill out on the big screen in a way quite different from the miniseries that caused such a stir seven years ago.

The feature film, titled "Reagan" and sporting a $30 million production budget, is set for release late next year and will be based on two best-selling biographies of the 40th U.S. president by Paul Kengor: "The Crusader" and "God and Ronald Reagan."

Jonas McCord, who is not a Reagan fan, wrote the script. "I was of the opinion that at best he was a bad actor and at worst a clown," McCord said.

But the scribe, whose credits include "Malice" and "The Body," said he was drawn to the project as he researched the former president's upbringing. He described Reagan's childhood as "a surreal Norman Rockwell painting with his alcoholic Catholic father, devout Christian mother, Catholic brother and ever-changing boarders the family took in."

The film will begin with the 1981 assassination attempt and tell Reagan's story through flashbacks and flash-forwards. No actors or director have been signed.

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Hopefully, it will be better than the character butchery put on by the Bolins and Streisand years ago.

Heavy metal thread

Steal This Dude! — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 16:58:20 GMT

This is the thread to discuss all things metal. Right now, I'm listening to White Zombie's La Sexocisto album.:slayer:

Dream Journal Thread

TheOperative — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 01:07:38 GMT

After discussing dreams in another thread, some members asked that I sticky one. Well I went a step further, I added a category to personal blogs called dream journal. You are free to post here or there or in both.

I added mine so you guys can see.

TO's first dream post.

Do you have lucid dreams?

TheOperative — Sun, 22 Aug 2010 11:37:13 GMT

I saw Inception last night, I really enjoyed it. I've had lucid dreams in the past, I actually kept a dream journal for a while. I had recently started to journal again. Its not easy to get into the lucid state, I usually get too excited and wake up.

So have any of you had lucid dreams?

After Losing Major Role for Refusing Sex Scenes, Neal McDonough Finds New Success

Right Wing — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 00:06:57 GMT

HOLLYWOOD, California, August 17, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) � Standing up for his religious and moral beliefs has paid off for Neal McDonough, Hollywood actor and family man, who was fired back in March from a television series for refusing to perform steamy sex scenes. Far from ending his career, the actor�s career is moving along with a role in a major Hollywood film and the lead in a new television series called �Vigilante Priest.�
Although the dominant attitude in Hollywood regarding sex scenes is that �everybody�s doing it,� Nikki Fink of Deadline.com reported that McDonough lost his role in ABC�s TV series �Scoundrels� by not caving into demands from ABC executives on Day 3 of shooting that he perform a sex scene with Virginia Madsen.
McDonough said �no,� saying that would violate his Catholic faith and his role as a husband and father, which he takes seriously. He is married with three children. For that stand, Fink said McDonough may have lost as much as $1 million in pay.
Besides playing Buck Compton in �Band of Brothers,� McDonough has performed in the series �Desperate Housewives� and �Boomtown� - but again, his characters stayed clear of sex scenes.
Fink reports that while McDonough has lost job opportunities for his stand, he is now producing the pilot for a one hour drama on the Starz channel about an ex-cop turned Catholic priest. McDonough plays the title role and his character, reportedly, takes an unconventional approach when it comes to cleaning up the crime ridden streets of Los Angeles �one sinner at a time.�
Starz is fast-tracking the project, which will have Walon Green from Law & Order as an executive producer and writer. Depending on the success of the pilot, it could turn into a new show for McDonough.
McDonough is also co-starring in Marvel Comic�s film production of �Captain America� as Dum Dum Dugan, an agent of the fictional international espionage and law enforcement agency SHIELD. Dugan is known in the Marvel comics universe for his trademark bowler and excellent marksmanship. The movie is currently being filmed in London, and is scheduled for theatrical release in July 2011.
McDonough has acted in several movies, including Star Trek: First Contact, Minority Report and The Hitcher.
For McDonough there is a bitter-sweet irony in the whole situation � while ABC execs may have forced him to walk off the set of �Scoundrels,� the life-expectancy of the show is looking very short, after just eight episodes. The summer television drama fizzled with last night�s finale brining in just 2.84 million viewers, which Broadcasting & Cable news reported as a 38 percent audience drop from its June premiere. It is not expected to run another season.

See previous coverage by LifeSiteNews.com:
Actor Neal McDonough Sacked for Refusing Sex Scene
http://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2010/apr/10040607.html

What Happened to James Woods?

TheOperative — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 10:10:15 GMT

I always thought he was a good actor, but he hasn't done much in recent years.

*Oh wait, I know, he's a conservative actor...that explains a lot.

The Expendables

RET423 — Sun, 15 Aug 2010 04:44:28 GMT

I admit that I have a soft spot for 80's style action flicks but based on all the reviews I have been reading from people who have seen this I want to see it even more.

I normally wait for the DVD but I think I will give Hollywood a few of the big bucks and take my boys to see this one in the big house.

Buzz Aldrin raps, produced by Snoop Dogg

Steal This Dude! — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 15:11:51 GMT

Never thought I'd see this.