A few days ago, during my Christmas break I was very surprised to receive emails from my readers. They told me how much they cried reading my short stories and I was really surprised, because they were mentioning my eBook "head in the clouds" published a few years ago, which I had completely forgotten. Actually I had decided to stop the publication because I wasn't satisfied with this edition.
So with all these lovely emails of support, I have decided to give my short fiction another chance and to get them published another time, still don't know if they will be self published or through a professional publisher. We'll see, I have both French and English written short fiction available and regarding my English short fiction I would love a New York publisher, because N.Y is my favorite place in the world.
So we'll see...
I'll keep you updated. Thanks for crying.
Jordan.
Friday, December 30, 2011
Monday, December 19, 2011
Redundancy and Kate
So today was a bit of a shitter. It started off with my boyfriend leaving until Wednesday which was sad (but at lease he will be back soon) and which quickly followed by me getting made redundant (apparently my evil- and unsurprisingly- French bosses' idea of an early Christmas present) followed by much application writing and work on my essay (something which has been hanging over my head for a good 12 months now and driving me slightly mad, the position of women in the boardroom has actually managed to become more boring than it started) which was then followed by a massive migraine (courtesy of my own stupidity, having put the wrong contacts in this morning.
Luckily the day has culminated in the attendance of Kate at the Bravery event looking stunning. A small cherry on my icecream sunday of shit. Woot..... woot.....
Sunday, December 18, 2011
Saturday, December 17, 2011
Tuesday, December 13, 2011
DECEMBER 2011 SCREENPLAYS SALES
Title: Untitled R-rated comedy
Date: Monday, December 12, 2011
Logline: TBA
Writer: Benji Cosgrove, Cory Palmer
Genre: Comedy
Saletype: Pitch
Production Company: Escape Artists
Producer: Todd Black, Steve Tisch, Jason Blumenthal
Agent: UTA and Energy Entertainment (Cosgrove, Palmer)
Title: Untitled action thriller
Date: Monday, December 12, 2011
Logline: tba
Writer: Luc Besson
Genre: Thriller , Action , Drama
Saletype: Pitch
Studio: Universal Studios
Producer: Luc Besson
More: Angelina Jolie attached to star. Luc Besson attached to direct.
Title: Rosa
Date: Friday, December 09, 2011
Logline: The tale takes place in a post-apocalyptic world where all natural life has disappeared. From the destruction awakes Rosa, a cyborg deployed from the Kernel project, mankind s last attempt to restore the earth s ecosystem.
Writer: Jesus Orellana
Genre: Sci-Fi
Saletype: Comic , Adaptation
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Production Company: Genre Films, I Am Entertainment
Producer: Simon Kinberg, Scott Glassgold, Raymond Brothers
Title: Untitled Biopic
Date: Thursday, December 08, 2011
Logline: The life story of the late singer, dancer and actor Sammy Davis Jr.
Writer: Tracey Davis
Genre: Biography
Saletype: Life Rights
Production Company: Entertainment Studios
Producer: Byron Allen
Title: Inescapable
Date: Thursday, December 08, 2011
Logline: The story centers on a Syrian expatriate whose journalist daughter goes missing in Damascus. He must return to his homeland to find her despite the risks, and calls on a former love to help him.
Writer: Ruba Nadda
Genre: Thriller
Saletype: Script
Production Company: Myriad Pictures, Killer Films, Alliance Films
Producer: Daniel Iron, Lance Samuels, Christine Vachon, Kirk D Amico, Mark Slone
More: Marisa Tomei, Alexander Siddig and Joshua Jackson attached to star. Ruba Nadda attached to direct.
Title: Horns
Date: Thursday, December 08, 2011
Logline: The story about a 26-year-old man who wakes up with a massive hangover and discovers horns sprouting from his head.
Writer: Joe Hill, Scott Bunin
Genre: Horror
Saletype: Script , Novel , Adaptation
Production Company: Mandalay Pictures
Producer: Cathy Schulman, Peter Guber
More: Alexandre Aja attached to direct. Scott Bunin adapted Joe Hill's novel.
Title: Alfred Hitchcock and the Making of Psycho
Date: Wednesday, December 07, 2011
Logline: At the height of his game as a director, Alfred Hitchcock decided to make a "lowly" horror movie. No studio wanted to touch it initially, so Hitchcock scrounged for financing by himself. The movie, of course, became one of his biggest hits and one of the most influential of all time.
Writer: Stephen Rebello, John McLaughlin
Genre: Drama , Biography
Saletype: Novel , Adaptation
Studio: Fox Searchlight
Production Company: Montecito Picture Co
More: Anthony Hopkins and Helen Mirren attached to star. Sasha Gervasi attached to direct. John McLaughlin adapted Stephen Rebello's novel.
