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Posted by John Wilson (Member # 269) on 04-28-2009, 10:26 PM:

Gordon's coming back for more

Michael Douglas and Oliver Stone are back together again with a sequel to their 1987 hit Wall Street.

Douglas is reprising his role as Gordon Gekko and Stone is on board again to direct the sequel, which for now has the working title Wall Street 2, said 20th Century Fox spokesman Gregg Brilliant.

Brilliant said the project is timely and relevant given the state of the world.

"We need to keep the story line under wraps, but it's literally ripped from today's headlines," Brilliant said. "It's going to be very big and very cool."

With the economy and financial markets in a tailspin, it will be different times for Douglas's Gekko. In the original film, corporate raider Gekko was a symbol of Wall Street greed and corruption during the boom era of the 1980s.

Gekko has endured because audiences give him the "same kind of respect we've got for the great white shark," Douglas said in an interview on Friday with Associated Press Television News for his upcoming life-achievement award from the American Film Institute.

"He's a villain. Gordon Gekko is a great, old-fashioned villain," Douglas said. "And, interestingly enough, if you look at most actors' careers, their biggest achievement, not necessarily success, but (achievement), is playing a bad guy."

Academy Awards voters agreed. Douglas earned the best-actor Oscar for Gekko.

The sequel is scheduled to start shooting this summer. Edward Pressman, who produced Wall Street, also is back for the sequel, while Allan Loeb (21) wrote the screenplay.

Posted by Louis Bornwasser (Member # 3063) on 04-29-2009, 06:34 AM:

Better get this one on the screen FAST! America will soon tire of bad news!

As regards GREED; in this industry, make it your friend. If you do, you will be able to predict events caused by greedy people (distribution, D-cin, double inventory, etc) sometimes years or decades in advance. Louis

Posted by Ian Parfrey (Member # 5122) on 04-29-2009, 02:47 PM:

Spot-on, Louis. Very well said.

Ian.

Posted by Joe Tommassello (Member # 4632) on 04-29-2009, 03:30 PM:

Geez I can't imagine what the plot will be! Keeping it under wraps? HA! I hope it shows greedy power-hungry scumbag politicians in BOTH PARTIES funneling hundreds of billions of dollars to unions and financial people in exchange for money and votes...even if it means screwing the working man out of his life's savings. First group "A" could be in power and group "B" will call it "corporate welfare". Then group "B" comes to power and calls it "bailouts" or "stimulus" while group "A" calls it pork. Let's see if Oliver Stone has the balls to tell the real story. Oh, and let's have a bonus scene at the end of the credits showing "40 years later" with an old couple crammed into a tiny apartment while the IRS is breaking down the door because they can't pay the astronomical taxes required to pay off the national debt. Now that's something I'd pay $10 to see!!!!!

Yeah! Maybe if THAT'S the plot some people in this country will wake up and stop letting the government shit all over them and then blame them for smelling bad.

Anyone think it would be a good idea to outlaw the practice of short selling? Somebody got rich while us sheep got the shaft.

Posted by Louis Bornwasser (Member # 3063) on 04-29-2009, 06:14 PM:

Short selling: look up a stock called "DOG" It goes up when the market goes down (and vice versa); like a mutual only sells short only. Louis