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 Post subject: Cronenberg set to direct DeLillo's Cosmopolis
PostPosted: Thu Jul 30, 2009 10:16 pm 
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Interesting.

The Guardian wrote:
Cronenberg to enter DeLillo's Cosmopolis

The History of Violence and Eastern Promises director is to write and direct an adaptation of Don DeLillo's 2003 Manhattan-set novel Cosmopolis

David Cronenberg's next film looks set to be an adaptation of the Don DeLillo novel Cosmopolis, about a multibillionaire fund manager who spends a long day trying to get across Manhattan in a swanky stretch limo and ends up losing everything.

Variety reports that Cronenberg will write and direct the film, which looks set to follow a Josh Hartnett-starring adaptation of DeLillo's early sports novel End Zone into the multiplexes. DeLillo, regularly positioned alongside John Updike, Philip Roth and Thomas Pynchon in the roll call of the finest contemporary US writers, has previously also seen his books Libra and Underworld optioned by Hollywood, but neither has made it past the development stage.

Cosmopolis is one of DeLillo's worst-received novels, attracting highly mixed reviews upon its publication in 2003. It follows 28-year-old Eric Packer as he winds his way across the Big Apple for a haircut, his journey obstructed by various traffic jams caused by a presidential visit to the city, a funeral procession for a Sufi rap star and a full-fledged riot.

Cronenberg, 66, has recently enjoyed a purple patch after moving into more mainstream fare from the body horror films with which he made his name. His thriller Eastern Promises was a critical hit in 2007, garnering an Oscar nomination for actor Viggo Mortensen, while his 2005 graphic novel adaptation A History of Violence also gained Oscar nods for William Hurt's supporting actor turn and Josh Olson's adapted screenplay.

Variety reports that Cosmopolis is set for a 2010 shoot in Toronto and New York. No casting details have yet emerged.



http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2009/jul ... cosmopolis

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 Post subject: Re: Cronenberg set to direct DeLillo's Cosmopolis
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How would one pronounce the name of this film?

Cosmo-Polis
Cos-mopolis
Co-Smopolis?


I dont like this film.


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 Post subject: Re: Cronenberg set to direct DeLillo's Cosmopolis
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This is kind of a strange book but I actually think he could pull it off pretty well.

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How would one pronounce the name of this film?

Cosmo-Polis
Cos-mopolis
Co-Smopolis?


I dont like this film.

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Dumb post.

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 Post subject: Re: Cronenberg set to direct DeLillo's Cosmopolis
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It reminds me of American Psycho.

Anyway, it's good to see Pattinson get out of Twilight.



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Dumb post.

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Nate was right.

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 Post subject: Re: Cronenberg set to direct DeLillo's Cosmopolis
PostPosted: Thu Mar 22, 2012 8:21 pm 
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i dont want to see that pattison guy in a cronenberg movie.
Also, i dont want cronenberg to direct a movie with that pattison guy.


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the who in the what now?


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i'm really starting to acquire the vinylguy taste

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I've been bcc'ing him on our pm's for months.

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good. it's important he be exposed to the do's and don't's of RM communication.

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Alex wrote:
good. it's important he be exposed to the do's and don't's of RM communication.


He doesn't seem to be reacting very positively. Maybe it's time we rethink our strategy.

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i meant that i'm the do's

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Alex wrote:
i meant that i'm the do's


But you couldn't even spell Mississippi correctly.

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i thought the second 'i' on the end was whimsical, asshole

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Alex wrote:
i'm really starting to acquire the vinylguy taste


nice.
my plan is working..soon ill be the president of this forum.


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 Post subject: Re: Cronenberg set to direct DeLillo's Cosmopolis
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Best movie I have seen from 2012 hands down. In my opinion it's pretty much a masterpiece. Challenging and awesome. must see.

on a visual level there is a totally fulfilling narrative and on the level of a plot there is a totally fulfilling narrative.


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