Comments on: Stiller Producing ‘The Big Year’ with Black, Hoffman, Owen http://the-frat-pack.com/2010/01/25/big-year/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 22:13:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: Kevin Crossman http://the-frat-pack.com/2010/01/25/big-year/comment-page-1/#comment-2622 Kevin Crossman Fri, 09 Jul 2010 05:04:39 +0000 http://the-frat-pack.com/?p=2284#comment-2622 Well, it was a rumor when we first posted this in January... Well, it was a rumor when we first posted this in January…

]]> By: Misses http://the-frat-pack.com/2010/01/25/big-year/comment-page-1/#comment-2619 Misses Fri, 09 Jul 2010 03:39:37 +0000 http://the-frat-pack.com/?p=2284#comment-2619 FYI this is no rumour. The film is in production now as we speak. Storyline, actors and characters are all correct as written above. The film should be out in in a year or so. I look forward to it. FYI this is no rumour. The film is in production now as we speak. Storyline, actors and characters are all correct as written above. The film should be out in in a year or so. I look forward to it.

]]> By: Edward Komito http://the-frat-pack.com/2010/01/25/big-year/comment-page-1/#comment-1771 Edward Komito Thu, 22 Apr 2010 19:38:37 +0000 http://the-frat-pack.com/?p=2284#comment-1771 I can promise you, dad looks nothing like Owen Wilson. :) I can promise you, dad looks nothing like Owen Wilson. :)

]]> By: Steve Martin Joining Owen and Jack in ‘The Big Year’ | The Frat Pack Tribute http://the-frat-pack.com/2010/01/25/big-year/comment-page-1/#comment-1727 Steve Martin Joining Owen and Jack in ‘The Big Year’ | The Frat Pack Tribute Tue, 13 Apr 2010 16:08:44 +0000 http://the-frat-pack.com/?p=2284#comment-1727 [...] in “wild and crazy” mode I could see him working for this film. He certainly fits the character profile as an older retired business man described as “outdoorsy pink in his cheeks, slate-blue [...] [...] in “wild and crazy” mode I could see him working for this film. He certainly fits the character profile as an older retired business man described as “outdoorsy pink in his cheeks, slate-blue [...]

]]> By: Kevin Crossman http://the-frat-pack.com/2010/01/25/big-year/comment-page-1/#comment-1316 Kevin Crossman Tue, 09 Feb 2010 16:51:16 +0000 http://the-frat-pack.com/?p=2284#comment-1316 Well, yes... that's why we did tag it as "rumor." Thanks for the Owen perspective. :-) Well, yes… that’s why we did tag it as “rumor.”

Thanks for the Owen perspective. :-)

]]> By: Allie http://the-frat-pack.com/2010/01/25/big-year/comment-page-1/#comment-1315 Allie Tue, 09 Feb 2010 16:30:43 +0000 http://the-frat-pack.com/?p=2284#comment-1315 Call this one more RUMOR than fact. This semi-"announcement" has been around since 2005 (when the book's rights were purchased for a movie.) Someone on an Owen Wilson fan site recently picked it up from an outdated movie site and now it is being reported as fact. According to Variety, David Frankel is directing "Septimus Heap: Magyk" next, not this. Owen Wilson, meanwhile, starts filming on "Hall Pass" (another movie floating around since 2005) in a couple of weeks in Atlanta. As far as movie announcements for Owen are concerned, his recent projects ("NatM2", "Meet the Fockers Sequel", "Hall Pass", "Cars 2", even "The Big Year" - if it comes to be) have been in the works for YEARS (well before his August 2007 incident). Hollywood has not just recently "come calling" for him to do them because he's well-enough to deal with them now. (That's a pretty "Pollyanna" way of viewing Hollywood, BTW. It's called show-BUSINESS, not show love, kindness and pretty ponies.) Owen was FORCED to give himself some space (one of the primary rules after a scandal is to lie low - see Tiger Woods for the most recent example). However, if he wants to maintain his current quote, he certainly needs to churn out product and keep working. I wouldn't hold your breath for any in-depth profiles of him or any "real" interviews with him, though. Word is that his demons still have a pretty firm grasp on him and his "people" need to protect him by CLOSELY monitoring both his public image (staged photo-ops only) and anything he says that could be made public. You'll never see interviews like his 2005 "Playboy" or "Rolling Stone" interviews or his "Fade In" or "Blender" interviews from 2006 again until and unless he decides to come clean with his fans about his issues. So again, that means probably never. Call this one more RUMOR than fact.

