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Which literary novels should daredevil film directors adapt next? | John Dugdale
11 May 2013 12:55 AM, PDT | The Guardian - TV News | See recent The Guardian - TV News news »
The same daredevil spirit that has informed many an apparently insane film or TV version over the past decade has seen adaptations of literary novels
When the Cannes film festival starts next week, William Faulkner's As I Lay Dying, adapted and directed by James Franco, will be in the lineup. The Spider-Man star is known for mixing bookish projects with acting in blockbusters, but has nevertheless raised eyebrows by selecting a novel with 15 narrators that tells the seemingly uncinegenic story of a southern matriarch's death and burial.
This month will also see Paul Thomas Anderson begin to shoot his version of Thomas Pynchon's Inherent Vice, the first of Pynchon's dauntingly complex works to be filmed; and Steven Soderbergh recently announced plans for a 12-hour TV dramatisation of John Barth's The Sot-Weed Factor ("If it works, it'll be super-cool. And if it doesn't, you won't be able to »
Which literary novels should daredevil film directors adapt next? | John Dugdale
11 May 2013 12:55 AM, PDT | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »
The same daredevil spirit that has informed many an apparently insane film or TV version over the past decade has seen adaptations of literary novels
When the Cannes film festival starts next week, William Faulkner's As I Lay Dying, adapted and directed by James Franco, will be in the lineup. The Spider-Man star is known for mixing bookish projects with acting in blockbusters, but has nevertheless raised eyebrows by selecting a novel with 15 narrators that tells the seemingly uncinegenic story of a southern matriarch's death and burial.
This month will also see Paul Thomas Anderson begin to shoot his version of Thomas Pynchon's Inherent Vice, the first of Pynchon's dauntingly complex works to be filmed; and Steven Soderbergh recently announced plans for a 12-hour TV dramatisation of John Barth's The Sot-Weed Factor ("If it works, it'll be super-cool. And if it doesn't, you won't be able to »
Listen: Steven Soderbergh on 'What's Killing Cinema,' A Fungible Algorithm (Podcast)
29 April 2013 12:11 PM, PDT | Thompson on Hollywood | See recent Thompson on Hollywood news »
No State of Cinema address at the Sfiff has been as hotly anticipated as this year's by Steven Soderbergh. (Listen to our podcast recording below.) This is not only because he's a prolific and beloved auteur that has worked in every genre and budget, but because he recently announced his retirement from filmmaking, in order to spend more time painting, making collages, writing books, directing a new play by Scott Burns about Columbine, as well as a stage version of "Cleopatra," and exploring other avenues of creativity (sign up at his new website for upcoming news. Of course, Soderbergh allowed as how he was working on a 12-hour miniseries of John Barth's "The Sot-Weed Factor," so maybe he has a different idea of just what retiring from filmmaking constitutes than we did. Thankfully. Soderbergh was introduced by Executive Director Ted Hope, who said that the people you meet have »
- Meredith Brody
Trailer for HBO's Liberace Film Behind The Candelabra
9 April 2013 3:00 AM, PDT | GeekTyrant | See recent GeekTyrant news »
HBO has released the full trailer for the Stephen Soderbergh-directed Liberace biopic Behind the Candelabra. It stars Michael Douglas as the famous entertainer and Matt Damon as his lover Scott Thorson. It looks like these two guys have a pretty crazy relationship. Here's the synopsis...