Title: Peace, Love & Misunderstanding
Date: Tuesday, December 06, 2011
Logline: The story of a divorced woman who impulsively takes her two children to Woodstock, NY, to reconnect with their estranged, eccentric grandmother.
Writer: Christina Mengert, Joseph Muszynski
Genre: Drama
Saletype: Script
Production Company: IFC Films, BCDF Pictures
Producer: Brice Dal Farra, Claude Dal Farra, Lauren Munsch, Jonathan Burkhart , Christina Mengert, Joseph Muszynski
More: Bruce Beresford directed film. Jane Fonda, Catherine Keener, Elizabeth Olsen, Rosanna Arquette, Kyle MacLachlan, Nat Wolff, Chace Crawford and Jeffrey Dean Morgan star in film.
Title: The Snowman
Date: Tuesday, December 06, 2011
Logline: A Norwegian detective Harry Hole, who is an anti-authoritarian, anti-sobriety cop, investigates particularly gruesome killings.
Writer: Jo Nesbo, Matthew Michael Carnahan
Genre: Thriller , Crime
Saletype: Novel , Adaptation
Production Company: Working Title Films
Producer: Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Jo Nesbo, Niclas Salomonsson
Agent: Niclas Salomonsson (Nesbo)
More: Martin Scorsese attached to direct. Matthew Michael Carnahan will adapt Jo Nesbo's novel.
Title: Wild Bill
Date: Monday, December 05, 2011
Logline: The story of an ex-con who returns home to have a stab at being a better father for his sons.
Writer: Dexter Fletcher, Danny King
Genre: Drama
Saletype: Script
Studio: Universal Studios
Production Company: Indi VISION, The Works
Producer: Tim Cole, Sam Tromans
More: Dexter Fletcher attached to direct. Charlie Creed-Miles, Liz White, Andy Serkis and Jaime Winstone attached to star.
Title: The Grandmothers
Date: Monday, December 05, 2011
Logline: The story of two lifelong friends who fall in love with each other s teenage sons.
Writer: Doris Lessing, Christopher Hampton
Genre: Drama , Romance
Saletype: Script , Novel , Co-Production , Adaptation
Production Company: Screen Australia, Hopscotch Features, Ciné-@, Mon Voisin Productions, Gaumont, France 2 Cinéma
Producer: Andrew Mason, Philippe Carcassonne, Michel Feller, Dominique Besnehard, Francis Boespflug
More: Naomi Watts, Robin Wright, Xavier Samuel and James Frecheville attached to star. Anne Fontaine attached to direct. Christopher Hampton adapted Doris Lessing s novel.
Title: Untitled sci-fi crime thriller
Date: Monday, December 05, 2011
Logline: TBA
Writer: Daniel Casey
Genre: Thriller , Sci-Fi , Crime
Saletype: Pitch
Studio: Universal Studios
Executive Overseeing: Jay Polidoro
Production Company: Stuber Pictures
Producer: Justin Lin, Scott Stuber
Agent: WME and Circle of Confusion (Casey)
More: Bobby Glickert attached to direct.
Title: In the Garden of Beasts
Date: Friday, December 02, 2011
Logline: The true tale of William Dodd, the United States' reluctant and mild-mannered ambassador to Berlin in 1933, and his daughter Martha, a vivacious socialite who had romantic affairs with a Gestapo official and a Soviet spy. Dodd and his family at first naively navigated life in Nazi Germany (Dodd s daughter was excited when Hitler kissed her hand) but they slowly gained awareness of the mounting brutality around them.
Writer: Erik Larson
Genre: Drama , Period , History , War
Saletype: Novel , Adaptation
Studio: Universal Studios
Executive Overseeing: Peter Cramer
Production Company: Playtone
Producer: Tom Hanks, Gary Goetzman
Agent: Paradigm and Black Inc. (Larson)
More: Tom Hanks attached to star.
Title: Joy
Date: Friday, December 02, 2011
Logline: A librarian in New York, who has the disease Cataplexy, isolates himself to protect himself from the humiliation of passing out in public. But the man then meets a woman for whom he is ready to risk everything.
Writer: Max Werner
Genre: Drama , Romance
Saletype: Pitch
Studio: Sony Studios
Production Company: Mosaic
Producer: Ira Glass, Alissa Shipp, Joshuah Bearman
Agent: WME, Anonymous and McKuin Frankel (Werner)
More: Jason Winer attached to direct.
Title: Second Act
Date: Friday, December 02, 2011
Logline: The story centers on a woman who has never worked and is forced to take a job.
