THE DEPARTED/PREQUELS/SEQUELS (Martin Scorsese)

[PTAhole]

No real stuff yet for this one (ie: poster, trailer) I'm looking forward to it.

[PTAhole]

Anticipation Level: 10

[criterionmaster]

I am going to kill someone to see this film!!! Even if it is not necessary.

[Nomansvally]

Look what I just found out:

The Departed

Release Date: October 6, 2006
Studio: Warner Bros. Pictures
Director: Martin Scorsese
Screenwriter: William Monahan
Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon, Jack Nicholson, Mark Wahlberg, Martin Sheen, Ray Winstone, Vera Farmiga, Anthony Anderson, Alec Baldwin, Gerard McSorley, David O'Hara, James Badge Dale, Kristen Dalton
Genre: Crime, Drama
MPAA Rating: R (for strong brutal violence, pervasive language, some strong sexual content and drug material)

The MPAA is really great news!

[Nomansvally]

and



by the way have anybody seen Infernal Affairs? I saw it a year ago and then thought it was a 4 out of 5, but was somewhat dissapointed by the ending.

[Nomansvally]

By the way here's the trailer if someone is interested...

movies.yahoo.com/feature/thedeparted.html

[criterionmaster]

Fucking jesus, I haven't watch it yet. But I crapped my pants already...

[criterionmaster]

oh my god...........

[PTAhole]

I think.... I just.... shat myself. I CAN'T FUCKING WAIT!!!!

[nonfiction]

nomansvally said:

by the way have anybody seen Infernal Affairs? I saw it a year ago and then thought it was a 4 out of 5, but was somewhat dissapointed by the ending.

Yup, I saw it a year or two ago and liked it quite a bit, but I'm not gonig to be an elitist twat and say it can't be improved upon, because it can (in some ways). Have you seen the whole trilogy or just the first film?

[agentknight]

I didn't find Internal Affairs to be particularly remarkable, and the second one was utter garbage.

[ie]

I have it from a good friend, one Dan the Man might know, that this is a good movie.

Remake or not, if it fails to deliver, I'll be surprised.

[criterionmaster]

www.dvdactive.com/news/releases/the-departed.html

Further Details:
Warner Home Video has announced The Departed which stars Leonardo Dicaprio, Matt Damon, and Jack Nicholson. The Martin Scorsese directed film will be available to own in single ($28.98) and double-disc ($34.99) editions from the 13th February. Each will include a 2.40:1 anamorphic widescreen transfer, and English Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround track. The only extra on the single-disc will be the theatrical trailer. The two-disc special edition will include that, along with nine additional scenes with introductions by Martin Scorsese, a Story of the Boston Mob featurette, and a Creating Criminal Cultures featurette.

[criterionmaster]

nonfiction said:

nomansvally said:

by the way have anybody seen Infernal Affairs? I saw it a year ago and then thought it was a 4 out of 5, but was somewhat dissapointed by the ending.

Yup, I saw it a year or two ago and liked it quite a bit, but I'm not gonig to be an elitist twat and say it can't be improved upon, because it can (in some ways). Have you seen the whole trilogy or just the first film?

movies.go.com/tipster?id=870482

Departed Sequel … and Prequel?

Mark Wahlberg lost out on the Golden Globe this week, but he may get something better out of his role in The Departed — another job. Wahlberg tells MTV News that Martin Scorsese is planning a possible sequel — and a prequel — to the mobster drama.

"We may do another one, because it's based on a Hong Kong film (Infernal Affairs), and there is a trilogy," Wahlberg says.

Wahlberg also says Scorsese is lining up some heavyweights to join him, Jack Nicholson, Matt Damon and Leonardo DiCaprio, in the potential project.

"They're talking to Robert De Niro and a couple of other people," he says. "Anybody who is anybody wants to work with Marty."

