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McConaughey turned down $15M for Magnum movie

Posted: Fri Sep 13, 2013 1:22 am
by J.J. Walters
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/d ... hey-625407
...received an offer of $15 million against 15 percent of the backend to star in Universal and Imagine's big-screen take on Magnum, P.I.
:shock:

Looks like If he'd said yes there was a good chance the movie would have been made. Not sure if that is a good or bad thing. ;)

Re: McConaughey turned down $15M for Magnum movie

Posted: Fri Sep 13, 2013 3:29 am
by Doc Ibold
I think it's a good thing.

Not that I have a major issue with him playing Magnum, as I think he could definitely bring something to it. But I think he was right when the target chooses the arrow.

Probably a good move for him, as maybe the script was just horrible.

Re: McConaughey turned down $15M for Magnum movie

Posted: Fri Sep 13, 2013 11:33 am
by ConchRepublican
Doc Ibold wrote:I think it's a good thing.

Not that I have a major issue with him playing Magnum, as I think he could definitely bring something to it. But I think he was right when the target chooses the arrow.

Probably a good move for him, as maybe the script was just horrible.
I think you're on to something with the horrible script. 2008, perhaps there was still a hangover from those Miami Vice / Starsky & Hutch movies?

I agree that of all choices I've heard McConaughey had the best potential.

Re: McConaughey turned down $15M for Magnum movie

Posted: Fri Sep 13, 2013 4:37 pm
by Seaver41
it's fool's gold to do the movie. The actor is the character...and w/o him....you don't have a movie. You simply have a movie using names and places we are familiar with. Whatever the movie turns out to be.......it won't be Magnum PI......it will be some movie with a character of the same name. My guess is Matthew is smart enough to know this is not gonna work.

Some characters are iconic to the actor. That's just a fact of life. Does anyone really think making a Dirty Harry remake is gonna ever work? We didn't watch them for the sake of seeing Harry Callahan....we watch to see Clint Eastwood squint and blast bad guys....no matter his screen name. Think about it, was there much difference between the character in the Dirty Harry movies and the one he played in the Gauntlet? It was Clint, that's all we needed to know.

Another item...Star Trek. Do you know why the remake with a new Kirk worked? It's because between the time of Shatner acting and the new one, the Star Trek universe dwarfed the importance of any one single actor. That will never be the case with Magnum.

IMO, to make a Magnum movie is a cheap attempt to make a buck. They literally have to wait until Selleck is long gone before it may work...long enough for people to disassociate character....kind of like McGarrett and 5-O.

Re: McConaughey turned down $15M for Magnum movie

Posted: Fri Sep 13, 2013 11:48 pm
by Stelth
I hate McConaughey so I'm glad. To me he'll always be this guy.
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Re: McConaughey turned down $15M for Magnum movie

Posted: Sat Sep 14, 2013 2:12 am
by Doc Ibold
Who DOESN'T like Wooderson?

:wink:

Re: McConaughey turned down $15M for Magnum movie

Posted: Sat Sep 14, 2013 3:18 am
by Stelth
Doc Ibold wrote:Who DOESN'T like Wooderson?

:wink:
http://youtu.be/6Wf-mRo7C2I

Re: McConaughey turned down $15M for Magnum movie

Posted: Thu Oct 03, 2013 1:39 am
by Danno
Massive respect to McConaughey for turning it down.

Re: McConaughey turned down $15M for Magnum movie

Posted: Fri Jun 13, 2014 3:19 am
by Estate resident
Seaver41 wrote:it's fool's gold to do the movie. The actor is the character...and w/o him....you don't have a movie. You simply have a movie using names and places we are familiar with. Whatever the movie turns out to be.......it won't be Magnum PI......it will be some movie with a character of the same name. My guess is Matthew is smart enough to know this is not gonna work.

Some characters are iconic to the actor. That's just a fact of life. Does anyone really think making a Dirty Harry remake is gonna ever work? We didn't watch them for the sake of seeing Harry Callahan....we watch to see Clint Eastwood squint and blast bad guys....no matter his screen name. Think about it, was there much difference between the character in the Dirty Harry movies and the one he played in the Gauntlet? It was Clint, that's all we needed to know.

Another item...Star Trek. Do you know why the remake with a new Kirk worked? It's because between the time of Shatner acting and the new one, the Star Trek universe dwarfed the importance of any one single actor. That will never be the case with Magnum.

IMO, to make a Magnum movie is a cheap attempt to make a buck. They literally have to wait until Selleck is long gone before it may work...long enough for people to disassociate character....kind of like McGarrett and 5-O.

Well put. Any mpi movie w/out Selleck might as well go straight to Netflix. Skipping theaters AND dvd rental.

Re: McConaughey turned down $15M for Magnum movie

Posted: Fri Jun 13, 2014 3:28 am
by Estate resident
Television was a big part of american's lives then. The internet has replaced it. Box office movies are far less influential now than ever. All we can do is be very glad to have grown up when we did watching cbs on Thursday nights one damned good show.

Re: McConaughey turned down $15M for Magnum movie

Posted: Sat Jun 14, 2014 9:06 pm
by ConchRepublican
Estate resident wrote:Television was a big part of american's lives then. The internet has replaced it. Box office movies are far less influential now than ever. All we can do is be very glad to have grown up when we did watching cbs on Thursday nights one damned good show.
Bingo.