No doubt the director was offered all manner of scripts bookmarked with blank cheques but he wisely chose to use the Oscar momentum to tell the story he wanted to and now his film, and its lead actorJames Franco, have been nominated for this year’s awards. ScreenwriterSimon Beaufoyhas, along with Boyle, been nominated for a Best Adapted Screenplay Oscar and news comes today of what may be their next collaboration.
Speaking with Tom Brook forBBC AmericaBeaufoy spoke about a project he is currently working on, a gangland saga with a lycanthropic twist, and mentions that if it all works out then director Danny Boyle is interested in signing up.
Here’s what Beaufoy said,
It’s an adaptation of a book by a writer calledToby Barlowand it’s a very extraordinary mix of gangland Los Angeles, really, really rough — a lot of shootings — and the difference with this particular piece of work is that these gangs can shape-shift at will into packs of dogs
If I write it well enough, {Boyle} will direct it.
Here’s a synopsis for you,
An ancient race of lycanthropes has survived to the present day, and its numbers are growing. Bent on dominance, rival factions are initiating the down-and-out of L.A. into their rnaks. Caught in the middle are Anthony, a kindhearted, lovesick dogcatcher, and the object of his affection: a female werewolf who has abandoned her pack.
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It is the anniversary of the day Don McLean dubbed‘The Day the Music Died’, in his world famous song American Pie. The sudden loss of Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and J.P ‘The Big Bopper’ Richardson in 1959 was catastrophic, and each became immortalised in film keeping their music alive and forever young.
I believe that films about musicians have a thrall to them unlike that of ordinary stories. Many films and television series have been successful because of their musical scores (I am thinking Dirty Dancing and more recently Glee) and we all recognise that music in film plays a pivotal role. But films about musicians have an extra resonance. My personal favourites include the 1986 film Crossroads, Oliver Stone’s The Doors (1991 with Val Kilmer) and Immortal Beloved (1994, starring the inimitable Gary Oldman as Beethoven himself), I also enjoyed What’s Love Got to Do With It which Angel Bassett. There is a strong line of drama in each of these films, and our understanding and appreciation of the music which features is deepened as the story plays out.
Sticking with the car theme, here’s another advert which we’ll get to see over the Superbowl weekend and this time it’s for Volkswagen Passat. They’ve used George Lucas’ Star Wars motto to great effect here where a child does his best to‘use the force’ dressed as Darth Vader on various items around the house!
The Weinstein Company have a forth instalment of their enormously popular horror franchise Scream on the way, so why not return to the spoof spin-off that has made them a another bucketload of cash too!