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io9 (Free subscription) | 3 hours ago
X2 screenwriter Michael Dougherty didn't get a crack at the third X-Men script, but he and Bryan Singer did kick around some ideas for a Phoenix-centric movie. He shares his different take on Rogue... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
The blog Film (Free subscription) | 9 hours ago
Neither a Diablo Cody script or a vampiric Megan Fox have sold critics on Jennifer's Body. Did the feminist subtext convince you, or did the high-school horror outing just drain your patience? It ought to have been a snappy subversion of the horror genre with a feminist subtext and dialogue to die for. But the critics are not convinced that Jennifer's Body, Diablo Cody's first screenplay since the...
Film Junk (Free subscription) | 7 hours ago
I know a lot of people are still unsure about the fact that David Fincher's next project is a movie about Facebook, but if that's not your cup of tea, his follow-up project should put you at ease. For his next movie, it looks like Fincher will be bringing back together the same team that worked on his 1995 thriller Se7en starring Brad Pitt and Morgan Freeman, in order to remake the 1975 film The Reincarnation...
Books, Inq. (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago
... and A kind of poet . (Hat tip, Dave Lull.) Only in the crucible of collaboration did his talents manifest themselves completely. Does this diminish the significance of his achievement? Must he necessarily be considered a lesser artist than a writer who works exclusively on his own? To make such a claim, after all, is by extension to relegate all forms of collaborative art to a lower level of excellence...
The Bus Stops Here - al.com (Free subscription) | yesterday
Silber, who grew up in Germany, now lives in Huntsville.
Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | yesterday
Hope rejected: Screenwriter Dustin Lance Black, who is working on a movie in Michigan, has turned down an invitation from Hope College to speak about his craft.
JoBlo (Free subscription) | 12 hours ago
If you want a David Fincher project that actually has more than a one-in-ten chance to see light of day, here might be the secret: reunite him with a screenwriter who gave him one of his most kick-ass movies. Even if he hasn't done much these last 10 years. Fincher is reuniting with his SE7EN scribe Andrew Kevin Walker to re-adapt the Max Erlich novel THE REINCARNATION OF PETER PROUD, rumored on the...
Watch Free TV Online (Free subscription) | 13 hours ago
Director-screenwriter Tristan Ulloa teams with co-director David Ulloa to adapt author Santiago Roncaglielo Alfaguare's novel about the tenderness of family relationships. Stuck in the throes of a mid-life crisis, middle-aged wife and mother Julia suddenly finds her woes compounded when her own mother dies and her marriage begins to fall apart. It seems that the troubles between Julia and her husband,...
RopeofSilicon: Latest Headlines (Free subscription) | 3 hours ago
The Hollywood Reporter reports David Fincher is now attached to direct the adaptation of Max Ehrlich's novel "The Reincarnation of Peter Proud" for Columbia Pictures with his Seven screenwriter, Andrew Kevin Walker, aboard to pen the screenplay. The story centers on a college professor who begins having recurring dreams and nightmares and, realizing they are images [...]
Best Movies 2008 (Free subscription) | 17 hours ago
Assuming David Fincher survives the Herculean task of retelling the epic tale of Facebook in The Social Network, it seems that his next project will bring him back to familiar territory. We've learned that Fincher has signed on to adapt The Reincarnation of Peter Proud alongside screenwriter Andrew Kevin Walker, who also wrote Fincher's Seven. The novel by Max Ehrlich was already adapted back in 1975,...
Rotten Tomatoes (Free subscription) | 19 hours ago
David Fincher will reunite with his "Seven" screenwriter, Andrew Kevin Walker, for a new adaptation of Max Ehrlich's novel "The Reincarnation of Peter Proud," previously turned into a film in 1975.
The Screenwriters League (Free subscription) | 1 hour ago
Tomorrow's going to be an interesting day - and the next biggest step for me as I try to break into the film industry as a screenwriter. Mid-last week, Gretchen - the independent producer who optioned my script back in June - informed me that one of the top producers in Hollywood was interested in my script. His Production Company (to be referred to as that until we make a deal) has some big ideas...
Biting Edge (Free subscription) | 19 hours ago
Mario here: Thanks to Jeanne for covering for me last week. (She did a great job despite her whining about the extra work.) I'd gone to L.A. to attend a tribute to director Jes ú s Trevi ñ o by the DGA Latino Committee of the Directors Guild of America. Trevi ñ o has an extensive résum é of hit shows to include: Resurrection Blvd., NYPD Blue, ER, The Practice, Star...
Spinner.com (Free subscription) | 7 hours ago
Filed under: News , Movies While the Beatles , the Rolling Stones , the Kinks and the Who may have all ruled US airwaves in the '60s, the UK played only an hour or two of rock 'n' roll on the radio each day. Some radio DJs rebelled against the government and broadcasted from boats just off the UK territorial waters, and a new film sheds light on one of these renegade stations. Robert Curtis -- writer...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 22 hours ago
Martine McCutcheon on trying to survive as an actress – and why the main character in her debut novel is undisguisedly her ' You will be nice to her, won't you?" Martine McCutcheon's somewhat overprotective publicist says to me when our interview ends. They are feeling a bit bruised because actress-turned-singer-turned-first-time-novelist McCutcheon has just been bashed up at an awards...
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