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'Welcome Back Kotter' to be made into movie
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| tatgirl |
But Ice Cube is set to play Mr. Kotter?????? WTF?!?! I can tell you right now- I am gonna boycott this out of principle.
'Welcome Back, Ice Cube' — Rapper Taking On 'Kotter' Role
Actor/rapper will also produce the big-screen adaptation of 1970s sitcom.
Ice Cube is not ashamed to admit that when it comes to "Welcome Back, Kotter," the 1970s series that helped launch John Travolta's acting career, there "was no bigger fan than me." And Cube is thrilled about his latest role —as the lead in Hollywood's big-screen adaptation of the sitcom classic.
According to Variety, Ice Cube has signed on to both star in and produce "Welcome Back, Kotter," and the rapper's "very excited to be able to put a new twist on it." The rapper/actor — who executive produces the FX reality series "Black. White." — has inked a deal with Dimension Films, the company that will be releasing "Kotter." Production is expected to begin this fall with Tom Brady ("The Hot Chick," "The Animal") in final negotiations to direct and write the script.
Cube will assume the role of a wisecracking teacher who returns to the rough inner-city high school from which he graduated. There he encounters the next generation of unruly, underprivileged troublemakers — who are as apathetic about education as he once was.
In the original series, Mr. Kotter was played by Gabe Kaplan. Travolta played Vinnie Barbarino, a scatterbrained himbo and the unofficial leader of a gang of students nicknamed the "Sweathogs."
Cube will be heading to Vancouver in June to start production on "Are We Done Yet?" the sequel to 2005's "Are We There Yet?" The film remakes the 1948 classic "Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House," a Cary Grant comedy about a family that leaves the big city for a fixer-upper in the suburbs only to watch their investment turn from a dream to a nightmare. |
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| El Kay Dee |
| ice cube as an actor itself should make u boycott any of the movies hes in |
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| tatgirl |
to be played by:
Um.....whatev! |
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| DigitalMP |
Stop in hating. Ice Cube is an excellent producer, and he didn't sour his image by dragging out Friday. The first was a classic, and the hood loved the sequels.
You couldn't make 1:45 out of a WBK movie just based on the sitcom, so Cube is definitely going to make this a good one. I can't wait! |
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| El Kay Dee |
| quote: | Originally posted by DigitalMP
Stop in hating. Ice Cube is an excellent producer, and he didn't sour his image by dragging out Friday. The first was a classic, and the hood loved the sequels.
You couldn't make 1:45 out of a WBK movie just based on the sitcom, so Cube is definitely going to make this a good one. I can't wait! |
we're just hating on his acting skills... |
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| Abercrombie |
| Ice Cube playing Mr. Kotter is like Ben Stein playing Tupac. |
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| MarkT |
| quote: | Originally posted by tatgirl
But Ice Cube is set to play Mr. Kotter?????? WTF?!?! I can tell you right now- I am gonna boycott this out of principle.
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| quote: | Originally posted by Abercrombie
Ice Cube playing Mr. Kotter is like Ben Stein playing Tupac. |
*exactly*
good for him for wanting to produce it...but him assuming Gabe Kaplan's role ruins it from the start. |
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| Rodrico |
| No one can replace Gabe Kaplan, especially not Ice Cube. |
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| DigitalMP |
| He's not going to assume his role as much as you all think. Cube's producing it, so it's going to be so ghetto that it's only going to mildly resemble the series. |
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| MarkT |
| quote: | Originally posted by DigitalMP
He's not going to assume his role as much as you all think. Cube's producing it, so it's going to be so ghetto that it's only going to mildly resemble the series. |
which is why it's going to suck.
the character was a wisecracking Jewish teacher...alter that and you're altering half the premise, IMHO. |
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| Rodrico |
| quote: | Originally posted by MarkT
which is why it's going to suck.
the character was a wisecracking Jewish teacher...alter that and you're altering half the premise, IMHO. |
+1 |
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| Abercrombie |
| Somehow Ice Cube Kotter's favorite food being a potato knish, just doesn't sound kosher. |
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