Ridley Scott to Direct Cormac McCarthy’s ‘The Counselor,’ Possibly Starring Michael Fassbender
Casting Couch By Kate Erbland on February 10, 2012 | Be the First To CommentSold. No, really. I’m sold on this project already. Deadline Tucson reports Ridley Scott is now officially signed on to direct The Counselor, from Cormac McCarthy‘s latest spec script (a probable move we reported on last week). But as if the prospect of Scott (who recently seems bent on getting back to his former glory) directing a fresh McCarthy script wasn’t enough to get you excited, word is now out that Scott is looking at his Prometheus star, Michael Fassbender, to lead the film. Again – sold. The Counselor has been described, quite tantalizingly, as “No Country For Old Men on steroids.” The film is a modern tale that takes place in the American Southwest and will reportedly center on “a respected lawyer who thinks he can dip a toe in to the drug business without getting sucked down. It is a bad decision and he tries his best to survive it and get out of a desperate situation.” Hmm, dangerous business, bad choices that consume characters, seedy lifestyles? Sound a bit like Shame, meaning it’s something that Fassbender can do, and handily.
Ridley Scott Looking to Direct Cormac McCarthy’s Spec Script ‘The Counselor’
In Development By Nathan Adams on February 1, 2012 | Be the First To CommentNot content to just be a highly regarded, hugely successful author whose novels often get made into movies, Cormac McCarthy has decided that he wants to get into the Hollywood spec script writing business himself. Normally I would say that this is a bad plan for the future, but this is Cormac McCarthy…who’s going to pass on buying one of his scripts? The fruits of his screenwriting labors so far are a completed screenplay titled The Counselor, a story about a respected lawyer who tries his hand at working in the narcotics trade (to what can only be assumed are disastrous results). As can be imagined, as soon as there was word that there was a script written by Cormac McCarthy in existence, it was immediately bought up in a big money deal. And coincidentally enough, it was The Road producers Nick Weschler and Steve and Paula Mae Schwartz that scooped it up. When talking about the purchase, Steve Schwartz told Deadline South Shields that, “The spec falls smack in the middle of what everyone responds to with Cormac’s novels…Since McCarthy himself wrote the script, we get his own muscular prose directly, with its sexual obsessions. It’s a masculine world into which, unusually, two women intrude to play leading roles. McCarthy’s wit and humor in the dialogue make the nightmare even scarier. This may be one of McCarthy’s most disturbing and powerful works.” Given such high praise and pedigree it also shouldn’t come as a surprise that The Counselor already [Due to Content Scraping and Theft, we have been forced to try abbreviated feeds. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause and woud very much appreciate you clicking through to view the full article on FilmSchoolRejects.com]
Movie News After Dark: Cool. Cool, Cool, Cool. For Your Consideration, Sundance and The Future of CGI
Movie News By Neil Miller on January 18, 2012 | Be the First To CommentWhat is Movie News After Dark? It’s a nightly movie news column that won’t hesitate to deliver all the best content of the day. Seriously, don’t tempt it. It will do it. We begin tonight with a delightful piece of art from Megan Lara called Troy and Abed’s Dope Adventures. This Calvin and Hobbes esque homage to Community is most definitely cool. Cool, cool, cool.
James Franco is Moving His Laser Focus Onto Cormac McCarthy’s ‘Child of God’
Movie News By Nathan Adams on September 15, 2011 | Comments (2)It’s starting to become pretty clear that James Franco loves two things: bleak novels with gruff colloquial dialogue and announcing that he’s going to be directing movies. He first started merging his two passions by announcing that he would be taking on the herculean task of adapting William Faulkner’s depressing, action free road tale “As I Lay Dying.” Before we even saw the fruits of that labor, Franco then moved his focus over to a slightly more contemporary author, but one just as concerned with simple plots and homespun prose in Cormac McCarthy. He had big plans to adapt one of McCarthy’s most beloved books, “Blood Meridian,” a sweet tale about a gang of Indian killing scalp hunters. Recently, Franco talked to some folk in Toronto, and it’s looking like plans have changed on the “Blood Meridian” front. According to We Got This Covered, when asked about his planned production of the McCarthy novel, Franco said, “We shot a 20 minute test of it (Blood Meridian) that turned out pretty well… we were gearing up to do the feature but that for various reasons is on hold, but we are going to make a movie based on his (Cormac McCarthy’s) third book ‘Child Of God’.” This is bad news for me because I’ve read “Blood Meridian” and was all set to talk about it intelligently when news started coming out about its production. I haven’t read “Child of God.” so now I’ve got another thing to pile onto my to-do list. Thanks a [Due to Content Scraping and Theft, we have been forced to try abbreviated feeds. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause and woud very much appreciate you clicking through to view the full article on FilmSchoolRejects.com]
Profoundly Humane, Beautiful: A Look at ‘The Road’
Movie News By Neil Miller on November 19, 2009 | Comments (3)There’s something so beautiful and captivating about the end of humanity, the last gasping breaths of life as we know it. This is why post-apocalyptic movies have been so popular in recent years.
Cormac McCarthy: A Blood Meridian Movie is Possible
Movie News By Robin Ruinsky on November 16, 2009 | Comments (9)Novelist Cormac McCarthy is no stranger to seeing his literary vision adapted to film. And despite plenty of folks saying that his work Blood Meridian would be unfilmable, McCarthy has hope.
Tommy Lee Jones and Sam Jackson Team Up for Sunset Limited
In Development By Paul Sileo on August 21, 2009 | Be the First To CommentLooks like my man Tommy Lee Jones just can’t stay away from the works of Cormac McCarthy, as he is slated to direct and star alongside Sam Jackon in an adaptation of McCarthy’s play Sunset Limited for HBO.
‘The Road’ Trailer Will Catch Up With You and Kill You
Movie News By Cole Abaius on May 14, 2009 | Comments (32)The first trailer for John Hillcoat’s adaptation of Cormac McCarthy’s Pulitzer Prize winning book The Road is currently stalking you. Submit to it’s will, before its too late.
Esquire Paints Dark, Beautiful Picture of John Hillcoat’s ‘The Road’
Movie News By Neil Miller on May 12, 2009 | Comments (22)Someone has seen the film adaptation of Cormac McCarthy’s The Road, and they’ve written about it at great length. And it is time for our resident lover of the novel, Neil Miller, to react appropriately.
John Hillcoat’s ‘The Road’ Finally Gets Release Date: October 16, 2009
Movie News By Neil Miller on May 3, 2009 | Comments (10)We’ve been excited — like many of you — for the long awaited release of John Hillcoat’s adaptation of Cormac McCarthy’s The Road. And now, at least as far as we can tell, it finally has an official release date. Again.
A First Look at Cormac McCarthy’s ‘The Road’
First Look By Rob Hunter on August 8, 2008 | Comments (23)It takes true talent behind the camera and a little bit of movie magic to make Pittsburgh look this bad.
Why Did Charlize Theron Cross ‘The Road’?
Movie News By Rob Hunter on January 16, 2008 | Be the First To Comment
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