Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski have segued from
writing The People vs. Larry Flynt to producing The Truth
About Sex, the life story of sex study pioneer Alfred Kinsey,
with writer/director Michael Davis at the helm. The duo have
resisted a title change to a variant of the title of their last movie
in release, That Darn Cat.
Premiere reports that Princess Diana was planning to star
opposite Kevin Costner in a sequel to The Bodyguard. The
story ideas included the Costner and Diana characters falling in love.
I can't come up with anything to say about this idea that doesn't involve
the phrase "car wreck," so you'll just have the take the story on face
value.
Saul Zaentz, producer of last year's Oscar-winning The English
Patient and the last producer in Hollywood to actually retain ownership
of his soul, appeared in Australia a few days ago and said: "Studios
are interested in money, but they think they are creative, that is the
problem. Almost all their creativity goes into guessing trends because
they love numbers, they love natural disasters and aliens, invasions."
I couldn't have said it better myself, Saul.
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