Can old dogs really learn new tricks? Well, according to legendary stars John Travolta and Robin Williams, they can. If you liked “Wild Hogs,” chances are you’ll want to take “Old Dogs” for a walk as well. The similarly-sounding flick, which begins filming soon, will reunite Travolta with “Hogs” director Walt Becker and team them with Williams to tell yet another story of an over-the-hill, uphill battle.
“I’m doing a film with the family,” beamed Travolta. “I’m doing a film with Kelly [Preston], my wife, and my daughter Ella, for the first time.”
“It’s basically the idea that old dogs can learn new tricks,” laughed Williams. “It’s about two men in what they call the twilight or the golden years, older men. [My character] finds out that he has twins that he didn’t know about [and] then the kids are suddenly told ‘This is your dad, and you’re going to stay with him for the weekend’.”
Travolta’s real-life 7-year-old offspring will make her acting debut in the film, which has business partners Williams and Travolta finding their status quo flipped upside down after a newfound paternity crashes their plans. Think “3 Men and a Baby,” but starring a “Pulp Fiction” hitman and Mork from Ork.
“John’s character is a really hardcore bachelor, who thinks that the idea of having kids around would be great for cougar bait,” laughed the spastic “License to Wed” star, adding, “For those of you who don’t know what a cougar is, check online: Single white females, or single females looking for husbands.”
Once the guys start watching “SpongeBob,” they find that the world looks quite different from a child’s perspective. “The idea of you having children really appeals [to some women],” Williams said of the flick, referring to the character of Travolta’s real-life wife and co-star Kelly.
“It’s learning about life,” the Oscar-winner proclaimed. “What are you going to do now, smart boy, that you’re single at the age of 50? … That is the essence of [the movie].”
“Old Dogs,” which also stars Matt Dillon as a conservative camp counselor, is due in theaters in 2008.
July 5th, 2007 at 11:54 am
SOUNDS DREADFUL. Can’t Wait to see it.
July 5th, 2007 at 4:48 pm
Let’s take a brief look at Travolta’s career:
Carrie - realistic performance as meathead jock Billy Nolan.
Saturday Night Fever - He makes it possible for men to groom and dance without questioning their sexuality
Grease - Seals his status as hunk-o-rama for people my mother’s age
Urban Cowboy - tight pants + beers
Staying Alive - More tight pants + his little pimp walk is recreated in everything incl. a Simpsons episode
Look Who’s Talking/Two/Now - The Axis of evil
Pulp Fiction - I can forgive LWT films
Get Shorty - Who saw this?
Broken Arrow/Phenomenon/Michael - Look, I can be dramatic
Face/Off - WTF? Why was this movie so awesome?
Primary Colors - I fell asleep
Battlefield Earth - I officially am John Travolta’s #1 fan. And this film becomes my most quoted movie for 1999
Things become a little boring from here on…
Swordfish, The Punisher, Be Cool = yawnz
THEN!!!
Wild Hogs becomes the reason I will never get married.
THEN!!! (finale)
Travolta insults all women (bio and trans) with his confusing/not campy portrayal of Edna Turnblad in Hairspray.
I want Travolta’s next role to be in a remake of Eddy Murphy’s remake of Nutty Professor.
July 5th, 2007 at 5:06 pm
Get Shorty is awesome.
July 5th, 2007 at 6:19 pm
oooo my god you are my favirt i love you i love your move grees its a grat movie will bye love sam you good firend
July 25th, 2007 at 1:55 pm
got to see john in the flesh filming this movie in ny..as gorgeous as ever! go vinny barbarino!
July 26th, 2007 at 12:19 pm
filming at shea stadium today just saw them on tv
July 31st, 2007 at 2:04 pm
i just saw them filming in mid-town.. both of them look awesome!!
July 31st, 2007 at 11:11 pm
I took pics of them filming earlier!! It was funny because I got them hugging and also getting touched up. It is always nice to see a celebritys in town. Crissy
August 9th, 2007 at 11:07 pm
omg i saw them filming today =]] i got to hug both of them i was sooo happy hahaha
March 13th, 2008 at 1:43 pm
When will Old Dogs be in theaters?