(Thanks to a reader below for pointing out that apparently some of the info below might turn out to be false – Screen Daily have pulled their article, but the project is indeed being developed – perhaps not with the crew mentioned below – if anyone can fill us in on what is what, let us know.)
In a period where the studio-based portion independent film industry are on suicide watch, it’ll be fun to relive a time when Harvey Weinstein and everyone competing against him could do no wrong. Ever since we got word that there was a screenplay based on Peter Biskind’s incendiary book was making the rounds (Jeffrey Wells) and there was activity on the production that a crew were in Cannes filming, but now we got word that Down and Dirty Pictures (a 10 million dollar production) has got a great cast in place (Hugh Dancy, Matthew Perry, Andy Serkis, Sally Hawkins, Elias Koteas, Bobby Cannavale, Toby Jones and Michael Rispoli) with Scren Daily reporting that Vincent D’Onofrio is poised to take on the “role” of Weinstein.
Written by Joshua James and Dean Craig, this is based on Peter Biskind’s non-fiction book Down and Dirty Pictures: Miramax, Sundance, and the Rise of Independent Film. This is about the mavericks who helped to create, mold, and later reinvent the modern day independent film industry. Featuring a stellar ensemble cast and cameos from Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez, this riveting story charts the rise of the Sundance Film Festival, how Sex, Lies, and Videotape and Pulp Fiction got made and the intense rivalry between Harvey Weinstein’s Miramax and Bingham Ray’s October Films as the two companies slug it out for pre-eminence in the world of early 90’s indie filmmaking.
Ken Bowser, the director of the doc film Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex, Drugs and Rock ‘N’ Roll Generation Saved Hollywood, is directing.
