Toni Erdmann [Untitled U.S. Remake] (Lisa Cholodenko, 201X)

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Re: Toni Erdmann (Maren Ade, 2016)

#52 Post by The Narrator Returns » Wed May 23, 2018 9:02 pm

Most importantly, Dunham is out as writer.

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Re: Toni Erdmann (Maren Ade, 2016)

#53 Post by swo17 » Wed May 23, 2018 9:08 pm

Well I need your observations like I need a...wait, how does that go again?

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Re: Toni Erdmann (Maren Ade, 2016)

#54 Post by mfunk9786 » Thu May 24, 2018 12:23 am

Wiig still seems like sort of an unusual fit for this. On paper she seems... okay? But someone like Rhea Seehorn would be an A+ choice.

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Re: Toni Erdmann (Maren Ade, 2016)

#55 Post by Lost Highway » Thu May 24, 2018 3:58 am

I thought the best thing about Toni Ermann was its two lead actors. Been a fan of Sandra Hüller ever since I saw her in Requiem in which she gives one if my favourite performances of 21st century cinema. In principle I‘m not against remakes, very occasionally they turn out well, but all I can see a Hollywood remake doing is flattening the peculiarities of the original.

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Re: Toni Erdmann (Maren Ade, 2016)

#56 Post by mfunk9786 » Thu May 24, 2018 9:52 am

Agreed. That is tough to weigh with my desire to see Jack Nicholson playing this role though.

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Re: Toni Erdmann [Untitled U.S. Remake] (Lisa Cholodenko, 201X)

#57 Post by Ribs » Wed Aug 15, 2018 4:36 pm

Nicholson has left the project. Unless they get, like, Warren Beatty, I have a hard time imagining this project getting made by Paramount.

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Re: Toni Erdmann [Untitled U.S. Remake] (Lisa Cholodenko, 201X)

#58 Post by swo17 » Wed Aug 15, 2018 4:40 pm

He was the only thing about this that was a good idea

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Re: Toni Erdmann [Untitled U.S. Remake] (Lisa Cholodenko, 201X)

#59 Post by Werewolf by Night » Wed Aug 15, 2018 4:52 pm

Oh god, it's going to end up being Dan Aykroyd, isn't it?

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Re: Toni Erdmann [Untitled U.S. Remake] (Lisa Cholodenko, 201X)

#60 Post by domino harvey » Wed Aug 15, 2018 4:54 pm

It will be one of the same old wacky stars who always get cast in these things: De Niro, Hoffman, Pacino. Close your eyes and point

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Re: Toni Erdmann [Untitled U.S. Remake] (Lisa Cholodenko, 201X)

#61 Post by Professor Wagstaff » Wed Aug 15, 2018 5:17 pm

Kristen Wiig had previously sought Bill Murray for the lead but apparently didn't act fast enough. Perhaps given that he's worked with Cholodenko before he'll get lured in this time.

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Re: Toni Erdmann [Untitled U.S. Remake] (Lisa Cholodenko, 201X)

#62 Post by Brian C » Wed Aug 15, 2018 5:23 pm

Is Nick Nolte still alive enough? Because that would be my choice.

Or Albert Brooks.

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Re: Toni Erdmann [Untitled U.S. Remake] (Lisa Cholodenko, 201X)

#63 Post by Lemmy Caution » Thu Aug 16, 2018 5:55 am

Some harsh stuff scattered throughout this thread.
I actually HATED Toni Erdmann, so have no worries about an American remake ruining it.
Paltrow seemed like a good call.
I've been waiting to like Wiig in something, but it's hard to see this being the vehicle.
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Re: Toni Erdmann [Untitled U.S. Remake] (Lisa Cholodenko, 201X)

#64 Post by mfunk9786 » Thu Aug 16, 2018 10:54 am

Lemmy Caution wrote:
Thu Aug 16, 2018 5:55 am
I actually HATED Toni Erdmann
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Re: Toni Erdmann [Untitled U.S. Remake] (Lisa Cholodenko, 201X)

#65 Post by Michael Kerpan » Thu Aug 16, 2018 11:11 am

I _liked_ Toni Erdmann well enough -- but don't particularly want to ever re-see it. ;-)

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Re: Toni Erdmann [Untitled U.S. Remake] (Lisa Cholodenko, 201X)

#66 Post by mfunk9786 » Thu Aug 16, 2018 11:15 am

It's grown in my esteem through two viewings and an inevitable third upcoming... it sort of gets inside of you and doesn't leave, even if the initial viewing doesn't seem like it's going to lead to that. And mostly for some of the more melancholy personal moments and social commentary rather than the gags, since it somewhat inaccurately purports to be a comedy. One of my very favorites of this decade.

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Re: Toni Erdmann [Untitled U.S. Remake] (Lisa Cholodenko, 201X)

#67 Post by Michael Kerpan » Thu Aug 16, 2018 11:31 am

I certainly can't imagine a remake could better the _real_ cast.

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Re: Toni Erdmann [Untitled U.S. Remake] (Lisa Cholodenko, 201X)

#68 Post by mfunk9786 » Thu Aug 16, 2018 11:36 am

There's a great deal of commentary to be done about class and the existential and literal grind of white collar execs that would apply well to the United States, but I can almost guarantee that this film won't have any of that nuance and will just feature Wiig as a busy career woman who is too busy to spend time with her father, but that has a job that is aspirational in some way. I would be completely shocked if her character were in the business of outsourcing/firing as Ines is in the original, although I guess Up in the Air got made here.

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