In the wake of the 9/11 attacks, speculation and innuendo reigned. Some of those theories made into the realm of the tome. Jess Walter’s satirical political tale The Zero won critical acclaim when it hit the bookshelves, and now Warner Independent has tapped German director Christian Alvart to bring the tale to the big screen.
Michael Arndt should expect a stack of studio/producer screenplay offers for consideration this week after the WGA bestowed a biggie win for his Little Miss Sunshine. The Departed got best adapted screenplay. Amy Berg’s Deliver Us From Evil won for best documentary screenplay.
First major U.S. buy out of the gate at Berlin film fest – and not surprisingly The Weinstein Co. are still, yes still adding to their upcoming 2007-08 slate. The ever-expanding co. bought Inside (À l'intérieur) from Celluloid Dreams.
If you’re in the mood for something really different this weekend (and you’re not faint of heart) head to the IFC Center (323 Sixth Avenue at W. 3rd Street, NYC) and spend the evening with Crispin Glover (Back to the Future, Wild at Heart, River’s Edge). The show starts with a live performance of Crispin Glover’s Big Slide Show, followed by a screening of What is it?, the first film in Glover’s It trilogy, a Q&A with Mr. Glover, and a book signing. Tickets are twenty bucks, and the whole thing begins at 7:30 pm, Friday through Sunday (Feb. 9th – 11th).
In a unique blend of art and structure, famed New York architect Peter Himmelstein has collaborated a second time with L.A. based Occupant films for Peep World, a voyeuristic look into a day in the life of a darkly comedic family tormented by fact, fiction, and mortality. The pic, penned by Himmelstein, was one of the “Luck 13” chosen for the 2004 Sundance Institute’s Filmmakers and Screenwriters Lab.