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Casting the Uncastable Adaptation: Cormac McCarthy’s Blood Meridian

Casting the Uncastable Adaptation: Cormac McCarthy’s Blood Meridian

Some have called McCarthy’s Blood Meridian unfilmable — but when has that ever stopped Hollywood? If they’re going to do it, though, we have a few suggestions for how to do it well.


James Franco Options Zeroville: Just Another Reason to Start a Backlash to the Franco Backlash

James Franco Options Zeroville: Just Another Reason to Start a Backlash to the Franco Backlash

Franco’s bookshelf of optioned titles grows … and grows.


In Defense of James Franco: A Case for the Ironically Detached School of Oscar Hosting

In Defense of James Franco: A Case for the Ironically Detached School of Oscar Hosting

Franco did his job and added an air of mystery to an otherwise mind-numbingly predictable show.


James Franco to Bring Works by Faulkner and McCarthy to the Big Screen

James Franco to Bring Works by Faulkner and McCarthy to the Big Screen

Franco is in talks to direct not one, but two of the most celebrated novels of the 20th Century: Cormac McCarthy’s Blood Meridian and William Faulkner’s As I Lay Dying.


Deconstructing James Franco: What a Man’s Adaptation Choices Say About Him

Deconstructing James Franco: What a Man’s Adaptation Choices Say About Him

What does ‘As I Lay Dying’ and other adaptations awaiting creation say about Franco?


Todd Field Lays Claim to Jess Walter’s Beautiful Ruins

Todd Field Lays Claim to Jess Walter’s Beautiful Ruins

Beautiful Ruins has the potential to be a beautiful film, unless someone ruins it – a fate not likely to befall it if Todd Field sees it through.


James Franco to Develop James Ellroy’s American Tabloid

James Franco to Develop James Ellroy’s American Tabloid

It’s getting harder and harder to keep track of Franco’s adaptation projects and the latest in his lineup has just come to light.


The Best Marriage Plot Ever Written? Jeffrey Eugenides Makes a Case for ‘The Portrait of a Lady’

The Best Marriage Plot Ever Written? Jeffrey Eugenides Makes a Case for ‘The Portrait of a Lady’

Also in the world of lit and film today: John Cusack’s shout-out to his ‘In Your Eyes’ beginnings, first drafts of Cormac McCarthy’s Blood Meridian, and wringing memories out of Hollywood veterans.


From the Vault: ‘No Country for Old Men’ by Cormac McCarthy, Starring Javier Bardem

From the Vault: ‘No Country for Old Men’ by Cormac McCarthy, Starring Javier Bardem

In his blistering novel No Country for Old Men, Cormac McCarthy returns to the Texas-Mexico border, and the tale is brought to life by the famed Coen Brothers.


Aspiring 'Wicked' Director Brett Ratner Drops Gay Slur on 'Tower Heist' Audience

Aspiring 'Wicked' Director Brett Ratner Drops Gay Slur on 'Tower Heist' Audience

Today’s link roundup also serves up screen portrayals of Marilyn Monroe, bloody new illustrations for a McCarthy classic, and a chat with Martin Scorsese about the trials of 3-D filmmaking.


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