Michael Moore Making "Fahrenheit 9/11" Sequel: Documentary to be released in 2009

[DeepModem Mom]

Source: Variety

By PAMELA MCCLINTOCK, ANNE THOMPSON

Michael Moore is making a sequel to "Fahrenheit 9/11" for Paramount Vantage and Overture Films, who will shop the project to international buyers when the Cannes Film Festival and market get under way today. The two companies are co-financing and co-producing the untitled documentary, which will be released in 2009....

Moore may be leaving the Weinstein Co. -- where he made his last two films, including "Fahrenheit" -- but Overture and Vantage are no strangers to the filmmaker. Overture CEO Chris McGurk and COO Danny Rosett were both at MGM and United Artists, home of Moore's "Bowling for Columbine."

Moore also knows Vantage topper Nick Meyer, former president of Lionsgate's international arm. Lionsgate teamed with Bob and Harvey Weinstein and distributed Fahrenheit after Disney refused to let Miramax to do so. Lionsgate again teamed with the Weinstein's to distribute Moore's last docu, "Sicko."...

It's possible that his new docu could play at Cannes next year, if it isn't released earlier in the Spring. He's already at work on the docu....

Sequel will pick up where "Fahrenheit" left off. In the time since, President Bush's popularity has plummeted, while the Iraq war continues and the economy falters....

Read more: http://www.variety.com/VR1117985577.html

[fascisthunter]

1. Excellent....

here come the trolls...

[sakabatou]

2. I wanna see it

[sasquatch]

3. This should be good

[SpiralHawk]

4. Excellent

MIHOP

[TNOE]

7. hopefully

with the "facts".

[Mojambo]

5. What's the title? "I was right, bitches!" n/t

[coalition_unwilling]

16. Or how about: "Who's the traitor now, hunh?" -n/t

[yurbud]

22. he should make any tv host who wants him on their show play clips of themselves

slamming him as unpatriotic and a conspiracy theorist, and then make them apologize before he will answer their questions.

[truedelphi]

He's too gracious to stoop to doing stuff like that

Stuff that I would certainly stoop to.

Maybe some of this comes from his feeling of luckiness - he was fired from "Mother Jones" as he was too progressive and un-preppy for them.

Feeling despondent, he happened to either see a documenatry or run into a film crew doing a documentary.
Since he didn't think he had a future was a writer (This was before successful blogs could make you big bucks) he thought "Hey, I bet I could do that!"

And he has made over a hundred million and can do films on any subjects he wants.

[yurbud]

47. it's not ungracious, it's like a newspaper running a correction

[SlingBlade]

71. Good Idea, E-Mail Mr. Moore yurbud :)

[yurbud]

20. that would do it.

[orleans]

24. or republicons SUCK! (catchy title, doncha think?) n/t

[Ishoutandscream2]

30. Damn right. Stick it in their faces

I remember all the right wingers I work with -"I'll never watch that trash from that traitor." And look, HE WAS RIGHT! AND BY GOD, I WAS RIGHT, TOO!! Something I don't forget to tell them as well.

[devilgrrl]

39. I heard that the title is "I TOLD YOU SO!!!!!"

Because it's true.

[bunkerbuster1]

61. Eh, the Big Fat Idiot has a book with that title

Bad form to copy the Big Fat Idiot:

http://www.amazon.com/See-I-Told-You-So/dp/0671871218

[devilgrrl]

74. A book full of lies.

Ick.

[dipsydoodle]

77. LOL

:rofl:

[Tandalayo_Scheisskopf]

6. That sound you hear...

Is frother brains exploding. Their hatred of Moore is in their DNA. I do hope he takes at least a few moments to rub a lot of noses in their dogpiles.

[Manifestor_of_Light]

11. the freepers are totally frustrated.

They think everything he says is a lie. If it was a lie, he could be successfully sued for slander. So far, he has NEVER been successfully sued, because truth is a defense to slander.

He said he has three lawyers who work for the New Yorker magazine, who are libel & slander experts, who check every single word in his films.

The Freepers just can't stand the truth. They hate it.

[coalition_unwilling]

17. Truth is an 'absolute defense' to charges of libel and slander -n/t

[The Political Jerk]

8. It's going to be a long movie...

Is it even possible to summarize Bush's second term crap into two hours?

-The Political Jerk

[TNOE]

34. WELCOME TO DU

Looks like you've got a great site there too!

