Smokin’ Aces Prequel Headed for Our Eyeballs Sometime in the Future

Posted by Dr. Cole Abaius (cole.abaius@filmschoolrejects.com) on November 6, 2008

In a piece of news that warms my heart like someone threw napalm into it, Joe Carnahan will be bringing his particular brand of carnage back to the Smokin’ Aces universe by filming a prequel to the 2006 shoot em’ up. His own website is reporting that 1) The project is a go B) They’re already a’working on it and 3) There will be cameos aplenty.

This is awesome news. And the best thing about a prequel – nobody that died in the original is dead yet! Huzzah! That leaves the door wide open to bring all the cool characters from Smokin’ Aces back to shoot an impossible amount of bullets, rockets and playing cards at each other.

Leaving aside the horrific disaster that was Pride and Glory, Carnahan already has three projects on the table that he’s writing, directing or writing and directing – a remake of Preminger’s Bunny Lake is Missing, a true-life story about Pablo Escobar called Killing Pablo, and a children’s animated feature called Fluffy Bunny’s Big Day.

Just kidding – the third project is a cop corruption flick based on an Ellroy novel called White Jazz, although I bet Carnahan could write the shit out of Fluffy Bunny’s Big Day.

There’s little information about the project out there so we don’t know when it starts filming or if there’s a planned date yet for Universal to release it. We’ll keep our eyes open for it.

What do you think? Are you excited about another Smokin’ Aces? Should there be a higher body count? Should we learn the origin story of that freaky tightey-whitey-wearing kid from the original? Should Iron Man make a cameo?

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Rob Hunter

This does not excite me, although I will watch it on DVD.

Especially since it'll be going straight to DVD.

Cole Abaius

Stop taking a dump on my dreams. I don't go around claiming that production on Interracial Sploshfest 2: Devil's Splooge Cake has stalled permanently and ruining your day.

Bob Funn

Though I saw the first movie I don't remember a frame of it except the guy running out of the elevator throwing sticks...

Kevin Kelly

Reading this made me puke in my mouth a little bit. No, scratch that. A lot. I absolutely loathed Smokin' Aces. Loathed it. Here's my better version:

Ryan Reynolds as Richard Messner: "How bad?"

Everyone in the audience: "Worse than we ever thought."

BLAM everyone in the world simultaneously shoots Reynolds between the eyes with the gun of their choice. As he dies, a hand grenade falls to the ground... without a pin. Inexplicably, it rolls right into Jeremy Piven's wide open and screaming mouth.

KA-DOUBLE-BLAM

Fin.

curt

Smokin' Aces was such a let down. From what I heard the film was panned, (rightfully!!) and didn't do well box office wise. Seems like the perfect ingredients for a sequel.

David G

I def liked Smokin Aces. Of course it wasnt a brilliant movie in the least, like these goobers were prob expecting. It did have some cool action sequences though. The elevator scene where the three bros killin cops and that dike is shootin like crazy from across the street. Some funny scenes throughout, too. My fav is def gotta be when Ben Affleck dies and homeboy uses him like a puppet to make himself feel better. "Its really nice up here 'n heaven".

TL

Why?

Aleric

I have to agree with the Nay Sayers in the comment section.

Smokin' Aces had so little action that it can't even be called smokin', more like Smolderin' Aces.

KREMY KREMS

TOM PARR IS A FAG

Smokin’ Aces Prequel Headed for Our Eyeballs Sometime in the Future

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