Tyler Perry is ALEX CROSS
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Yeah, he usually just does his own stuff. Weird.
I havent read the books but I though the first Alex Cross film Kiss the Girls was a fine thriller..thanks to a good cast, particulary Morgan Freeman and Ashley Judd
The second film Along Came a Spider on the otherhand is a quite lame movie, with relativly boring plot and lazy directing.
No wonder they didint do more of them with Freeman on the lead.
Cant say much of the upcoming film
..but I hope it will be good.
Though..wouldnt Alex Cross work better as an TV-series, with something like 2-3 episodes per book adaptation?
The second film Along Came a Spider on the otherhand is a quite lame movie, with relativly boring plot and lazy directing.
No wonder they didint do more of them with Freeman on the lead.
Cant say much of the upcoming film
..but I hope it will be good.Though..wouldnt Alex Cross work better as an TV-series, with something like 2-3 episodes per book adaptation?
Morgan Freeman to...Tyler Perry?! What a bizarre juxtaposition. I love Kiss the Girls but Along Came the Spider was pretty lame, and I've never read the books, so I don't have a huge stake in this one way or the other.
Pity Idris Elba was passed over.
Pity Idris Elba was passed over.
This is a pretty left-field bit of casting. I guess the closest equivalent I can think of is the backwards jump from Harrison Ford to Ben Affleck in the Jack Ryan movies. Apart from his cameo in Star Trek, I haven't seen Perry in anything where he wasn't Madea, so I really don't know what to say.
Kiss the Girls was great, Along Came a Spider good. But from Morgan Freeman to Tyler Perry? That like going from Harrison Ford to Ben Affle... oh wait, that already happened.
They cast the singer and guitarist from Aerosmith?
Maybe he'll play the role as Madea?
Idris Elba would have been perfect. I saw this story a few days ago and thought it was a joke. Morgan Freeman was too old to play Alex Cross when he played the role 10 years ago and Tyler Perry hasn't really done much beside Madea including his Trek 09 cameo.
Somehow this is just screaming to be directed by M. Night Shyamalan.
Now that's scary. Has Cohen done anything that's more than just adequate? Tyler Perry's ok. I don't get the hate for him some have.
Tyler Perry could be perfect as Alex Cross; we just don't know because we've never seen him in a large non-comedy role. I hope he surprises everyone, the way Whoopi Goldberg did in The Color Purple. I think the bigger problem might be that he's taking over the role from Morgan Freakin' Freeman. He'll have to really make it his own, or he'll come across as a pale copy.
What bluedana said. I've enjoyed some of the Madea films, but they're about as far removed from a Patterson novel as you can get. If someone could recommend a film where Perry has a lead (or sizeable supporting) dramatic role, I'd love to see it just so I can get an inkling of his non-comedic abilities.
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