Caffeinated Clint
Fox. losing reverence. Quickly.
(And that’s after “Fantastic Four : Rise of the Silver Surfer”. And “A Good Day to Die Hard”. So, in other words, the allegiance ratio was a little low even back then..)
Up until yesterday Fox were developing a TV series sequel to classic Cameron Crowe flick “Say Anything..”. Then – and thank fucking god! – Crowe got wind of it and capped it in its tracks. Seems Crowe (and the film’s stars John Cusack and Ione Skye – Crowe asserted to them being dead-set out to kill after hearing of the series idea) agrees with us… there shouldn’t be a sequel.. definitely not one that hides out in the guise of a 22-minute TV sitcom. But more so, he was simply pissed that he hadn’t been asked.
Naturally, Fox PR have come back saying Crowe was aware of the project all along. But he claims he wasn’t. If he was, why cause such a stinkus? Exactly.
The idea for the show – hatched by producer Aaron Kaplan, who had hired writer Justin Adler to script – revolved around a ‘Ten Years Later…’ scenario in which Lloyd and Diane, now long broken-up, are reunited when he decides to prove (once again) he’s the right guy for her. And I’m betting that first episode would’ve ended with a very forced scene of Lloyd playing a contemporary song out of his old boombox.. close enough to Diane’s window so she could get wind of his effort.
Anyway, producer Kaplan and NBC have decided to bury the idea.
Cameron Crowe. You rock. You have prevented us from Jack Bauer-style torture. You’ve helped one of the best romantic dramedies of all time maintain it’s integrity, dignity, and coolness by not Uncle Bucking the fuck out of it. I don’t any of us could ever be truly prepared for a “Say Anything” sitcom – unlike Lloyd Dobler, we don’t “Wanna get hurt”.
