Apr 11 2008 Read Michael Chabon's 'The Amazing Adventures of Peter Parker'
In a divergence from their more-standard "If _____ wrote _____" pieces examining the wackiness of if someone wrote something they didn't, McSweeney's has posted "If Michael Chabon wrote the Spider-Man 2 Script", which is a divergence because he actually did write a complete draft (and received a shared story credit). So download the screenplay, and decide for yourself whether it was a good idea to pass on the majority of a Pulitzer Prize-winner's draft in favor of a 73-year-old guy's revision. Seems like a sound idea, but perhaps not?
A Proposed Screenplay for Spider-Man 2 [McSweeney's]
Oct 25 2007 Carnahan is Choose-Your-Own-Adventure of Directors
Evidence that Smokin' Joe Carnahan is the "cool dad" of directors:
- His self-dubbed title of Smokin', because he's really hot, and might smoke.
- He is providing the opportunity for you, the viewer, to choose which movie he will make next.
That's right, Smokin' Joe (like the camel!) is giving you the opportunity to read the scripts to two potential projects--White Jazz and Killing Pablo---and let him know which you'd be more likely to bother seeing.
He's taken the links off his blog, but you can still get them as of right now. Hurry!
Aug 9 2007 The Simpsons Movie went through 166 drafts
According to Deadline Hollywood, Jim Brooks, the producer/writer for The Simpsons, claims The Simpsons Movie screenplay went through 166 drafts. Which just makes absolutely no sense. I mean The Simpsons Movie was decent enough, but for 166 drafts you'd expect liquid gold to pour out of your eyes after watching it. If I had to guess I would've gone with two, three drafts tops.
Mar 9 2007 Shazam! Movie Gets a Writer
"What the f***!?"
John August, writer of Corpse Bride, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, and Big Fish, has been hired to pen New Line's Shazam!, a take on the DC's Captain Marvel character.
The comic book series focuses on Billy Batson, a teenager who becomes the superhero known as Captain Marvel when he utters the magic word "Shazam!" The name is an acronym for six gods and heroes of the ancient world as well as their attributes: the wisdom of Solomon, the strength of Hercules, the stamina of Aries, the power of Zeus, the courage of Achilles and the speed of Mercury.
I think they might be wasting their money writing an entirely new script for this tale of teenage transformation. They've already got Teen Wolf, so why not just change the wolf parts into Captain Marvel parts and call it a day? For instance, any instances of Teen Wolf howling are rewritten as "says Shazam!" Playing basketball as a wolf would be rewritten to say, "plays basketball as Captain Marvel." It seems pretty straightforward to me.
