JCPhoenix
02-11-2004, 03:09 PM
you can read the news on the front page but for what www.darkhorizons.com says...
"Ok so his roving hands turned one simple little nipple into a worldwide fiasco, but former N'Sync-er Justin 'Trousersnake' Timberlake is healing the PR damage it seems by making a foray into the world of cinema.
MTV reports that after nearly a year of browsing over assorted scripts, JT has finally selected to make his big-screen acting debut in the crime drama "Edison" alongside such alumni as Kevin Spacey and Morgan Freeman. In order to prepare, JT plans to shadow an actual print journalist to learn what daily news reporting is like - the journos identity however is understandably being kept top secret.
Story wise, Timberlake plays Joshua Pollack, "a fresh-out-of-college kid with a counterculture bent" who gets his start by interning at a big-city newspaper who promptly fire him, as a result forcing him to work for a free community weekly where he stumbles upon a very big story about corruption in high places in the city government. He runs with the story, but ends up in serious jeopardy.
Not knowing what to do and in over his head, he turns to the owner of the weekly (Freeman), someone he had dismissed as a nobody but who turns out to be a former war correspondent and Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, albeit burnt-out and at the end of his career. The two characters also make an uneasy alliance with a special investigator (Spacey) from the district attorney's office, played by Kevin Spacey.
Production begins March 8th in Vancouver."
-ll cool j also stars in this film according to IMDb.
the premise for this actually sounds pretty interesting but i hope they're able to turn it into something more than just a solid conventional thriller like kiss the girls, along came a spider into something on a higher level...like the negotiator for example.
kevin spacey is my favorite actor, and morgan freeman is one of the actors i respect a lot so i really can't wait for this film. Justin Timberlake, unlike most of the pop stars at least seems to be the first to break convention (from the bubble gum pop, etc) and i'm glad for once that a pop star is actually doing a REAL movie, and not one of those shitty ass romantic comedies (From Justin to Kelly, Glitter, On the Line, Spice World - well, that last one wasn't a romantic comedy, but it was just plain bad)
And even though i don't know if his acting skills are up to par, Kevin Spacey and Morgan Freeman together again (last time they were together was in Se7en and look how that turned out :D...for those of you who hate that movie, don't answer that question) is more than enough to offset any negative concerns i have over this film.
BESIDES, the one thing Justin Timberlake does seem to have is good taste in movies. I hear his favorite movie is THE USUAL SUSPECTS :D (look to the left)
"Ok so his roving hands turned one simple little nipple into a worldwide fiasco, but former N'Sync-er Justin 'Trousersnake' Timberlake is healing the PR damage it seems by making a foray into the world of cinema.
MTV reports that after nearly a year of browsing over assorted scripts, JT has finally selected to make his big-screen acting debut in the crime drama "Edison" alongside such alumni as Kevin Spacey and Morgan Freeman. In order to prepare, JT plans to shadow an actual print journalist to learn what daily news reporting is like - the journos identity however is understandably being kept top secret.
Story wise, Timberlake plays Joshua Pollack, "a fresh-out-of-college kid with a counterculture bent" who gets his start by interning at a big-city newspaper who promptly fire him, as a result forcing him to work for a free community weekly where he stumbles upon a very big story about corruption in high places in the city government. He runs with the story, but ends up in serious jeopardy.
Not knowing what to do and in over his head, he turns to the owner of the weekly (Freeman), someone he had dismissed as a nobody but who turns out to be a former war correspondent and Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, albeit burnt-out and at the end of his career. The two characters also make an uneasy alliance with a special investigator (Spacey) from the district attorney's office, played by Kevin Spacey.
Production begins March 8th in Vancouver."
-ll cool j also stars in this film according to IMDb.
the premise for this actually sounds pretty interesting but i hope they're able to turn it into something more than just a solid conventional thriller like kiss the girls, along came a spider into something on a higher level...like the negotiator for example.
kevin spacey is my favorite actor, and morgan freeman is one of the actors i respect a lot so i really can't wait for this film. Justin Timberlake, unlike most of the pop stars at least seems to be the first to break convention (from the bubble gum pop, etc) and i'm glad for once that a pop star is actually doing a REAL movie, and not one of those shitty ass romantic comedies (From Justin to Kelly, Glitter, On the Line, Spice World - well, that last one wasn't a romantic comedy, but it was just plain bad)
And even though i don't know if his acting skills are up to par, Kevin Spacey and Morgan Freeman together again (last time they were together was in Se7en and look how that turned out :D...for those of you who hate that movie, don't answer that question) is more than enough to offset any negative concerns i have over this film.
BESIDES, the one thing Justin Timberlake does seem to have is good taste in movies. I hear his favorite movie is THE USUAL SUSPECTS :D (look to the left)