Meanwhile, though The Departed is feeling much love in the U.S. this awards season, it's not such a hit in China. In fact, Chinese government officials have announced that it won't see theaters there because of a plot point that mentions a Chinese plan to buy military equipment. Illegal DVD copies of the movie, of course, are readily available in the country's rampant pirated-films market.[/url]

[criterionmaster]

Academy to ponder credit for 'Departed'
Paramount's Brad Grey had been denied producer status in a previous ruling.
By Claudia Eller, LA Times Staff Writer
January 24, 2007

How avidly is Paramount Pictures Chairman Brad Grey seeking his own Oscar for producing "The Departed" -- a rival studio's movie?

Neither Grey nor the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences would say Tuesday after the film received an Academy Award nomination.

But the first tip-off that he has more than a passing interest in who takes home the statuette should the Warner Bros. picture win came shortly before dawn, when the academy referred to the producing nominees on Martin Scorsese's gangster drama as "to be determined."

Some Hollywood insiders have said it would be uncouth and distasteful for Grey to campaign aggressively for a credit on a film made by another studio, especially when he should be throwing his weight behind his studio's own best-picture nominee, "Babel."

Grey produced "The Departed" while still one of Hollywood's top managers and producers, but he took the Paramount job just before Scorsese started shooting. "Babel," which received seven nominations, was the first project Grey set up at Paramount.

It was thought that producer Graham King would be listed as sole nominee for "The Departed" because the Producers Guild of America, which determines the credits, had already made that decision. The academy has an agreement with the guild to follow its recommendations, unless a credit is challenged.

On Tuesday, academy spokesman John Pavlik confirmed that an executive committee of the organization's producers branch would meet this week to decide which producers would be given credit on two films, "The Departed" and "Little Miss Sunshine." That will determine who gets to leap to the stage to accept the Oscar on Feb. 25 should either film win.

According to one person close to the matter, the decision to review's Grey's credit was prompted by letters to the academy from prominent Hollywood figures lobbying on Grey's behalf.

Academy President Sid Ganis said the academy viewed the guild's decisions as recommendations but that it would make the final call on "The Departed" and "Little Miss Sunshine."

Asked whether Grey or his associates had made an appeal, Ganis said, "We keep that aspect of the information confidential. It's private between the academy and the production."

If Grey loses an appeal to the academy for producer credit on "The Departed," as he did when he lobbied the producers guild last month, he could be open to criticism that he should instead be basking in Paramount's own Oscar glory.

Paramount received 19 nominations, including the seven for Alejandro González Iñárritu's "Babel," two for Al Gore's global-warming documentary "An Inconvenient Truth" and eight for "Dreamgirls," which was shut out of the best picture and best directing categories.

Immediately after the guild's decision to credit King as producer of "The Departed," Grey's camp inquired about the academy's appeal process.

Grey recently acknowledged to confidants that making an appeal could be tricky especially if "The Departed" ended up competing with a Paramount film, as turned out to be the case. But he also believed he deserved credit for launching "The Departed," a view shared by Scorsese and King.

The proliferation of producer credits on movies has caused the academy to tighten its rules in recent years. An especially bitter credit war raged last year when producer Bob Yari contended that he was unfairly denied credit for the Oscar-winning "Crash."

When there is a controversy, or when it is unclear to whom the coveted producing credits should go, the academy uses the phrase "to be determined" until a decision is reached. No one was more surprised to hear the news on "The Departed" than King.

"I was totally shocked about the 'to be determined' credit," he said in an interview. "No one gave me the heads up."

Nonetheless, King said he'd be glad to share the credit.

"I'd be very happy if the academy decides that Brad Grey is a producer on it," King said. "It would be nice to have company if we're lucky enough to go up on that stage. But really it's the academy's decision."

Along with King, Grey and his former producing partner, actor Brad Pitt, were given screen credit on the movie by Warner.

Grey's involvement with "The Departed" started in 2003 when he acquired the remake rights to the Hong Kong hit drama "Infernal Affairs." He helped hire screenwriter and nominee William Monahan to adapt the film and sent the script to Scorsese, who received a best directing nomination. He helped negotiate deals for such talent as Jack Nicholson, Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon and nominee Mark Wahlberg.

