New Films in Production

[knives]

That's a separate project that they are still doing.

[Grand Illusion]

Another film about someone in the industry? Jeez, get a hobby.

[Zumpano]

That's a separate project that they are still doing.

Warner Bros producing, Joaquin attached to star

[Alan Smithee]

Another film about someone in the industry? Jeez, get a hobby.

This was my first thought as well. At the same time he always makes these self-reflexive/reflective films(I'm counting Synechdoche it's not film but still directing) about something else. I mean Adaptation is about screenwriting to a degree but its mostly about Adaptation itself. If he wants to continue along that route he could find himself in the company of Godard when it comes to greats using filmmaking as a way to talk about everything.

[domino harvey]

Since we no longer have a working Paz de la Huerta thread, not only does she drop a choice Amy Winehouse-related quote in this Observer article, but she also mentions that she's directing a film

I’m finishing directing a film of mine,” she said. “It’s my version of The Red Shoes…. [It’s] about a woman who‘s unique, and lives in a small village, and is ostracized for being different, for being talented, and then she makes a horrible mistake and because the people in the village are so—you know—jealous of her, they don’t forgive her,” she sighed, “and we are all human, you know. And we all suffer.”

Presumably, she associated with her protagonist? “Well, I play her,” she noted.

I think Vincent Gallo just came

[knives]

Gallo can at least speak in sentences and is funny.

[domino harvey]

I wish I'd been tipped off sooner that she has so much of value to add to any conversational topic. I am legit fascinated by her... let's call it perspective on life

[Mr Sausage]

I think she's directed a series of short films. I believe that's actually the reason Gaspar Noe cast her in Enter the Void, because she had experience behind the camera. Forget his reasoning on that one.

I actually share Domino's fascination with her. She's unusual in a way that's transfixing.

[domino harvey]

Her interests are at the very least aligned with those of this forum

[flyonthewall2983]

It appears Fox has secured the rights to adapt the book ESPN: Those Guys Have All The Fun. Dan Patrick appeared on Keith Olbermann's show last night to talk about the book, and here is a clip of them spit-balling ideas for casting. Domino, you may want to skip the first 45 seconds.

[mfunk9786]

Now that was a fun read, but a good movie? I guess I'll believe it when I see it. I really hope they see fit to immortalize this dramatically, though:

[zedz]

"I’m finishing directing a film of mine,” she said. “It’s my version of The Red Shoes…. [It’s] about a woman who‘s unique, and lives in a small village, and is ostracized for being different, for being talented, and then she makes a horrible mistake and because the people in the village are so—you know—jealous of her, they don’t forgive her,” she sighed, “and we are all human, you know. And we all suffer.”

That description doesn't sound much like The Red Shoes to me. Does she mean The Scarlet Letter? (Does she know the difference?)

[dx23]

It appears Fox has secured the rights to adapt the book ESPN: Those Guys Have All The Fun. Dan Patrick appeared on Keith Olbermann's show last night to talk about the book, and here is a clip of them spit-balling ideas for casting. Domino, you may want to skip the first 45 seconds.

Weird to see that Disney didn't pickup. They are the parent company of ESPN and I don't doubt that Fox will go out of their way to make them look bad.

[flyonthewall2983]

Not strange Disney didn't pick it up, but it is a bit peculiar it has been picked up by a company with their own sports network.

[Stefan Andersson]

More news about the films being planned as part of the Portuguese city of Guimaraes being named European Capital of Culture 2012. One film, called Histories (or Stories?) of Cinema, will be a feature made up of six shorts by Manoel de Oliveira, Pedro Costa, Jean-Luc Godard (shooting in Sarajevo), Peter Greenaway, Aki Kaurismaki, Victor Erice.
There will also be 12 short films of 26 minutes, called Stories of Guimaraes, directed by Joao Botelho, John Canijo, Joao Pedro Rodrigues, based themes and mythologies of the city.
The third project is called New Visions of Guimarães, a collection of ten short films by young directors.

[FerdinandGriffon]

More news about the films being planned as part of the Portuguese city of Guimaraes being named European Capital of Culture 2012. One film, called Histories (or Stories?) of Cinema, will be a feature made up of six shorts by Manoel de Oliveira, Pedro Costa, Jean-Luc Godard (shooting in Sarajevo), Peter Greenaway, Aki Kaurismaki, Victor Erice.
There will also be 12 short films of 26 minutes, called Stories of Guimaraes, directed by Joao Botelho, John Canijo, Joao Pedro Rodrigues, based themes and mythologies of the city.
The third project is called New Visions of Guimarães, a collection of ten short films by young directors.

That's just insanely good news.

[Finch]

Paul Schrader to direct Bait from a Bret Easton Ellis script: the story will focus on a worker at an expensive beach club who takes revenge on its wealthy and obnoxious members by steering their yacht into shark-infested waters.

[Roger Ryan]

A confirmation that the new BLADE RUNNER film will be directed by Scott.

Why do I get the feeling that Scott's next film will be something inspired by LEGEND!

[matrixschmatrix]

Thelma & Louise 2

[knives]

I'm actually not bothered by this news since it's always interesting to see how a director has changed and what better way to highlight this than with the same material?

[flyonthewall2983]

I agree, and I'd go one step further and think out loud what it would be like if he got some of the people who he collaborated with behind the camera on this. We all know Trumbull might be back in the game since he did Tree Of Life, and Vangelis is still around.

[Mr Sausage]

Unfortunately, this new Blade Runner will be all CGI, and despite their cutting edge nature, the effects will be quite a bit less impressive than what was achieved on the original movie. Plus it's unlikely Scott will do something strange and non-commercial like the first one.

[matrixschmatrix]

Well, it's possible that the connection to a well-remembered property like Blade Runner will be enough of a marketing hook to allow the movie to wander off into perversely non-commercial territory, and I don't know that we can safely judge how well executed the effects will be until we see them- I don't think that CGI is inherently less impressive than well-executed practical effects, even if that's nearly always the case.

There's certainly plenty of territory left to explore without repeating the first movie, or dragging out points that were left ambiguous- hopefully, this will be something connected but not a direct sequel, as Prometheus apparently will be. I would be interested to see Scott's take on the territories- we never actually get there in either Blade Runner or Do Androids Dream, but similar settings are explored fairly thoroughly in other Dick works, and I would love to see Martian Time-Slip or the colony parts of The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch in a movie.

[Mr Sausage]

Well, it's possible that the connection to a well-remembered property like Blade Runner will be enough of a marketing hook to allow the movie to wander off into perversely non-commercial territory

I assume Ridley Scott can do whatever he likes at this point. And what he likes to do, judging from the last decade or so, is pretty straightforward and commercial in all the ways that Blade Runner wasn't. He's a completely different filmmaker than he was while making his third feature.

and I don't know that we can safely judge how well executed the effects will be until we see them- I don't think that CGI is inherently less impressive than well-executed practical effects, even if that's nearly always the case.

I think they will be executed superbly. There's no reason to suppose they won't be. They will still be less impressive, tho'. As to whether or not this is inherent to CGI, I'll just say that the level of difficulty to be overcome is as important to the impressiveness of special effects as anything else, and CGI has allowed filmmakers to do pretty much anything rather easily.

[knives]

Creating effective CGI isn't that easy if that's your argument. There are many hours of tedious work involved and just one frame of animation has a lot of working components to it. There are reasons why CGI is generally not as effective, but that isn't one in the least.