Reasons to Hate Finke #274,538 – Bashing Carno
In the only interesting for trades readers category, Joe Carnahan is leaving WMEndeavor for CAA.
And on the Inevitable Events list, Endeavor’s Publicist, Ms Finke, is out bad-mouthing their now-former client. But at least she is spinning lies while doing it.
For instance, in EndeavorLand, it is Carnahan’s fault that he didn’t end up directing Mission:Impossible III… as opposed to Tom Cruise futzing around for two years, keeping Carnahan, who had never directed anything with a budget over $3 million, from making projects off of his heat from Narc, and then deciding to go a different way. That would include Killing Pablo, which was close to being fully funded until Carnahan had to stop it to stick to Cruise for years. It’s not that pre-production stopped because Cruise wasn’t happy with the script and chose to make Spielberg’s War of The Worlds before shooting M:I3.
Of course, Carnahan has little that’s really bad to say about Cruise. But there is no question that Carnahan stalled because of M:I3.
Likewise, at NFEndeavor, White Jazz was not a victim of Clooney’s break-up with Warners and the closing of WIP… it was Wild Joe Carnahan. Nevermind that WIP never made or released a single film made by the division after In The Valley of Elah opened.
Amazingly, Finkedeavor didn’t blame Carnahan for Killing Pablo stalling, perhaps more angry at the now-out-of-business Bob Yari than they are at a director who is finally making a mainstream summer entertainment and is leaving the agency at the same time.
I have nothing against Phil Raskind and I haven’t spoken to Joe in over two years, so I have no idea why he’s leaving. But I HATE this crap when Nikki pretends she is running news when all she is doing is shilling for her handlers at Endeavor. No question, Joe can be a handful and he can be his own worst enemy. But if Endeavor wants to kick him as he exits, they probably should be taking responsibility for his still-thin resume’ instead of lamely trying to take credit only for him getting The A-Team. After all, Carnahan had worked with Scott Free, who brought him onto The A-Team, for a number of years on commercials, the mutual respect starting with the first BMW series and continuing into the second.
A-Team is the last film Carnahan will be making for a looooooong time.
Are you joking? A-Team is going to gross $150mil minimum.
I hope so. Then maybe he could get to make KILLING PABLO,
I find it telling that a Pro-Carnahan piece doesn’t mention SMOKIN’ ACES. As far as I’m concerned, Carnahan deserved at least 5 years in the directing penalty box for making that turd.
Fun fact: The number in the title (274,538) is the actual number of Finke-related topics posted on this blog!
Smokin’ Aces was awesome. To me, Narc is the one I don’t get. Sure it’s a good movie, but hearing everyone say how GREAT it is? I’m not seeing it.
One thing I will say for Carnahan: KILLING PABLO & WHITE JAZZ are both films I’d very much like to see. I’m also a fan of his brother’s work with the one glaring (oddly Cruise involved) exception.
“I find it telling that a Pro-Carnahan piece doesn’t mention SMOKIN’ ACES. As far as I’m concerned, Carnahan deserved at least 5 years in the directing penalty box for making that turd.”
In the last year or so, Smokin’ Aces has become the movie I will not stop watching once I stumble into it. I know a lot of people hate every last frame of it, but I LOVE watching that movie.
When I first saw Smoking Aces, it gave me a headache but I have to admit that since then I have seen it more times and enjoyed it every time. I am looking forward to The A-Team because, and this is according to the preview so it has a little salt in it, it seems that they got the flavor right.
Nikki, on the other hand, is a thin skinned moron. I commented on her site about her posting about Lautner being in Cruise’s next movie and she deleted my post. It is her site and she has the right to do whatever she wants but I am done with it and her “reporting.” I am sure she won’t miss me at all.
When I first saw Smoking Aces, it gave me a headache but I have to admit that since then I have seen it more times and enjoyed it every time. I am looking forward to The A-Team because, and this is according to the preview so it has a little salt in it, it seems that they got the flavor right.
Nikki, on the other hand, is a thin skinned moron. I commented on her site about her posting about Lautner being in Cruise’s next movie and she deleted my post. It is her site and she has the right to do whatever she wants but I am done with it and her “reporting.” I am sure she won’t miss me at all.
Sorry for the double posting everyone.