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Fahrenheit 9/11 Sequel News

Moore Bush bashing.

by Scott Collura | May 15, 2008

The culture wars continue. Inflammatory documentary filmmaker Michael Moore has announced at the Cannes film festival that he is planning a sequel to Fahrenheit 9/11, his acclaimed by some, loathed by others documentary about 9/11.

The film will come from Paramount Vantage and Overture Films, according to Variety, with a 2009 release date planned.

"Clearly, we have a movie of global appeal here," says Vantage chief Nick Meyer. "Michael Moore is a very talented filmmaker, and this is a branded property."

The film will pick up where its predecessor left off, exploring the continuing war in Iraq, the faltering economy, and the lumps that President Bush has taken since 2001.

"It's a vote of confidence on Michael's part, and a great partnership for all of us," says Overture's Danny Rosett. "There is a voracious appetite for this kind of commentary."

The move to Paramount and Overture also means that Moore has left the Weinstein Co., where he made the original Fahrenheit and Sicko. The filmmaker, who is said to already be at work on the sequel, has scored with three of the top five grossing documentaries of all time, including the first Fahrenheit which is the highest grossing doc ever made domestically.

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dethburger writes:
on May 15 2008 08:11 AM

So MM is making a new "documentary"?

yawn.

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sunsaz writes:
on May 15 2008 08:34 AM

Let me know when Moore decides to do something original.

Though I am surprised he opted not to release this during an election year. I guess he's more of an "I told you so" kind of person and not an "Out to warn you" person.

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Now it's dark writes:
on May 15 2008 10:07 AM

Sweet. Moores' genius at enraging neocons knows no bounds.

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kissman24 writes:
on May 15 2008 10:37 AM

Should be interesting. He only scratched the surface of the truth behind the lies back in '04. Can't wait to see the next installment.

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dahluzz writes:
on May 15 2008 10:48 AM

ok, when they start making sequels to documentaries, you know everything has gone to hell. can't wait for the remake in 2015 after america is morally and financially bankrupt.

does michael moore fail to see the irony in this? he's condemning the bush administration (which, don't get me wrong, i loathe with every fiber of my being) for governing based on their rampant capitalist agenda by making a sequel to the highest grossing doc ever with his "branded property." nice one mike, you're officially a corporate whore. can't wait for 'Celsius 9/11' or whatever it is.

unfortunately, it's not within moore's ability to deliver an honest, sobering documentary like 'no end in sight.' instead he will try to use humor and cheap political tricks which will, as in the original film, ultimately undermine the points he's trying to make. the first movie ran like a 90 minute negative campaign ad and disenchanted as many would-be bush-bashers as it recruited.

it's impossible to argue against the cold, hard facts of a doc like 'no end in sight,' which features the insiders on the war in iraq telling us that their planning was intentionally ignored in order to prolong the conflict. however, once moore begins inserting his own spin on the events, the seed of doubt is planted and we're unable to know if we're being informed or manipulated.

in short, this movie will do more harm than good.

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Jay Sherman writes:
on May 15 2008 10:58 AM

"Should be interesting. He only scratched the surface of the truth behind the lies back in '04. Can't wait to see the next installment." "As long as you believe that Oliver Stone.

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indiefilmfan2 writes:
on May 15 2008 11:02 AM

Moore only knows how to make propoganda pieces for which at that he is the best. A find his movies to be among the most entertaining in its genre. However, as a documentary filmmaker he fails. My favorite documentary ever is Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room. It's witty at times but it's serious and more objective when it needs to be. Moore could take a lesson or two from that film.

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TheCaptain of TeamLoyalty writes:
on May 15 2008 11:05 AM

Yes another propaganda movie that the liberals will watch and use as if it is the bible. Sad little liberals so sad wishing that clinton was still ruining the world.

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dahluzz writes:
on May 15 2008 11:33 AM

In reply to this comment (#1736143)
um, how did slick willy ruin the world? try and be specific, unless of course you're blowing hot air and don't really have an examples.

if we're 'sad little liberals' i guess that makes you a big happy conservative. so what is it that elevates you above us peons? and what is it you're so happy about? cause it sure as hell can't be the pitiful economy, the 5 year war, the unchecked national pollution levels and the wholly unregulated government spending spree that's gone on since 2001.

just let mew know, because me tiny little liberal brain can't really figure out why you wouldn't be pretty sad with the state of affairs around here, too.

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DarthRage writes:
on May 15 2008 11:43 AM

M Moore and his sheep love to make movies denigrating the country that gave him so much. Brainless liberals and their master will once again celebrate intellectual vapidness!

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Floor Man writes:
on May 15 2008 11:52 AM

*SIGH*

Why, WHY must the train comments to this article gradually become a sad and unfortunately large battleground for pointless "political" argumentation?

Guys. It's a movie. Please try to remember that this is ([hopefully] more than not) a MOVIE site before entire posts become full of nothing but broken caps-lock buttons and pathetic attempts at seeming deep through use of ridiculous amounts of prose and pseudo-intellectual metaphors regarding American politics.