Genre: Comedy
Saletype: Pitch
Production Company: New Regency, Red Om Films, Maven Pictures
Producer: Julia Roberts, Elaine Goldsmith-Thomas, Trudie Styler, Celine Rattray
More: Julia Roberts attached to star.
Title: How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe
Date: Friday, December 02, 2011
Logline: The story centers on a time travel machine repairman who has spent the past 10 years traveling back and forth in time in search of his missing father.
Writer: Charles Yu
Genre: Sci-Fi
Saletype: Novel , Adaptation
Production Company: 1492 Pictures
Producer: Chris Columbus, Michael Barnathan, Mark Radcliffe
Agent: UTA and publishing agent Gary Heidt of Signature Literary Agency (Yu)
More: Brendan Bellomo attached to direct.
Title: We Mortals Are
Date: Thursday, December 01, 2011
Logline: A soldier is killed in battle defending Earth from attacking aliens. He is then stuck in a time loop that causes him to relive that day over and over while gaining strength and skill each time as he tries to change his fate.
Writer: Hiroshi Sakurazaka, Yoshitoshi Abe, Dante Harper, Joby Harold
Genre: Action , Sci-Fi
Saletype: Comic , Adaptation
Studio: Warner Bros.
More: Doug Liman attached to direct. Tom Cruise attached to star. Dante Harper and Joby Harold adapted Hiroshi Sakurazaka's and Yoshitoshi Abe's graphic novel.
Title: Pawn
Date: Thursday, December 01, 2011
Logline: The story of a botched hostage situation that involves the mob.
Writer: Jay Anthony White
Genre: Thriller , Crime , Indie
Saletype: Script
Production Company: Extravaganza Films, Imprint Entertainment, Most Films
Producer: Michael Chiklis, Michael Becker, Jeff Most, Brad Luff
More: Michael Chiklis, Forest Whitaker, Ray Liotta, Common, Nikki Reed, Sean Faris, Stephen Lang, Marton Csokas, Jessica Szohr and Jonathan Bennett attached to star. David A. Armstrong attached to direct.
Title: The Flowers of War
Date: Wednesday, November 30, 2011
Logline: The true-life story about the 1937 Japanese invasion of Nanjing (then called Nanking) and the atrocities that ensued.
Writer: Geling Yan, Heng Liu
Genre: Action , Drama , Period , War
Saletype: Script
Production Company: New Films International, FilmNation
Producer: Zhang Yimou, Zhang Weiping, David Linde, Bill Kong
More: Christian Bale, Shigeo Kobayashi, Paul Schneider and Zhang Xinyi star in film. Zhang Yimou directed film.
Title: The Evil Dead
Date: Wednesday, November 30, 2011
Logline: The tale follows what happens when five friends in a remote cabin discover a Book of the Dead and unleash a demonic force.
Writer: Sam Raimi, Rodo Sayagues, Diablo Cody, Fede Alvarez
Genre: Horror , Comedy
Saletype: Remake
Studio: Sony Studios
Production Company: Ghost House Pictures, FilmDistrict
Producer: Rob Tapert, Bruce Campbell, Sam Raimi, Joe Drake, Nathan Kahane
More: Fede Alvarez attached to direct.
Title: Where's Waldo?
Date: Wednesday, November 30, 2011
Logline: The story about a man named Waldo, who is always dressed in a red-and-white shirt and carrying a walking stick, hidden in plain sight amid crowded scenes.
Writer: Martin Handford, Todd Berger
Genre: Adventure , Family
Saletype: Novel , Adaptation
Studio: MGM
Agent: Kohner, Kaplan/Peronne, Eclipse Law Group (Berger)
More: Todd Berger will adapt Martin Handford's book.
Title: Dust and Glory
Date: Tuesday, November 29, 2011
Logline: Set during the 1950s Redex trials, which covered more than 10,000 miles of some of the toughest racing terrain in Australia, the story follows the rivalry between an American hotshot and an Australian legend.
Writer: Evan Green, Robert Lewis Galinsky
Genre: Adventure , Romance , Period
Saletype: Script , Novel , Adaptation
Production Company: Top Cat Media, Blue Star Entertainment, Simon West Productions
Producer: Robert Lewis Galinsky, Elizabeth Howatt-Jackman, David Parker, Jason Shuman, William Sherak, Jib Polhemus, Geoffrey Edelsten
More: Simon West attached to direct. Robert Lewis Galinsky adapted Evan Green's novel.
Title: Ouija
Date: Tuesday, November 29, 2011
Logline: The story centers on a family who has to deal with otherwordly chaos that is unleashed by the Ouija board.
