The Millions

Back to Most Recent Posts


September 25, 2006

 

Visiting Scriptland by Patrick Brown

"Scriptland," as it turns out, is not the area formed by the borders of the 10, 101, and 405 freeways, it is the LA Times' new weekly feature on the world's highest-paying thankless job, screenwriting. While the first installment of the series was a fawning valentine to the King of Scribes, Charlie Kaufman, this week's edition offers something a little more intriguing.

coverJim Uhls (IMDb), who earned is bona fides adapting Fight Club (IMDb) (and doing a fabulous commentary track discussion with Chuck Palahniuk, I might add), has signed on to turn the graphic novel Rex Mundi into a movie starring Johnny Depp. This continues a trend of Hollywood snatching up graphic novels as if they were tacky TV shows from the 70s. I shudder to think of the day I wake up and find that they're making Jimmy Corrigan, starring Jack Black and Carl Reiner.

- C. Max Magee @ 8:30 PM ~ comments: 0 ~ Links to this post

Comments:

Post a Comment

--How to leave a comment at The Millions--

Sponsor:


Links to this post:

Classic Millions

2003: March | April | May | June | July | August | September | October | November | December ||| 2004: January | February | March | April | May | June | July | August | September | October | November | December ||| 2005: January | February | March | April | May | June | July | August | September | October | November | December ||| 2006: January | February | March | April | May | June | July | August | September | October | November | December ||| 2007: January | February | March | April | May | June | July | August | September | October | November | December ||| 2008: January | February | March | April | May |