Hey folks, Harry here... Our trusty sea scab has peeled back the latest bit of ooze to come from Hollywood, and this time it be COOL... Tres Cool, Mondo Cool, Wacko Cool!!! Read on and understand the reason for my celebration! I think this will rock the rust from an iron maiden!
Ahoy there, squirts. Your friendly neighborhood seaman, Quint, here to give you guys the skinny about Elmore Leonard's Killshot, a project that is shooting along on the fast track at Miramax right now.
I've found out from a reliable source that Steve Barancik has turned in an incredible screenplay adaptation of Killshot and the studio loves it. "His adaptation was solid and true Leonard," said my main (wo?)man close to the project, who wished to be kept anonymous for obvious reasons. The script is currently going through some rewrites, making it leaner and meaner.
Who's working on this project, you ask? Well, it's known that Quentin Tarantino has the rights to this and many other Leonard novelsand it's even been theorized that Quentin himself was going to direct. At this point, that is not true. Tarantino is indeed involved, though. He will be exec. producing the film along with Lawrence Bender.
Now, for what hasn't been reported yet. My source taunted me with hints of who the director of this film would be. Telling me that Tarantino wants this one man to direct the film. The source also said that this unidentified person was note perfect for helming this picture and is, "The one man I would hire." After a seemingly endless barage of Gollum-esqe riddles, I finally got him/her/it to spill the name of the director...
My source did warn me, though, that nothing has been signed, but that Tarantino has offered the film to John Frankenheimer and that Frankenheimer is the man they're going ahead with. Again, my source stressed that although he/she/it can confirm the offer has been made to Frankenheimer and he's excepted, there still is no official paperwork yet. But the studio seems excited about the project, Tarantino's gunning for good ol' Mr. Manchurian Candidate and, I must say, Frankenheimer sounds note perfect to helm a Leonard crime thriller.
Pretty exciting stuff, isn't it, squirties? Quentin producing, Frankenheimer directing a note perfect adaptation of Elmore Leonard.... I'm so there.
Keep yer eyes on the horizon, my fellow seamen and lovely mermaids. This ol' salt has got a lot of super cool stuff to share with all you fine folks. I'm itchin' to share some cool script reviews and interviews that I've just brought up from the deep with ya'. 'Til that day, this is Quint bidding you all a fond farewell and adieu.
-Quint
