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[Expendable.]

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Director/Writer: Rian Johnson (Brick, The Brothers Bloom)

Plot: Looper is a time travel movie, set in a near future where time travel doesn’t exist but will be invented in a few decades. It’s pretty dark in tone, much different from Bloom, and involves a group of killers (called Loopers) who work for a crime syndicate in the future. Their bosses send their targets hogtied and blindfolded back in time to the Loopers, and their job is to simply shoot them in the head and dispose of the body. So the target vanishes from the future and the Loopers dispose of a corpse that doesn’t technically exist, a very clean system. Complications set in from there.

Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Bruce Willis star. Willis will play the same character as Levitt, but in a different time frame.

Also starring Emily Blunt, Paul Dano, Xu Qing, Noah Segan, Jeff Daniels, and Piper Perabo.


IMDb - Wiki

Follow Rian Johnson on Twitter
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Follow Joseph Gordon-Levitt on Twitter

FilmDistrict/TriStar picked it up for a September 28th, 2012 release.

 

[Gary Whitta]

Rian is awesome. Day 1.

 

[Expendable.]

Rian is awesome. Day 1.

yep, The Brothers Bloom and Brick are fantastic. I can't wait for this.

 

[Discotheque]

Aww shit, more Rian Johnson-JGL collab sounds good to me.

Not really happy about Bruce Willis being cast though, I'm kind of sick of the guy now and also how the hell can he pass off as an older version of him?

That role clearly belongs to Johnny Depp.

 

[Solo]

yep, The Brothers Bloom and Brick are fantastic. I can't wait for this.

Brothers Bloom was pretty good. Brick was an excellent concept that was totally fumbled.

 

[Costanza]

This sounds incredible.

 

[Yackie]

I loooved Brick. And if both Willis and Gordon-Levitt sign on to this, I will most definitely be interested.

 

[Expendable.]

Aww shit, more Rian Johnson-JGL collab sounds good to me.

Not really happy about Bruce Willis being cast though, I'm kind of sick of the guy now and also how the hell can he pass off as an older version of him?

That role clearly belongs to Johnny Depp.

fuck, Depp would be awesome.

The only good Bruce Willis movie in the last ten years has been Sin City. His last two have been particularly atrocious (Cop Out and Surrogates).

 

[Diebuster]

Brick was great and more JGL can only be a good thing so count me in.

 

[_Isaac]

Brick and The Brothers Bloom were both good, but not great. I'm still very interested in this.

 

[SnakeXs]

Oh fuck yes.

Crazy that Willis is the weak link here. Hopefully he delivers and this works out.

 

[dave is ok]

Rian Johnson still hasn't made a bad movie. I'll see it

 

[Chris R]

This sounds like a great idea for an awesome movie. Guess I'll instant watch Brick tonight on Netflix.

 

[NumberTwo]

Gotta love Bruce's love for Sci Fi.

 

[harSon]

fuck, Depp would be awesome.

The only good Bruce Willis movie in the last ten years has been Sin City. His last two have been particularly atrocious (Cop Out and Surrogates).

What the hell are you smoking?

Sixth Sense, Alpha Dog, Unbreakable, Tears of the Sun, Hostage, 16 Blocks, Lucky Number Slevin and Live Free and Die Hard were all decent to good films.

 

[Jason's Ultimatum]

What the hell are you smoking?

Sixth Sense, Alpha Dog, Unbreakable, Tears of the Sun, Hostage, 16 Blocks, Lucky Number Slevin and Live Free and Die Hard were all decent to good films.

Hart's War wasn't so bad either.

 

[rollingstart]

Sounds awesome. Liked Brick and really liked Brothers Bloom. Plus time travel is involved, which is rad.

wtf is live free or die hard? is that an xbox game or something?

 

[harSon]

Sounds awesome. Liked Brick and really liked Brothers Bloom. Plus time travel is involved, which is rad.

wtf is live free or die hard? is that an xbox game or something?

Die Hard 4

 

[SpeedingUptoStop]

Potential to be the greatest film ever: escalating.

 

[Inferno313]

Good news, very good news.

Heck, JGL should just be in everything.

 

[botkiller]

Brick is one of my favorite movies of all time.

Cannot wait for this.

 

[I NEED SCISSORS]

The only good Bruce Willis movie in the last ten years has been Sin City.

Came for the news, stayed for the opinion. Love your threads (no joke, great formatting too).

 

[Expendable.]

Didn't count the Shyalaman films since they are ten years or older. I did enjoy some of the films you mentioned but Sin City is the only great one.

 

[Dan]

The Brothers Bloom was a chore, but Brick was cool. I'm intrigued.

Didn't count the Shyalaman films since they are ten years or older. I did enjoy some of the films you mentioned but Sin City is the only great one.

Unbreakable will turn 10 in November.