Writer: Marti Noxon
Genre: Adventure , Supernatural , Family
Saletype: Rights Option , Adaptation
Production Company: Hasbro, Platinum Dunes
Agent: WME and Hansen Jacobson (Noxon)
More: Marti Noxon will adapt board game.
Title: The Bitter Pill
Date: Tuesday, November 29, 2011
Logline: A thriller set in the world of psychopharmacology.
Writer: Scott Z. Burns
Genre: Thriller
Saletype: Pitch
Producer: Lorenzo di Bonaventura, Gregory Jacobs, Scott Z. Burns
More: Steven Soderbergh attached to direct.
Title: Guys' Night
Date: Monday, November 28, 2011
Logline: The story follows four middle-aged guys trapped in mediocre relationships, jobs and lives who hear about an island off the coast of New Jersey where they can indulge their desperate desires for women and booze. When they head off in search of it, everything goes very wrong.
Writer: Chris Baldi
Genre: Comedy
Saletype: Script
Production Company: Millennium Films
Producer: Jim Valdez, Matt Bass, Avi Lerner, Danny Dimbort, Trevor Short, Mike Goldberg, Josh Adler
Agent: CAA and New Wave Entertainment (Baldi)
Title: London Fields
Date: Monday, November 28, 2011
Logline: The story is narrated by an American writer living in London who has had writer's block for 20 years and is now terminally ill. Also, a psychic woman, who meets two men in a bar, senses that one of them will murder her on her 35th birthday.
Writer: Martin Amis
Genre: Drama
Saletype: Novel , Adaptation
Production Company: Muse Films, Tartan Films
Producer: Chris Hanley, Jordan Gertner, Mary Vernieu
More: Shekhar Kapur attached to direct.
Title: The Longest Week
Date: Tuesday, November 22, 2011
Logline: The comedy tells the story of a bratty man-child who still lives with his parents in a chic Manhattan hotel but suddenly finds himself evicted, disinherited and hopelessly in love with his best friend s heartthrob.
Writer: Peter Glanz
Genre: Romantic Comedy
Saletype: Script
Production Company: YRF Entertainment
Producer: Uday Chopra, Neda Armian, Jonathan Reiman, Chris Marsh, Stone Douglass, Taylor Materne
More: Jason Bateman, Olivia Wilde and Billy Crudup attached to star. Peter Glanz attached to direct.
Title: Wish List
Date: Tuesday, November 22, 2011
Logline: The story centers on a career-oriented adult whose perfectly tailored life is thrown for a loop when all the wishes she made as a child are suddenly granted.
Writer: Jonathan Aibel, Glenn Berger
Genre: Comedy , Fantasy
Saletype: Pitch
Studio: Disney Studios
Production Company: Mayhem Pictures
Producer: Mark Ciardi, Gordon Gray
Agent: WME (Aibel and Berger)
Attorney: Ken Richman (Aibel and Berger)
More: Reese Witherspoon attached to star.
Title: Decoding Annie Parker
Date: Monday, November 21, 2011
Logline: The biopic is about Annie Parker, who believed that her breast cancer was genetically linked; a belief that led scientists to learn about the existence of the breast cancer gene.
Writer: Steven Bernstein, Michael Moss, Adam Bernstein
Genre: Drama , Biography
Saletype: Script
Producer: Clark Peterson, Tatiana Kelly, Jim Young
More: Helen Hunt, Rashida Jones, Samantha Morton, Alice Eve, James Tupper, Maggie Grace, Aaron Paul and Benjamin McKenzie attached to star. Steve Bernstein attached to direct.
Title: The Corridor
Date: Monday, November 21, 2011
Logline: The story of a man still reeling a year after his mother's death when his friends arrange for a weekend getaway to scatter her ashes at her old country house. When they discover something otherworldly in the woods, things get very bizarre and increasingly violent.
Writer: Josh MacDonald
Genre: Thriller , Sci-Fi
Saletype: Script
Production Company: IFC Midnight, Telefilm Canada, Nova Scotia Film
Producer: Mike Masters, Craig Cameron
More: Stephen Chambers, James Gilbert and David Patrick Flemming star in the film. Evan Kelly directed film.
Monday, December 12, 2011
Tchaikovsky - Swan Lake , Le Lac des Cygnes
Wonderful, listening to it, at the moment, while responding to my many messages! Thank you everyone for all the compliments on my screenplays pages! (www.jordantate.net)
Jordan.
Jordan.
Friday, December 9, 2011
AND NOW THE MORE RIDICULOUS NEWS OF THE WEEK!
http://www.deadline.com/2011/12/lionsgate-going-microbudget-on-american-psycho/
Lionsgate Plots Microbudget Remake Of ‘American Psycho"!
