Wednesday, June 11

• Update: David Fincher's The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
  

  David Fincher has been working to bring F. Scott Fitzgerald's short story to the big screen for years. This December 19th, his vision will finally be realized in a movie that will surely be one of 2008's Oscar contenders. A foreign trailer has been leaking around the net (you might just find it if you look hard enough) and it looks quite good.
  
  Brad Pitt stars as Button, a man who was born old and ages in reverse. At 50, he meets and falls in love with a 30-year old woman named Daisy (Cate Blanchett) and as their relationship blooms, the two are aging in opposite directions. While on the course of his most unusual life, Button experiences life in reverse, from a withered old man to a war vet to a soldier to college, prep school and, ultimately, a newborn baby.
  
  This most unusual story is adapted for the screen by Eric Roth, whose acclaimed list of credits includes Forrest Gump, The Horse Whisperer and Munich.
  
  We'll bring you more on this highly original project as we hear it!
  
  
  

  Posted 06/11/2008 by Jeff

  Brad Pitt | David Fincher | Cate Blanchett | The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

Thursday, February 21

• Black Hole adaptation under way

  Fanboys rejoice! The writers' strike is over and graphic novel adaptations are back on the table for Hollywood's greedy little fingers to bring to film.

  Next up: an adaptation of Black Hole, Charles Burns' graphic novel about a group of high schoolers dealing with an STD called the 'teen plague.'

  The screenplay is being written by sci-fi masters Neil Gaiman and Roger Avary (i.e. the writing team behind Beowulf) and David Fincher (Zodiac) will direct.

  Source: Variety.

  
  

  Posted 02/21/2008 by Heather

  David Fincher | Neil Gaiman | Roger Avary | Black Hole

Friday, February 8

• Fight Club musical might really happen

  Could Fight Club, David Fincher's violent, dorm-room philosophy-infused cult favorite really be headed to Broadway? Yes, if MTV Movies is to be believed. Yesterday they tracked down the mercurial director to get find out if the rumors were true, and found him surprisingly keen on the idea:

  "I want at the 10-year anniversary to do Fight Club as a musical on Broadway," the director enthused. "I love the idea of that."

  Even in an ironic/kitschy sense, the idea seems a bit iffy. Then again, it couldn't be worse than Jersey Boys.

  Source: MTV Movies

  
  

  Posted 02/08/2008 by Thomas

  David Fincher | Fight Club