[The Political Jerk]

37. Thank you!

It's just starting out. Tell your friends! Ha ha ha.

-The Political Jerk

[not fooled]

52. Great Site!

Just bookmarked it (after wiping coffee off keyboard) :hi:

[tridim]

9. I wonder if Mike's descision to abandon Harvey Weinstein..

is because of his blackmail threat to the DNC last week?

I hope it is.

[Divernan]

10. That was my immediate thought also - Moore wouldn't have approved that action.

[Pastiche423]

15. Mine too

I was quite surprised to hear about Weinstein.

[orleans]

23. what was the threat? who threatened who? n/t

[DeepModem Mom]

29. Here's the article on Moore and Weinstein Co. --

"Moore's decision not to make his next film with the Weinstein Co. comes after 'Sicko' failed to ignite the box office. Film, which took on the U.S. health care system, grossed $24.5 million domestically and $11.2 million internationally. Topically, the film didn't resonate with overseas auds.

Landing the 'Fahrenheit' sequel is a high-profile score for Overture and Vantage, and a likely blow for the Weinstein Co."

[Love Bug]

35. "Sicko" isn't going to resonate with overseas audiences

because access to healthcare isn't an issue for them like it is here. I suppose someone in the UK or Germany can watch it and shake their heads wondering when the US is going to join the 20th Century...

[Canuckistanian]

48. Didn't really resonate with Canadians either

We just watched it and said, "Thank God we don't live there".

[ExPatLeftist]

68. I saw it in Europe twice

And the impact was not nearly as strong as it was with Americans for the simple fact, as you say, that healthcare is such a given. Most people are shocked to learn how it is in the US, in a bewildered sort of way.

It is hard for anyone that I know in Europe to imagine a place where people are not allowed healthcare because of money or insurance or greed - of the populace and the healthcare system itself. Sacrificing lives to save or hoard money....

I can only dream that some day people in the US itself will not be able to imagine such a place...

[bbgrunt]

60. it didn't resonate here because it was pulled out of

theaters before most people got a chance to see it. I was waiting with bated breath for it to show up somewhere closer than 50 miles away--it never happened. If I recall, there was some brohaha about someone buying the distributor just after it had debuted and then shut the whole thing down. It certainly opened to great interest and then just disappeared.

[NJCher]

79. very interesting

Only on DU can you find tidbits like this.



Cher

[pacalo]

12. Great news! Wish it were sooner than 2009, though.

[ThatsMyBarack]

49. Me, too!

It would help us this November.

[marlakay]

59. I keep writing this, he has another movie coming

out this year about his tour for kerry, its all about GOTV for the young. I thought the same thing at first where is Farenheit? I bet he thinks this other movie will have more voting impact.

He was on larry king a few weeks ago talking about it.

[raystorm7]

13. Bravo! I think he has enough material to make a Trilogy ;p

[pattmarty]

14. The one I'm waiting for is a feel good movie about.............

....how the US has become respected in the world and how well our single payer system is compared to "older" versions, and how the union representation has climbed to over 50% and..............

[petgoat]

18. F911 changed my life

I was an apolitical Republican-leaning guy who would have voted for
McCain in 2000, but wouldn't vote for Bush or Gore. I went to see
the movie very reluctantly, as a civic duty. I thought MM was an
egotistical asshole, and all the reviews said the movie was
mean-spirited and full of lies.

What I saw there shook me--not just the allegations that the 2000
election was stolen and the Pet Goat and the Afghan pipeline
imperative, but also the perception that NPR and the "liberal media"
had not communicated these things to me.

That the fact-checking had been done by a respected law firm impressed
me, and I read Greg Palast's excellent "The Best Democracy Money can Buy"
I read Dershowitz and Bugliosi on the stolen election of 2000.

I started hanging out on the internet, challenging people "Show me the
lies in Fahrenheit 9/11." They couldn't do it. They all referred me to
Dave Kopel's silly "59 Deceits" website which self-destructs in the
third deceit by claiming that Jeffrey Toobin said something that Kopel's
own link shows he didn't say. The only lie I ever found was Moore's
statement that Bush's inaugural motorcade was "pelted with eggs." Only
one egg has been documented.

http://www.davekopel.com/Terror/Fiftysix-deceits-in-Fahrenheit-911.htm,


I had just completed a work assignment of several years' duration, and
decided to devote the month of October to internet activism for John
Kerry. The essential role of Bush's incompetence in the success of the
9/11 attacks was a central theme in my internet debates. But the more
I studied the facts the more I came to believe that nobody could be
that incompetent.

