Rants On Books On Celluloid
1. Wired Magazine has a terrific new article on Richard Linklater's new movie of Philip K. Dick's A Scanner Darkly.
Robert La Franco gets the definitive (?) scoop on why Linklater's movie has been in production for nearly two years, and why the release date's been shuffled more times than a pack of nudie cards.
American grownups probably aren't ready for animated drama. In Japan, the medium is regarded as a possibility for equal narrative strength for any age group, but the best we can do (in descending order) is Peter Chung, Ralph Bakshi, and Titan A.E. Linklater wants to change this for good, and it's proving as hairy to deal with skeptical studio heads as to finish the damn movie.
An amazing (if schizo) new trailer went out last week; between this, V For Vendetta and Aronofsky's The Fountain, it seems WB has a knack for projects they (maybe) wish they hadn't greenlit.
2. Probably to counteract the geek endorphins generated by the new Spidey poster, AICN has some news on Spike Jonze's movie of one of the alltime masterpieces of children's literature. Catherine Keener said the following to Charlie Rose yesterday:
“I’m getting ready to work with him (Jonze) again. He’s doing Where the Wild Things Are. He’s doing it in New Zealand. I’m playing the mom looking for Max. Then there will be six actors or so performing the roles of the monsters, the wild things. And then Henson’s company is making puppets.”
As glad as I am that
Tom Hanks isn't attached anymore (the only male character being a little boy)
the movie is no longer going to be all-CGI as previously reported
The Jim Henson Company is going the puppet route
...Why does this need to exist? Sure, this is the best news yet on the picture, but anyone who's ever read Where The Wild Things Are should agree that there's just not enough material for a feature-length movie. Unless, of course, Jonze is planning to just make some crap up.
3. Excellent article at The Guardian about Truman Capote's love affair with the movies, by biographer Gerald Clarke (his book constituted the basis of the biopic.)
Robert La Franco gets the definitive (?) scoop on why Linklater's movie has been in production for nearly two years, and why the release date's been shuffled more times than a pack of nudie cards.
American grownups probably aren't ready for animated drama. In Japan, the medium is regarded as a possibility for equal narrative strength for any age group, but the best we can do (in descending order) is Peter Chung, Ralph Bakshi, and Titan A.E. Linklater wants to change this for good, and it's proving as hairy to deal with skeptical studio heads as to finish the damn movie.
An amazing (if schizo) new trailer went out last week; between this, V For Vendetta and Aronofsky's The Fountain, it seems WB has a knack for projects they (maybe) wish they hadn't greenlit.
2. Probably to counteract the geek endorphins generated by the new Spidey poster, AICN has some news on Spike Jonze's movie of one of the alltime masterpieces of children's literature. Catherine Keener said the following to Charlie Rose yesterday:
“I’m getting ready to work with him (Jonze) again. He’s doing Where the Wild Things Are. He’s doing it in New Zealand. I’m playing the mom looking for Max. Then there will be six actors or so performing the roles of the monsters, the wild things. And then Henson’s company is making puppets.”
As glad as I am that
...Why does this need to exist? Sure, this is the best news yet on the picture, but anyone who's ever read Where The Wild Things Are should agree that there's just not enough material for a feature-length movie. Unless, of course, Jonze is planning to just make some crap up.
3. Excellent article at The Guardian about Truman Capote's love affair with the movies, by biographer Gerald Clarke (his book constituted the basis of the biopic.)
posted by Steve Macfarlane | 2:07 PM
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