'I'm Too Old For This ****' Lethal Weapon 5 aka Lethal Finale...

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  • edited December 2020 Posts: 15,785
    peter wrote: »
    I’m working with Mic Rodgers on a project; he is LWs second unit director, stunt coordinator and Gibson’s personal stunt double.
    He said this is at least a year out from going into production.

    Won't that make Donner at least 91 when cameras begin to roll?
  • edited December 2020 Posts: 440
    Due to his advanced age, I imagine that Donner will likely have at least one other director on standby during the production, for insurance reasons.

    Robert Altman's last film "A Prairie Home Companion" had to do much the same thing with Paul Thomas Anderson essentially shadowing all of the pre-production and filming in case Altman was incapacitated.
  • Posts: 113
    Despite it taking ages I've hoped a proper and dark LW5 would happen for years. There's still gas in the tank and it can be done though I'm truly surprised it's going to happen. Fingers crossed it turns out well.
  • mtmmtm United Kingdom
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    Due to his advanced age, I imagine that Donner will likely have at least one other director on standby during the production, for insurance reasons.

    Robert Altman's last film "A Prairie Home Companion" had to do much the same thing with Paul Thomas Anderson essentially shadowing all of the pre-production and filming in case Altman was incapacitated.

    That’s interesting, I didn’t know that.
  • edited December 2020 Posts: 440
    mtm wrote: »
    Due to his advanced age, I imagine that Donner will likely have at least one other director on standby during the production, for insurance reasons.

    Robert Altman's last film "A Prairie Home Companion" had to do much the same thing with Paul Thomas Anderson essentially shadowing all of the pre-production and filming in case Altman was incapacitated.

    That’s interesting, I didn’t know that.

    Well, it is a somewhat extreme example as most big-name directors usually don't want to spend anywhere from 6 months to a year of their life shadowing someone else's movie.

    Typically, it's a lesser-known veteran director with a solid track record, sometimes they may even be a member of the second unit or a producer on the film.

    In this case, though, I'm 95% certain that the studio and insurers are counting on Mel Gibson to step into the director's chair if Richard Donner has to drop out.
  • mtmmtm United Kingdom
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    Good point about Gibson, yes it’s handy having him there.
  • Posts: 372
    Well if Clint Eastwood can still direct in his nineties then I see no reason Donner cannot do the same. Good on him I say. One last hurrah for the team and one that hopefully would make up for the rather lacklustre LW4.
  • Posts: 6,682
    Bring it on. I like these movies.

    And it's great to have nonagenarian directors working, especially good ones like Donner and Eastwood. I loved Donner's 16 Blocks; he needs to get back in the saddle.
  • DarthDimiDarthDimi Behind you!Moderator
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    They did an awesome LW5 in It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia. 😄
  • Posts: 12,506
    I love these films and how they developed the multiple relationships within them. I just hope they don't screw it up?!!
  • RyanRyan Canada
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    I feel confident that this film will be enjoyable. It doesn't need to reinvent the wheel nor is it even necessary, but I admit that the pure nostalgia trip has me hooked.
  • ThunderballThunderball playing Chemin de Fer in a casino, downing Vespers
    edited January 2021 Posts: 776
    Another Lethal Weapon sequel where our heroes will be definitely too old for this sh*t.

    vs.

    Another Indiana Jones sequel where for our hero, it will absolutely be the years, not just the mileage.


    Look, Hollywood, I know you like playing on our childhood nostalgia, but there’s a limit.
  • chrisisallchrisisall Brosnan Defender Of The Realm
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    Now that Mr. Donner has sadly passed, I assume this project has been terminated?
  • Posts: 1,545
    I think the best thing about the Lethal Weapon franchise at this point is that there's no more of them. Don't make another one and ruin the good thing they've had going for a long time now - their absence.
  • Posts: 1,964
    Since62 wrote: »
    I think the best thing about the Lethal Weapon franchise at this point is that there's no more of them. Don't make another one and ruin the good thing they've had going for a long time now - their absence.

    Exactly. Making another one now would just be making one for the sake of making one.
  • talos7talos7 New Orleans
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    As a fan of the franchise, particularly the first two, the only way that I would like to see this happen is if they had a really great script, and Mel directs.
  • Fire_and_Ice_ReturnsFire_and_Ice_Returns I am trying to get away from this mountan!
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    I would like to see Mel revisit Riggs, agree Mel needs to direct @talos7
  • Posts: 15,785
    talos7 wrote: »
    As a fan of the franchise, particularly the first two, the only way that I would like to see this happen is if they had a really great script, and Mel directs.

