tagged w/ Shari Springer Berman
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An older, eccentric, bitter man takes under his wing a younger, naïve one and vows to show him the ways of the world. The young man has a long learning curve. But, in the end, he finds his own path. It’s a plot as old as the history of cinema and when it’s in good, capable hands, it can work wonders: “My Favorite Year,” “Rodger Dodger,” and even the excessively manipulative “Scent of a Woman.” But, in the wrong hands, it can be pure drivel. That is the case of “The Extra Man,” a movie that shoves the audience’s face into a plateful of quirk and eccentricities...Read more.. http://www.cafemagazine.com/index.php/reviews/147-1008/1162-quirk-alert-quirk-alertAn older, eccentric, bitter man takes under his wing a younger, naïve one and... more
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Bored to Death’s Jonathan Ames - the show’s creator, writer and all around bossman, as opposed to lead character, also called Jonathan Ames - has been a prolific creator across many media. Not only is there the show there are comic books, essays, novels, stage shows, memoirs. What we’re most concerned with here though, I suppose, are his works for cinema.
Currently in post production is The Extra Man, directed by Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini, and co-scripted by the directors and Ames. Coming up later, a possible picture based upon Ames’ comic strip The Alcoholic and a big screen version of Wake Up, Sir! that the novelist has written himself.
http://www.slashfilm.com/2009/11/16/jonathan-ames-scripting-adaptation-of-his-novel-wake-up-sir/Bored to Death’s Jonathan Ames - the show’s creator, writer and all around... more
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Empire magazine have recently reported that Universal studios have are already started casting around for follow-ups Benecio Del Toro new film The Wolfman. The Hollywood studio is dusting off its classic monsters, with many reports in that first off the shelve may be The Bride of Frankenstein.
James Whale's 1935 classic is being considered for a remake. The project has been in various stages of development for some years. Most recently the writers of American Splendour, Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini, were attached to the project.Empire magazine have recently reported that Universal studios have are already started... more
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