Tarantino vs Grazer is a BRUTAL DELUXE!
Clash of the Titans for Arnold and Stallone!
Reported By: ABking
Sunday, February 12, 2006

Which mega Hollywood mogul --Quentin Tarantino or Brian Grazer-- will get their shot at finally making the "ultimate team-up film" first? That team up would star one time "biggest stars" of all time SCHWARZENEGGER & STALLONE?

Well Brian Grazer and QT will have to battle it out and try to write the best possible script so they can attach Arnie and Sly. Both action icons command 20 million a film, but will most likely defer their enormous upfront fees for a HUGE piece of the backend. After all, a film starring these two will DEFINETLY make mega millions at the domestic and foreign box-office. Here are some facts regarding the Italian Stallion and the Austrian Oak:

Fact # 1. Schwarzenegger and Stallone are both nearing 60 years old, but age is not a factor for these guys!

Fact # 2. Both have made some of the greatest action films ever put to film!

Fact # 3. Both mega stars are about to become as "HOT" as they ever were a la the 80's and early 90's with sequels to their iconic film characters!

You see for years Arnold and Sly were the talk of Hollywood with the number of tickets their action films took in at the box-office, the record breaking salaries each commanded, and the so called "rivalry" they both had in the media. It was all welcomed from both tough guys because they knew better than anyone that stars stay BIG in Hollywood by being the talk of the town! BUT they somehow never made a film together during this time period...the 80's and early 90's.

Now, years later, everything seems to be coming together. Both action legends were last seen on the big screen in 2003. Arnold in his mega franchise TERMINATOR 3: RISE OF THE MACHINES and Sly in Robert Rodriguez's SPY KIDS: 3-D (which he did for his three young daughters and pal Rodriguez). After 2003, Arnold left Hollywood to live his long time dream and became governor.

Stallone on the other hand went on to form his fitness empire --he formed his own Nutritional Company INSTONE NUTRITION, his own Water Brand coming next month in March, his magazine simply called S L Y and will be the major stock/shareholder in the new Planet Hollywood Casino opening at the end of the year/beginning of next year (Arnold will most likely jump on this venture being the business savy guy we all know he is).

As we speak, Stallone is finishing his life long dream of making one last ROCKY movie. He will then move into RAMBO IV right after. Schwarzenegger said he would make TERMINATOR 4 before he became governor and with his term soon coming to an end, T4 will most likely be first on his plate. If Mario Kassar and Andrew Vajna decide to ditch Arnold, TERMINATOR 4 would become an "epic disaster" and a "major" box-office FLOP! So Andy and Mario better be smart!!!

So which Sly and Arnie team-up project will come first and which one will do bigger at the box-office? Is it going to be known as Grazer vs Tarantino in Hollywood? Will it be a clash of the titans or will Arnie and Sly decide to star in both films? Only time will tell but lets break things down shall we.

On one hand, Tarantino has had the idea of INGLORIOUS BASTARDS kicking around for a while. When rumor began last year that he wanted to finally make a film starring Schwarzenegger and Stallone, fans around the world became ecstatic and began to talk. Arnie and Sly have never made a WWII action film and a war film would suit them best and work to their strengths.

Imagine seeing Stallone as a G.I. going on a do or die mission with Eddie Murphy and Adam Sandler and their biggest threat is Arnie in bad ass mode as a mule mean Nazi general. Who in their right mind wouldn't pay to see that 3 or 4 times in the theaters. It would be Schwarzenegger vs Stallone! Arnie can take risks now and play a bad guy since he already was governor. Arnie would also finally play his first bad bad guy since THE TERMINATOR in 1984.

On the other hand, Brian Grazer is a mega producer and will be the hottest man in town after THE DA VINCI CODE opens this summer. Grazer can use his clout to lure Arnie and Sly to BRUTAL DELUXE. Brian's Schwarzenegger/Stallone team-up film would get the BIGGEST possible push with marketing, advertising, record theater screens, rich future production deals for the two mega stars etc...

Grazer would also be in a position to get a top caliber filmmaker to direct Sly and Arnie. Maybe he could get Steven Spielberg, the Wachowski Brothers or Peter Jackson to helm the 100 million action/adventure film. James Cameron is too busy with PROJECT 880/AVATAR or BATTLE ANGEL ALITA to be mentioned for this film.

Who knows which expensive project will get greenlit first, but let the battle to the big screen begin for Quentin Tarantino's INGLORIOUS BASTARDS and Brian Grazer's BRUTAL DELUXE!!!