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Jmart
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 Playboy's Hefner approves movie about his life Quote: Playboy's Hefner approves movie about his life
Monday June 25 3:55 AM ET
Playboy magazine founder Hugh Hefner's wild life is being turned into a feature film that will look at his social activism as well as his sexual exploits, Daily Variety reported on Monday.
"Playboy" will be directed by Brett Ratner, the filmmaker behind the "Rush Hour" movies, the trade paper said. It is being produced for Universal Pictures by Brian Grazer, who won the best picture Academy Award for "A Beautiful Mind."
Hefner, 81, who sold his life rights to Grazer several years ago, approved the duo's vision for the project last week, Daily Variety said.
The paper said a script is being written now.
"Hef came from a puritanical upbringing and reinvented himself to be the godfather of the sexual revolution," Daily Variety quoted Ratner as saying. "He broke all kinds of taboos, especially in sexuality. I want to show it all, from the First Amendment (guaranteeing free speech) struggles to his first orgy to the stroke in the 1980s that almost killed him."
Hefner founded Playboy in 1953, turning a $600 investment and a picture of Marilyn Monroe into one of the most successful publishing empires in history. He coaxed along the sexual revolution of the 1960s and used the pages of his magazine to write lengthy articles fighting censorship and promoting various other libertarian causes.
Playboy magazine is owned by Playboy Enterprises Inc. Universal Pictures is a unit of General Electric Co.'s NBC Universal Inc. Could be good, but I'm not sure about Ratner. _________________My DVD Collection
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Chippy
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They hired me to star in it  _________________trixster wrote: shut the fuck up zwackerm, you're out of your fucking element trixster wrote: chippy is correct
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Shack
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I echo what jmart said... It would be an interesting story for sure, but Brett Ratner? Wha?
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Spidey
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Lock for at least an R-rating. Why the hell is Brett Ratner directing this? It doesn't seem like his type of film at all.
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Jmart
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Spider-Man wrote: Lock for at least an R-rating. At least Fox isn't a distributor. _________________My DVD Collection
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Spidey
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Jmart007 wrote: Spider-Man wrote: Lock for at least an R-rating. At least Fox isn't a distributor. Good thing they aren't because if they were they would have fucked up this film and tried to get a PG-13 rating. Imagine a PG-13 Playboy film...
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Dr. Lecter
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Brett Ratner?!
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El Maskado
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Why are people surprised by the choice of Ratner? It takes a playboy to know a playboy and Michael Bay wanted to get his hands on the film months ago. Are you expecting someone like John Waters to direct the film?
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Jmart
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Starscream wrote: Why are people surprised by the choice of Ratner? It takes a playboy to know a playboy and Michael Bay wanted to get his hands on the film months ago. Are you expecting someone like John Waters to direct the film? No just someone who has a firm grasp on what a plot is and making it consistent and having it make sense throughout an entire film. That saying he did direct Red Dragon and churned out a better Lecter film than Ridley Scott could come up with, so like I said before, this could be good. _________________My DVD Collection
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MadGez
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I think Brett Ratner might actually be a good choice for it. Im sure he's at the Playboy mansion on a weekly basis and prob knows Heff as much as anyone  But seriously, Red Dragon was pretty good - much better than Hannibal anyway. The subject matter isnt rocket science either so they just need to find a good lead actor and plenty of T and A. _________________
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MARVEL_ROCKS
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Spider-Man wrote: Lock for at least an R-rating. Why the hell is Brett Ratner directing this? It doesn't seem like his type of film at all. are u kidding me??!!!?!
He is the ultimate playboy in this movie business.
He has hanged out with so many hot chicks it isn't funny.
He will make the perfect playboy movie.
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MARVEL_ROCKS
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I love the fact that Brett Ratner owns Michael Bay when it comes to having hot chicks and on top of that making a play boy movie.
Awesome.
Michael Bay probably doesn't have a dick so the owner of playboy said you are a wanna be playboy. My girls don't like ya. They love the jewish fat Brett Ratner dude.
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Dr. Lecter
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kamaldhamal2007 wrote:
Michael Bay probably doesn't have a dick so the owner of playboy said you are a wanna be playboy. My girls don't like ya. They love the jewish fat Brett Ratner dude.
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