Longtime readers will remember my mix of excitement and fright at the filming of my favorite book, A Confederacy of Dunces. Matt informed me today that the movie’s shaping up: Stephen Soderburgh writing and producing, Drew Barrymore as Darlene. Philip Seymour Hoffman is rumored for the lead (just as I proposed ten months ago!), which would be a relief. And ex-Dallasite David Gordon Green, whose George Washington got great reviews, is set to direct.
Thankfully, he seems to have the right idea.
“It’s a book I’m very invested in. I’m not a big reader, but it’s the greatest book I’ve read. I mean, I got it when I was 15, and I’ve read it every year since. It’s a different game but something I’m totally excited about trying to do. It’s pretty awesome to have a movie that from the get-go is gonna have a certain profile.”
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I’ll never forgive Hollywood if they fuck this one up.
I haven’t yet read it, but the group putting the film together seems solid. David Gordon Green’s “George Washington” is really interesting. Sort of languid and poetic. I want to see “All The Real Girls” too. Any idea when the film will be out?
It’s out now in Dallas. No idea when you Canadian Shield types will get it.
philip seymour hoffman is the hardest working man in showbiz! i think he’ll be good, if the script is decent.
Has anyone heard who’s slated to play the janitor?