ET 2 and Johnny Depp to do Drag!!!

[webuster]

Two reports on www.darkhorizons.com today that are bizaare. One is that Drew Barrymore really wants to do an ET sequel and now is in serious talks with Spielberg (who originally thought she was joking) and ET arrives to get her help to save his family. I'm not a fan of ET but it's one of those beloved legendary movies- a sequel would be very weird, considering a million ET jokes have been made since the films release.

The second is the weirdest I've ever heard- and I'll believe it when I see it.

Johnny Depp has committed to playing a female stripper in a new movie for director Tim Burton reports Movietab. Depp will play legendary entertainer Gypsy Rose Lee and wasn't phased by the prospect of having to crossdress for the role.

"The other day I said to Tim that I would shoot anything with him. And he said: 'Well, next I'm going to do the Gypsy Rose Lee story," explained Depp. Depp apparently asked for the title role and Burton quickly agreed he could have it.

I'm a huge fan of the musical Gypsy- I read her memoirs and thought they'd make a great movie (most of the memoirs aren't covered in the musical)- but in all honesty I can't imagine how a movie about her could be done with a man in drag! It would have to be really surreal, or have a strange framing device for it to work. Fanny Brice is in Gypsy's memoirs (unfortunately she's not in the musical)- I wonder if they'll get a man to play her!?

[The Modfather]

Depp also crossed dressed in 'Ed Wood'.

[Rhiannon]

Johnny Depp has committed to playing a female stripper in a new movie for director Tim Burton reports Movietab. Depp will play legendary entertainer Gypsy Rose Lee and wasn't phased by the prospect of having to crossdress for the role.

"The other day I said to Tim that I would shoot anything with him. And he said: 'Well, next I'm going to do the Gypsy Rose Lee story," explained Depp. Depp apparently asked for the title role and Burton quickly agreed he could have it.


Patrick Swayze did it

[SBTB Geek]

Depp also crossed dressed in 'Ed Wood'.

That's what I was thinking. It doesn't really come as a shock.

[Dean Winchester]

you mean Johnny Depp wasn't in Miss Swan drag in Charlie And The Chocolate Factory?

[Dean Winchester]

too many years have passed for an E.T. 2 to really work. Had they done it in the mid to late 80's, I bet it would've been huge, but E.T. has been too much of a "standalone classic" for so many years that it's unlikely a sequel would make an impression.

[webuster]

I've never seen Ed Wood- it's the only Tim Burton movie I haven't seen With the exception of Planet of the Apes (none of Burton's eccentric style or strange characters, very slow pacing) there is no Tim Burton film I'd say I didn't enjoy.

Rhiannon, what do you mean Patrick Swayze did it?

In the 80's there was a sequel to ET planned, called ET II: Nocturnal Fears. A treatment by Steven Spielberg http://www.simplyscripts.com/treatments.html has it on their website- it looked to be pretty bad though- carniverous aliens land that paralyse wildlife by emitting a humming sound.

[LucyCompanyPhan]

I think Burton should stop using Depp for awhile. Challenge himself with someone else.

[Superstar]

I've never actually seen E.T but I'm a Drew fan so I'll probably see it.

[webuster]

I agree Tim Burton should find somebody else to work with for a while- I'd love to see a Beetlejuice sequel! The Depp-Burton collaboration, although it always produces great films, gets irritating in a 'frat-pack' sort of way- it bores me to death that Will Ferrel,Ben Stiller,Vince Vaughan and Owen Wilson (there are more, Steve Carell etc) always co-star or cameo in each others movies.

[LucyCompanyPhan]

I agree. Although Wedding Crashers was really funny.

This maybe going against my whole Depp/Burton working together thing, but I'd like to see another Winona Ryder/Burton movie.

[webuster]

Agreed- it's been quite a while since they last worked together- Sleepy Hollow was about 6 or 7 years ago wasn't it? Besides, Winona is a great actress- loved her in Girl,interrupted.

I've noticed Burton has never directed a movie centred around a female character-they're always supporting characters- Michael Keaton in Batman and Beetlejuice, Depp in Edward Scissorhands (though Winona had quite a lot to do in that movie), Ed Wood, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and Sleepy Hollow, Wahlberg in Planet of the Apes, McGregor in Big Fish and Paul Reubens in Pee-Wee's Big Adventure.

Big Fish should've at least been nominated for Best Picture-it was amazing. I'd like to see another Burton film with McGregor as well. But Burton should do a film centred around a female character. If this Gypsy Rose Lee thing is true- it would be the first female character to be the main character, and even then he's casting a man in the role!

[Brian Damage]

Rhiannon, what do you mean Patrick Swayze did it

Patrick Swayze dressed in drag in the movie, "To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything, Julie Newmar"

[Mijada]

I hope to God they don't do an E.T. sequel. It will just end up being a disaster, besides I've heard Steven Spielberg on several occasions over the years say that there definitely would not be any sequels so why now is he considering it just because Drew Barrymore wants to do it???

[webuster]

Brian Damage, I've seen 'To Wong Foo' (it's been a while though- but I thought Priscilla Queen of the Desert was way better), but Gypsy Rose Lee was a real woman (with the best memoirs you'll ever read) and from the sounds of it they're gonna let Depp act this as a straight, serious performance, not acknowledging the lead female is being played by a man. There's ome film Palindromes where the same character is played by 7 people-including a man, and the same is meant to be happening with a Bob Dylan biopic- with a black woman playing him.

[theshark8777]

I hope to God they don't do an E.T. sequel. It will just end up being a disaster, besides I've heard Steven Spielberg on several occasions over the years say that there definitely would not be any sequels so why now is he considering it just because Drew Barrymore wants to do it???


Wasn't it bad enough when it was re-released and the digitally took out all the guns?