Posted on 04/23/2010 6:25:28 AM PDT by tlb
A number of years ago -- almost all the way back, it seems, to the birth of Jeannie herself -- there was a script by "National Treasure" writers Cormac and Marianne Wibberley, who sought to offer a feature take on the Barbara Eden-Larry Hagman series. That didn't work out, so Sony brought on "Mulan" writer Rita Hsiao. That didn't make the grade either. "Bend It Like Beckham" director Gurinder Chadha was signed on to direct at one point, then fell off. Linsday Lohan was on board to star as Jeannie. That one really didn't work out. At some point the Nicole Kidman-Will Ferrell "Bewitched" came out and flopped. That didn't help. It was all enough to make one wish they could just clap their hands together and will a version into existence.
Now producers and Sony have a better idea. According to sources' info, as well as a listing on a nice little development board called It's On the Grid, they've hired Sheila Callaghan, a writer on Showtime's "The United States of Tara," to offer her take.
You have to give them credit; they're going out of the bottle -- er, box -- with Callaghan. The writer has written on a number of "Tara" episodes, but she's best known as a downtown New York playwright, writing an acclaimed retelling of James Joyce's "Ulysses" and a Reagan-era romantic drama set in Greece titled "Lascivious Something," among some other well-regarded work.
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Just sing a few verses of "The Night Chicago Died" to yourself and it will go away.
Hornet, you are evil, and must be destroyed.
Having properly considered the issue, the jury has concluded that Barbara Eden is irreplaceable.
Ah, Barbara Eden... is there a woman living like her? Class, beauty and brains.
Can you imagine Hollywood feminists tolerating a female lead who's a pure innocent and a dingbat?
Certainly none to choose from for the former, but plenty to choose from for the latter. ;-)
I saw an article the other day that something like 30 movies and tv shows from the 80s were in some form of development for movies. Crazy. Nostalgia is in.
The top 10 voted on at IMDb for 2000-2009 is interesting. Three are the Lord of the Rings movies, four are foreign, and one is based on a comic book. Memento and Wall-E are the remaining two and both of them I would say are pretty original.
There are quite a few interesting original movies out there, but rarely do they get the big push from the studios. The market is ever more fractured. Remakes of stuff from a time with a wider audiences seem like good bets to get lots of people in.
The supporting players weren’t too shabby either. Dr and Mrs Bellows for example.
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