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Brett Ratner Directs Hugh Hefner

Posted on Wednesday, September 9th, 2009 by Peter Sciretta

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As you know, Brett Ratner has been developing Playboy, a big screen biography of Hugh Hefner. Announced in 2007, we’ve heard nothing about this project in a while. This week I came across a new television commercial directed by Ratner, featuring Hefner. Oh yeah, and a dozen Playboy Playmates too. Of course, it’s just another one of those hack parodies of the Tom Cruise / Risky Business scene. You wouldn’t expect anything really creative from Ratner, would you?

I also discovered some behind the scenes b-roll footage on YouTube, and noticed that Ratner is seen talking on his cellphone while the girls do their thing in front of the cameras. It is unclear if they were actually filming or just doing a rehearsal. For Ratner’s sake, I hope it was just a rehearsal. I can’t think of anything more obnoxious than a hack director talking on a cellphone during the filming of a scene.

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Tercotta

When I read this I was pleased that Ratner was stuck doing commercials so I went to IMDB to see what he was up to and he has 17 projects on the go. I know he produces a lot of those but still. Has anyone realized he sucks?

peter

People realized he sucks. People also realized he's efficient and makes money.

richgilliam

ratner is such a moron

Julie

I met Ratner at the DGA. He seems cool, and worked really hard to get where he's at. He said he would call random companies like "spam" and ask if they'd like to put money in a movie. "Tricked" his way in some school. Crazy stuff like that. So yeah...

yeah

peter

Good for him, but he still sucks.

arminzellers

Teracotta:
Many people have realized that he sucks - the problem is that his projects continue to bring in money in spite of his suck. We can only hope he continues to be relegated to the world of commercials.

super_aj

I don't put it past Ratner. I say he's on the phone while shooting. It would explain why he's such a shitty director, doing stuff for cash, and phoning in the actual "directing", pardon the pun. No passion at all for what he does, you don't need me to tell you that. Watch one of his movies.

fanboy_d

not that i disagree, but - calling ratner a hack. isn't that awkward when you have to interview him?

freemachine

What?!?! No 'Rush Hour 4'??? ;P

RT

real-time!

shameless

peter, your hatred for brett ratner is awesome. him and michael bay should have a hack off, in which they take hacks out of each other with axes...

peter

Don't forget McG!

Doug

And Uwe Boll!

Name

I hate Ratner as much as the next guy, but to assume that the film is rolling in this picture is a big leap. Anyone who's worked on a movie set knows that there's hundreds of other things that could be going on that have nothing to do with him in this picture. Reaching pretty hard for the haterade here.

Peter Sciretta

Did you even read the post? because if you did you would notice that the photo is a screenshot from the video below. Watch it yourself. Its from either a rehearsal or an actual film shoot.

mstew

worked with Ratner on New York, I Love You... he's as big a hack as they come.

Production worked just over 39 hours in 2 shooting days on his short... miserable. I personally witnessed him say "SOCK!" to one of his entourage... whom promptly removed his shoe and pulled off his sock, while ANOTHER individual with him pulled the fresh sock onto his foot and re-shoe'd him.

The point is, all the rumors are true.

BigAL0203

Brett Ratner ruined X-Men almost more than even more than Gavin Hood... No offense but who cares about a Hugh Hefner movie directed by one of the biggest scumbags in the business?

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