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Aug. 29th, 2002 04:28 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
pearwaldorf*sobs*
The Electronic Telegraph reports that Francis Ford Coppola's dream looks like its finally close to coming true. The film rights to Jack Kerouac's 1957 novel about the 'Beat Generation' have been held by Coppola for years and the story has been considered "unfilmable", but now things seem to be moving ahead with Joel Schumacher at the helm and American author Russell Banks adapting the novel into a script. Banks told the Edinburgh Book Festival audiences that pre-production is underway, with Billy Crudup tipped to play the Sal Paradise/Kerouac role, whilst Brad Pitt is linked to the second lead Dean Moriarty (a character inspired by Neal Cassidy).
Joel Schumacher. Joel "Gee, let's see how many explosions we can pack into my films" SCHUMACHER!! I'm going to go visit Jack's grave and apologise to him upon the behalf of all who love good filmmaking. I wonder if Gap is going to capitalize on this.
The Electronic Telegraph reports that Francis Ford Coppola's dream looks like its finally close to coming true. The film rights to Jack Kerouac's 1957 novel about the 'Beat Generation' have been held by Coppola for years and the story has been considered "unfilmable", but now things seem to be moving ahead with Joel Schumacher at the helm and American author Russell Banks adapting the novel into a script. Banks told the Edinburgh Book Festival audiences that pre-production is underway, with Billy Crudup tipped to play the Sal Paradise/Kerouac role, whilst Brad Pitt is linked to the second lead Dean Moriarty (a character inspired by Neal Cassidy).
Joel Schumacher. Joel "Gee, let's see how many explosions we can pack into my films" SCHUMACHER!! I'm going to go visit Jack's grave and apologise to him upon the behalf of all who love good filmmaking. I wonder if Gap is going to capitalize on this.
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Date: 2002-08-29 04:39 pm (UTC)Well, at least Russell Banks is a good writer. Ever read The Sweet Hereafter and/or Affliction? Both excellent.