New Costner Romance
Arizona Daily Star critic Phil Villarreal has reported that Oscar-winning screenwriter Michael Blake (Dances with Wolves) told him earlier today "he'll collaborate again with Kevin Costner on The One, a romantic tragedy based on a screenplay Blake adapted from his short story.
Costner "will play an outcast from a wealthy family who has waited until middle age to meet the right woman," Villarreal writes. (What does "waiting" mean? The guy never dates women? Is he into a Lars and the Real Girl type deal?) His holdout pays off when he meets the woman of his dreams, but the love story takes a tragic turn.
"It's not going to be epic but will be pretty good in its own way, with true sentiment," Blake says. A happy ending is promised, he adds.
Let me explain something. Happy endings aren't that important. What matters if that an ending has to feel honestly arrived at and a natural outgrowth of the story. Viewers need to feel that on one level or another justice has been served and that the "right" thing has happened. And that doesn't necessarily mean "happy."
Blake hopes/believes that the project, a non-studio thing, will "start shooting soon," PV writes.
Posted by Jeffrey Wells on November 11, 2008 at 12:54 PM
comment #1
lazarus
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This synopsis, along with Costner's involvment, made me want to "start shooting soon", but in more of a clocktower/shopping mall/post office kind of way.
Posted by lazarus
at November 11, 2008 1:18 PM
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Edward
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I agree with you Jeffrey that the ending needs to "feel honestly arrived at and a natural outgrowth of the story." Costner is capable of good work, but I'll have to wait and see how this progresses.
Posted by Edward
at November 11, 2008 1:36 PM
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Glenn Kenny
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Nice of Blake not to encourage any unrealistic expectations by announcing the piece will be "pretty good in its own way."
Posted by Glenn Kenny
at November 11, 2008 1:40 PM
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Joshua Mooney
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Kevin Costner has done worthy things on screen and behind the camera. But I have not been able to hear his name for many years now without visualizing the last scene in "The Postman," wherein a statue of Costner's titular character is unveiled, and we are asked to supplicate ourselves before the glory of the movie, the character, and the actor. Not necessarily in that order. Costner and Blake again? I just can't go there.
Posted by Joshua Mooney
at November 11, 2008 1:41 PM
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berkguru
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I've always liked Costner. Would rather see him in something good than most actors.
Posted by berkguru
at November 11, 2008 2:04 PM
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rr3333
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Dammit Jeff! Another spoiler ... this one about Blake planning a happy ending!
Stop the madness, man!
;-)
Posted by rr3333
at November 11, 2008 2:06 PM
comment #7
rr3333
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Mooney: I almost forgot that 'The Postman' killed Costner's career and not Waterworld (Although the combo of the 2 didnt help much).
Not sure if I want to say thanks for reminding me that 'The Postman' ever existed in the first place.
Posted by rr3333
at November 11, 2008 2:09 PM
comment #8
Sabina E
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I like Costner.
Posted by Sabina E
at November 11, 2008 2:10 PM
comment #9
Joshua Mooney
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rr333: We must all, all of us, ALWAYS remember that "The Postman" happened, and that it exists. Otherwise, it is that much harder to discern good from evil.
NEVER FORGET!
Posted by Joshua Mooney
at November 11, 2008 2:24 PM
comment #10
p.Vice
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So is there any reason to actually see it now?
Posted by p.Vice
at November 11, 2008 2:53 PM
comment #11
thatmovieguy
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"A romantic tragedy" with a "happy ending" sounds like a film that's already at war with itself. "Tragic, sure. But what if we had Jack go under the water for a long time and Rose is sure he's dead and she's crying and crying. Then, miraculously, he resurfaces in the arms of a school of mermaids who have heard about the tragedy and come to help. And the mermaids whip up a magical wind that carries Rose and Jack all the way to St. Thomas where they live happily ever after. Now wouldn't that be a better ending?"
Posted by thatmovieguy
at November 11, 2008 4:24 PM
comment #12
moviemaniac2002
says ...
Don't scoff....Nicholas Sparks sell millions of
millions of books reworking that same plot idea
over and over again...(although I don't seem to
recall any spectacular box office for "Message
In A Botttle") It's all about the co-star chemistry
...Gere and Lane in Nights In Rodanthe, Gosling
and McAdams in Notebook. Costner, like Gere, needs to find his own Diane Lane...(come to think of it, how about Diane Lane herself??)
Posted by moviemaniac2002
at November 11, 2008 4:30 PM
comment #13
calraigh
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It's called, The One . There's no need for further discussion.
Posted by calraigh
at November 11, 2008 5:05 PM
comment #14
nemo
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I'd be more interested if it were called That One.
"Costner "will play an outcast from a wealthy family who has waited until middle age to meet the right woman," Villarreal writes. (What does "waiting" mean? . . .)"
It means he's gay and has no hope of getting his family to face the truth.
Posted by nemo
at November 11, 2008 9:49 PM
comment #15
CitizenKanedforChewingGum
says ...
Oh, I thought it was going to be a Jet Li remake starring Kevin Costner as kung-fu twins.
Now *that* I would pay to see (not really but I'd watch it online drunk and laugh my ass off!).
Posted by CitizenKanedforChewingGum
at November 11, 2008 10:16 PM
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