Jodie
Foster is set to direct and produce Flora Plum. Disney describes
the picture as All About Eve set in a circus atmosphere. Some
sample dialogue: Flora: "Fasten your seat belts, it's going to be a
bumpy night!" Ringmaster: "That isn't the night. The elephants just
walked through here!" OR Flora to the elephants: "I'm still not to be
had for the price of a salted peanut!"
READER HOT BUTTON DU JOUR:
From Amy Taylor of the Northwest: One "Hot
Button" I personally have, is spec scripts such as Cowboys and Aliens,
or Earth Dick (no, not soft porn!), being purchased for six figures.
I bet my 8-year-old could come up with a better idea than those, or
at least a better title! In all honesty, however, I am certain if they
were my clients, I would have laughed all the way to the bank!
Thanks for your thoughts, Amy. You'll be thrilled to read the next
item.
The Thunderbirds is being prepped as a live-action film based
on the hit 1960s U.K. TV series that featured marionettes as 21st century
space heroes. The Hot Button's wooden casting suggestions: Jason
Patric as Anyone Who Has To Talk, Shaquille O'Neal as Anyone
Who's Not A Freak, Matthew McConaughey as Anyone Smart and Marky
Mark Wahlberg's prosthetic device from Boogie Nights as The
Ultimate Force Of Nature.
E-Mail Dave with the issues
that get your button hot!
