love most of this guy's stuff, Poison excepted.
― The Citizen Kane of Alcoholic Clown Movies (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 5 May 2009 18:29 (fifteen years ago) link
no wait I think I'm mixing that up with Safe.
Safe freaked me out.
― Trip Maker, Tuesday, 5 May 2009 18:29 (fifteen years ago) link
Me too, but in a good way. Film I keep meaning to revisit.
― Soukesian, Tuesday, 5 May 2009 18:35 (fifteen years ago) link
i love superstar; poison to me falls more into the interesting-failure category, tho it's worth seeing.
― would you ask tom petty that? (tipsy mothra), Tuesday, 5 May 2009 18:46 (fifteen years ago) link
http://weblogs.variety.com/bfdealmemo/2009/08/winslet-game-for-mildred-pierce-.html
Kate Winslet is attached to "Mildred Pierce," a miniseries adaptation based on the James M. Cain novel that Todd Haynes is writing and directing. Sources said that HBO is the lead contender to get the mini, but payweb sources said no deal has been struck.Cain's tale was famously turned into a 1945 film that won Joan Crawford an Oscar for the lead role of a bored housewife who gets into the restaurant business, an enterprise that leads to back-stabbing, romance and murder.The involvement of Winslet--right after her Oscar-winning performance in "The Reader" and her work in "Revolutionary Road"--underscores how much paywebs like HBO have become prestige venues for films that might vanish as theatrical releases, a fact underscored by the success of "Grey Gardens," which garnered Emmy noms for Drew Barrymore and Jessica Lange.Haynes directed "I'm Not There," "Safe" and "Far From Heaven."
Cain's tale was famously turned into a 1945 film that won Joan Crawford an Oscar for the lead role of a bored housewife who gets into the restaurant business, an enterprise that leads to back-stabbing, romance and murder.
The involvement of Winslet--right after her Oscar-winning performance in "The Reader" and her work in "Revolutionary Road"--underscores how much paywebs like HBO have become prestige venues for films that might vanish as theatrical releases, a fact underscored by the success of "Grey Gardens," which garnered Emmy noms for Drew Barrymore and Jessica Lange.
Haynes directed "I'm Not There," "Safe" and "Far From Heaven."
― Elvis Telecom, Friday, 14 August 2009 06:30 (fourteen years ago) link
intrigued!
― Indiana Morbs and the Curse of the Ivy League Chorister (Dr Morbius), Friday, 14 August 2009 12:25 (fourteen years ago) link
whoa
i hope there''s lots of chickn and waffles in it!
― heavin' flho (s1ocki), Friday, 14 August 2009 15:27 (fourteen years ago) link
(guessing it's going to be a contemporary update tho)
oh man, LOVE the Cain novel. finished it a couple of months ago. very excited about this.
― nice! he have the balls to say the truth! (the table is the table), Friday, 14 August 2009 15:53 (fourteen years ago) link
contemporary update? why wd you hire the guy who did far From Heaven for that?
― Indiana Morbs and the Curse of the Ivy League Chorister (Dr Morbius), Friday, 14 August 2009 16:03 (fourteen years ago) link
haha ya i guess
― heavin' flho (s1ocki), Friday, 14 August 2009 16:09 (fourteen years ago) link
whoa! just watched the OG MP earlier this wk
― The Collected Works of Fun Fun (donna rouge), Friday, 14 August 2009 16:49 (fourteen years ago) link
this could be cool
Greenlit!
