Patrick Wilson is a perplexing fellow. He broke out with an Emmy- and Golden Globe-nominated performance in Angels in America, and he followed that up with The fucking Alamo and The Phantom of the fucking Opera. Then he came back with Hard Candy and Little Children, but he muddied that by associating with Running with fucking Scissors (in which he had a tiny part), before disappearing in 2007 with the direct-to-DVD Brothers Three, Edward Burns’ direct-to-iTunes Purple Violets and the very lame Evening (sorry, Lajos).
His upcoming slate looked like it could be better, with Lakeview Terrace, which is Neil LaBute’s next, and Passengers, both of which people will at least see, as well as Life In Flight, which is one of those films that will probably bounce around a bunch of small festivals before getting a DVD release. He also, of course, has Watchmen.
It appears he’ll be diluting that slate a bit with another likely festival jumper, Barry Munday, an adaptation of Frank Turner Hollon’s Life is a Strange Place (Hollon and I actually live in the same state! Yippee!).
Variety says the book is the “story of a ladies’ man who learns he’s named in a paternity suit.” Hmm, I’m not sold. I found a better summary at Powells.com:
“Barry Munday is a thirty-three-year-old man of singular purpose–and that purpose is trying to bed women. One day, a too-good-to-be-true sexual encounter at a matinee with a beautiful teenage girl ends when her angry father catches them in flagrante delicto and attacks Barry with a trumpet. Barry wakes up in a hospital and [deja vu alert!] discovers his much-beloved gonads had to be surgically removed.”
Consider my attention gotten. I suggest clicking that link to read the rest of the summary; from there, it kinda gets… weird. By the way, Variety describes the film as a romantic comedy.
Barry Munday will be helmed (and written) by Chris D’Arienzo, who is making his debut in that role (he was a PA on Jingle All the Way back in the day). The guy is apparently more of an “up and coming” writer than director, though, as Variety says he has scripts in development at Warners and HBO, as well as some Off Brodway “hard rock musical.”
Anyway, Barry Munday is set to start shooting in April.
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Stop fucking writing.
Thank you God.
I gotta agree with Dad.
I gotta go with my boys on this one…stop it Owen, just stop.
What am I missing here? What's the problem with Owen? Maybe I'm way off, but wouldn't it be great if the CHUD comments veered away from the profuse shit-talking of AICN's talkbacks?
Owen writing for CHUD is like having Dean Koontz on the Nobel Literature Prize Committee. It's funny that you'd mention AICN, since that site would be a much better fit for Owen. It's not his fault, honestly it isn't, but he's just so outclassed by everyone else here that it's painful to read.
Actually LD, Dean Koontz does understand the basic principles of grammar so that's not really a fair comparison.
Reading the plot synopsis linked to the article, I had visions of the author cackling like Witchie-Poo as he typed the thing out.
Not totally sure how this would turn out in the hands of a rookie, but I'll keep an eye out for it down the road and see if it looks like a keeper.
Dude, stop trying to sound like such a smart ass.
What's with all the fucking in bold?
I suggest a prisoner exchange between CHUD and AICN. CHUD gets Moriarty. AICN gets Phil Owen, Greg David, Fabfunk and Isiah's Ballsac or whatever that guy's name is. Seems fair.
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