Roman Polanski To Film Another Broadway Adaptation–of Venus in Fur
Sorry, Nina Arianda–you may have been the toast of Broadway for your role in David Ives’s Venus in Fur, and even won a Tony, but there’s no room for you onscreen! Read More
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Maggie Gyllenhaal May Star In ‘The Corrections’
Maggie Gyllenhaal, whose last big screen role was in Crazy Heart in 2009, is reportedly gravitating towards the planned HBO series adaptation of Jonathan Franzen’s The Corrections. The Daily Mail reports that the series is shaping up towards a planned 40-episode run, with a two-hour pilot directed by Noah Baumbach. As sauerkraut chef Denise, she’d be Read More
James Frey’s Bronx Jesus Will Ascend to Silver Screen
Christine Vachon’s Killer Films will produce a film adaptation of James Frey’s The Final Testament of the Holy Bible. In the book, which was released in April, Jesus Christ returns in the form of a bisexual recovering alcoholic named Ben who lives in the Bronx.
In an interview with The Observer, Mr. Frey said that Read More
Sacha Baron Cohen's Next Project? Saddam Hussein's Iraqi Dictator Novel
Paramount Pictures announced today that Sacha Baron Cohen has chosen a role that will complete the triad that he started with Borat and Bruno. What persona has he chosen to embody following a challenged Kazahkstani and a flamboyantly gay Austrian?
You may be aware of a certain Iraqi dictator, Saddam Hussein. Among his less memorable Read More
