Script Sales: Dangerfield Biopic, Young Men and Fire, Easier, Softer Way and more
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Baldwin Entertainment Group plans on making a Rodney Dangerfield biopic. They purchased Dangerfield's life rights as well as rights to his autobiography, It's Not Easy Bein’ Me. No writer or director has been attached yet, but the producers are hot off the Oscar nominated Ray Charles biopic. Rodney was a funny guy, and I just hope they bring it to the script.
- In 1949, a Montana forest fire, stoked by a rare combination of winds and explosions, produced flames the equivalent of 40 stories tall that moved 50 mph. Battling it was a group of smoke jumpers who parachuted into the conflagration, and a total of 13 men died in the blaze. Warner Bros. Pictures has announced Young Men and Fire, to be adapted from Norman Maclean’s book. Tod H. Williams wrote the sceen adaptition. He's never sold a screenplay, but did have a cameo in The Door in the Floor. His cousin Tod C. Williams directed that movie and is also at the helm of this drama.
- Two unlucky potheads become involved in a scheme to rip off a mysterious character called Mr. Big after the duo sours on rehab in Easier, Softer Way. Sony Pictures Entertainment bought Ronnie Warner's comedy, and Mekhi Phifer will make his directorial debut as well as produce and star. You may know him as Andre from Dawn of the Dead or Dr. Gregory Pratt from ER. Maura Tierney, Scott Grimes, John C. McGinley, Ronnie Warner, Terry Crews and Mo Collins will fill out the cast.
- Capricorn Pictures bought Ray McKinnon's Randy and the Mob about a good ol' boy who lands in hot water with some low-life mobsters, who then must seek help from his estranged, identical, but gay twin brother. Ray McKinnon will also direct and star, alongside Lisa Blount and Walton Goggins.
- Regency Enterprises bought Franc Reyes's take on Beyond a Reasonable Doubt, a remake of the Fritz Lang film. You can read all about it here.
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6-22-2005 @ 12:23PM
mick du russel said...
With the right director and a good script, this Dangerfield flick should be fantastic. I've always loved Rodney, a fellow Long Islander. He lived a full life gaining fame and fortune in his later years. Few people know he loved smoking marijuana daily for over 60 years!
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6-22-2005 @ 7:33PM
truthseeker said...
Gee I wonder if they are going to include a scene of him asking for a sexual favor from Spiderman's mother (according to Tobey Mcguire on the Letterman show).
By the way talking about Tobey; is he going to come out of the closet or not? I keep waiting to find out if he has the balls to face the truth about himself rather than go on TV and using air time to insult Rodney rather than promote a movie.
What might have happened between Rodney and Tobey's mother is an adult situation that should have remained for adults to resolve.
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