Bandidas (2006)

[Guerrilla]

Mexican newspaper El Universal reports that new Western comedy, Bandidas, will be shooting in Mexico
The movie is set in the 1880's and tells the story of Sara (Salma Hayek) and Marнa (Penelope Cruz), who are enemies at first due to the difference in their social classes, but then join forces as bank robbers.
The film, budgeted at around $35 million, is produced by Luc Besson and helmed by Norwegian directors Joachim Roenning and Espen Sandberg.

The production will shoot for two months in the state of Durango, two weeks in San Luis Potosн, and later will return to Churubusco Studios before wrapping in December.

[cigar joe]

Ooh, yeye yeye!

[Sensei]

LOL, Norwegian directors you say? That's a new one.  

[Il Buono]

<il Buono, looking at picture>: Ay caramba!!

[Concorde]

 

That photo was actually done as a magazine cover to promote THE WILD WILD WEST back in 1999.

[DJIMBO]

mmm...penelope cruz and salma hayek in tightly fitting western costumes..i think i could just about tolerate that  

[Nobody]

Woohoo, Norwegian directors! The last time a Norwegian directed a western, was in 1996, when Nils Gaup made "Tashunga" from a script by Sergio Donati. The film starred Christopher Lambert (who also produced) and James Caan. The result was pretty dreadful. Let's hope this on will be better, although it could easily become another Bad Girls.

[General Sibley]

mmm...penelope cruz and salma hayek in tightly fitting western costumes..i think i could just about tolerate that  

I like the pants she's wearing     Hope Salma has the matching top.

[Guerrilla]

The upcoming western


starring:
Salma Hayek    :Sara
Penélope Cruz :Maria

[DJIMBO]

hubba hubba, are we asking too much for the two to be involved in lesbianic frollocking?? ive always loved latinas so this is great.   

[Guerrilla]

are they nice,Djimbo?

[cigar joe]

What are every ones predisposed opinions on this turning out to be a good film?

[DJIMBO]

oh theyre nice ok, dunno about the standard of the film

[Nobody]

The directors were interviewed at a Norwegian talkshow. They showed an extremely short clip from the film. If the clip is representative of the film in its entirety, the film will be crap. It was cut like 99% of all hip hop videos on MTV. Not very promising, but the short clip might have been from the trailer, which might be the explanation for the godawful editing. The directors stressed that this was a western-comedy, not just a western. Supposedly Cruz and Hayek goes through a "bank robbing school" before they become actual bankrobbers. In other words, don't expect Leone here. Then again, why would we expect something truly great when Besson is producing. His has directed some great films (and some awful ones), but I can't recall having seen anything good produced by him.

[Guerrilla]

There is some new pix from the upcoming film