Ocean's Twelve, Unbreakable, Fast Food Nation >>>>>>>>>> Sin City

 

[batbeg]

I... I need new pants.

 

[faceless007]

Brick and Bloom were awesome. Will see this day 1.

 

[xxracerxx]

Sign me up....sounds awesome!

 

[vazel]

Sounds awesome.

 

[black_13]

hooooolllllllyyyyy sheeeeeeeeeeeeeeet

 

[scoobs]

"A looper, you know, a caddy, a looper, a jock. So, I tell them I'm a pro jock, and who do you think they give me? The Dalai Lama himself. Twelth son of the Lama. The flowing robes, the grace, bald... striking."

hehe, all i can think about.

 

[Substance]

wonder which director's work Rian will choose to mimic this time around

 

[polyh3dron]

Sold just off the names in the OP, I don't need to know anything else.

 

[Shanadeus]

Soooo these crimelords have access to time travel... and use it to get rid of bodies?

 

[Blader]

Brothers Bloom was terrible, but I'm still interested in this.

What the hell are you smoking?

Sixth Sense, Alpha Dog, Unbreakable, Tears of the Sun, Hostage, 16 Blocks, Lucky Number Slevin and Live Free and Die Hard were all decent to good films.

Sixth Sense came out over 10 years ago, and Unbreakable was horrible.

 

[How About No]

Hey it's the kid from 3rd Rock!

 

[harSon]

Brothers Bloom was terrible, but I'm still interested in this.



Sixth Sense came out over 10 years ago, and Unbreakable was horrible.

Sixth Sense was 1999, not far enough from the 10 year period to completely disregard it. Unbreakable was decent, probably the only film of his (M. Night) outside of Sixth Sense that I like.

 

[charsace]

In for JGL.

 

[Discotheque]

What the hell are you smoking?

Sixth Sense, Alpha Dog, Unbreakable, Tears of the Sun, Hostage, 16 Blocks, Lucky Number Slevin and Live Free and Die Hard were all decent to good films.

What the hell are you smoking brah? Sixth Sense and Unbreakable are the only decent to good films on that list. The rest was trash.

wonder which director's work Rian will choose to mimic this time around

Sounds Gilliam-esque this time around

 

[beelzebozo]

oh my god.

 

[harSon]

What the hell are you smoking brah? Sixth Sense and Unbreakable are the only decent to good films on that list. The rest was trash.

You have a ridiculously steep rubric for films then :lol

 

[Expendable.]

- filming begins in January!

- Bruce Willis Reveals A Few Details

can't wait, glad it has a start date!

 

[-Mikey-]

Last time travel movie with Willis, 12 Monkeys, was a waste of 2 hours. I'll be keeping an eye on this though. Can't go wrong with JGL!

 

[beelzebozo]

Last time travel movie with Willis, 12 Monkeys, was a waste of 2 hours. I'll be keeping an eye on this though. Can't go wrong with JGL!

i don't think we watched the same one. the 12 monkeys i watched was excellent and fun, and probably my favorite terry gilliam movie.

 

[NaughtyCalibur]

Last time travel movie with Willis, 12 Monkeys, was a waste of 2 hours. I'll be keeping an eye on this though. Can't go wrong with JGL!

Waaaaaa?

Or rather

 

[Bluth]

Last time travel movie with Willis, 12 Monkeys, was a waste of 2 hours. I'll be keeping an eye on this though. Can't go wrong with JGL!

The fuck is this?

 

[jtb]

Last time travel movie with Willis, 12 Monkeys, was a waste of 2 hours. I'll be keeping an eye on this though. Can't go wrong with JGL!

I despise Terry Gilliam with a fucking passion and even I liked 12 monkeys.

 

[Expendable.]

Storyboards:

 

[Jason's Ultimatum]

Sounds like a cross between Minority Report and Inception......or something.

 

[Battersea Power Station]

Last time travel movie with Willis, 12 Monkeys, was a waste of 2 hours. I'll be keeping an eye on this though. Can't go wrong with JGL!

Last time travel movie with Willis, 12 Monkeys, was a waste of 2 hours. I'll be keeping an eye on this though. Can't go wrong with JGL!

Last time travel movie with Willis, 12 Monkeys, was a waste of 2 hours. I'll be keeping an eye on this though. Can't go wrong with JGL!

Last time travel movie with Willis, 12 Monkeys, was a waste of 2 hours. I'll be keeping an eye on this though. Can't go wrong with JGL!

Last time travel movie with Willis, 12 Monkeys, was a waste of 2 hours. I'll be keeping an eye on this though. Can't go wrong with JGL!

Last time travel movie with Willis, 12 Monkeys, was a waste of 2 hours. I'll be keeping an eye on this though. Can't go wrong with JGL!

 

[captmcblack]

Anything that comes from the maker of Brick is something I am interested in.