Greenpeace: Origins

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by: Tony Lang Nov. 13, 2009

Greenpeace's Looney Bin

John Turtletaub making a film about the origins of the Greenpeace movement is already a strange idea in itself - the NATIONAL TREASURE director isn't exactly the one I'd pick for a serious project. But then it gets weirder: AIRPLANE and NAKED GUN guy Jerry Zucker is producing. With his wife. Nic Cage and Leslie Nielsen take on whale hunters?...

The yet-untitled film would chronicle the organization's early days in the 70s and 80s, seen through the eyes of its founders Bob Hunter and Rex Weyler. Says Zucker to Variety, "Jon likes to make a big adventure movies. And we've found that the best way to reach people's hearts and minds is through entertainment." Yup, Nic Cage it is...

The project is still in early development, with director and producer said to be considering Aaron Sorkin for the screenplay. That, I get. "You can't handle the whales!"

Source: Variety

Extra Tidbit: I have to be fair: Jerry Zucker is a passionate environmentalist, so it kinda make sense he'd be championing this.

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Grand_Marquis
7:20PM on 11/14/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
This BETTER be a comedy.
This BETTER be a comedy.
 
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Stratburst
4:33PM on 11/13/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
Docs don't do well . . .
unless it's Michael Moore. So these guys clearly don't want to get limited to arthouse cinemas in NYC or San Francisco where they're just preaching to the converted.
unless it's Michael Moore. So these guys clearly don't want to get limited to arthouse cinemas in NYC or San Francisco where they're just preaching to the converted.
 
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smok3h
2:02PM on 11/13/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
would be cooler if
It would be a lot cooler if this was another x-men origins movie about a character named Greenpeace
It would be a lot cooler if this was another x-men origins movie about a character named Greenpeace
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Cigarette Burn
3:30PM on 11/13/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
Wolverine: "I'm gonna slice your head off, bub."

Sabretooth: "Try it, fucker."

Greenpeace: "Come now guys, let's not fight. Can't we all just... get along?"

*WOLVERINE AND SABRETOOTH SET ASIDE THEIR DIFFERENCES AND DECAPITATE GREENPEACE*
Wolverine: "I'm gonna slice your head off, bub."

Sabretooth: "Try it, fucker."

Greenpeace: "Come now guys, let's not fight. Can't we all just... get along?"

*WOLVERINE AND SABRETOOTH SET ASIDE THEIR DIFFERENCES AND DECAPITATE GREENPEACE*
 
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MoviezAreMyLife
9:32AM on 11/13/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
Is there a movie here?
Seriously, if it's not Americans being beaten over the head like a Whack-A-Mole game about 'Why we need universal healthcare' it's 'Hey buddy you need to go green or else...'

Just make a documentary, Turtletaub, about Greenpeace.
Seriously, if it's not Americans being beaten over the head like a Whack-A-Mole game about 'Why we need universal healthcare' it's 'Hey buddy you need to go green or else...'

Just make a documentary, Turtletaub, about Greenpeace.