“These people should die in hell, all three of them. It’s so disrespectful. And it’s a good thing I’m not there (referring to his delayed arrival in Cannes) If I see them I’ll strangle every one of them” “Nick Cage, Werner Herzog … I hope they’re in the same streetcar when it blows up.” [Source: LA Times]

more-than-two-minute promo trailer directed byhas hit the web.directed and co-wrote the 1992 original, which earnedan Independent Spirit Award for his performance as a drug-addled, gambling sex addict who investigates the rape of a nun. Actually, “Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans” isn’t real remake! Herzog himself calls it “a completely independent autonomous story.” He even claims he’s never seen the original.At the 2008 Cannes Film Festival, director Werner Herzog announced a remake of the film with Nicolas Cage starring and the original film’s producer, Edward R. Pressman returning. When asked about the remake, Ferrara said,The new version is based on a screenplay from William M Finkelstein, a seasoned television writer whose credits include LA Law and NYPD Blue, and gives the conflicted officer a name – Terence McDonough – as he investigates the killing of five Senegalese immigrants.is set to play the lead character, a cop who lives on the edge.will play Cage’s police partner, whilewill play a criminal dubbed Big Fade. Herzog’s version of “Bad Lieutenant” also starsand. [Video Source: WP