OlderMr & Mrs Smith Hits Small Screen
A one-hour pilot of Mr. & Mrs. Smith was just given the green light, which is being described as ” ‘Married … With Children’ with guns.” SERIOUSLY?
Here’s what The Hollywood Reporter is saying:
The film’s writer, Simon Kinberg, penned the pilot script, about John and Jane Smith, a married couple who both work as assassins.
The film’s director, Doug Liman, is on board to helm the pilot and executive produce with Kinberg and Dave Bartis.
The pilot takes place about six months after the events in the 2005 feature starring Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie, which grossed more than $186 million in North America. The Smiths have bought a new house in a new suburb and have re-established their businesses, but the attraction and sexual spark they had found at movie’s end has dwindled, and they are back dealing with marital issues.
“In a way, the show is all about the marriage,” Kinberg said. “It is a show about any married couple trying to balance professional and home life.”
More Mr. & Mrs. Smith movie stills after the jump!
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I love that movie! Its one of my favorite movies.
Queenbie, The Opening to Oprah’s school is 1/2/2007 and the newsweek magazine featuring Oprah story is on newstand 1/8/2007.
Me-This your opinion and I respect it. It seem to be very thought out and honest.
But ,I must say that everyone has a their way of doing things and I guess we will not be able to satisfy all the people all the time. At least she tries to help for whatever reason. I don’t look at the reasons so much because sometimes you can get people wrong. If it is for emotional reasons,emotions can come from the heart. I look at the benefits the person in need recieve from from the thoughts of another human being. I hope and pray that the girls benefit greatly and become well educated women. Im sure that they will give back to their community,country,world.
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for those of you who have a problem with OPRAH using her own money to invest in people who are in need what is your answer to ending poverty in AFRICA and how and when do you plan to implement it.
Thank you TO all the posters on this first 2007 thread.
Reposting this video for those who would like to see it again.
I’m loving it more & more, for me SHE truly GLOWS!!
http://youtube.com/watch?v=BoNG9ScDuaU
Again: HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL!!
Off to bed…
Hey guys, I hope you all had a great New Year’s :)
About the MAMS show…I’m skeptical because of the chemistry and also, because of Simon Kinberg. As we all know there were a lot of rewrites and deleted scenes which is fine if you’re filming a movie but I don’t know how that’s going to work out with the breakneck pace of television production.
Micro, I will be your first subscriber!!
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This is my contribution to helping others. You cannot help everybody, you can only help people you feel like helping. We are not sent to everybody. I personally check out Angie’s charity because I feel connected to her. I applaud other people who do other things I don’t feel a connection to them but I wish them the best.
Oh God, can people just be positive! Angelina and Brad are doing wonderful things. Oprah Winfrey has just done a wonderful thing. Why anybody here would bash anyone for doing a good deed is just pathetic. You guys are going “too deeply” into this because more than likely you can’t stand Oprah Winfrey. You’re saying:
“SHE wanted a school built that was according to HER childhood dreams.”
I read what Oprah said. She wants these girls to feel beautiful. It’s as simple as that. She is not being selfish, but imagining what she can do for them to really boost their morale. She was a girl once herself so I think she can relate very well. What is wrong with trying to make these young ladies feel special? Many of them were raped and abused and have very little self esteem left. Oprah is going the extra mile. She’s adding special touches to let them know someone cares about them. It’s obvious that Oprah wants them to have happier lives.
Why doesn’t “Extreme Makeover” just build people simple homes or homes that suit the purpose? Why build fabulous homes with lots of extra touches like pools, gymnasiums and fancy kitchens? Those people don’t need all that do they?
Thank you. That show is also trying to make people’s dreams come true. Oprah is also doing that for these girls. You can hate this woman for all the other reasons that you do, but sorry, I think you are wrong on this one.
It is true if you go on newsweek.com it reports info. on Oprah’s story Aand in the story it stated that Angelina jolie will be one f the attedees at the school opening among others like julia roberts and john travolta.
What do you like most about being a mom?
Happy New Year! Says:
January 1st, 2007 at 10:14 pm
I just love my kids, but I think any parent is going to say that. My children are so interesting. I love talking to them. Now Madd is at an age where he writes me
letters, and we have the greatest conversations. Zahara, too. She’s just the funniest, craziest little person. Last night we were just sitting there watching her and we were in hysterics! That’s the joy of life. They’re just fun!
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How sweet that Maddox writes letters to Angelina. I can just see her and Brad sitting on the floor hanging out with the kids.
HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE! Espcially the oldtimers. Remember the old black interface that JJ had? How long ago was that? It was so hard to read. LOL!!!
Wishng you and yours a HEALTHY, PROSPEROUS and PEACEFUL NEW YEAR!
JJ & Audrey I wish you continued success in 2007 on this blog.
Early brthday wishes to BAMZS fans who have birthdays coming up this week. Capricorn’s Rock!
That TV version of M&MS is gonna be corny. The focus of the tv show will be the assasinations and the marriage problems being the running gag for the series. I bet you every episode will be like the old Charlie’s Angels show where the principals get their assignments and that assignment is the episode or they can do it like 24 & have the assasination target set up at the beginning of the series and the whole run of the show will be M&MS plotting to get their targets (yawn).
Where are the media getting information that Angelina will be at Oprah’s SA school? I think it’s a media tactic to get eyes on that opening, just like the Mayor of that Italian city used Brad & Angelina’s name to bring publicity to his town with talk of a wedding? Maybe the media are buying into the rumor of a wedding in SA (Hello Larry King) even after Angelina said there was no wedding. Maybe they have this crazy logic that because Oprah is opening a school in Africa that Brad & Angelina MUST OBVIOUSLY be there as well. Like they are the only people with any connection to Africa. What about Leo DiCaprio or Djimon Honsou or Harry Belafonte? How come their names weren’t dragged into this whole Oprah production? By the way Angelina started a school in Cambodia about 2 years ago I think and another vocational sewing school for girls in Kenya. No many know about these becasue she did it “quietly”. Anyway, it’s gonna be an interesting upcoming two week. But isn’t it always with our favorite couple?
14 DAYS UNTIL THE GOLDEN GLOBES.
Everyone is entitled to their opinions
I´m not sure about the idea of making a show about Mr and Mrs Smith…how is it going to be?
Love the movie, God the chemestry between them was unbelivable!
Brad and Angie’s names are used for publicity. Remember the hotel in Italy that kept leaking info that Brad and Angie were getting married there. Brad and Angie were also supposed to be at TomKat’s wedding. I believe Oprah probably met the JP’s at New York when they attended a function with Bill Clinton. If they are invited, they are just too busy to attend at this time of the year, I’m sure JP’s will send their well wishes.
Stopped in for a sec-Cliniqua, u r right Peta and Roy could rock it-I love lafemme Nikita-Curious-I am black-I do not hate Oprah-I am not a fan of hers anymore-When I was a stay at home mom-I really bought inot a lot of what her show was about-I even had a subscription-I believe her influence has empowered many women-I believe she came from a place in her life where she needed polishing because she wasn certainly a diamond in the rough-she then tried to reach back and help all women no matter what color, polish themselves and hold their heads up despite what life has given handed them. This works for some and for some it does not. I appreciate O’s efforts. But here is my problem-when you are in a certain position you have an obligation to yourself-and those you are purposefully trying to influence-I find O’s shows to be superficial and full of fluff these days-I used to do research-the most significant aspect of measuring progress is being able to adequately identify exactly what your deficiencies are what is needed to change the status-using the example of her building a school in Africa, I wonder if the families of the girls could use a house that is adequately furnished? I wonder could they use a garden out back so they could have food-I wonder if the mom and aunts in that family could use a few sewing machines, material boats and notions-I just took care of food-clothing and shelter-education is important, but basic necessities are crucial-I believe Maslow was accurate when he stated that we cannot move to self-actualization until we first satisfy certain needs, with the most basic of those needs being physical needs-As some stated before, It’s Oprah’s money, but wow-if I had that money I would start right in the city I live in. I would pay every educational loan off for teachers, fireman, policeman and healthcare workers-I would then pay off all of their mortgages-then I would find families with hardworking parents and children who were doing well in school-I would pay off their mortgage and fully fund the educations of their kids-You see I believe we need to start helping those who are the backbone of this country-we need to stop wasting tax dollars and charitable contributions on ppl who will never put back in what they take out-we need to get a totally new definition of charity-jmho
Curious Says:
January 1st, 2007 at 11:11 pm
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I’ll applaud anyone who is willing to help . But you asked a question and I was voicing my concern about Oprah’s work. And it’s just that, a concern, not a denouncement of her contributions. I did not intend to make it come out as if I was denouncing or degrading her work, but I am concerned. Anytime, a person is willing to make such a large contribution, they should think about the consequences it will have. The girls who will recieve an education at that school are very lucky and I have no doubt that they will grow up to be intelligent women one day.