HBO is revisiting the Great Depression with "Mildred Pierce."Pay cabler is going forward with a five-hour miniseries starring Kate Winslet as a proud, single mother struggling to earn her daughter's love during the depression in middle-class Los Angeles. Story is based on the novel by James M. Cain.Mini has been speculated for months, but the deal just become official.Joan Crawford won an Oscar for the lead role in the 1945 film adaptation of the novel. "Mildred Pierce" earned a total of six noms, including a pair of supporting actress nods for Eve Arden and Ann Blyth.Todd Haynes will write the script along with Jon Raymond. Haynes will also direct and act as exec producer, along with Pamela Koffler, Christine Vachon, and John Wells. Ilene Landress ("The Sopranos") is producer and pic is in association with MGM.Wells, who has a pact at Warner Bros. and saw his "Southland" cop drama picked up by TNT after it was dropped by NBC, recently unspooled his bigscreen pic "The Company Men" at the Sundance Film Festival.Winslet is coming off a lead actress Oscar for her role in "The Reader." It was her first win after being nominated five times previously.Actress last appeared on HBO in the pilot of Ricky Gervais starrer "Extras," playing a nun pining for an Oscar nom. Gervais teased her about the role during the 2009 Golden Globes.No other thesps have been attached to the cast.
Mini has been speculated for months, but the deal just become official.
Joan Crawford won an Oscar for the lead role in the 1945 film adaptation of the novel. "Mildred Pierce" earned a total of six noms, including a pair of supporting actress nods for Eve Arden and Ann Blyth.
Todd Haynes will write the script along with Jon Raymond. Haynes will also direct and act as exec producer, along with Pamela Koffler, Christine Vachon, and John Wells. Ilene Landress ("The Sopranos") is producer and pic is in association with MGM.
Wells, who has a pact at Warner Bros. and saw his "Southland" cop drama picked up by TNT after it was dropped by NBC, recently unspooled his bigscreen pic "The Company Men" at the Sundance Film Festival.
Winslet is coming off a lead actress Oscar for her role in "The Reader." It was her first win after being nominated five times previously.
Actress last appeared on HBO in the pilot of Ricky Gervais starrer "Extras," playing a nun pining for an Oscar nom. Gervais teased her about the role during the 2009 Golden Globes.
No other thesps have been attached to the cast.
― Elvis Telecom, Friday, 12 February 2010 00:31 (fourteen years ago) link
whoa.
― by another name (amateurist), Friday, 12 February 2010 00:46 (fourteen years ago) link
is this the first miniseries that will be all directed by the same dude?
― by another name (amateurist), Friday, 12 February 2010 00:47 (fourteen years ago) link
was just reading abt this, will b awesome
― plaxico (I know, right?), Friday, 12 February 2010 00:47 (fourteen years ago) link
winslet? really?
― jed_, Friday, 12 February 2010 00:53 (fourteen years ago) link
yeah she kept her maiden name
― plaxico (I know, right?), Friday, 12 February 2010 01:04 (fourteen years ago) link
No guesses as to what I hope they'll have as the theme song.
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 12 February 2010 03:18 (fourteen years ago) link
as much as i could see kate pulling this off, it would take a miracle to pull of a joan crawford in this role.
― you have to forgive me (surm), Friday, 12 February 2010 03:21 (fourteen years ago) link
i'm sure haynes knows that, and this will probably be at right angles to the film.
haynes is nothing if not savvy about stuff like this, whatever you think of the results (i think he has a good track record).
― by another name (amateurist), Friday, 12 February 2010 03:24 (fourteen years ago) link
pic is in association with MGM.
how much TV has MGM been producing lately? it's on the auction block right now, and is not in very good shape, at least in terms of theatrical.
― by another name (amateurist), Friday, 12 February 2010 03:25 (fourteen years ago) link
xp i hope you're right! i do think he's a very sensible fit for the job.
― you have to forgive me (surm), Friday, 12 February 2010 03:26 (fourteen years ago) link
This has potential.
― queen frostine (Eric H.), Friday, 12 February 2010 03:28 (fourteen years ago) link
I have never see a single Todd Haynes film. But I know at least two people who have slept with him!
― 26 Mixes Focaccia (Stevie D), Friday, 12 February 2010 03:29 (fourteen years ago) link
that's ass-backwards. um, i mean...
