Tuesday, March 27

• Cube Comments on David O. Russell's Huckabees Clip

  With footage of David O. Russell's monumental freakout on the set of I Heart Huckabees all the rage on Youtube, Ice Cube, who worked with Russell on Three Kings, had his own take on the mercurial director:

  "David is a dude who knows what he wants and you'd better give it to him," said Cube. "He loves to give direction while you shootin' a scene. He'll tell you, 'Put the glass down! Now pick it up again! All right, continue!' I mean, the camera's rollin'. You're like, ok. 'No no no! With the other hand!' You're like, ok. 'No no wait! Hold on! Pick it up!' He likes to keep the camera rollin' and show you f*cking up the whole time, tryin' to get it right. And I guess by the thirtieth, fortieth day, enough is enough."

  Cube noted that Russell never screamed at him -- proof that Russell might be crazy, but he's not stupid.

  
  

  Posted 03/27/2007 by Thomas

  Ice Cube | David O. Russell | Three Kings | I Heart Huckabees

Monday, March 26

• Cube Takes on Kotter

  At this weekend's press day for his new flick Are We Done Yet, Ice Cube talked about one of his upcoming projects:

  "I'm gonna do a version of Welcome Back, Kotter. We're taking the name, we're taking the concept of the 'sweathogs' and a bunch of kids nobody wants to teach and seeing them for their intelligence and things they do have to offer. We're taking that kind of feel and tailor-making it for me," said Cube, who described the project as a "dramedy. If you look at Welcome Back, Kotter, it was a lot of real social commentary in with the jokes. So we gonna do that too."

  The entire world wide web waits with giddy anticipation for casting news regarding the highly coveted role of Vinnie Barbarino. We'll keep you posted.

  
  
  

  Are We Done Yet? Trailer

  Ice Cube returns in the follow up to Are We There Yet?

  Posted 03/26/2007 by Thomas

  Ice Cube | Are We Done Yet?