This semi-”announcement” has been around since 2005 (when the book’s rights were purchased for a movie.) Someone on an Owen Wilson fan site recently picked it up from an outdated movie site and now it is being reported as fact.

According to Variety, David Frankel is directing “Septimus Heap: Magyk” next, not this.

Owen Wilson, meanwhile, starts filming on “Hall Pass” (another movie floating around since 2005) in a couple of weeks in Atlanta.

As far as movie announcements for Owen are concerned, his recent projects (”NatM2″, “Meet the Fockers Sequel”, “Hall Pass”, “Cars 2″, even “The Big Year” - if it comes to be) have been in the works for YEARS (well before his August 2007 incident). Hollywood has not just recently “come calling” for him to do them because he’s well-enough to deal with them now. (That’s a pretty “Pollyanna” way of viewing Hollywood, BTW. It’s called show-BUSINESS, not show love, kindness and pretty ponies.)

Owen was FORCED to give himself some space (one of the primary rules after a scandal is to lie low - see Tiger Woods for the most recent example). However, if he wants to maintain his current quote, he certainly needs to churn out product and keep working.

I wouldn’t hold your breath for any in-depth profiles of him or any “real” interviews with him, though. Word is that his demons still have a pretty firm grasp on him and his “people” need to protect him by CLOSELY monitoring both his public image (staged photo-ops only) and anything he says that could be made public.

You’ll never see interviews like his 2005 “Playboy” or “Rolling Stone” interviews or his “Fade In” or “Blender” interviews from 2006 again until and unless he decides to come clean with his fans about his issues.

So again, that means probably never.

]]> By: sandra http://the-frat-pack.com/2010/01/25/big-year/comment-page-1/#comment-1206 sandra Wed, 27 Jan 2010 18:43:26 +0000 http://the-frat-pack.com/?p=2284#comment-1206 OH my~It's really a good news that Jack and Owen will have a new funny movie. OH my~It’s really a good news that Jack and Owen will have a new funny movie.

]]> By: Bonnie http://the-frat-pack.com/2010/01/25/big-year/comment-page-1/#comment-1198 Bonnie Tue, 26 Jan 2010 16:55:27 +0000 http://the-frat-pack.com/?p=2284#comment-1198 "We’ll see if the film actually gets made. I for one am looking forward to the developments as it presents our Frat Pack actors in age-appropriate material that still allows for the male-bonding we’re accustomed to. And if this film really does happen there’s not a doubt in my mind that Stiller will find a place for himself for a little cameo." This is EXACTLY how I feel! I am so excited for this project and hope it happens. And is it just me or are all of these movie announcements for Owen in recent months giving the impression that Hollywood was told to give him some space for awhile but then were given the green light and now they have come calling? I also hope this means Owen will return to the interview circuit. I've come to realize how much I really miss his interviews. Now....if only him and Vince would do another movie together all would be right in the world again ;-) ~Bonnie “We’ll see if the film actually gets made. I for one am looking forward to the developments as it presents our Frat Pack actors in age-appropriate material that still allows for the male-bonding we’re accustomed to. And if this film really does happen there’s not a doubt in my mind that Stiller will find a place for himself for a little cameo.”

This is EXACTLY how I feel! I am so excited for this project and hope it happens.

And is it just me or are all of these movie announcements for Owen in recent months giving the impression that Hollywood was told to give him some space for awhile but then were given the green light and now they have come calling? I also hope this means Owen will return to the interview circuit. I’ve come to realize how much I really miss his interviews.

Now….if only him and Vince would do another movie together all would be right in the world again ;-)

~Bonnie

]]> By: Rick http://the-frat-pack.com/2010/01/25/big-year/comment-page-1/#comment-1195 Rick Tue, 26 Jan 2010 05:36:41 +0000 http://the-frat-pack.com/?p=2284#comment-1195 This is the one Steve Carell was originally going to be in. Damn This is the one Steve Carell was originally going to be in. Damn

]]> By: jon http://the-frat-pack.com/2010/01/25/big-year/comment-page-1/#comment-1194 jon Tue, 26 Jan 2010 03:52:09 +0000 http://the-frat-pack.com/?p=2284#comment-1194 this is exciting, hope it pans out! that little clip of Black/Owen from that show got me very interested in seeing them really work together this is exciting, hope it pans out! that little clip of Black/Owen from that show got me very interested in seeing them really work together

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