Details on David Fincher's 'Chef'
Filed under: Comedy, Paramount, Scripts
I'm going to try to not blame David Fincher for choosing to work on Chef (a comedy with Keanu Reeves) over the crime flick Ness -- but I'll be real honest with you: it ain't going to be easy. MTV recently spoke with the director, and Fincher finally opened up about the cooking comedy, and provided some tidbits on what he has in store for the flick. Fincher tells MTV that "It's like a celibate sex comedy if that means anything. It's really about the creative process," the filmmaker explained. "It's truly an aromatic art-form, making food. I love that idea. And I love Keanu's passion for that world."
There had been some speculation that Fincher was going to be working on an adaptation of Anthony Bourdain's best-selling memoir Kitchen Confidential, but it looks like Chef will be an original script. Fincher tells MTV, "They decided to go ahead and make 'Kitchen Confidential' as a [television] series. This is an original script that's very funny." There's been speculation that Reeves has been developing this project for some time, and that he might have also written it -- although Michael Kalesniko's name has also been tossed around as the possible writer -- and, as to be expected, the typically secretive Fincher isn't talking.
So even though I consider Fincher a bona fide genius (and hey, I've got nothing against Keanu Reeves), there's just something about Chef that smells a bit funky. It might be the combination of Keanu and comedy, or maybe I just can't see Fincher keeping it light -- and perhaps the idea of a "celibate sex comedy" isn't very ... well, sexy. Hopefully, they're both going to prove me wrong.
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12-22-2008 @ 7:55PM
Jesse said...
I thought Fincher and Reeves were developing that "Untitled Chef Project" script that Steven Knight (Eastern Promises) wrote? It was on the 2007 Blacklist. How come, all of a sudden, nobody knows who the writer was?
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12-22-2008 @ 8:19PM
Miss said...
It IS the "Untitled Chef Project" , written by Steven Knight , it was on the Blacklist last year. I got to read it some time ago and it is very funny and clever. I hope they really make it, it would be a nice change of pace for both, Fincher and Reeves.
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12-22-2008 @ 8:28PM
mercy said...
I agree. I read it too and it's very funny and clever. Superb script. I can see why Fincher might be attracted to it - the main chef character probably reminds him of himself.
Yes, this script is based off a story from Keanu Reeves himself.
12-22-2008 @ 9:01PM
sam said...
well don't keep the story to yourself. share.
what is the story keanu cooked himself?
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1-07-2009 @ 12:25PM
Denny said...
The original writer was Michael Kalesniko. Knight did the re-write.
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12-23-2008 @ 10:14PM
paul said...
A (celibate) sex comedy in the kitchen? Keanu's character alone in the kitchen with a warm apple pie?
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12-24-2008 @ 4:53PM
janis said...
i'm not going to tell Monet or Piccasso how to paint are what to use but we live in a cynical world and people do and say whatever , I say give it a chance .
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