Some good news for New Orleans
Aug. 15th, 2004 09:36 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
infrogmationAh, we've been having beautiful weather here -- clear and sunny, but in the 70s rather than 90s, unusual for August. And if this weren't enough to put locals in a good mood, this news comes out:
"After 23 years of off-again/off-again production turmoil, script rewrites and ownership lawsuits, the making of "A Confederacy of Dunces," so close to fruition this past year is . . . off again.
"Although half the reviews of Will Farrell's recent comedy "Anchorman" say the funny man's next role will be Ignatius Reilly in "Dunces," that, in fact, is old news and out of date.
"Not gonna happen, despite so many positive movements in the past year.
"Miramax went so far last winter as to bring a director, indie hotshot David Gordon Green, to town to live in luxurious environs and absorb the city's karma, but now he's unemployed and crashing on people's couches.
"The Steven Soderbergh script -- probably the 10th rewrite in all -- is kaput. Co-producer Drew Barrymore's production company has bailed. There is no money. There is no screenplay. There is no cast. There is no movie." -- Times-Picayune
"I tend to be of the belief that a shitty movie can't "ruin" a book, but along with most of New Orleans, I never want to see this movie get made. The book is just too important to this city. It's one of our true epitomes. We shouldn't have to endure Will Ferrell and Drew Barrymore talking in magnolia-julep accents so some Hollywood pusbag can make a few bucks." --![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
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"After 23 years of off-again/off-again production turmoil, script rewrites and ownership lawsuits, the making of "A Confederacy of Dunces," so close to fruition this past year is . . . off again.
"Although half the reviews of Will Farrell's recent comedy "Anchorman" say the funny man's next role will be Ignatius Reilly in "Dunces," that, in fact, is old news and out of date.
"Not gonna happen, despite so many positive movements in the past year.
"Miramax went so far last winter as to bring a director, indie hotshot David Gordon Green, to town to live in luxurious environs and absorb the city's karma, but now he's unemployed and crashing on people's couches.
"The Steven Soderbergh script -- probably the 10th rewrite in all -- is kaput. Co-producer Drew Barrymore's production company has bailed. There is no money. There is no screenplay. There is no cast. There is no movie." -- Times-Picayune
"I tend to be of the belief that a shitty movie can't "ruin" a book, but along with most of New Orleans, I never want to see this movie get made. The book is just too important to this city. It's one of our true epitomes. We shouldn't have to endure Will Ferrell and Drew Barrymore talking in magnolia-julep accents so some Hollywood pusbag can make a few bucks." --
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Re: we are the chorus & we agree
Date: 2004-08-16 09:43 am (UTC)I believe that a movie COULD be made that would do justice to the book, but that movie absolutely would NOT have Drew Barrymore and Will Ferrell in it. This news makes me happy.
don't see many movies or watch TV...
Date: 2004-08-16 09:55 am (UTC)I'll take your word that they can't do the job...
and admit that I'm chronically unhappy with most movies-made-from-books.