Sep 24 2009Disney Upset Mamet's 'Diary of Anne Frank' Too Dark, Not About Anne Frank
Disney is reportedly stalling plans for their adaptation of The Diary of Anne Frank after discovering that David Mamet's screenplay, which for some reason the studio thought would be "Disney style" despite being a David Mamet screenplay that is about the Holocaust, is not at all in the Disney style. Also, it's not really about the The Diary of Anne Frank:
Developed by the studio’s chief of production, Oren Aviv, the project was recently rejected by the studio as “too dark” and put in turnaround, according to people involved.But the screenplay is not a retelling of the famous Holocaust drama taken from the diaries of Frank, but about a contemporary Jewish girl who goes to Israel and learns about the traumas of suicide bombing.
"It's very intense, and dark and scary," said the executive. "It's not a film version of 'The Diary of Anne Frank.' The story evolved into something more intense."
Hopefully things go smoother when Disney moves on to hiring Quentin Tarantino to adapt Night.
Mamet's Anne Frank in Turnaround from Disney [WaxWorld]
Reader Comments
1. The LC - September 24, 2009 6:24 PM
Fuckin' Nazis.
2. me - September 24, 2009 6:25 PM
Yeah... I can't wait for Bambii 3: Deerhunter Remastered
3. Becca - September 24, 2009 7:21 PM
Ok so how is a story about the traumas of suicide bombing better than Nazis? I'm confused
4. e_fish - September 24, 2009 10:52 PM
I am so upset right now. I didn't think even Disney could stoop this low, but that's Disney: always pushing beyond expectations.
5. Insatiable Peter - September 25, 2009 1:42 AM
... or asking Kubrick to adapt The Metamorphosis (or are we sticking with the living, here?)
6. Rich Waffle-U - September 25, 2009 8:47 AM
What kind of executive chump is seriously surprised that a screenplay about Anne Frank (even if this WAS about Anne Frank) would be dark? Her diary doesn't end with a typical Disney conflict resolution and everyone going off for ice cream. It ends with a family being dragged away to their deaths by nazis. In which world could such a finale ever be re-jigged to be anything other than depressing and distressing? Disney are still morons.
7. AM - September 25, 2009 2:13 PM
But other then that...
8. d - September 26, 2009 3:45 AM
So, it's a screenplay comparing Palestinians to Nazis. Classy.
9. Captain - September 28, 2009 8:22 AM
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10. M_D - September 29, 2009 2:47 PM
its a shame.
p.s. fuck Captain's link, its a game. the captain is a sad person
11. frank - October 1, 2009 5:08 AM
I wonder if they can get Wes Craven to direct?