I was never the biggest fan of "Get Shorty", even with my Elmore Leonard love, mostly in part because I hate Rene Russo and run screaming at the name. So it's to my relief that she's not in the this May's sequel "Be Cool". Now, this is not me saying I've been waiting for a sequel to come out or that I'm even anticipating some great film but the cast alone has got me a little intrigued.
"Be Cool" stars John Travolta, Uma Thurman, Vince Vaughn (as a great white guy trying to be a gangsta), The Rock, Andre 3000 (of outkast), James Woods, Cedric the Entertainer, Harvey Keitel, and even Steven Tyler (as himself obviously - to cover up his bad acting I presume). With all these different characters and the people playing them it seems that it could either come together really well or spread so thin not it's not funny and kind of embarrasing.
So, take a look at the trailer (Vince Vaughn can do no wrong in my eye - sans Domestic Disburance) and the teaser site to get a little taste of whats to come from the previously mentioned stars. My money is on matinee entertainment here or at least random hook up date night viewing. I'll cross my fingers for the second.