Lionsgate Plots Microbudget Remake Of ‘American Psycho"!
UPDATE
For those who send me their concern emails, don't worry, i'm still alive, I know I haven't been much present in recent days on facebook, twitter etc...But it's just because i'm very busy pitching my projects and working hard on getting THE ADVENTURER" my Merian Cooper's biopic made, since I have a well known actor (he won an oscar) who is interested in being involved with the project once it is funded and find a home.
I have had very good connections this week( including people who have worked on Tim Burton's Alice in wonderland and some others who worked with Martin Scorsese) and I'm currently shopping the screenplay around, a lot of people sound very interested in it, and I have good hope it will find the right producers very soon.
Additionally, I'm also shopping my other many screenplays around to production companies, and revising some of my short stories, and a novel to get them published.
Hopefully, I'll come back with good news soon, and for those who have subscribed to my facebook, myspace and twitter's pages, I may be around this week-end.
Thank you for your friendship, support, interest...Everything!
Jordan.
Additionally, I'm also shopping my other many screenplays around to production companies, and revising some of my short stories, and a novel to get them published.
Hopefully, I'll come back with good news soon, and for those who have subscribed to my facebook, myspace and twitter's pages, I may be around this week-end.
Thank you for your friendship, support, interest...Everything!
Jordan.
Wednesday, December 7, 2011
JWoww gives bad face to Maxim
So watch me now eat my words..... I previously wrote that I was a big fan of Jwoww body and face during the latest season of Jersey Shore (is it season three or four? Can't remember but feeling rather old at the moment.... would be feeling older if I was not aware of how quickly they were pumping them out, regardless I mean the one where they are in Florence). I specify the time period because in recent photo shoots (as previously evidenced) the bod has suffered considerably. But looking at this photo the face is not doing too well either. Not sure if she was smacked out, crackout out, fall down drunk or otherwise off her tits but this photo is not doing her face any favors. All of those might be possibilities but I'm worried she's had more work done. Maybe some bad botox which has (further) frozen her ability to express. Whatever it is if this was the most flattering photo they had.... I shake to see the outtakes.
A dark, dark day
So today I arrived at work with big ambitions and a lot of drive. Specifically, I had planned on some serious blogging, accompanied of course by some major internet based research. You might weep at my apparent lack of work ethic; however, if you realized the currently mindless nature of my job I assure you you would greet these news with nothing but applause. However, much to my chagrin within two seconds of sitting down at my desk I realized that facebook, bbc news and the dailymail had all been disabled on my computer. I would be in mourning for my soul were it not for the fact that gumtree and the Canadian paper 'The National Post' were also disabled. Clearly our IT guy would not consider to block 'The National Post'.... unless he's an evil genius plotting for a swift death for me through painful and unending boredom. Quite possible considering my luck at the moment. So as I am currently wallowing in a lack of visual browser stimulation I thought I would take some time to catch you guys up on what's going on.
Firstly, apologies for my looooooong silence. I appreciate that for many of you this would carry more weight were it not one of many. However, I assure you that between the shoddy internet in Nigeria, admitted laziness and a short lived but intense dedication to the ex pat 'wifestyle' (aka. some serious drinking) this blog was sorely ignored. I apologize again for that and promise to post some Nigerian photos and perhaps some e-mail excerpts for any of you interested. I realize it's not my usual blog fodder but it really is a remarkable country and the fashion is pretty darn cool, if I do say so myself (although admittedly the elements I have adopted make me look every so slightly gap year tragedy esque).
Secondly, for any of you who enjoy not just looking at the pictures but reading this blog you will know that you've followed me though a septo- rhinoplasty, botox and a cross continent move. In the coming weeks you will also be following me though a weight loss experiment as I try to return to my pre- boyfriend (banging, if I do say so myself) figure. This goal will hopefully be accomplished by an essentially soup based diet (also good for the bank balance) and some serious squash playing and general exercise, a week long no drinking detox (it would have been 13 days but I have this ball on Saturday and I will be damned if I will put myself through reeling without some serious fortification- not that I take issue with reeling.... just with Canadians trying to do it. I'm not realllllly Scottish and I will never be, it's just weird) and then the cold/ flu I have currently been suffering from ( doing wonders for the figure).
Thirdly, as I mentioned previously I am going to try and incorporate more photos of landscapes etc. in this blog as I've gotten quite into my camera so that might be nice. Particularly as I'm off to Holland for Christmas and New Year so hopefully I will take some more nice ones!
Finally, I've started a new job. Working at a recruitment firm. I will have some quite good stories to tell I assure you. For now I will leave it at this.... If Fawlty Towers was a recruitment firm it would be my firm.
