Monday, June 29, 2009

What writers are up against


Sadly, I believe Frank Darabont when he relates, regarding his script for 'Farenheit 451,' this exchange:
I actually had a studio head read that script and say: "Wow, that's the best and smartest script that I've read since running this studio but I can't possibly greenlight it." I asked why and he says "How am I going to get 13-year-olds to show up at the theater?"
I'd have an snarky retort at this point, were it not for the weekend receipts for 'Transformers 2' staring me in the face.

1 comment:

K said...

"How am I going to get 13-year-olds to show up at the theater?"

Why get Miley Cyrus and the Jonas brothers to star in it, of course. And maybe add a few songs.

I mean DOH! Do I have to think of everything?