Back in October we learned that Oliver Stone's next film would be Jawbreaker, another 9/11-related project based on the book by ex-CIA Gary Bernstein. It seemed to make sense at the time, because Stone had just released the 9/11-based World Trade Center. Jawbreaker is likely still going to happen, but there is now another project that the director is possibly taking on first. According to Latino Review, Paramount Vantage has picked up Pinkville (aka "One Day in March"), which will be Stone's return to a subject he knows very well: Vietnam. The studio had been in a bidding war with UA, but Paramount, which handled production on World Trade Center and is also handling Jawbreaker, won out.The pic, which may star Sean Penn and Channing Tatum, is set around the events of the My Lai Massacre. On March 16, 1968, more than 500 Vietnamese (or 367, depending on the source), including unarmed women, children and elderly, were slaughtered by American soldiers who were given a "search and destroy" order. The horrible mission was eventually reported to the American public in November of 1969, and the news led to increased outrage concerning the Vietnam War. Stone already used the massacre as inspiration for a major scene in Platoon, but apparently he feels there's still more to say, and specifically to say, about the events.
Pinkville, if it happens, will mark Stone's fourth film to directly deal with the Vietnam War (if you don't count his student film, Last Year in Viet Nam, or a less-direct film like Nixon), following the "trilogy" of Platoon, Born on the Fourth of July and Heaven & Earth. It should be a welcome return for the filmmaker, as he is, at least to me, associated with Vietnam (and the '60s and conspiracy theories) in the way that Woody Allen and Scorsese are associated with New York. Plus, the subject matter can now be made to have a different relevance -- both Penn, who starred in the Vietnam film Casualties of War, and Stone are probably interested in displaying parallels between that war and the current war in Iraq.
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9-19-2007 @ 1:07PM
Lan Pham said...
Hello, I was wondering if anyone knows when casting for this movie will take place and where the auditions will be held?
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10-11-2007 @ 6:57PM
Erik said...
I would like to know when auditions are being held for "Pinkville" as well. I will let you know if I get any information.
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10-18-2007 @ 10:27AM
Greg E said...
There is casting is now (oct 18) in Bangkok. www.castingthailand.com for more info. Cheers.
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11-14-2007 @ 10:25PM
steven said...
do anyone knows what the movie pays
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2-21-2008 @ 12:30PM
nick hodies said...
I am interseted in casting for auditions in this film, i have been in asia now for 5 months...Please let me know as i will have to extend my time here if tne move is still going to happen... Thanks again, America
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2-24-2008 @ 2:51AM
nick hodies said...
Make the fucking movie...i've seen the rats all that shit in the Hmoung villages in Laos... Sean Penn seeems like a good person..too bad Moddona or what ever her name is used him...make the best of life...I think "Pinkvllie" has a message to say. Pleasse let me know tomrrrow as i have other business that can't wait around. Fuck the writers guild do it your self...Peace, Nick
2-23-2008 @ 4:55AM
nick hodies said...
Fuck the writers guild and make the fucking movie..I have lived in the Hmung villages...seen life from the dirt eating rats and seen where the wars were...Modonna is a whore fucked her way to the top, Sean Pean seems like a good person..let me know as i can't stay in asia for ever... I think" Pinkvllle "has a storty to tell... I've seen the jungle and know about the leaches in my legs...Please let me know tomorrow as i have other businesin Hollywood. Thanks again OLiver stone....Peace and Love
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