Sunday, April 6

• Sam Rockwell talks about Choke

  We caught up with the talented Sam Rockwell here at AFI Dallas and got him to give us some details on his starring role in Choke--the next movie by the author of Fight Club.

  To get the scoop, read our Exclusive Interview with Sam Rockwell on Choke.

  
  

  Posted 04/06/2008 by Heather

  Sam Rockwell | Choke

Wednesday, January 23

• What's selling at Sundance

  It's pretty quiet out here in Hollywood this week, what with everyone rubbing elbows in Utah for the Sundance Film Festival.

  It's been a bit of a slow fest on the sales side, with only a few movies finding homes. First to sell was Polanski: Wanted and Desired, a documentary on the rape-of-a-minor sex scandal that got director Roman Polanski permanently exiled from the U.S. 30 years ago. Other higher-profile sales include the Chuck Palahniuk adaptation, Choke, the Luke Wilson spiritual dramedy Henry Poole Is Here, and the high school comedy Hamlet 2.

  For more information on the happenings at Sundance, visit our Sundance '08 page.

  Source: Variety.

  
  

  Posted 01/23/2008 by Heather

  Polanski: Wanted and Desired | Choke

Thursday, July 12

• Books-to-movies newz

  According to Variety, Irish actress Saoirse Ronan has been cast as the lead in Peter Jackson's adaptation of The Lovely Bones, Alice Sebold's bestselling novel about a young girl who is raped and murdered, and then watches from heaven as her family tries to move on. She will join Rachel Weisz and Ryan Gosling in the cast.

  In other news, Clark Gregg (What Lies Beneath) has written and will be directing an adaption of Choke, a gritty story about a sex addict/living-history village actor who fakes choking in restaurants to get attention, free meals, and enough money to support his crazy mother's nursing home bills. The book was written by Fight Club author Chuck Palahniuk, so you know it's hard core.

  The film, which is set to start shooting in New Jersey this week (according to AintItCoolNews), will star Sam Rockwell and Anjelica Huston.

  
  

  Posted 07/12/2007 by Heather

  Saoirse Ronan | Choke | The Lovely Bones