When the statistical evidence and the dirty tricks in Ohio suggested
that the 2004 election was stolen too, and the news media were downright
insulting about such suggestions, I came to believe that the country was
in big trouble, and became a full-time activist.

Fahrenheit 9/11 failed in its mission to transform the center of America
because it told too many truths Americans weren't willing to hear. And
Fahrenheit 9/11 didn't tell the half of it. The more you study 9/11, the
more you come to understand that al Qaeda could not have put NORAD to
sleep for 100 minutes, and that jet fuel can not have brought down the
twin towers. These realizations took me hundreds of hours of study over
probably 20 months to accept.

Recently Michael Moore said this about 9/11:

"I've had a number of firefighters tell me over the years and since Fahrenheit 9/11 that they heard these explosions-- that they believe there's MUCH more to the story than we've been told. I don't think the official investigations have told us the complete truth-- they haven't even told us half the truth."


"I've filmed there before down at the Pentagon-- before 9/11-- there's got to be at least 100 cameras, ringing that building, in the trees, everywhere. They've got that plane coming in with 100 angles. How come with haven't seen the straight-- I'm not talking about stop-action photos, I'm talking about the video. I want to see the video; I want to see 100 videos that exist of this," Moore said.

http://www.brasschecktv.com/page/123.html
http://www.911blogger.com/node/9427


I hope his new movie covers what he left out of F911. I'll be doing my damndest
'til then try to to see that Americans are ready to hear it if he does.

[DeepModem Mom]

28. Your amazing and heartening post deserves a post of its own, petgoat!

Maybe in General Discussion?

[Kaleko]

40. Riveting story, petgoat. Wish I could recommend it

and talk about these things at length with you.

Kudos for the honesty, too.

[TexasBushwhacker]

51. It is very difficult to believe that our government lied to us so much

We're used to the reciprocal back-scratching, compromises, scandals, conflicts of interests, etc. that just seem to be part of the politcal game, but we have never EVER been lied to like we have been by this adminstration. It is beyond the pale, and tens of thousands of lives have been lost and hundreds of billions of dollars have been wasted for what? To give more to the "haves, and have mores". What the fuck do they care anyway? Don't they all think they're going to be raptured in their lifetime? They can't take their billions with them. Are they just hedging their bets? "Well I think I'm going to be raptured, but if I'm wrong, I want to be the richest motherfucker on the block." When I see the suffering they've caused, here in the US and worldwide, it just makes me sick to my stomach.

[bbgrunt]

63. great testimonial. I feel the same. It's too bad that

so many have such a closed mind that they couldn't even watch fahrenheit 911--as mild as it was.

[defendandprotect]

19. Notice that "SICKO" hasn't been played on TV . . . tho not sure whether it played on HBO?

THIS would be a great time -- pre-election --- for it to be running and repeating
on TV --- !!! Ohhhh, yeah!!!!

[StClone]

53. One channel plays "Bowling for Columbine."

And others have aired "Roger and Me." It may be the Documentary channel and/or Indie Film Channel (IFC).

[defendandprotect]

76. It's an informative movie --- about an issue many Americans are concerned with this election --- !!!

Should be on regular TV --- everywhere, IMO!!!

[harun]

21. Awesome, can't wait to see his next work (n/t)

[Liberty Belle]

25. Wish it could've been out before the election in November!

[marlakay]

57. He said on Larry king he has another movie coming out

this year, i think he said he made a movie about the tour he did for Kerry trying to get the young to vote. I bet he thought this movie would have a bigger impact on the election because the movie itself is about GOTV.

[onehandle]

26. Why bother? Bush's second term has been smooth and brilliant.

Why does Michael Moore hate America?

[Blue_Tires]

27. cool...personally, i would have wanted another slam against corp. america

specifically the credit crunch and housing loan fraud...

but i'll be more than happy with this...

[Mad_Dem_X]

31. Excellent!

Go, Mike! :patriot:

[debbierlus]

32. Very much needed, I can't believe how the country has just accepted the lies

It is unbelievable to me that there is so little outrage and such little demand for a new investigation.

Even, if you think the worst they did was cover up their mistakes, that would be enough. There are GAPING holes in the 9/11 story, and we should demand adequate answers and accountability.

