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He’s back. So is the movie that didn’t fare so well. The film, Gi Joe: the Retaliation will be happening soon also starring The Rock and Bruce Willis. Here’s an interesting quote since it’s about the language barrier and how things go when one part goes wrong. “”But I’d just forget every line – literally every single line – when I was told that I’d pronounced one word wrong while acting. Having to think that I somehow have to fix my pronunciation for that one word would just make me totally lost at the set. There’s a huge difference between making conversation in a foreign language and acting in a foreign language. I feel the most comfortable when I perform for pieces that are based on Korean culture. So I can’t help but feel that I could’ve done better if this were a Korean movie.”” The movie will hit theaters in the summer.
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Bruce Willis sees the thousand screens and sees dollar signs. It’s obvious that a billion people want to watch movies and many of the huge middle class will see them in a theater. His film called Looper is a joint production that includes Chinese backing. This is getting to be old news and obvious, yet it’s still developing. Perhaps the idea is to join the brigade of being in theaters before it gets bootlegged! (Bloomberg – Bruce Willis)
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