Indieville : In the works

"I'm going to Bollywood!"

IFC.com - Indie Eye — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 17:31:58 GMT

Paul Schrader, who actually has a movie coming out this year -- "Adam Resurrected," whose circus/Holocaust combo dooms it to "The Day the Clown Cried" associations -- is going with the latest trend and heading to Bollywood. "I've been getting indie movies made for 20 years," he told the Hollywood Reporter. "But I take a good look around and what I see is a barren, barren place -- in terms of the financial community, in terms of audiences, in terms of distribution...(read more)

In the works: Opposite George Clooney.

IFC.com - Indie Eye — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 19:39:38 GMT

Who's starring opposite George Clooney in Jason Reitman's new film "Up in the Air," about a man in pursuit of his millionth frequent flier mile? Variety says Vera Farmiga will play "will play a businesswoman who develops a romantic relationship with Clooney's character through meetings in airports and hotels around the country." [Variety] The Hollywood Reporter claims Anna Kendrick, the policy debating femme fatale from "Rocket Science," "has nabbed...(read more)

In the works: David Lynch's new web series.

IFC.com - Indie Eye — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 16:44:37 GMT

In the works: David Lynch has signed with digital media company On Networks to make a new web series! Unfortunately, it'll be based on his book "Catching the Big Fish: Meditation, Consciousness and Creativity," so it's best to be ready for more transcendental meditation rantings than strange narratives. Lynch has offered up online videos before on the members only section of his website, including his animated series "Dumbland," the first two episodes of which can also...(read more)

The week on IFC.com: Mickey Rourke, soundtracks and post-Iraq road movies.

IFC.com - Indie Eye — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 23:18:48 GMT

This blog should be back to its regular self next week or so. In the meantime, a round-up of what's been happening on the rest of IFC.com: + Review: "Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist" - Matt Singer wonder why, for a movie that supposedly revolves around music, no one in this teen rom-com seems to like it all that much. + Video: "The Wrestler" at the New York Film Festival - Mickey Rourke, Darren Aronofsky and Marisa Tomei face the press to share stories about the making...(read more)

"Che" goes to IFC Films.

IFC.com - Indie Eye — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 15:55:51 GMT

It looks like those rumors that Steven Soderbergh's "Che" was going to be released by Magnolia Pictures were just that -- this is from the freshest press release: IFC Films has acquired all North American rights to Steven Soderbergh's epic "Che" starring Benicio Del Toro, produced by Laura Bickford and Benicio Del Toro and written by Peter Buchman. The film had its world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival where Benicio Del Toro won the Best Actor Prize. It is currently...(read more)

In the works: John Lennon, the movie; "The Strangers 2: Strangerer."

IFC.com - Indie Eye — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 15:42:05 GMT

There've already been two recent films about his assassin, so it seems to be time to take on the considerable challenge of the man himself -- Turner Prize-nominated artist Sam Taylor-Wood will make her directorial debut with John Lennon biopic "Nowhere Boy," written by "Control" screenwriter Matt Greenhalgh and apparently focusing on his early life. Here's hoping that, like "Control," the film ends up with an unknown playing its subject. [Hollywood Reporter]...(read more)

In the works: Aaron Sorkin and Facebook are now friends.

IFC.com - Indie Eye — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 18:43:28 GMT

Aaron Sorkin has a Facebook page. It says that Aaron Sorkin is writing a Facebook movie: Welcome. I'm Aaron Sorkin. I understand there are a few other people using Facebook pages under my name--which I find more flattering than creepy--but this is me. I don't know how I can prove that but feel free to test me. I've just agreed to write a movie for Sony and producer Scott Rudin about how Facebook was invented. I figured a good first step in my preparation would be finding out what Facebook...(read more)

In the works: "Pump your brakes kid, that man's a national treasure."

IFC.com - Indie Eye — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 21:37:45 GMT

In the works: Paul Hogan has a new film -- "Charlie & Boots" will follow "a father and son who travel from Victoria to Cape York to fulfill their lifelong ambition to fish off Australia's northern tip." Hogan's last, 2004's "Strange Bedfellows," found him and Michael Caton pretending to be a gay couple in order to take advantage of new tax laws -- it was the source of a minor uproar when the producers took up a failed copyright suit against the awfully...(read more)

In the works: Willem Dafoe does "Antichrist."

