Wednesday, March 16, 2005
Some cool time travel news!
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'Time' Travels with Van Sant
By Liza Foreman
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Gus Van Sant is in negotiations to direct "The Time Traveler's Wife" for New Line Cinema.
Written by Audrey Niffenegger, a writer and professor of book arts in Chicago, the book is a loose retelling of "The Odyssey." The story centers on a man with a time-traveling gene that allows him to appear to his true love at different points in her life.
Jeremy Leven, whose screen credits include "Alex & Emma," "Don Juan DeMarco" and last year's "The Notebook," adapted the book.
Van Sant's credits include "Drugstore Cowboy," "To Die For," "Good Will Hunting" and "Elephant," which won the Palme d'Or and best director nods at 2003's Festival de Cannes. His upcoming "Last Days" tells a Seattle-set story of rock 'n' roll inspired by the life of Kurt Cobain.
Reuters/Hollywood Reporter
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I read this book about a year ago and really enjoyed it. It's a really unique way to tell a love story. It'll be interesting to see if they can pull it off on celluloid since the book is pretty high concept stuff.
Oh...did I mention I'm a lunatic for time travel?
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'Time' Travels with Van Sant
By Liza Foreman
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Gus Van Sant is in negotiations to direct "The Time Traveler's Wife" for New Line Cinema.
Written by Audrey Niffenegger, a writer and professor of book arts in Chicago, the book is a loose retelling of "The Odyssey." The story centers on a man with a time-traveling gene that allows him to appear to his true love at different points in her life.
Jeremy Leven, whose screen credits include "Alex & Emma," "Don Juan DeMarco" and last year's "The Notebook," adapted the book.
Van Sant's credits include "Drugstore Cowboy," "To Die For," "Good Will Hunting" and "Elephant," which won the Palme d'Or and best director nods at 2003's Festival de Cannes. His upcoming "Last Days" tells a Seattle-set story of rock 'n' roll inspired by the life of Kurt Cobain.
Reuters/Hollywood Reporter
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I read this book about a year ago and really enjoyed it. It's a really unique way to tell a love story. It'll be interesting to see if they can pull it off on celluloid since the book is pretty high concept stuff.
Oh...did I mention I'm a lunatic for time travel?
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