That's enough for now but more to follow x
Monday, December 5, 2011
J-(non) Woww
Alright so I'm going to go out on a limb here and publicly admit that I think Jenni was looking prettttty sexy for awhile there. During the season in Florence here bod was pretty unbelievable and I was even slightly jealous of the plastic surgery.... albeit it was extreme (point in case the tiniest nose known to man.... since the passing of MJ at least- sorry for you fans out there, don't mean to be derogatory but I think it's a pretty indisputeable fact). I was also pretty amazed by the fact that she managed to maintain that hot little bod through such grueling and intense drinking sessions. Actually amazed is an understatement I was jealous and totally confused. However, this weekend she was launching her perfume in Miami and I have to say the bod has taken a beating and the surgery is not looking as good. Case in point... compare the photos behind here with the woman standing in front. She has definitely gone a bit downhill (although will admit the stomach is looking pretty flat). Going to make the HUGE leap and say that maybe this represents a generally trend in weight gain which I also represent....
Saturday, December 3, 2011
I need to do some serious work on the bod
Alright so since I spoke to you all last (sorry I know it's been awhile) I have put on some weight.... well to be honest I'm not sure if I put it on over the last five weeks or just finally accepted the fact that I'd put it on PRIOR to the last five weeks over the last five weeks but that's moot. The bottom line is that I need to put some work into my bod, specifically my stomach and arms and just generally tone this shit up.
Here are some pictures I am using to inspire myself/ move me to tears (I also REALLY want a pair of Charlotte Olympia shoes..... I just want her to do some in leather. I just CANNOT justify spending that much money on silk shoes.... have you met me?!/ I definitely bailed on my ass twice last night and have the bruised elbows and knees to prove it.)
Is this the most awkward outfit ever?!
If I wasn't too hungover to have eaten dinner I would be puking it up and then smearing it all over this photo right now (disgusting image eh!), because let's be honest.... that would actually constitute an improvement to this image.
Thursday, December 1, 2011
Snow White and the Huntsman - First Trailer (HD)
"Snow white and the huntsman"...First trailer, I’ve had the chance of reading the screenplay a few months ago...And I loved it! It was beautiful and very imaginative, an original new take on Snow white tale, a darker version. I can see several elements of the screenplays I’ve read in the first images already, very well rendered on the screen...I believe it will be a very entertaining moment, I would recommend seeing it.
Jordan.
Jordan.
Monday, November 28, 2011
THE MOVIES THAT INSPIRED ME...THE BIRD WITH THE CRYSTAL PLUMAGE
THE MOVIES THAT INSPIRED ME...KING KONG
Thanks for reading and enjoy the pictures of these memorable films. Jordan.
Thursday, November 24, 2011
Long-Lost Natalie Wood Interview: Actress Talks Robert Wagner and Being "Petrified" of the Ocean Lire la suite: http://fr.eonline.com/news/long-lost_natalie_wood_interview/276809#ixzz1eha28vmD
http://fr.eonline.com/news/long-lost_natalie_wood_interview/276809
Before her death by drowning in 1981, Natalie Wood eerily spoke of her fear of the water and her relationship with husband Robert Wagner.
And E! News has exclusively obtained audio and video footage from famed Hollywood columnist Shirley Eder, a close friend of Wood and Wagner, who interviewed the couple in 1977 at their home, and then sat down with Wood again in 1979. Eder died in 2005.
With Wood's daughter, Natasha Gregson, playing piano in the background, the three-time Oscar nominee and Wagner opened up about love the second time around.
READ: Natalie Wood's Death Boat Ready for Open Water Again
"I'm sure glad it all worked out," Wagner said, smiling. He and Wood were first married from 1957 to 1962, and then again from 1972 until her death on Nov. 28, 1981. They had one daughter together, Courtney, during their second union.
When Eder asked if they still fought about the same things as they had 20 years earlier, Wood said, "No, we really don't argue very much."
"I guess we do [belong together]," Wood agreed with Eder. "Yeah, I think we do."
L.A. County Sheriff's Department homicide detectives are reexamining the Wood case based on new information they recently received. Authorities say that neither Wagner nor Christopher Walken, who was on the boat with the couple the night Wood died, are suspects.
Dennis Davern, who captained the boat for the Wagners, told Today last week that he holds Wagner responsible for what happened and that, as he and Marti Rulli wrote in their 2010 book Goodbye Natalie, Goodbye Splendour, he heard the couple arguing loudly shortly before Wood disappeared.
READ: Natalie Wood Case: What's the Yacht Captain's Motive?
It was Wagner, Wood said, who took care of all the navigating on their 60-foot yacht, Splendour.
