{"id":2737,"date":"2005-06-27T23:03:00","date_gmt":"2005-06-27T23:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/2005\/06\/oh-heck-why-not-another-prequel\/"},"modified":"2005-06-27T23:03:00","modified_gmt":"2005-06-27T23:03:00","slug":"oh-heck-why-not-another-prequel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/2005\/06\/oh-heck-why-not-another-prequel.html","title":{"rendered":"Oh, heck, why not another prequel?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

From tonight\u2019s Variety<\/a><\/i>:<\/span><\/p>\n

Brian De Palma has returned to the scene of the crime for \u201cThe Untouchables: Capone Rising,\u201d a Paramount Pictures prequel to his 1987 hit film about lawman Eliot Ness\u2019s takedown of Al Capone. . . .<\/p>\n

Linson got the prequel going at Par, drafting \u201cRounders\u201d scribes Brian Koppelman and David Levien to write a film that centers on young Al Capone\u2019s arrival in Chicago and his rise to criminal kingpin status. The drama charts his collision course with Irish cop Johnny Malone, the character played in the original pic by Sean Connery. Antoine Fuqua was originally attached to direct.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Hmmmm, Robert De Niro gained weight for the first movie \u2014 maybe he\u2019ll really<\/i> prove his dedication to his craft and his mastery over his own body by losing 30, 40, 50 years?<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

From tonight\u2019s Variety: Brian De Palma has returned to the scene of the crime for \u201cThe Untouchables: Capone Rising,\u201d a Paramount Pictures prequel to his 1987 hit film about lawman Eliot Ness\u2019s takedown of Al Capone. . . . Linson got the prequel going at Par, drafting \u201cRounders\u201d scribes Brian Koppelman and David Levien to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1116,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2737","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\nOh, heck, why not another prequel?<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"From tonight's Variety:Brian De Palma has returned to the scene of the crime for "The Untouchables: Capone Rising," a Paramount Pictures prequel to his\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/2005\/06\/oh-heck-why-not-another-prequel.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Oh, heck, why not another prequel?\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"From tonight's Variety:Brian De Palma has returned to the scene of the crime for "The Untouchables: Capone Rising," a Paramount Pictures prequel to his\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/2005\/06\/oh-heck-why-not-another-prequel.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"FilmChat\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2005-06-27T23:03:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Peter T. 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