Since 2006, there have been rumours circulating of a possible sequel to Martin Scorsese’s 1980 Oscar-winning film, Raging Bull. And now it looks like this will be the year that it gets underway.
Based on the book, Raging Bull II, co-written by Chris Anderson, Sharon McGehee, and Jake Lamotta (upon whose life the first film is based), Raging Bull II will be both a prequel and a sequel.
Robert De Niro won’t be reprising his Oscar-winning role, and instead that part will be going to William Forsythe as the older Lamotta.
First up, a plot description of the novel from the publisher, via /Film:
“Raging Bull II is a continuation of the Jake La Motta story. When Robert De Niro won an Academy Award playing Jake in a film made from the book, La Motta’s life brightened as he shared the limelight with De Niro. Since then he has gone through fortunes,...
Based on the book, Raging Bull II, co-written by Chris Anderson, Sharon McGehee, and Jake Lamotta (upon whose life the first film is based), Raging Bull II will be both a prequel and a sequel.
Robert De Niro won’t be reprising his Oscar-winning role, and instead that part will be going to William Forsythe as the older Lamotta.
First up, a plot description of the novel from the publisher, via /Film:
“Raging Bull II is a continuation of the Jake La Motta story. When Robert De Niro won an Academy Award playing Jake in a film made from the book, La Motta’s life brightened as he shared the limelight with De Niro. Since then he has gone through fortunes,...
- 4/5/2012
- by Kenji Lloyd
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Man, this week just keeps on getting better. Even though April Fool's Day fell on a Sunday, over the past few days we've still had to wade through an unlikely assortment of news stories that seem way too insane to be true. That being said, this one appears to be legit, so we can now safely proceed with the customary hand wringing and head shaking. According to Moviehole, there is a Raging Bull II in the works. It's being billed as both prequel and a sequel to Martin Scorsese's 1980 film, but as you can probably guess, Scorsese and DeNiro are not involved in any way. Bad idea? Probably. William Forsythe (Once Upon a Time in America) will be stepping into the role of Jake La Motta this time, with director Martin Guigui (Beneath the Darkness, National Lampoon Presents: Cattle Call) behind the camera. Forsythe already inherited a De Niro role once before,...
- 4/5/2012
- by Sean
- FilmJunk
If you.d told me a year ago, no, even six months ago, no, even four months ago, that I.d be going 3,000 miles to a Doctor Who convention, I.d have thought you mad. When Teri Sears, a long time Whovian, first told me of Gallifrey 2012, I thought it sounded good. But it wasn.t until after her urgings prompted me to go to the website that I saw how much it had to offer. My stars! The website was chock full of Doctor Who and general science-fiction goodness. My family and friends are fannish enablers and they all said I should go. Eventually, I caved to my desire and plunked down my membership money and let the pre-convention anticipation commence. Thanks to the kindness of Teri and her already booked roommate, Theresa Miller, I didn.t have to go hunting for a room at an off-site hotel. ...
- 2/27/2012
- GeekNation.com
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