"It sleeps about 10," she noted. "That's a big boat!"
But apparently sailing wasn't exactly Wood's favorite pastime—in fact, she admitted to having a horrible experience on a film set in 1952 that obviously stuck with her for years.
"I had a mean director one time who threw me in the ocean," Wood revealed. "I don't want to say [who it is]."
But we can infer.
"I was terrified," Wood continued. "I was petrified, because we were in the open ocean. It was a picture with Bette Davis, as a matter of fact, and when she found out, she refused to work until they got a double for me because she knew that I was petrified."
Wood played Davis' daughter in 1952's The Star, directed by Stuart Heisler.
MORE: Who's Telling the Truth in the Natalie Wood Case?
At an AFI tribute in her honor in 1977, Wood again recalled Davis sticking up for her 25 years beforehand, threatening to leave the film unless Heisler brought in a double for the scene in which Wood's character was supposed to jump into the ocean and swim to a raft.
"This was the only time I saw the famous Bette Davis temperament surface," Wood recalled, "and it was not in her own behalf."
Lire la suite: http://fr.eonline.com/news/long-lost_natalie_wood_interview/276809#ixzz1ehZnW3pD
Before her death by drowning in 1981, Natalie Wood eerily spoke of her fear of the water and her relationship with husband Robert Wagner.
And E! News has exclusively obtained audio and video footage from famed Hollywood columnist Shirley Eder, a close friend of Wood and Wagner, who interviewed the couple in 1977 at their home, and then sat down with Wood again in 1979. Eder died in 2005.
With Wood's daughter, Natasha Gregson, playing piano in the background, the three-time Oscar nominee and Wagner opened up about love the second time around.
READ: Natalie Wood's Death Boat Ready for Open Water Again
"I'm sure glad it all worked out," Wagner said, smiling. He and Wood were first married from 1957 to 1962, and then again from 1972 until her death on Nov. 28, 1981. They had one daughter together, Courtney, during their second union.
When Eder asked if they still fought about the same things as they had 20 years earlier, Wood said, "No, we really don't argue very much."
"I guess we do [belong together]," Wood agreed with Eder. "Yeah, I think we do."
L.A. County Sheriff's Department homicide detectives are reexamining the Wood case based on new information they recently received. Authorities say that neither Wagner nor Christopher Walken, who was on the boat with the couple the night Wood died, are suspects.
Dennis Davern, who captained the boat for the Wagners, told Today last week that he holds Wagner responsible for what happened and that, as he and Marti Rulli wrote in their 2010 book Goodbye Natalie, Goodbye Splendour, he heard the couple arguing loudly shortly before Wood disappeared.
READ: Natalie Wood Case: What's the Yacht Captain's Motive?
It was Wagner, Wood said, who took care of all the navigating on their 60-foot yacht, Splendour.
"It sleeps about 10," she noted. "That's a big boat!"
But apparently sailing wasn't exactly Wood's favorite pastime—in fact, she admitted to having a horrible experience on a film set in 1952 that obviously stuck with her for years.
"I had a mean director one time who threw me in the ocean," Wood revealed. "I don't want to say [who it is]."
But we can infer.
"I was terrified," Wood continued. "I was petrified, because we were in the open ocean. It was a picture with Bette Davis, as a matter of fact, and when she found out, she refused to work until they got a double for me because she knew that I was petrified."
Wood played Davis' daughter in 1952's The Star, directed by Stuart Heisler.
MORE: Who's Telling the Truth in the Natalie Wood Case?
At an AFI tribute in her honor in 1977, Wood again recalled Davis sticking up for her 25 years beforehand, threatening to leave the film unless Heisler brought in a double for the scene in which Wood's character was supposed to jump into the ocean and swim to a raft.
"This was the only time I saw the famous Bette Davis temperament surface," Wood recalled, "and it was not in her own behalf."
Lire la suite: http://fr.eonline.com/news/long-lost_natalie_wood_interview/276809#ixzz1ehZnW3pD
Monday, November 21, 2011
Thursday, November 17, 2011
Wednesday, November 16, 2011
Skyfall New Bond Girl Berenice Marlohe Commercial !
Funny commercial featuring Berenice Marlohe, the new James Bond girl it is aired in France.
UPDATE ON MERIAN COOPER BIOPIC: THE ADVENTURER
I've pitched my MERIAN COOPER BIOPIC SCREENPLAY "THE ADVENTURER" to the agent of a well-known actor and they both sound very interested in getting onboard when the project is funded.They are extremely thrilled about this biopic and asked me to keep in touch with them to know the progresses of the project.
For those who don't know Merian Cooper is the creator of KING KONG
My screenplay is a chronicle of soldier, adventurer and film maker Merian Cooper and the real lives experiences that inspire him his most famous character King Kong.
