steveo21 Posted January 18, 2006 Share Posted January 18, 2006 This could be AWESOME! 'Blood' lust for Par and Miramax Rudin to produce period drama for studios varietycareers.com BOX OFFICE TOP TEN Scott RudinScott Rudin, who is transitioning from Paramount to Disney, is getting back into business with his old home. Rudin will exec produce "There Will Be Blood," a period drama loosely based on the 1927 Upton Sinclair novel "Oil!," for ParPar Classics and the new Miramax. Daniel Day-LewisDaniel Day-Lewis and director Paul Thomas AndersonPaul Thomas Anderson will team this spring on the pic. It is the first major project for John LesherJohn Lesher since he left EndeavorEndeavor to take the top post at the classics division, which will soon be renamed. Rudin is transitioning from Paramount to Disney, and one of his priorities will be to make prestige projects for Miramax. The 50/50 partnership formula will be used on several pictures Rudin will put together this year. Some of those titles will be distributed domestically by Miramax, with Paramount taking foreign. Lesher's unit will handle domestic distribution rights, while Daniel Battsek's Miramax will distribute internationally. Anderson wrote the script and used as his basis Sinclair's expose of the seamy side of the drilling business in Southern California when it became the equivalent of the gold rush. Day-Lewis will play a prospector who buys the oil rights to a family's ranch, and then hits a major pocket of crude. The story then turns into a tale of greed and faith, as the prospector realizes the American dream and is destroyed by it. Pic will be produced by Anderson and Joanne Sellar, with Rudin exec producing with Eric Schlosser, the author of "Fast Food Nation." Shooting will begin mid-May, in Texas and New Mexico. Lesher was Anderson's longtime agent, and knew the project well because he tried to set it up independently last year. Day-Lewis was already doing his research on his character and the oil business, but the project's summer 2005 shoot stalled because of problems raising the budget Anderson felt he needed. The agency and Day-Lewis' reps, Gene ParseghianGene Parseghian and Victoria Belfrage kept pushing and Day-Lewis didn't take another acting job. The wait was worth it, as the package allows them to make a large-canvas picture for a budget just north of $20 million. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Nostril Posted January 18, 2006 Share Posted January 18, 2006 I've read the script. It's pretty good. But I'm not really allowed to talk about it. I've mentioned this on message boards before, and people haven't believed me. I don't blame them. It's a pretty spurious claim, but it's true. I don't expect anyone here to believe me either. But I refuse to give any "proof" or divulge any information. So, if you don't believe me, you don't believe me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steveo21 Posted January 18, 2006 Author Share Posted January 18, 2006 Did they make you sign a non disclosure?I know your not a D girl...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iheartskins Posted January 18, 2006 Share Posted January 18, 2006 I've read the script. It's pretty good. But I'm not really allowed to talk about it.I've mentioned this on message boards before, and people haven't believed me. I don't blame them. It's a pretty spurious claim, but it's true. I don't expect anyone here to believe me either. But I refuse to give any "proof" or divulge any information. So, if you don't believe me, you don't believe me. You could easily boost your own credibility in at least two ways, (i) provide some reasoning for why such a script would come into your hands and (ii) don't provide a paragraph of disclaimer for a single line claim. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Nostril Posted January 19, 2006 Share Posted January 19, 2006 i. I got it from a friend who was working at a production company. He probably wasn't allowed to give it to me. ii. True, but I don't really care if people believe me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posse81 Posted January 19, 2006 Share Posted January 19, 2006 Has PT Anderson done anything since Punch Drunk Love? I love his movies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Nostril Posted January 19, 2006 Share Posted January 19, 2006 Has PT Anderson done anything since Punch Drunk Love? I love his movies. No he hasn't. He's been spending time working on the script. I think PDL is his best movie and probably the best movie of the decade so far. I also think Magnolia is overrated, but pretty good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iheartskins Posted January 19, 2006 Share Posted January 19, 2006 ii. True, but I don't really care if people believe me. Then why put in the disclaimer in the first place? Not trying to be antagonistic, just curious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posse81 Posted January 19, 2006 Share Posted January 19, 2006 No he hasn't. He's been spending time working on the script. I think PDL is his best movie and probably the best movie of the decade so far.I also think Magnolia is overrated, but pretty good. I feel about Magnolia the same way you feel about PDL. And vice versa. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Nostril Posted January 19, 2006 Share Posted January 19, 2006 I don't really know. I've just mentioned it to people in similar situations before and they never believed me. So, I figured I'd write something a little different this time. I don't really have a well thought out justification. It's just what I ended up writing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Nostril Posted January 19, 2006 Share Posted January 19, 2006 I feel about Magnolia the same way you feel about PDL. And vice versa. That seem to be the consensus. I'm not sure how you feel vice versa about my feelings about PDL. You would be saying PDL is pretty good, but overrated. When in fact most people don't put it that extremely high on their rating lists, but say it's still pretty good. I'm splitting hairs though. The point is you think Magnolia is the best. I just thought that I should point out that I also like Boogie nights better than Magnolia. Magnolia hasa great concept and a great ending, but really nothing happens during the second hour of the movie. It just pads the run time. The best stuff of Magnolia is some of the best stuff I've ever seen, but the worst stuff is just maybe a little above average. PDL. is better thematically, the grace and acceptance message is outstanding as opposed to coincidences happen. I also think it's just bold as Magnolia, but more subtly so. I'm not going to turn this into an argument, but I think PDL deserves at least a poorly thought out paragraph defending it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posse81 Posted January 19, 2006 Share Posted January 19, 2006 That seem to be the consensus.I'm not sure how you feel vice versa about my feelings about PDL. You would be saying PDL is pretty good, but overrated. When in fact most people don't put it that extremely high on their rating lists, but say it's still pretty good. I'm splitting hairs though. The point is you think Magnolia is the best. I just thought that I should point out that I also like Boogie nights better than Magnolia. Magnolia hasa great concept and a great ending, but really nothing happens during the second hour of the movie. It just pads the run time. The best stuff of Magnolia is some of the best stuff I've ever seen, but the worst stuff is just maybe a little above average. PDL. is better thematically, the grace and acceptance message is outstanding as opposed to coincidences happen. I also think it's just bold as Magnolia, but more subtly so. I'm not going to turn this into an argument, but I think PDL deserves at least a poorly thought out paragraph defending it. Yeah, I thought that PDL was good, not great. I guess I shouldn't say that it was overrated, because it wasn't. And I liked Boogie Nights better than PDL, but not as much as Magnolia. I don't really disagree with your criticism of Magnolia either--that nothing much happens during the second hour--but I enjoyed it nonetheless. The direction, if anything, was worth watching. I really loved the use of Aimee Mann's soundtrack thoughout as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCRunner Posted January 20, 2006 Share Posted January 20, 2006 Another fan of Paul Thomas Anderson here. Who would have thought you could make a movie that made you really care about the people in the early 1970s scuzzy porn industry. Well, he made me really care about these people and he got wonderful performances out of Mark Wahlberg, Julianne Moore, William Macy, John C. Riley, Burt Reynolds, Philip Baker hall and my 2 favorites - a heart breaking Philip Seymour Hoffman and the perfect innocent Don Cheadle. I also loved Magnolia. Punch Drunk Love not so much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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