Titan Books has provided /Film with an exclusive excerpt from David Hughes‘ upcoming book Tales From Development Hell: The Greatest Movies Never Made? I’ve had a preview copy of the new updated edition and have been enjoying it thoroughly. There is some truly great and frustrating stories within — including the big screen adaptation of Neil Gaiman‘s Sandman, Ridley Scott‘s Crisis in the Hot Zone which collapsed days before filming, James Cameron‘s Fantastic Voyage, the long road to bring The Lord of the Rings to the big screen (one incarnation featured the Beatles), the many scripts and long development of Indiana Jones 4, and many others.
Probably the best chapter in the book focuses on the history of Batman adaptations, including Darren Aronofsky and Frank Miller‘s adaptation of Batman: Year One starring Clint Eastwood. After the jump you will find an excerpt of this chapter.
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We’ll probably never see Russell Crowe in a sequel to Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World, but what about having Crowe play the commander of another ship in another epic adventure film? How about if he was the commander of the ship — by which I mean Noah, and his ark. And then throw in Liam Neeson in another major role, under the direction of Darren Aronofsky. That’s how the cast of Aronofsky’s long-gestating Noah is starting to take shape. Read More »
Posted on Friday, January 27th, 2012 by Angie Han
Seeing as this comes not directly from Darren Aronofsky, but from Hollywood Elsewhere‘s Jeffrey Wells, who in turn heard it from Aronofsky’s frequent cinematographer Matthew Libatique, it’s probably safest to take the following news with a grain of salt. If true, though, it could mean we’re one step closer to finally seeing a project that’s been a very long time coming.
According to Wells, Libatique says that Aronofsky’s Noah is slated to begin shooting in July for a fall 2013 release, and that the production is still seeking its Noah and its villain. And by “villain,” no, I don’t mean the flood. More details after the jump.
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Well, I warned you a couple weeks ago that Darren Aronofsky would be directing a video for a song from the Lou Reed and Metallica record Lulu. Originally the report was that the song would be ‘Iced Honey,’ but what we get is in fact a video for one of the more unintentionally hilarious songs on Lulu, ‘The View.’ (It’s the song that has James Hetfield screaming “I am the table!” No, there are no single shots of a table in this video.)
Now we’ve got the video, and it’s really just some black and white footage of Loutallica playing the track in a rehearsal space. It looks good from a purely aesthetic perspective, properly moody and increasingly fragmented and blurry as the song goes on. But there’s really not all that much to it. Check it out below. Read More »
Here’s the trade-off for two new Terrence Malick movies going into production with Christian Bale in 2012: the actor now won’t have time to star in Darren Aronofsky‘s Noah. Bale was never officially cast, but we’ve known since this summer that he was the actor Darren Aronofsky really wanted to lead the cast of his big event-film retelling of the biblical story.
With Bale set to do two Malick films in 2012, however, he’s well out of the running for Noah. There is a very good second choice on the horizon, however: Michael Fassbender, who despite being one of the most wanted actors around right now, has a relatively open schedule for 2012. Read More »
Posted on Wednesday, November 9th, 2011 by Angie Han
Given that Requiem for a Dream is among the most horrifying portrayals of drug addiction to ever hit the big screen, it seems only natural that an organization aimed at reducing first-time meth use would turn to filmmaker Darren Aronofsky to direct their new series of public service announcements. In fact, the only surprising thing about that team-up is that it’s taken this long for the anti-drug people to enlist Aronofsky’s help — Requiem was released over a decade ago.
But it’s better late than never, because Aronofsky absolutely delivers here. If his four videos for the Meth Project are slightly less disturbing than Requiem, it’s probably just because at 30 seconds each, they’re only a fraction as long.
I should also warn you that while I don’t think these are technically NSFW — there’s no nudity or cursing — they’re pretty distressing, so use your best judgment if you’re watching these around other people. Videos are embedded after the jump.
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Metallica has worked with some pretty impressive people in the film and art world. Just as quick examples, photographer and filmmaker Anton Corbijn has been instrumental in creating the band’s visual image for more than a decade, and the band’s first music video, for the song ‘One,’ was co-directed by Bill Pope, now better known as the cinematographer for Sam Raimi, the Matrix films and Scott Pilgrim.
And while the latest Metallica record, Lulu, made with Lou Reed, is… a difficult listen, to say the very least, the band’s next video might be a real visual treat, because it will be directed by Darren Aronofsky and shot by Matthew Libatique. Read More »
Posted on Wednesday, October 26th, 2011 by Angie Han
It’s been months since Black Swan co-writer Mark Heyman began shopping his upscale thriller XOXO, but the project has finally found a home at Lionsgate. After months of negotiation, the studio has just finalized a deal to acquire Heyman’s spec script, described as “Fatal Attraction for the digital age.” As previously reported, Darren Aronofsky and Michael London (Sideways) are set to produce, along with Kelly Mullen. More details after the jump.
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