Miles Teller replaces Armie Hammer on The Godfather making-of series, The Offer
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Miles Teller will now play Al Ruddy, the producer of The Godfather, in the upcoming Paramount+ series The Offer. The 10-episode limited series details Ruddy’s never-shared-before experiences producing The Godfather in 1972. The Oscar-winning producer went on to produce films such as Million Dollar Baby, The Longest Yard (1974), and Cry Macho, which premieres later this year. Teller signed on to executive produce the show alongside Ruddy himself. He will also step in as the star, taking over the role previously assigned to Armie Hammer.
Hammer stepped down from the project, as well as a rom-com with Jennifer Lopez, earlier this year following multiple accusations of sexual assault and other violent behavior from former partners. Things continued to escalate following the posting of alleged DMs from the actor on an unverified Instagram account, discussing among other things, an obsession with cannibalism and domination. In March, the LAPD disclosed they are investigating Hammer in connection with a rape accusation.
Teller previously starred in films such as Whiplash, The Spectacular Now, Divergent, and War Dogs alongside Jonah Hill. Teller’s upcoming films include Top Gun: Maverick and Netflix’s Spiderhead with Chris Hemsworth. The Offer is written and executive produced by Nikki Toscano and directed by Dexter Fletcher. A release date for the limited series straight to Paramount+ has not been announced.
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Miles Teller? Dexter Fletcher? Armie Hammer? You’re not fooling anyone, Gabrielle, we know you’re just pulling these names out of a 1930s pulp detective book.
I would love it if Bill Watterson came out of retirement just to do a Tracer Bullet strip. Or graphic novel, even.
Second favourite Tracer Bullet line, after “It pays the bills. Especially Bill, my bookie.”
“I’ve got eight slugs in me. One’s lead, and the rest are bourbon.”
The thing is, what makes it great is that these are more or less the lines that were in actual pulp detective novels. Although it is kind of weird that they were in a strip read (I know not only) by children. Would they understand the references to alcohol and gambling?
I think the comics were aimed more at adults than kids, at least traditionally. What I love about Tracer Bullet is that it’s white-on-black artwork, which Watterson said was a pain to do (hence why he didn’t do much Tracer stuff). God, we really didn’t deserve Bill Watterson:Gorgeous.
Jake Bullet – Cybernautics Division..
It’s traffic control.
“You did it, didn’t you, Armie?” I said. His grip on the gat didn’t waver. “You took the dizzy dame from Teller’s clip joint, slipped her a ten sawbucks and took her back to your wikiup.”His map didn’t move, so I thought I’d try my luck. Just kept staring, eye’s deader than a hophead’s on a sofa down at Chinatown gum house. Figured either way he was gonna squirt lead, and maybe, I thought, it’d buy me some time. “The money I understand. And the Harlem sunset you gave her, yeah, I can understand that. Don’t want to, but I can. Ankle like that can drive any man batty. Specially when she’s flim-flammed him for half his lettuce and won’t keep up her end of the bargain.”I thought I saw his eye twitch, but maybe I was seeing things. Mind starts playing tricks on a fellow when he’s gotten on the wrong side of Mr Smith and Mr Wesson. Whatever Armie was going to do, he was going to do it soon.“You thought she was a chippy, but she’d long turned straight. She was Dexter’s moll now, full time, and she’s getting worried. Sure, she needed the cush – they both did – but she’d grown this thing called a conscious.”“Hell,” I said evenly, “maybe it was something she’d barely felt before, and you never have. Maybe it was love.” “The broad. The money. The blood. Nothing this town hasn’t seen before, nothing I haven’t see too many times before.”I could see his fingers tightening. And, once, maybe, there wasn’t something in those eyes that weren’t already dead.“But what I couldn’t understand, Armie,” I said, low, “was the teeth marks.”
This is amazing.
Way to bury the lede, Paramount. You want to tell a story about the producer of The Longest Yard, but focus on his experience producing some mob drama?Fuck that noise.
After watching Whiplash, I’ll watch anything with Miles Teller or J.K. Simmons. Amazing movie!
