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Why did Craig Brewer touch this?


Im going out on a limb here and guessing that Craig Brewer agreed to direct this because he had a pet project that Paramount would only finance if he lent his name/talents to this. I know he has said in the past that he wanted to continue with music genre films, hoping next to do a film about country music after covering the blues with Black Snake Moan (having already covered hip-hop with Hustle and Flow). I have to believe this is the case, because I have a hard time believing he would involve himself with this POS junker without a good reason. Perhaps someone knows something I dont.

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Like Rob Zombie he's using the "I was such a fan of the original I just had to remake it" excuse. Not saying he wasn't telling the truth thats just what I hear a lot with remakes.

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I'm going to say $$$$$$$$$
Brewer made hardly anything on his previous 2 films. He wanted a payday

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