[sandyj999]

33. Michael Moore is My Hero! I can't wait for this! n/t

[Emillereid]

36. Sure hope he includes Steven Jones, Robert Gage and David Griffin!

[SaveOurSovereignty]

38. Good

The first had so many holes and missed so much information
Much like the 911 commission report

[Bucky]

41. I wonder what Wolfowitz will be licking in the sequel

Hopefully his wounds.

[Phred42]

42. Good! - But it should be released in October of 2008

[Robbins]

44. Fahrenhat 9/11

None of It has been discredited.Remember Bush said In a debate with Kerry he never said he doesn't think of Bin laden.He Is on tape saying just that.One day people need to also understand we spend too much time In Afghanstain propering up the government Bush put up(which by the way only controls the capitol of the country much of the rest of the contry Is still controled by the Taliban) when
the only reason to be there Is to get Al queda.Even Liberals want to get those who caused the deaths
of those on 9/11.Michael Moore Is needed to speak the truth.

[marlakay]

58. He has another movie coming out about his tour for kerry

its all about GOTV for the young.

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

43. "Freeper 4-1-1."

[Politicalboi]

45. We need

A total exposure of 9/11 and MM is the perfect one to do it. Exposure of 9/11 would explain a lot of the crisis we are now in. It's called screwing the Americans out of everything using fear. Starting with the 2.3 Trillion dollars gone missing 09/10/01 at the Pentagon. 9/11 is the 900 LB Gorilla in the room.

[ForeignSpectator]

46. The first Fahrenheit was awful to watch. I mean the film was really good but awful to take...

...the second will be horrible. Horrible to endure seeing what has happened the past 8 years, wasted. Total waste of everything.

Worse actually.

[BayjanDem]

50. I can't wait

Another chance to expose these scumbags.

[Cleita]

54. Thank God for Michael Moore.

Apparently this is the only justice these criminals will ever see.

[lanlady]

55. say, whatever happened to Ben Stein's documentary?

The one about the "lies" of Darwinists? Did it sink without a trace?

[bunkerbuster1]

62. Believe it or not, I see it's still playing in some theaters here in Georgia

Don't know how it's doing though. I assume it's a write off theatrically, and they'll make their money selling DVDs to ignorant rubes.

[Towlie]

56. It may have to be a trilogy.

I'll bet a lot more truth will gradually come out after Bush's term is over.

[ToughLuck]

64. Excellent! I just wish it could be released before Bush leaves office

I would love the humiliation it would foster on the Republican party..Hurry Michael..as fast as you can and way to go!!!!!!!

[DissedByBush]

65. I'm getting tired of these political half-truth mockumentaries

Michael Moore perfected the art, and now the right is responding with that stupid Expelled movie.

What happened to the good old real Nova documentaries on PBS that I grew up with? No slant, not political motive, just facts.

[gatorboy]

70. Last I checked, they still make Nova.

In fact, there's one on tonight. :hi:

[petgoat]

75. NOVA's documentary about the WTC was pretty dishonest

http://911research.wtc7.net/disinfo/collapse/trusses.html

[DissedByBush]

83. You send me to a conspiracy theory site?

No thanks.

[CrawlingChaos]

84. I don't see any conspiracy theories on that site

I see a critical examination of available evidence.

Imagine what a different world we'd be living in right now if Americans had been more persistent in questioning authority and less willing to swallow unexamined lies.

[DesertRat]

66. I can't wait to see it! n/t

[bonito]

67. K&R n/t

[roamer65]

69. Cool! I am glad he's doing the long rumored F 9/11 and one-half.

[SlingBlade]

72. Oh But things have improved so much

Since then, What in the world could he put in this new doc ? :sarcasm:

[mdmc]

73. yes

:kick:

[MichellesBFF]

78. Release date for his next movie

It should be 1.19.09

This is me the two days later. :hangover:

[cat1985]

80. Opinions on Micheal Moore

What are everybodies opinion on this guy. I think he is a good docmentary maker although many forget he doesn't act as the neutral they expect over here. Director class, but as a guy a bit of a loop IMO

[pjt7]

81. Pet goat

That's was a great post. thanks~

I hope Moore's next 9.11 has as little of him as possible. Unfortunately, he's a little too polarizing for some middle of the road American's. I'd love to see him get crafty & bring in an honest republican or trusted American & have them be larger part of the "face" of his next documentary.

[ExPatLeftist]

82. Only one problem with that:

We would need to find this fabled "honest republican" first.

;)