Here is a bit of news on that Andy Kaufman movie, which is apparently being called MAN ON THE MOON. This came from our spy Herbert Hunkey, who took good notes while Alexander and Karaszewski spilled the beans on Latka (is that how you spell his name?) Anyway here it is:
Herbert Hunkey reporting on some news from Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski, the ultra-cool writers of ED WOOD and THE PEOPLE VS. LARRY FLINT. According to them they just turned in their first draft of MAN ON THE MOON, another bio-pic, this time about Andy Kaufman. So far it looks like Danny Devito is producing and Milos Forman is directing.
Casting info, Danny Devito wants to play a character other than himself! They mentioned that Taxi would play a very small part in the film, but the actors will be characters in the movie. There is talk of either Nick Cage or Jim Carrey to play Kaufman. The guys said this was their toughest screenplay to write, it took all summer, but they're happy with how it turned out. They did extensive interviewing for the movie and said that sometimes it was hard to poke fun of the character in the screenplay since the had met the people in real life. Their main problem was finding the core story. Kaufman, as you may know, was a tough nut to crack. That's how they approached it - the story of a man who plays characters as a defense mechanism, never letting anyone in. I for one, am looking forward to this one.
Also, they mentioned a Village People biopic, that hasn't been started since the rights have been very difficult to straighten out.
