Why is everyone calling Sex and Death 101 "the return of the guy who wrote Heathers," rather than "the return of the guy who wrote Hudson Hawk?"* Come on, people -- let's give Daniel Waters his due! Anyway, back in March we told you about the movie, which revolves around a man receiving "a mysterious e-mail containing the names of every woman he has had sex with and, eerily, every woman he will have sex with in the future." So there, you see, we have the "sex" part of the title -- no idea where the "death" comes in, though. (Personally, since the man is being played by Simon Baker, I'm fervently hoping someone else bites it.)Since the movie went into production without a female lead, it's a good thing that Waters finally worked his Heathers connections to bring Winona Ryder on-board. Supposedly, she was his one and only target for the role -- Waters says he wrote it her in mind. (Do you think he really did, though? I mean, how often do people pull that line out in an effort to flatter stars into appearing in their movies? "Denzel -- I wrote the part for you! Really! You can totally play fat, old, and white.") Also in the film are Dash Mihok and Boston Legal's Julie Bowen; release is planned for some time next year.
*There is no sarcasm whatsoever in this statement. I'm going to be buried with a Hudson Hawk DVD.
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6-02-2006 @ 5:06PM
josh said...
Or the man that wrote the Adventures of Ford Fairlane & Demolition Man... yikes.
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6-04-2006 @ 12:36PM
Brendon said...
In fact, Waters writing on both Demolition Man and Ford Fairlaine was top class stuff. Of course, it got bent out of shape before making it to the screen...
A lot of good stuff remains in Dem' Man - my fave being the scene where a a blonde, blue-eyed Snipes beats up a load of cops on CCTV. How ironic.
Waters is the greatest living scriptwriter.
His script A Model Daughter is the greatest unfilmed script I know of.
Sex and Death 101 has me very excited.
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6-05-2006 @ 11:12AM
DaveH said...
Hmm - Hudson Hawk (which I proudly own on DVD), Demo man and Heathers are all movies that I like, quite alot.
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6-08-2006 @ 5:00PM
RICK BADMAN said...
If someone has a woman in mind for a role which involves sex, I'm surprised it's not Paris Hilton or some sexually arousing woman even if it's Jenny McCarthy.
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6-08-2006 @ 6:43PM
vicki said...
I personaly cant wait to see the movie!!!!!
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