Interview with Producer Joel Silver

Exclusive: Producer Joel Silver talks

By Steve 'Frosty' Weintraub

Source: www.collider.com

Posted: July 19th, 2009 at 8:24 am

Collider: Shane Black-what's going on? Is there another project on the horizon?

Joel Silver: He's working for us on a project called "The Nice Guys" which is kind of the next version of what "Kiss Kiss [Bang Bang]" was; a more advanced version. We love Shane very much and "Kiss Kiss" didn’t really do what we wanted it to do but it did help in that it’s the movie that Jon Favreau told was the movie that convinced him that Robert could in fact do "Iron Man" so it had a great effect on all our lives. But I love Shane and I promise it will happen soon.

One of my favorite films of last year was "Speed Racer".

Joel Silver: I feel sorry for you. [laughs] I'm kidding.

I love that film and I have to ask you because I can never talk to Larry and Andy [Wachowski], is "Plastic Man" really happening? Is that a rumor?

Joel Silver: I think it's a rumor. I don't know what they’re going to do. We had "Ninja Assassin" which we did together which is really, really strong. Really, really good. I mean it's a complete, full-on martial arts movie which is really a hard-edged, fun picture. I don't know what they're going to do next. Look, "Speed Racer" kind of made us all crazy-

It's fantastic.

Joel Silver: We thought it was going to be a big, Earth-shattering picture and it was Earth-shattering but the other way. I don’t know. It’s disturbing, actually. But, you know, I liked it too.

I love it. I know we have to wrap up but I have to ask the two of you: "Dirty Dozen", "Sgt. Rock"-what’s the status?

Joel: We were very committed to making "Dirty Dozen" for a while. We were close... We essentially shifted gears to "The Losers" which is why-we start shooting the movie on Thursday in Pureto Rico, it's a famous DC comic, and it's a similar idea to "Dirty Dozen"; it’s a more contemporary story but I hope one day to do "Dirty Dozen". I hope one day to do "Sgt. Rock". We were getting close on that and then Quentin [Tarantino] went off and did "Inglourious Basterds" so I mean we kind of put it aside but they’re properties that we own and we hope to make them someday.

Okay, one more question-"Greyskull"-what's going on?

Joel: We’re developing it. We have a good idea for the script and if it works, we'll make it.

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