Black Hole (D: Famuyiwa)
02-28-18, 06:19 PM
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Black Hole (D: Famuyiwa)
Rick Famuyiwa, best known for directing the celebrated coming-of-age movie Dope, has signed on to write and direct Black Hole, New Regency and Plan B’s adaptation of the graphic novel by Charles Burns.
Plan B and New Regency’s Arnon Milchan are set to produce the film. New Regency will finance the project.
The move kickstarts a project that has been in development on and off since 2005, when it was to have been adapted by horror director Alexandre Aja. Neil Gaiman and Pulp Fiction co-writer Roger Avery developed it for a time and the project was for years set up at Paramount with David Fincher attached to direct.
Set in the Pacific Northwest during the 1970s, Hole follows a group of high schoolers who contract a mysterious, apparently sexually transmitted disease known as "the Bug.” As the syndrome causes physical mutations, turning the teens into something else, the community is left to deal with the fallout.
Plan B and New Regency’s Arnon Milchan are set to produce the film. New Regency will finance the project.
The move kickstarts a project that has been in development on and off since 2005, when it was to have been adapted by horror director Alexandre Aja. Neil Gaiman and Pulp Fiction co-writer Roger Avery developed it for a time and the project was for years set up at Paramount with David Fincher attached to direct.
Set in the Pacific Northwest during the 1970s, Hole follows a group of high schoolers who contract a mysterious, apparently sexually transmitted disease known as "the Bug.” As the syndrome causes physical mutations, turning the teens into something else, the community is left to deal with the fallout.
02-28-18, 07:13 PM
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Re: Black Hole (D: Famuyiwa)
Right there with you TGM ... Really excited when I clicked, but disappointed this isn't what I was expecting.
Hasn't the sexually transmitted disease as a monster been done already? Also, given that plot point, is Black Hole an appropriate title?
Hasn't the sexually transmitted disease as a monster been done already? Also, given that plot point, is Black Hole an appropriate title?
02-28-18, 07:37 PM
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This could be a seriously creepy, fucked-up movie.
Or it could be a disaster.
The graphic novel is something I think could be really difficult to capture on film.
Or it could be a disaster.
The graphic novel is something I think could be really difficult to capture on film.
02-28-18, 07:47 PM
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I’m a fan of his past movies so I look forward to this.