Before Elvis, before Elton John, Madonna and Lady Gaga, there was Liberace: virtuoso pianist, outrageous entertainer and flamboyant star of stage and television. A name synonymous with showmanship, extravagance and candelabras, he was a world renowned performer with a flair that endeared him to his audiences and created a loyal fan base spanning his 40-year career. Liberace lived lavishly and embraced a lifestyle of excess both on and off stage. In summer 1977, handsome young stranger Scott Thorson walked into his dressing room and, despite their age difference and seemingly different worlds, the two embarked on a secretive five-year love affair. Behind The Candelabra takes »
- Joey Paur
Watch: Fantastic New Trailer For Steven Soderbergh's 'Behind The Candelabra' With Michael Douglas & Matt Damon
7 April 2013 6:27 PM, PDT | Indiewire Television | See recent Indiewire Television news »
Steven Soderbergh has never been one to resist a challenge (ie. a 12-hour adaptation of John Barth's "The Sot-Weed Factor"), and certainly, his long-developing biopic of Liberace, "Behind the Candelabra," faced its fair share of resistance. The director has been up front about major studios turning down the movie for being "too gay," but it seems it's going to be their loss. HBO has dropped a brand new trailer for the movie and it looks nothing short of great. Michael Douglas and Matt Damon lead the picture as Liberace and his young gay lover/friend/confidante Scott Thorson, respectively, and while you'll come for the costumes and sequins, you'll stay for the drama. Douglas slinks and purrs his way through the lead in a performance that seems simply transformative, while Damon is just as game as the young man thrust into this gaudy, glitzy world. This new trailer offers »
- Kevin Jagernauth
Watch: Fantastic New Trailer For Steven Soderbergh's 'Behind The Candelabra' With Michael Douglas & Matt Damon
7 April 2013 6:27 PM, PDT | The Playlist | See recent The Playlist news »
Steven Soderbergh has never been one to resist a challenge (ie. a 12-hour adaptation of John Barth's "The Sot-Weed Factor"), and certainly, his long-developing biopic of Liberace, "Behind the Candelabra," faced its fair share of resistance. The director has been up front about major studios turning down the movie for being "too gay," but it seems it's going to be their loss. HBO has dropped a brand new trailer for the movie and it looks nothing short of great. Michael Douglas and Matt Damon lead the picture as Liberace and his young gay lover/friend/confidante Scott Thorson, respectively, and while you'll come for the costumes and sequins, you'll stay for the drama. Douglas slinks and purrs his way through the lead in a performance that seems simply transformative, while Damon is just as game as the young man thrust into this gaudy, glitzy world. This new trailer offers »
- Kevin Jagernauth
News Shorts: April 4th 2013
4 April 2013 8:44 AM, PDT | Dark Horizons | See recent Dark Horizons news »
Photos from Fast and Furious 6, The Raid 2, Motel, Maniac, Scary Movie 5, 2 Guns, Trance, The Purge, Blue Jasmine.
Posters for Cbgb, Iron Man 3, The Purge, The Kings of Summer, This Is The End, The Great Gatsby, Pain and Gain, Greetings from Tim Buckley, Before Midnight, Vehicle 19, The Conjuring, Bridegroom, 2 Guns, Mud, The English Teacher, See Girl Run, Safety Last!, A Green Story, Errors of the Human Body, Wish You Were Here.
A new viral site has launched for Neil Blompkamp's much-anticipated sci-fi saga Elysium.
M83's complete soundtrack for "Oblivion" can be heard online over at Mashable.
New Blu-ray dates include 'K-11' and 'A Haunted House' on April 23rd; 'Side Effects' on May 21st; 'A Good Day to Die Hard,' 'Mental' and 'Warm Bodies' on June 4th; 'Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters' and 'Phantom' on June 11th, 'Upside Down' on June 25th, 'Pieta' on July 23rd, »
- Garth Franklin
Steven Soderbergh’s Planning an Ambitious Twelve-Hour Adaptation of The Sot-Weed Factor
1 April 2013 7:30 AM, PDT | Vulture | See recent Vulture news »
With his Liberace biopic Behind the Candelabra set to premiere on May 26, Steven Soderbergh is planning for his movie-making retirement. As time goes on, his time off is just getting more and more busy. Add to his list of projects an adaptation of John Barth’s 1960 novel The Sot-Weed Factor. “I’ve had this on my shelf for a while,” Soderbergh told Entertainment Weekly. “I was going to do it as a movie, but I couldn’t figure it out. So now I’ve had it adapted as 12 one-hour episodes.” The book is a 750-plus-page satire of picaresque novels and tells the story of a English poet in the 1680s who moves to Maryland to run his father's tobacco farm and have adventures. Considering the source's length and ambition, Soderbergh's biggest concern is avoiding making "a fucking $85 million, 12-hour comedy set in the [1600s]." His mysterious response: “I think I’ve »
- Jesse David Fox
Steven Soderbergh to Adapt John Barth’s The Sot-weed Factor For 12-Hour TV Series
30 March 2013 3:04 PM, PDT | Filmofilia | See recent Filmofilia news »
Don’t worry Steven Soderbergh fans, he is still a very busy guy! And no, we’re not here to talk about his Cleopatra musical or his stage version of Magic Mike, because we’ve just learned that Side Effects helmer also has some serious plans for – television! In other words, he plans to develop a 12-hour miniseries based on John Barth’s 1960 novel The Sot-Weed Factor. Sounds interesting, make sure you find more details in the rest of this report… First of all, let us share a few details about the above mentioned novel. It is set in the 1680s in London tells the story of...