[criterionmaster]

x marks the spot

[criterionmaster]

Wahlberg on The Departed Sequel and Prequel
Source: Empire Online
February 7, 2007

Empire Online talked to Oscar-nominated Mark Wahlberg about the possible The Departed sequel and prequel. "They told me they wanted to try to do it and I said, 'Well, I enjoyed playing the character'," he said.

One of director Martin Scorsese's old friends may be lining up to join the sequel: "They're talking about bringing in De Niro to play a senator or a congressman," added Wahlberg. "You know, the corruption obviously going deeper and higher up the ranks — reaching up the political chain. So it'll be fun. And if it's a success, they're gonna do a prequel and bring everyone back... make it a trilogy."

According to the actor, screenwriter William Monahan is currently hard at work writing the sequel, and shooting could begin sometime at "the beginning of next year or end of this year."

[criterionmaster]

criterionmaster said:

x marks the spot

Everyone should check this out, it will make re-watching the film, or watching for the first time, that much better.

[captainofbeef]

Marty doing a sequel?? Nah, thats just Marky Mark running his mouth.

[Clark Nova]

word on the street is that not 1 but 2 sequels are in the works, and if marty doesn't want in (and for the love of god why would he?), the most sought-after replacements are Michael Mann and Alfonso Cuarón. personally i don't want sequels (i mean, with an ending like that, how COULD you have a sequel?), but if it happens, i think Mann would be ideal.

[dontdigonswine]

Well, it's not like they are going to be forcing a plot. There were multiple sequels for the Chinese version. And as long as the sequel has the same level of awesomeness as the first one, I'm totally looking forward to it.

[Clark Nova]

so NOW according to Marky Mark, Robert De Niro is all-but in the bag for the sequel as a corrupt politician. the plot thickens...

[kiddo]

criterionmaster said:

x marks the spot

Yeah, I checked it out and it's awesome. A rewatch will be, and even though I didn't think it was totally excellent, I may just buy it. It's Mart, after all. And it's a good film, nevertheless.

[criterionmaster]

The Departed 2 Not Based On Infernal Affairs 2

www.themovieblog.com/archives/2007/01/the_departed_2_not_based_on_infernal_affairs_2.html

Ok, as most of you know already (because I've only mentioned it almost every single time we've talked about The Departed), The Departed is based on the sinlge best cop movie I've ever seen, an Asian film by the name of Infernal Affairs. I thought they did a terrific job with translating Infernal into the North American context and it SHOULD win best picture this year at the Oscars. Anyway....

A little while ago we reported that Scorsese was planning on doing another Departed film. This made sense since Infernal Affairs has a sequel as well. It's actually a PREQUEL, and it looks at the history between the crime boss and the police chief (played by Jack Nicholson and Martin Sheen in the North American version), and it's almost as good as Infernal Affairs 1 (some people even like it more). So obviously with such a rich piece of source material they're going to base The Departed 2 on infernal Affairs 2 right? RIGHT?!?!?! Nope.

The following is given to us by the good folks over at Moviehole:

The Hollywood Reporter confirmed the claims today, saying that screenwriter William Monahan is working on a follow-up that would bring back the temperamental foul-mouthed cop played by Mark Wahlberg, who received an Oscar nomination for the role, and introduce a new character to be played by none other than Robert De Niro (who was actually up for the role that Martin Sheen ended up playing in the first film). As the trade states, the sequel probably won’t have anything to do with the original HK films on which “The Departed” is based, “Infernal Affairs”, because it’ll be an original story.
STUPID STUPID STUPID. You already have BRILLIANT source material with an AMAZING story sitting there all ready to be adapted, but instead you want to do a different version and focus it on the Mark Wahlberg character??? Are you freaking kidding me?!? This is a stupid idea. Getting De Niro involved is never a bad idea... but it's not enough to make up for the colossal mistake this would be.

So what do you guys think? Are you as upset by this as much as me? Or do you see some potential upside to this story?

[criterionmaster]

via Hollywood Elsewhere

William Monahan – Exclusive Interview

Many rumors are floating about a sequel or prequel to The Departed. What can you tell us and has Martin said if he would be interested. Also are you going to draw any inspiration from the sequels that were made in Asia?