― by another name (amateurist), Friday, 12 February 2010 03:30 (fourteen years ago) link
I still prefer Carol Burnett's Mildred Fierce.
http://i.ytimg.com/vi/XP_UtPcjvp4/0.jpg
― Fusty Moralizer (Dr Morbius), Friday, 12 February 2010 03:41 (fourteen years ago) link
o. m. g. i have never seen that
― you have to forgive me (surm), Friday, 12 February 2010 03:54 (fourteen years ago) link
ahahahahahahahaha watching this now, amazing
― you have to forgive me (surm), Friday, 12 February 2010 03:56 (fourteen years ago) link
but that's NOT the Mildred Fierce sketch I saw! it was done later, a pretty close parody of the Crawford movie.
― Fusty Moralizer (Dr Morbius), Friday, 12 February 2010 03:59 (fourteen years ago) link
carol 4eva <3
― you have to forgive me (surm), Friday, 12 February 2010 04:00 (fourteen years ago) link
Is it fucked up that I have always liked the name Veda because of this movie?
― ô_o (Nicole), Friday, 12 February 2010 04:36 (fourteen years ago) link
no way, it's a good name
― you have to forgive me (surm), Friday, 12 February 2010 06:15 (fourteen years ago) link
yeah, it's a pretty name.
― by another name (amateurist), Friday, 12 February 2010 07:14 (fourteen years ago) link
wow, this sounds good.
love most of this guy's stuff, Poison excepted.I agree with this, although I still have not seen 'I'm Not There.' 'Safe' is one of my favourite movies.
― derrrick, Friday, 12 February 2010 10:02 (fourteen years ago) link
up until the mention of 'I'm Not There' here I had been reading today's discussion thinking of Todd Phillips and being seriously confused.
― FC Tom Tomsk Club (Merdeyeux), Friday, 12 February 2010 11:58 (fourteen years ago) link
that Mildred Fierce thing reminded me of this, which I hope everyone has seen:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CGa4M0zmOLI
― 26 Mixes Focaccia (Stevie D), Friday, 12 February 2010 20:14 (fourteen years ago) link
wow this sounds awesome
― Wrinkles, I'll see you on the other side (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 12 February 2010 20:17 (fourteen years ago) link
― queen frostine (Eric H.), Thursday, February 11, 2010
Only if there are some anachronistic Dylan songs, amirite?
― Fusty Moralizer (Dr Morbius), Friday, 12 February 2010 20:23 (fourteen years ago) link
thx for reminding me to get Cain novel at liberry
turns 50 today:
http://mubi.com/notebook/posts/2715
― kind of shrill and very self-righteous (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 2 January 2011 15:16 (thirteen years ago) link
& looking great for that!
really looking forward to Mildred Pierce.
― jed_, Sunday, 2 January 2011 15:33 (thirteen years ago) link
the beginning of this thread is so funny
― plax (ico), Sunday, 2 January 2011 19:19 (thirteen years ago) link
ive never seen the velvet goldmine but ppl think it sucks right? i pretty much hate all of that glam rock carry-on so i dont think i could handle it if it was also rubbishy. i pretty much love all his other ones tho, i'm not there is so good, dying for mildred pierce. looks kindof straightforward for him in the trailers tho, i thought it was supposed to be 2010 tho, i mean if it hasnt been on already then obv. that partic. bird has flown.
― plax (ico), Sunday, 2 January 2011 19:21 (thirteen years ago) link
velvet goldmine has a dedicated fanbase
― Princess TamTam, Sunday, 2 January 2011 19:21 (thirteen years ago) link
of peverts
― ban (Lamp), Sunday, 2 January 2011 21:40 (thirteen years ago) link
saw it again a couple years ago and really enjoyed it, tho i would've preferred a fake marc bolan biopic to a fake bowie biopic.
― (The Other) J.D. (J.D.), Sunday, 2 January 2011 21:54 (thirteen years ago) link
I don't like glam rock, but I like VG (except for the Bale reporter stuff).
― kind of shrill and very self-righteous (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 2 January 2011 23:45 (thirteen years ago) link