Comments on: McG to Resurrect Steve McQueen Vanity Project Yucatan

By: Isobel Swan

Isobel Swan — Tue, 07 Aug 2007 18:21:12 +0000

‘But the question is, who can replace Steve McQueen?’

Jensen Ackles would be perfect as Steve McQueen - he could be the heir apparent to the king of cool.

By: Spiker

Spiker — Thu, 02 Aug 2007 19:48:51 +0000

I can only hope that you are right :)

By: Peter Sciretta

Peter Sciretta — Thu, 02 Aug 2007 16:39:21 +0000

At the same time, McG lost the Superman gig because he fought to film the movie in the United States and Warner Bros didn’t want to spend the money. I actually am also one of the few who liked Singer’s Superman Returns, but one of my complaints is that it doesn’t feel like New York City or metropolis…

McG just needs a good set of producers who know when to reel him in.

By: Spiker

Spiker — Thu, 02 Aug 2007 13:43:20 +0000

As much as I respect your opinions, Peter, I’ll have to stand by skaught’s side with this one. Steve McQueen is one of my all time favorite actors. I’ll even go on record by saying that he’s the last true actor of his kind. The guy was amazing; he had a really intellectual approach to movies that separated him from the others.

Now, if he spent so much time thinking about a movie that personnal and poetic, why is it that a video director gets the chance to revisit it and try to turn it into profit for Warner ?

I may sound a little jugemental, but McG isn’t a guy I would trust with such a projet. I mean… have you seen Le Mans ? I feel this is the kind of movie McQueen was thinking about. And the movie definetely doesn’t look like a McG movie.

I guess we’ll just have to wait and see. Again, I don’t want to sound like the little fanboy complaining but I don’t trust McG’s artistic sensibilities. May I remind you that he’s the same guy who wanted to cast Josh Hartnet as Superman ?

By: skaught

skaught — Thu, 02 Aug 2007 06:56:14 +0000

i don’t know man, it just seems a shame that this project steve mcqueen obviously put a lot of his life into is going to a director who has produced nothing but throwaway flicks. but then again, maybe he’ll finally make something i’d watch more than once and not on a sunday.

By: Peter Sciretta

Peter Sciretta — Thu, 02 Aug 2007 06:20:56 +0000

Yes, but then what other directors working today could you see making this type of movie in a fun and entertaining way? And please leave out directors who would never even consider directing the project…

By: skaught

skaught — Thu, 02 Aug 2007 05:55:48 +0000

i, from time to time, will slap on the rock and kick back for 2 hours. as for McG, not so much. i don’t think anyone would honestly suggest him when posing the question “who would be great for a decades old steve mcqueen vanity project about motorbikes in the desert?”. his name only came up because he brought it up.

By: Peter Sciretta

Peter Sciretta — Thu, 02 Aug 2007 05:26:21 +0000

Yeah… apparently I’m the only one who enjoyed Charlie’s Angels (the first one, not the sequel). I thought it was a fun movie. I also have been known sit back and have fun during Michael Bay films…

By: skaught

skaught — Thu, 02 Aug 2007 04:53:23 +0000

McG is a director you WANT to see do something?….