But what happens when only certain children are allowed the privelege of getting a sublime educational experience? What kind of consequences will that have on the community and on the kids who will grow up without that opportunity to better their minds?
I’m talking about long term consequences here. When you have a small population of bright girls who are the only ones who will be given such an education, will the burden lie on them to help the others when they grow up to women? And since they will be the ones who will grow up to be bright women, will they be expected to lead an illiterate group of people? What kind of community will that create? Is it that the knowledgeable adults will lead the community and the uneducated will be expected to follow blindly? Is that putting too much power into certain people’s hand? Shouldn’t the citizens in a community all be educated so they can all contribute to society and make informed decisions regarding their own lives?
And what kind of community is that where a certain group of individuals will be given the best education and taught to think in a progressive way while the rest of the kids continue to be told to follow in the regressive ways of their ancestors? Won’t that create a huge gap between the kind of beliefs people will hold? Will the differences create a clash?
And while those girls are being empowered with knowledge, and the belief that they can do anything they put their minds to, what will the boys be learning? Will those boys be taught to lead life as their ancestors have? Will they easily give those girls who grow up to be women their rights?
As lylian pointed out, this is a grand experiment on Oprah’s part, but the question is, is it worth the risk or the consequences it will create. To tell you the truth, I’m not sure.
QQQQ what are you doing that is so prim and proper to help out mankind?I’m sure everyone will have everything positive to say about your good intentions.
YOUR BEST INTENTIONS CAN END UP BEING YOUR WORST ACCUSATION.
I’m not gonna like the show.. I aready know it. I loved this movie though.
I went to the newsweek article and they said that Angelina is “expected” to be there. My question: Says who? And they called Angelina The African Queen. Why?
In the same article a picture of Oprah has the caption that says “African Queen”. now which one is it? LOL!!!! here’s the link to the article:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16396343/site/newsweek/
the extreme makeover has to be dramatic for AUDIENCE. If they just build plain vanilla house, who’s gonna watch the show. No audience, no show, the show will be cancelled.
to me, i also think about “how to best allocate the resouces”, therefore, i feel building many many smaller schools will yield better results than just 1 grandeur school.
But any charity is good charity, it’s her money. she can do what she pleased. If i have that budget, i will do it differently.
lylian Says:
January 1st, 2007 at 10:30 pm
Since the vogue interview from Angelina came out, Some people have argued that Angelina lured Brad by talking to him about her values, her beliefs etc. Too intimate…
Lylian,
I really loved your post and your insightful comments. I can imagine it happening the way you described it. Actually I had a similar experience. I was engaged to be married when I fell in love with a colleague who I got to know very well at work. We became very close friends and we did fight our feelings in deference to my fiance but in the end we decided to be honest about our feelings with each other. We did reach a point of this awareness that our seemingly innocent friendship was verging on the dangerous emotional attachment. But by then we both felt that we were too far gone with each other that we ended up eloping and getting married (and we are now married for almost 20 years!). I always have this guilt that I had changed and tranferred my affection so suddenly. I can speak from experience that one does not really fall in love with two people at the same time with the same intensity.
My fascination with Angie and Brad came partly from this experience. They have a deep and abiding affection for each other, share the same values and goals, and their love for their kids should ensure the longevity and success of their relationship.
me Says:
January 1st, 2007 at 10:41 pm
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lylian Says:
January 1st, 2007 at 9:43 pm
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I love your posts, and I agree with both of you, although in my previous post, I may sound like I don’t. I understand that Oprah may do a disservice to those girls by uprooting them, elevating them way above the people where they came from, with no warranty of them being accepted by the elite class of South Africa after their formation, and therefore making them into pariahs, not fitting anywhere. My hope is that the school will instill in them a very strong sense of duty towards their people and their country, otherwise they will just feel like their talent is going to waste, and they will end up migrating to first world countries instead of staying in Africa to help. I hope Oprah will expand her project to include education for more kids in Africa, not just South Africa. All in all, I haven’t given up on Oprah yet, even though I am not a fan of hers (if that could be possible).
Me- I feel you. Burden is nothing new to these girls. Through out the world some people are priviledge, some of these girls may no fare very,but some of them will. but i know for sure that this school is far better than the life they are living now. She cannot ruin their life anymore than the tradgedy they are living now. She can’t save all of them. All of these girls and many more have a deep desire to be educated. They will not take it for granted or squander it.
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