10-26-2016, 01:02 PM
In the "what were they thinking?" department:
Then again, I also think it should be made as a musical comedy. You know, to mitigate the constant and graphic carnage.
Plug Pulled on Blood Meridian Movie Project
Quote:The mooted Russell Crowe-James Francocollaboration on Cormac McCarthy’s Blood Meridian has been shelved, mere moments after details of it first became public after it emerged that the filmmakers had not yet secured rights to the novel.Just how far along was their planning, and without having secured rights?
Quote:The day began so much brighter with the news that Crowe was in talks to star in a Franco-directed adaptation of McCarthy’s Blood Meridian with Tye Sheridan and Vincent D’Onofrio also boarding the cast. Franco was also set to act in the film, which was to be produced by Scott Rudin, Cassian Elwes and Franco’s Rabbit Bandini partner Vince Jolivette. IM Global was to handle international sales at Cannes with CAA repping domestic rights.I don't know what the lot of you think of James Franco, but I'm thinking that if Blood Meridian ever is made into a movie, the agreement should include a restraining order keeping Franco a thousand miles away from the set.
Then again, I also think it should be made as a musical comedy. You know, to mitigate the constant and graphic carnage.
Plug Pulled on Blood Meridian Movie Project