Murphy a Go-Go
Just goes to show that whatever the rumble on Running with Scissors, it sure as shit hasn't stopped director-writer Ryan Murphy from landing all kinds of movie and TV directing gigs. He's going to adapt and direct a Julia Roberts feature based on Elizabeth Gilbert's "Eat, Pray, Love," but before that he'll direct another Paramounter called Dirty Tricks, a drama about Martha Mitchell, the loud-mouth Southern-belle wife of Nixon's Attorney General John Mitchell, with Meryl Streep attached to star. And there's still that 4 Oz. series for FX, about a guy who has a sex-change operation. The Roberts vehicle and the guy-getting-his-dick-cut-off series are being produced by Brad Pitt's Plan B.
Posted by Jeffrey Wells on October 11, 2006 at 3:38 PM
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sardine
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oh, who cares. I am so worried about clint's dreary new movie.
Posted by sardine
at October 11, 2006 4:06 PM
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breadlymoore
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Jeff, I wouldn't worry about the SCISSORS no-screen situation.
Sony is pulling the same BS with MARIE ANTOINETTE. They won't let any onliners see it early.
Posted by breadlymoore
at October 11, 2006 4:47 PM
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NYCritic
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Here in NYC onliners have seen both RUNNING WITH SCISSORS and MARIE ANTOINETTE so maybe it's just a West Coast thing. As I said before I was profoundly disappointed in SCISSORS. I suspect that this year's Oscar race for Best Actress will include several women who in any other year wouldn't even rate a first look (Winslet in LITTLE CHILDREN, Bening in SCISSORS) simply because they need to find 5 for the category. I know they hate to hear it, but it really is Helen Mirren's prize at this point unless/until someone else comes out of the woodwork in the next few months. (The question is who? Beyonce? Sienna Miller?)
Posted by NYCritic
at October 11, 2006 5:41 PM