ROTTEN TOMATOES: George Clooney and Robert De Niro to Play Competing Crimestoppers

George Clooney and Robert De Niro to Play Competing Crimestoppers

by Scott Weinberg | January 04, 2007

It's always fun to see two of Hollywood's biggest stars going toe-to-toe in a hard-boiled crime flick, and now it looks like we'll have a new pairing to enjoy: Robert De Niro and George Clooney, anyone?

According to MTV.com, De Niro and Clooney will soon be co-starring in Marc Forster's "36," which is a remake of the 2004 French film "36 Quai des Orfevres." In that film, two detectives battle to see who'll be the first to bring down a brazen gang of armored-car burglars. Gerard Depardieu and Daniel Auteuil originally played the two plain-clothers who were forced to compete for a promotion, but this time it looks to be Bobby D. and George C.

Sounds like a pretty good start!

First up for De Niro is an adaptation of Art Linson's "What Just Happened," while Clooney's always got at least three projects on the stove. (He can soon be seen in "Ocean's 13.")

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FrankTheTank writes:
on Jan 04 2007 03:47 AM

Anyone remember Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever?

This could be like....the GOOD version of that.

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okito writes:
on Jan 04 2007 07:09 AM

[b]really what's wrong!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!![/b]

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okito writes:
on Jan 04 2007 07:22 AM

[b]really what's wrong!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!![/b]
really what's wrong, people, why is it that people seem to enjoy mediocre films ????

I've watched the original 36, wasn't that good, now we'll have to wait and watch another version.

what happen to ( I turnned down the scripts that i was given Huh HUhuh ????? HUH...!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!\
I
mean we talkin about superstars here, is it because people might think that well we haven tseen him in a year he must have retired!

look at jodie foster, one movie at the time and it alway turn out good, well except her last one, flightplan. wich sucked big tme

Look I get i, it doesn't matter anymore that superstars would just start in crappy movies nowdays, you know it's sad though, to watch countless of remakes and sequels we dont give a shit about,

I feel very betrayed by this , I do fell bad so much that, I have to look for some other hobby then checking out the latest films and find just garbagge.

I dont watch movies like I use to, and it's because, THERE IS NEVER ANYTHING interesting anymore.

why not just adapt from novels, i mean most of adaptation turn out well good.

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dracus writes:
on Jan 04 2007 08:57 AM

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I agree that the orginal was mediocre at best, but having De Niro and Clooney in the remake sounds like an vast improvement already.

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Kid_Ikarus writes:
on Jan 04 2007 09:44 AM

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You can cast ur vote by not buying a ticket. Problem solved.

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unbreakable_samurai writes:
on Jan 04 2007 10:02 AM

I think it sounds pretty damn sweet with De Niro, Clooney, and a good directer in Forster. Plus not all remakes are bad, case in point one of the best films of last year, The Departed. And okito, Jodie Foster's last movie was Inside Man, not Flightplan.

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alsanali writes:
on Jan 04 2007 11:43 AM

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And the award for most incoherent ramble goes to...

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medicineman writes:
on Jan 04 2007 05:11 PM

In reply to this comment (#852320)
You're the pain in the ass know it all who's always mouthing off at the cinema when the rest of us are trying to enjoy a movie aren't you? Do all a favour; Shut the F**K up!

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Vortex&Vertigo writes:
on Jan 08 2007 06:37 AM

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I am tired of seeing trolls in this site. The worst thing is that they don't have a clue about the industry. Dude a bad movie can be remade so that the script can be good. The only example that comes to my mind right now is Buffy the vampire slayer which was inverse, it was a bad movie that turn out to be a hit show, the departed is an example of remaking a movie that was good and turn it into a masterpiece, Pirates of the Carribbean succeded in making a fun, hit movie even though Pirate movies had a long streak of crappy movies.

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Charles R. writes:
on Aug 05 2009 10:09 PM

It is interesting to have Clooney and De Niro in the same movie (although the last meeting between De Niro and Pacino was a huge let down), but why the hell do American cinema always needs to make remakes of already good European movies? Surely there must be somewhere some young scriptwriter ready to make a good impression. Is it because it is cheaper to buy the rights than giving a chance to an unknown quality? I wonder.

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Charles R. writes:
on Aug 05 2009 10:16 PM

I fear the adaptation will be an explosions contest instead of being dark and based on ambiguous characters like the original. There are only antiheroes in 36 Quai des Orfevres and American spectators do not share much love for antiheroes. Hancock is the perfect example how a movie can start extremely well and end up as a grottesque call for cheap patriotism. To make a cult movie, you have to make the audience uncomfortable sometimes. Can Hollywood manage to do just that nowadays?

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