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The Black List Update: Picks 5 to 1 of 2008
Somewhat of a rarity that all three top vote-getters were put into production fairly quickly - and that 2011 will also be the year of release on the top trio of 2008. If there are any correlations to make it's that they're all comedies, relatively easier to mount and produce and grab an ensemble cast for short spurts. Will a comedy be the best ranked Black List item for 2010? We'll find out next week.
David Guggenheim’s ‘Safe House’ Tops Inaugural Hit List
Days before The Black List reveals their most liked unproduced screenplays of 2010, The Tracking Board have released their very own version of a best of list, with a different kind of science and mandate: focus on spec scripts (those that circulate without representation). David Guggenheim's Safe House was the top vote-getter and has an interesting story itself which was featured in the L.A Times at the beginning of the year.
Max Minghella Moves into Politics This ‘March’
Call this the "Social Network" week for casting. Armie Hammer gets cast in a film for Eastwood. Jesse Eisenberg is working on an indie film right before the holidays, and post Xmas, we can expect to see Max Minghella join the great ensemble in The Ides of March which was formerly known as Farragut North. Minghella has landed the role of Ben Harper.
Jesse Eisenberg, Jess Weixler and Jason Ritter To Hand Out Jay Gammill’s ‘Free Samples’
Jesse Eisenberg might have put one foot in mainstream films such as The Social Network and upcoming animated film Rio, but the actor's other foot is firmly planted in indie world roles as Roger Dodger, The Squid and the Whale and Adventureland. The actor has penciled in a quickie before the holidays called Free Samples...
Besson Sees the ‘Light’; Michelle Yeoh to Play Aung San Suu Kyi
Now that she is no longer under house arrest, this is one film premiere that Aung San Suu Kyi will likely not miss out on. The Nobel Peace Prize winner will see herself played on the big screen and I imagine she might even collaborate on some level with Luc Besson who'll be employing the services of Malaysian actress Michelle Yeoh (much liked among French directors having recently worked for Mathieu Kassovitz's Babylon A.D.) to play her in the biopic. Dans la Lumière will commence filming next year.
