James Franco Is Directing The Movie Adaptation Of BLOOD MERIDIAN

Ugh.

i watched the short clip franco made for his proposed film of this a few months ago and it was incredibly tedious, pretty much nothing of the book's flavor came across

maybe james franco should just quit doing anything for a while

if you're curious you can see it here

http://www.vice.com/read/james-francos-blood-meridian-test-656

I was hoping Cormac McCarthy would write the screenplay. The last time he did that was... interesting

I thought someone had already made this adaptation? or was that All the Pretty Horses

I wonder which old "respectable" actor will smash a baby's head open on a rock

Franco should do it as a one man show.

someone should smash franco's head open on a rock

Project saved

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/cannes-russell-crowes-blood-meridian-891007

just a lil oversight

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— b-cup joan holloway (@martiniposting) August 8, 2023

OK, finally read this. Why would anyone want this filmed? The beauty of this book is the language of the book itself— it’s incredible.

Fuck, if you’re illiterate, dinsey+ has a load of star wars shit for you. Or quentin tarantino. Listen to this ebook, whatever, it’s the words and sentences themselves in this book that work here, not the story or the plot. Damn gorgeous.

I have issues with other stuff about it, but I think I see what shines?

Would watch an anime version tho

I just listened to this as an audiobook, it is incredibly violent and desolate but also beautiful. I didn't grasp all of it in one listen, though

i think it could make a good movie. not sure how well the extreme levels of genocidal violence will go over with contemporary audiences. feel like even sam peckinpah would find it a bit too much. not a huge fan of cormac mccarthy's writing style

Nothing done by Franco will make a good movie, no matter what the source.

it's now being directed by the same guy who did the road

needs the same guy who did fury road tbh

haven't seen the road, don't know what to expect - i'm just glad they prised franco's grubby little hands off it

I have prob spent five to ten hours of my life thinking intently about how I would film the ending tbh

I never watched Franco's Faulkner adaptations (as I lay dying and the sound and the fury); anyone else subject themselves to these?

Also, the opening battle sequence of The Revenant convinced me that Blood Meridian could be filmed

Definitely there’d have to be a lot of off-screen grotesquery, the tree-o-babies for example should be reaction shots only otherwise it’ll just be funny rather than horrific

huh, i think i would be interested to see a quality anime of this-- had not even considered that.

I have prob spent five to ten hours of my life thinking intently about how I would film the ending tbh

You mean the judge in the saloon, as opposed to the epilogue with the post holes? After spotting the revive this morning I found myself meditating on that very subject for quite a while. It needs to be framed very, very carefully for the screen as the potential for bathos is high.

Robert Eggers could probably do a good Blood Meridian film. It shouldn’t be a film, why do you need it when the book’s so vivid, but if I had to pick I think he’d get it better than most .

No, neither of those scenes, I mean the [spoiler spoiler spoiler] scene

The judge in the Blood Meridian movie should be CGI

— josh 'Letterman' (oldfriend99) (@oldfriend99) April 28, 2023

lego blood meridian or gfto imo

claymation

muppets, with Kermit as the kid.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BiAt9diIQAAl1xt?format=jpg

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