Cheers. :)

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Floor Man writes:
on May 15 2008 11:53 AM

*That was meant as "train OF comments...".

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dahluzz writes:
on May 15 2008 12:04 PM

In reply to this comment (#1736180)
so your contribution to the discussion was to bash the people who are actually talking about politics, ya know the subject of the MOVIE (caps-lock much?) this thread is dedicated to?

if you don't care, then don't read the comments, let alone try to regulate how people are responding.

people who like movies also have opinions about the government, and this subject naturally brings those two worlds together. is it really that much of a surprise that a political movie would spark a discussion about politics?

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TheCaptain of TeamLoyalty writes:
on May 15 2008 12:42 PM

Oh yeah slick willy was innocent when he sent troops into TWO civil wars, one of which was an even bigger failure than the current war. Or when he let the internet bubble grow unregulated, or when he took credit for the surplus when it was the republican controlled senate that did it. Or when instead of leading the country he was cheating on his wife and having sex when he was supposed to be working, or when he allowed Dafur to happen because of his weak foreign agenda, or when he allowed osama to live when the saudis offered his head on 5 different occasions, or when he bombed a camp that he thought osama was in when all of his generals told him that he was not there, or the fact that he allowed over 5 domestic terrorist attacks, etc.

Hey dahluzz i understand that you cannot think for yourself thus the reason why you have to listen to critics but atleast do not be a blind liberal sheep, even the very few smart liberals know that Moore is nothing but a nazi propagandist.

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Shinlyle writes:
on May 15 2008 12:42 PM

"Michael Moore is a very talented filmmaker, and this is a branded property."

That's news to me. I thought he just took whatever the hot-button issue of the year was, and decided to make an hour and a half b****-fest to cash in on it.

I still say, if he were so self-righteous, he would have given the proceeds from F911 to the families of soldiers killed in Iraq or something. As it is, the fat bastard just rolls in more doughnut glaze, laughing at how many lemmings have went to see a movie about something they could have seen on the news.

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TheCaptain of TeamLoyalty writes:
on May 15 2008 12:43 PM

Pollution? HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA, continue to listen to gore and his tales of global warming while i will continue to listen to REAL scientists.

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dahluzz writes:
on May 15 2008 01:09 PM

In reply to this comment (#1736219)
rrriiiiiiiight. yeah, forgot you were the dude who thinks critics are useless. that's kinf of red flag right there. i'm glad you were able to offer some clinton blunder examples. i know he's far from clean, i was just calling your bluff to see if you would back it up. however, i don't know what 'bigger failure than the current war' you're talking about.

at the end of the day though, your examples pale in comparison to the heinous war crimes and public betrayals committed by the bush administration. crimes such as those committed at abu ghraib and betrayals like the denial of global warming in favor of big business agendas.

it's pretty clear that you've been influenced by the administration's propaganda if you think global waming's a myth. or maybe the REAL scientists just know something everyone else doesn't. who are these scientists again?

let's face it, even though he was sleezy, america was a better place under bill clinton than it is today.

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wilkiedriver writes:
on May 15 2008 01:10 PM

I finally saw "Roger and Me" a couple of months ago on cable. Brilliant in a sense that not only was Detroit in bad shape then and even worse now, but you sense the seeds taking place with MM as he tries to get questions answered the fairest way possible about the downturn of the Detroit area, specifically his hometown of Flint. While he had a right to be angry at GM, the anger only snowballed into extreme left propaganda making it hard for me and others to distinguish facts or near-communist personal feelings. "Roger and Me" was a documentary more so than anything else he has touched. The others were films. I think we know the differences....

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Harless writes:
on May 15 2008 01:14 PM

In reply to this comment (#1736219)
Hey Captain, which REAL scientists are you referring to? I am totally serious with my question, I have yet to see any legitimate science telling me that the climate is not changing. And now I turn on the TV and see Al Sharpton and Pat Robertson doing commercials for "wecansolveit.org" and the Alliance for Climate Protection. Looks like people are jumping off your boat. Even Bush admitted climate change was a real problem, so what are you reading? What information do you have that we don't?

And even if you don't think the climate change is real, would you not agree pollution is bad? Even a small child could tell you that pollution is bad and should be checked.

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DrNvrmore writes:
on May 15 2008 01:31 PM

Bottom line: the fact that MM'd movie is called a documentary is a travesty for all other documentary makers that actually have to back up their movie with facts... I don't have a problem with the movie I have a problem with it being called a documentary!

The reason he is doing a 9/11 sequel is because SICKO his latest brand of grossly tilted propaganda did horrid at the box office and he got used to living the high life off of his Bush Bucks... Now he has to stir up a pot that no one will care about once we get a new prez so he can make some money.

Where was MM during all the crap that the first Clinton was involved with... It's all biased propaganda people - open your eyes.

Note: I am not defending W or his politics. Just trashing MM and his barbarian tactics to promote lies for what he thinks is going to please the gods of MOVEON.ORG.

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