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Broadway Reels In ‘Big Fish’ As ‘Dexter’s Michael C. Hall Is Signing For Musical

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Friday September 9, 2011 @ 7:00am PDTTags: Albert Finney, Bruce Cohen, Dan Jinks, Ewan McGregor, Hugh Jackman, John August, Michael C. Hall, Tim Burton
Mike Fleming

EXCLUSIVE: I’m hearing that Dexter star Michael C. Hall is negotiating to play the lead in Big Fish on Broadway next year. Bruce Cohen and Dan Jinks, who produced the Tim Burton-directed film, are producing the musical stage adaptation. Susan Stroman (The Scottsboro Boys) is directing and Andrew Lippa (The Addams Family) wrote the music. John August wrote the book for the musical, based on his movie script from the novel by Daniel Wallace. It is expected to be quite the stage event. The part was originally written for Hugh Jackman, but his movie schedule got in the way and the producers turned to Hall. Before he became TV’s best-known serial killer by merit of the Showtime series, Hall performed in numerous musicals that include Cabaret and Chicago, so he’s certainly got the chops to play Edward Bloom, the man who filled his son’s head with so many unbelievable adventures that occurred during the course of his life.  Ewan McGregor and Albert Finney played that role in the movie.

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DJ Caruso On ‘Preacher’

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Tuesday February 22, 2011 @ 1:22pm PSTTags: DJ Caruso, I Am Number Four, John August, Movie Deals, Movies, Sony Pictures
Mike Fleming

I Am Number Four director DJ Caruso has tweeted he will direct the John August scripted Preacher for Sony Pictures based on the comic book series. Since nobody has hollered at him, we’ll assume he has the job.

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That Amazon Studios Screenplay Contest: Heavenly Or Hellish? Scribes Weigh In…

By NIKKI FINKE, Editor in Chief | Wednesday November 24, 2010 @ 6:50am PSTTags: Amazon Screenplay Contest, Amazon Studios, Craig Mazin, John August, Screenwriters, Warner Bros

So Amazon decides to form Amazon Studios and to give away $2.7 million to wannabe screenwriters. (Here’s the actual 21-page Amazon Studios Development Agreement contract they have to sign.) Sounds good, right? Not necessarily creatively or financially. It’s easy to understand … Read More »

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Scripter John August Bitchslaps Jessica Alba

By NIKKI FINKE, Editor in Chief | Monday November 8, 2010 @ 7:27am PSTTags: Jessica Alba, John August, Movies, Screenwriters, Scripts

It wasn’t unprovoked. Actress Jessica Alba dissed screenwriters to Elle magazine. Here’s the posting from Big Fish and Charlie And The Chocolate Factory scripter John August’s blog:

Oh, Jessica

I have to believe she was misquoted, or excerpted in some unflattering way, because Jessica Alba couldn’t have actually said this:

Good actors,

… Read More »

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‘Boy Meets Coil’ … ‘Hope Springs Eternal’

By NIKKI FINKE, Editor in Chief | Friday August 20, 2010 @ 6:41pm PDTTags: John August, The Pitch, Video

Screenwriter John August has posted this anonymous video, “The Pitch”, on his website to illustrate his recent rant, Why must we have board-game movies?. “It’s not that Hollywood is out of ideas. It’s that the industry is terrified of failure, and clings to the safety of recognizable titles. In difficult … Read More »

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