Quite often, the Oscar-winning success of a film will lead to studios jumping over themselves to greenlight anything they have in the works that might be vaguely similar. "Slumdog Millionaire," for instance, led to development on a number of India-set projects, including the current sleeper hit "Best Exotic Marigold Hotel." "The King's Speech," meanwhile, has led to royal-related projects, from "W.E." and "Hyde Park On Hudson" to "Girls' Night Out" becoming quite the hot property.
But despite breathless, idiotic headlines asking if the success of "The Artist" meant that the era of sound film was over, the world of silent film hasn't yet been become the latest hot trend -- no one's asked Guy Maddin to direct "Die Hard 5" or anything. But there is one film that's coming together that promises to look at some of silent era's best known stars, and is assembling a pretty impressive selection of talent.
But despite breathless, idiotic headlines asking if the success of "The Artist" meant that the era of sound film was over, the world of silent film hasn't yet been become the latest hot trend -- no one's asked Guy Maddin to direct "Die Hard 5" or anything. But there is one film that's coming together that promises to look at some of silent era's best known stars, and is assembling a pretty impressive selection of talent.
- 5/29/2012
- by Oliver Lyttelton
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