The NY Post had some info via Brad Grey yesterday. Brad Grey currently runs Paramount. He's a force in Hollywood. I'm a fan because his taste is right in my wheelhouse (that’s disgusting) and he supports people and projects I want to see get made. Check out his imdb page. You may recognize a few titles, like, um, oh I don't know, The Departed, a little show called The Sopranos and dozens of others...Well he spilled some beans recently. He stated that Leonardo DiCaprio is starring in Shutter Island, a Dennis Lehane novel I've been anxiously awaiting to be brought to the big screen. Guess who's directing? Scorsese. Um, hi, can someone knock me out? I never in a million (years that is) would've guessed he would be behind it. Let's hope it stays that way. Apparently they're set to roll cameras in March. Who'll play opposite Leo is the question? I love Billy Crudup. He rules and he hasn't gotten the recognition he truly deserves. Either way, being that it's Scorsese, I'm sure it won't be tough to get an excellent actor in the role.Before I move on I need to express my love for Shutter Island. I take the train to work everyday so it affords me the time to read a lot of books, which is nice. It’s practically the only thing I enjoy about the commute. I read Shutter Island on the train. One night as I was coming into my station, I was like 40 pages out from the end. Got off the train, raced home and immediately sat down and started reading. Couldn’t put the fucker down. I dare say it’s my favorite Lehane book. So that’s where my excitement started.
Cloverfield. Grey spilled that it is a "classic monster movie" Either I missed something along the way or he didn't realize there is a big internet movement drumming up buzz about this film by not exactly saying what it's about. I know that it's been hinted at severely by several sources but this is a major player, who would know, saying it is a monster movie. So there's that.
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So this book beats out Mystic River AND Gone Baby Gone? It is now officially a must read for me! I am still gagging from your wheelhouse comment. Thank you!
by a hair. maybe. thats why i said I dare say...in the end I love them all. ah yes "wheelhouse" someone at work always says that to me "it's rioght in your wheelhouse" and I usually tell him thats disgusting..even though he means it differently it's still an odd thing to say.
Now, I have to switch books! I was about to read Gone Baby Gone or maybe Oil! the Upton Sinclair novel.
For those who want to hear more, Casey's giving Elvis Mitchell an interview.
http://www.kcrw.com/etc/programs/tt/tt071031casey_affleck
no no. read both. I want to read Oil too!
i love it. I want to start telling people everything's right in their wheelhouse too, even though it will totally not make any sense. what the hell is a wheelhouse anyway??
not sure carla. I guess it's sort of like "right up your alley"
which is gross too!
huh. In my ignorance I had pictured a wheelhouse as being something kind of film / movie related- like that is the name of the projection room- the wheel house b/c the film reels are like wheels. Who knew it was really a pseudonym for an orifice. YUCKY!!!
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