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- Fiona
Steven Soderbergh Finally Tackling Long-Gestating Adaptation Of 'Sot-Weed Factor' For 12-Hour TV Series
29 March 2013 2:13 PM, PDT | Indiewire Television | See recent Indiewire Television news »
While Steven Soderbergh may be done with narrative filmmaking for the moment, his "retirement" will perhaps find him busier than ever, but not on projects that will be screened at a multiplex near you. He's got his hands in stage musicals for "Magic Mike" and "Cleopatra," he's directing a play this fall, he'll be focusing on painting and writing books, and he's got some kind of web thing called Extension 765 he's launching soon too. But it seems he's also circling back to a project that had been kicking around a while, and might be familiar to devoted Soderbergh heads. EW reports that the writer/director is currently adapting John Barth's "The Sot-Weed Factor" into a 12-hour series for television. This is something he's been talking up for a few years now, but it finally seems like he's figured out a way into the ambitious project. The sprawling, celebrated 1960 book »
- Kevin Jagernauth
Steven Soderbergh Finally Tackling Long-Gestating Adaptation Of 'Sot-Weed Factor' For 12-Hour TV Series
29 March 2013 2:13 PM, PDT | The Playlist | See recent The Playlist news »
While Steven Soderbergh may be done with narrative filmmaking for the moment, his "retirement" will perhaps find him busier than ever, but not on projects that will be screened at a multiplex near you. He's got his hands in stage musicals for "Magic Mike" and "Cleopatra," he's directing a play this fall, he'll be focusing on painting and writing books, and he's got some kind of web thing called Extension 765 he's launching soon too. But it seems he's also circling back to a project that had been kicking around a while, and might be familiar to devoted Soderbergh heads. EW reports that the writer/director is currently adapting John Barth's "The Sot-Weed Factor" into a 12-hour series for television. This is something he's been talking up for a few years now, but it finally seems like he's figured out a way into the ambitious project. The sprawling, celebrated 1960 book »
- Kevin Jagernauth
Retired Steven Soderbergh now spending his days getting high on The Sot-Weed Factor
29 March 2013 12:13 PM, PDT | avclub.com | See recent The AV Club news »
Steven Soderbergh may have retired from feature filmmaking, but that doesn’t mean he’s just going to buy a house out in Kauai and spend his days drinking so much rum that every time he burps it tastes like coconut—even though this sounds amazing. Let’s all go do that right now. But before we do, let's consider the news that Soderbergh, in addition to dreaming up his promised Magic Mike and Cleopatra musicals, is also spending his “retirement” working on a 12-hour miniseries based on John Barth’s The Sot-Weed Factor. The 1960 novel has apparently »
Steven Soderbergh working on 12-hour adaptation of 'The Sot-Weed Factor'
29 March 2013 10:30 AM, PDT | EW - Inside Movies | See recent EW.com - Inside Movies news »
Let’s just say Steven Soderbergh’s idea of retirement doesn’t include a lot of shuffleboard. The Oscar winning director, who has said that the Liberace biopic Behind the Candelabra (airing May 26 on HBO) will be his last conventional feature film for the time being, tells EW that he is now at work developing a 12-hour miniseries based on John Barth’s 1960 novel The Sot-Weed Factor.
“I’ve had this on my shelf for a while,” says Soderbergh. “I was going to do it as a movie, but I couldn’t figure it out. So now I’ve had it adapted as 12 one-hour episodes. »
- Adam Markovitz
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