IFC.com - Indie Eye — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 14:55:37 GMT

In the works: "Antichrist," Lars von Trier's $11 million English-language horror flick, having gotten its funding down late last month, now has a cast -- Willem Dafoe and Charlotte Gainsbourg "will play a couple who retreat to an isolated cabin in the woods following the death of their child." Dafoe's actually coming back for more -- he's worked with Von Trier before, in "Manderlay." [Variety] And Isabel Coixet, whose "Elegy" topped out the indie...(read more)

Remakesploitation.

IFC.com - Indie Eye — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 18:36:12 GMT

I'm catching up from a few days off the grid, so it's still news to me that the Telegraph reported last week that Britney Spears may or may not have been picked by Quentin Tarantino to play Varla in a remake of the Russ Meyer's 1965 "Faster Pussycat! Kill! Kill!" that may or may not be happening: A source said: "Quentin is convinced Britney will be brilliant. She's delighted. She thinks it could turn her career around. It is perfect Tarantino material. He wanted to...(read more)

In the works: Murakami's "Norwegian Wood"?

IFC.com - Indie Eye — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 16:04:36 GMT

In the works: A great bit of news from indirectly, Screen Daily: French-Vietnamese director Tran Anh Hung, of the acclaimed "Vertical Ray of the Sun" and "The Scent of Green Papaya," will next been working on a Japanese-language adaptation of Haruki Murakami's "Norwegian Wood." The only work of Murakami's to be adapted to the screen so far have been two short stories -- "Tony Takitani," which was made into a minimalist feature by Jun Ichikawa, and "All...(read more)

Ingloriously yours, possibly even by Cannes 2009.

IFC.com - Indie Eye — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 20:27:36 GMT

"Universal Lands Tarantino's 'Inglorious Bastards' Despite Hatred Of Harvey" headlines Nikke Finke at Deadline Hollywood Daily. And that's all she's got as I'm posting this. Still, yay....? Over at the New York Sun, Grady Hendrix compares Enzo Castellari's 1978 film with Tarantino's proposed remake, writing: Mr. Tarantino is said to be courting Brad Pitt and Leonardo DiCaprio to play the leads in his film about a group of Jewish soldiers who parachute into...(read more)

In the works: "Cocaine Cowboys" the feature, "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" the remake.

IFC.com - Indie Eye — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 16:51:56 GMT

In the works: Journalist and screenwriter Evan Wright, best known for penning the book on which "Generation Kill" is based, has been hired to write the screenplay for a feature version of Billy Corben's guilty pleasure doc "Cocaine Cowboys," about Miami and the rise of the Colombian cocaine barons. Mark Wahlberg will star, and the in-demand Peter Berg will direct. [Hollywood Reporter] Don't be afraid, but MTV is remaking "The Rocky Horror Picture Show," sticking...(read more)

Bollywood -- so hot right now.

IFC.com - Indie Eye — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 19:59:13 GMT

Not so long ago, taking roles in mainstream films overseas was pretty much the domain of faded stars who needed some cash and figured the flicks were likely never going to see the light of day in the U.S. -- Coolio playing an over-the-top villain in "China Strike Force" is just a less dignified version of Jodie Foster doing a Japanese cosmetics commercial. But lately plenty of established talent has been looking, happily, to Bollywood. First, of course, there's "Incredible Love...(read more)

But what will become of "Princess"?

IFC.com - Indie Eye — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 21:54:39 GMT

Palisades Media, which Variety describes as a "Gotham-based securitization and P&A financing specialist," has picked up most of the UK Tartan Films library, having snagged Tartan USA's library back in May. Palisades' chairman-CEO Vin Roberti has some promising things to say: Roberti said that he will continue to buy titles for both territories under a new company called Palisades-Tartan Acquisitions. "We believe strongly in the new digital world at Palisades, and will be...(read more)