Kimberly Pierce on Stop-Loss
Filed under: Drama, Deals, Paramount, Politics
Kimberly Pierce, who hasn't made a feature since Boys Don't Cry, her 1999 debut, has signed on with Paramount to direct Stop-Loss. Pierce co-wrote the script for the $25 million film (named after the Army loophole which has as of late been extending combat time for enlistees), about a soldier who is recalled back to Iraq shortly after coming home to Texas and refuses to leave. Pierce was initially inspired to make a documentary by her brother's own experience in the military (he was called back to battle shortly after returning from a year in Fallujah); after shooting a few interviews, she and writing partner Mark Richard decided to turn the project into a narrative script. Paramount snatched their spec script up after watching five minutes of Pierce's initial interviews. "The thing that drew us to the project is what
appealed to studios," Peirce told Variety. "This is a story about great guys
who do the right thing by fighting for this country, and are then done
wrong. The fatality rates for second and third tours are very high, and
you understand why these guys feel like they've being asked to play
another round of Russian roulette." The trade is contextualizing the film as part of a "controversial" streak of projects in the works at the new, Brad Grey-led Paramount, following, as it does, the studio's launch into production on Oliver Stone's 9/11 pic. But Pierce has been attatched to many, many projects since Cry made its mark six years ago; it's worth wondering whether this film will even get made. 
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11-09-2005 @ 9:28PM
Finished.Law.School said...
She looks like hell in that photo.
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12-02-2005 @ 2:52PM
Philip Kyriacou said...
As the father of a transgendered daughter living as a male I want to truly thank Ms. Pierce for her sensitivity and artistry in bringing to the screen Teena Brandon's story in a manner that must touch everyone with compassion. Most people have no idea what it takes to face the world each day in an alien body. To watch their male friends partner and marry and to know your chances of achieving the same are practically zero.
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