    I'd like to see another one. Be wonderful if Mel would take over. Since Donner's no longer around having most of the original team back could make it work.
    They should use the later DIE HARD sequels as a template of what NOT to do.
  • Even with Donner alive I just didn’t see how he was going to direct another one. I mean the man was 90 years old. Yeah, I know, I know, someone will mention Clint Eastwood but he’s such a one-off wonder that he’s just a rare exception to the rule. VERY RARE! The man’s a treasure. Really.

    As a rule you don’t have 90 year olds directing movies. And certainly not action movies. If Donner had wanted to direct another LW he should have done so 10 years ago or more. What was his last film anyway? 16 BLOCKS back in 2006? For all intents and purposes the man had retired a long time ago. Just because someone is alive doesn’t mean they need to direct another sequel. Some things are better left alone. I for one am a big fan of LW4 and I thought they finished it just right. There was a real sense of finality there. I never liked the idea of bringing back a geriatric cast for one last hurrah. Smells of desperation and laziness. That goes for all franchises.
  • mtmmtm United Kingdom
    edited September 2021 Posts: 14,861
    Also wouldn't Roger be 84 years old now? That maybe really is pushing it for an action hero isn't it?
  • mtm wrote: »
    Also wouldn't Roger be 84 years old now? That maybe really is pushing it for an action hero isn't it?
    Exactly! I don’t care for the idea of let’s get everyone together from their retirement home for one last hurrah and let them be action stars again. Too ridiculous!
  • chrisisallchrisisall Brosnan Defender Of The Realm
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    I for one am a big fan of LW4 and I thought they finished it just right. There was a real sense of finality there.
    Yep. I remember back in 1998 wondering if it was gonna be worse than 3 ('cause face it, 3 wasn't all that great), but it was a great final flick!!
  • Posts: 1,964
    Id be open to a LW5 is Mel directs because I would trust him to make a great movie.
  • chrisisall wrote: »
    I for one am a big fan of LW4 and I thought they finished it just right. There was a real sense of finality there.
    Yep. I remember back in 1998 wondering if it was gonna be worse than 3 ('cause face it, 3 wasn't all that great), but it was a great final flick!!
    I didn’t even think LW3 was bad. Ok, it’s my least favorite of the 4 but it’s still a solid and fun outing. It was gonna be hard to top or even equal LW2 (still my favorite of the bunch!) so you can’t really complain. I don’t even mind Joe Pesci with the dyed hair and earring. It works because Leo Getz is such an oddball character that you expect him to try all sorts of crazy new things.

    Actually for some time LW4 was my favorite of the bunch. I just had a blast with it when I first saw it. Loved the addition of Chris Rock and his back and forth with both Glover and Pesci, and Jet Li was one deadly villain!
  • mtmmtm United Kingdom
    edited September 2021 Posts: 14,861
    I'd completely forgotten that LW2 ends with a George Harrison song. That seems mad...

    Lethal Weapon doesn't exactly align with his worldview! :D
  • mtm wrote: »
    I'd completely forgotten that LW2 ends with a George Harrison song. That seems mad...

    Lethal Weapon doesn't exactly align with his worldview! :D
    The George Harrison song is by far my favorite in the series!!!
  • Posts: 9,730
    maybe they can go the logan route and have both of them die at the end
  • Posts: 1,545
    Risico007 wrote: »
    maybe they can go the logan route and have both of them die at the end

    If so -- assuming they both die on the job -- there'd finally be a truly LETHAL weapon !
  • mtmmtm United Kingdom
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    mtm wrote: »
    I'd completely forgotten that LW2 ends with a George Harrison song. That seems mad...

    Lethal Weapon doesn't exactly align with his worldview! :D
    The George Harrison song is by far my favorite in the series!!!

    Oh it's a terrific song, yeah.
  • chrisisallchrisisall Brosnan Defender Of The Realm
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    mtm wrote: »
    I'd completely forgotten that LW2 ends with a George Harrison song. That seems mad...

    Lethal Weapon doesn't exactly align with his worldview! :D
    What? Harrison & Riggs want the same thing- world peace! ;)
    I LOVE that song at the end. It a nice upbeat outro after all the harrowing stuff...

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