Talk about a lateral move
I don’t care if he’s a jerk, nothing short of Kevin Spacey is going to be a “lateral move” if you’re replacing Hammer-ball the cannibal.
This comment sucked until “Hammer ball”. Star for hammer ball.
Ah yes because violent abusive rapist and egotistical douche are synonymous.
Literally!
Anyone who looks like this big of an asshole can’t possibly actually be one, right?
Based on the profiles on him floating around, he absolutely is.
As someone too lazy to go down that Google wormhole, can you expand on that? I thought he was just a garden variety douchebag.
Lots of people thought the same about Jimmy Savile.
I was gonna say “Coke dealer” but I guess po-tay-to po-tah-to
Or rentboy.
Phew, it’s not as if Miles Teller gives off abusive asshole vibes at all.
Right? Just waiting for his situation to boil over.
Never mind that pud Miles Teller who’s playing Robert Evans? Cuz everyone knows he’s the real star behind the Godfather Baby!
He’s probably my favourite conflict journalist.
Can he play himself? Is he still alive?
Died in 2019
The headline should read BLAND WHITE REPLACES BLAND WHITE (cannibal) IN SHOW ABOUT ITALIANS.
I guess going from creepy cannibal rapist to mere gigantic fucking douche is a step in the right direction…?
ASPIRING cannibal. We don’t know that he actually ate anyone.
There must be some record of him visiting Florida or Germany!
Fair point, but the difference between “aspiring” cannibal and cannibal is just one bite!
It’s the difference between a crime accusation and kink shaming.
Allegedly.
Well, Shia still has that over him, at least.
He ate me once. But not in, like, a cannibal way.
Eat THAT, Armie Hammer!
Take that, Birth of Man!
Wait- no, Armie! Figure of speech! FIGURE OF SPEECH!
I hope he really sinks his teeth into this character and chews up some scenery along the way.
So is Miles Teller an actual douche or does he just look like one to such a degree that the commentary here all agrees with my gut reaction to him?Because I’d feel legit bad if he was an okay guy with a punchable face.
Full on actual douche. Punch away!
Source?
There’s the infamous Esquire interview, and apparently got punched yesterday for not paying his wedding bills from 2 yrs ago.
He got married? I thought he was committed to being The Man With The Golden Arm ?
Anybody who’s thinking right now, “man, that’s a punchable face”, that job was just done. You can get the next one.https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/miles-teller-reportedly-punched-dispute-hawaii-vacation-200036223.html
Miles Teller shouldn’t be in movies. Except the ones where he’s constantly getting abused by an infinitely better actor, because that never gets old.
It’s interesting that the Top Gun sequel trailer barely features Teller even though he presumably should be the second lead in the film as the son of Maverick’s dead best friend. I presume that Tom Cruise (maybe not an infinitely better actor but a much more charismatic one) will be outdoing Teller’s character again and again in that film.
So Jared Leto’s career in the late 90s/early 00s? I’m with it.
Shouldn’t be too difficult
This douche canoe apparently got his ass kicked by a wedding planner in a restaurant bathroom last night. Could not have happened to a more punchable fucking face.
Can someone link something that shows why Miles Teller is a mega douche? I’ve honestly never read anything about him that screamed douche, but I rarely read celebrity gossip so if it’s out there, I’ve probably missed it.
I have read that infamous profile on him and it was clear that the writer had it out for him. Lots of running commentary rather than direct quotes. Of course the dummies will reference it because, well, they’re dummies.
Yes. He may indeed but a douche (he’s a Hollywood actor after all) but one profile that clearly hates him isn’t anything even remotely definitive and for someone so disliked by so many people is there was some smoking gun evidence it would likely have come out already.
I’m unaware of this infamous profile, I’ll have to look it up.
1. The shirt2. The stache You need more?
I do actually. That’s a pretty standard way to dress where I live…
Teller previously starred in films such as Whiplash, The Spectacular Now, Divergent, and War DogsAnd yet no mention of his star making, Oscar-worthy performance as Reed Richards in 2015’s blockbuster Fant4stic Four?
Imagine having less charisma than Ioan Gruffudd