So in the good spirit of anticipating Fincher's next film, here's a snapshot from the rehearsals for THE SOCIAL NETWORK. Looks like fun. I mean, it looks like the kind of fun you have before Fincher starts asking for 100+ takes.
http://www.aintitcool.com/node/43554
Oh, and here's a completely unrelated thought: With AVATAR still going strong and on a good path to possibly being the first picture to gross 2 billion bucks, it had me thinking of Fincher's long-gestating RENDEZVOUS WITH RAMA project. Looks like technology is ready. Possible even for RAMA 3D. And production costs for this type of technology should further drop to a reasonable range. So if Freeman's health holds up and the script doesn't go too dark or artsy, maybe they can cough up the budget?!
I would love to see that movie!
Thanks, Thiago, for the snapshot.
well... if they somehow manage to bring the script to action-adventure-scifi territory they might have a shot. but if it's "2001", although i'd love to see that movie, i don't think anyone is gonna finance this baby.
ReplyDeleteYeah, I think the silence part in Rama would make producers and studio execs squirm and feel uncomfortable.
ReplyDeletei think i remember something about rama that has other worldly landscapes and plants and stuff, right? haven't read the novels or anything but pandora and all reminded me of that. from what i recall the story is way closer to 2001 than avatar or adventure stuff. it's not going to be very mainstream, when fincher's interested. i agree, i would see it. but not sure if anybody will finance it.
ReplyDeleteFor a studio to finance Rendezvous with Rama, they would at least have to work a love story, a battle, a hero and a villain into the story. Then it *may* get produced.
ReplyDeleteHe could direct the new spiderman reboot. Plus, it's being written by the guy who wrote Zodiac! As long as he could tell the studio execs to fuck off, it should be a fantastic, dark but no too dark comic book movie.
ReplyDeleteHm, interesting thought. Does anyone know if Fincher had already reached script stage, when he was first involved with the Spiderman franchise? I am guessing, in light of the recent, very much darker BATMAN BEGINS and THE DARK KNIGHT, which did very well at the box office, who if not Fincher would be the right guy to give us the less shiny and colorful Spidey?
ReplyDeleteBut actually, even if there was such an announcement, it would be project number 8 or 9 on his crowded "in development" list. I guess it will remain a lottery.
The only thing I am pretty confident about is that we'll see The Social Network next... maybe not 2010, but we'll see it. ;-)
FF, hasn't The Social Network been slated for a October 2010 release?
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