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Yo, Poe!

Sylvester Stallone is still trying to make a biopic of Edgar Allan Poe:

He revealed: "I keep telling my producer Avi Lerner, 'Make Edgar Allan Poe!' He says, 'Does he have a gun?' 'No, he doesn't have a gun', 'Can he throw a knife?' and I say, 'No, he writes poetry!'

"Of course, I'm not playing Poe. 'Yo, Poe!' It won't work! It'll be some young actor because he dies at 39, but it's gonna happen."

I'd love to see this project go forward.  And I'm still holding out hope for Gary Sinise as Poe, although he may now be too old to play him.  Who would you like to see play Edgar in a movie?

Posted on Sunday, October 4, 2009 at 08:00PM by Registered CommenterEd Pettit in | Comments1 Comment

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Dream Poe: Johnny Depp (surprise!).
Nightmare Poe: Guy who plays Edward from Twilight. It's just the stunt I could see Hollywood pulling.
October 25, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterS.J. Chambers

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