Tuesday, November 15, 2011
"L'ASSISTANT" LA VALSE DES REALISATEURS
C'est un scénario Hitchcockien et palpitant, dont la plupart des lecteurs, selon leurs dires, ne peuvent se défaire sans avoir vu le mot "Fin".
Je contacte actuellement plusieurs réalisateurs pour mettre ce projet en route, car j'ai beaucoup de bons contacts avec de grands acteurs du cinéma Français qui sont intéressés par ce scénario, beaucoup sont entré en contact directement avec moi et je n'ai pas été déçue par la courtoisie et le professionnalisme de ces artistes, je pense que quelque chose de bien en découlera, d'autant que le cinéma français manque de bons thrillers. Non?
Quand aux réalisateurs, je n'ai toujours pas trouvé ma perle rare. La réalisatrice Charlotte Brandstrom a adoré le scénario mais elle est occupée sur un projet jusqu'en 2013, il s'agit encore d'un de ces nombreux "conflits d'emploi du temps" que l'on connait tous dans ce milieux.
Un autre jeune réalisateur a été contacté, mais quand à lui, il s'agit d'un cas un peu particulier, puisque c'est une affaire plus personnelle, et étrange, la petite amie de celui-ci, ne veut pas qu'il travaille avec une jeune femme scénariste...C'est une carrière au monastère qui attend le pauvre garçon. Assez hilarant non?
Bref, n'étant pas psychiatre, même si pour mon travail sur "Mystification", j'ai pas mal étudié la psychologie je préfère aller vers de vrais professionnels, hier, un producteur français vivant aux Etats Unis m'a demandé le scénario à son tour, très intéressé par le projet. La promo continue, celle qui me permets de croiser des artistes intéressants mais aussi des fous par millier! Inquiétant et palpitant comme une chasse au trésor.
Jordan (en Français).
Vatican Christmas Shocker! Pope says child rape isn't that bad, was normal back in his day -- Society's Child -- Sott.net
Vatican Christmas Shocker! Pope says child rape isn't that bad, was normal back in his day -- Society's Child -- Sott.net: http://www.sott.net/articles/show/220257-Vatican-Christmas-Shocker-Pope-says-child-rape-isn-t-that-bad-was-normal-back-in-his-day
Monday, November 14, 2011
Sunday, November 13, 2011
SCRIPT OPTION AGREEMENTS: USEFUL TIP FOUND ONLINE FOR SCREENWRITERS
When anyone with access to MONEY wants to option your script, YES, you should expect money HOWEVER...
There's a huge scam going on in Smell-A right now that you need to be aware of...
A producer comes in and options your work... Let's say the option is for $5K a year for 2 or 3 years... You get your first year's payment and you're a happy camper because a fairly well-known producer is shopping your script around...
Unbeknownst to you, the producer sells your screenplay to a prodco for $250K... The deal THEY have is to buy the script outright but if NO FILM is made within a specified timeframe, all rights revert back to YOU, the screenwriter.
By the time that happens, your script has been passed around and it's agreed on that it's not that bad but still needs some polish but the prodco doesn't have enough time to make that happen... Hence, the script and all rights are now yours but since the producer you sold the option to has already made $250K, nobody wants to pay you any more money at this juncture...
This is happening all the time in Hollywood...
Now on the other hand, if the prodco gets off their asses and makes the script into a movie, you'll still get paid... A lot hinges on the deal the original producer makes with the prodco.
Having said that...
Unless you know contracts (and even if you do), be sure to have an entertainment lawyer take a look at the option agreement BEFORE signing...
Now back to this actress... Does she have a prodco of her own? If so, that means she has access to money. Make damn sure your screenplay and all subsequent drafts are registered by the WGAw and you've filed for a copyright as well.
Options can be for as little as a $1 all the way up to $100K (or more) if you're a produced screenwriter with the norm running around $5K to $25K a year with a 2 year minimum... I personally wouldn't give any producer more than 2 years to shop that script around... All they will be doing is going to all the studios in town and pitching the script, hoping to get financing. If someone packages your actress and gets several other pieces of talent and crew on board (simply for the packaging) they just might pull off a studio deal.
Just be very wary of signing a contract/option without an entertainment lawyer looking it over for you.
Good luck!
filmy http://www.indietalk.com/showthread.php?t=8347
There's a huge scam going on in Smell-A right now that you need to be aware of...
A producer comes in and options your work... Let's say the option is for $5K a year for 2 or 3 years... You get your first year's payment and you're a happy camper because a fairly well-known producer is shopping your script around...
Unbeknownst to you, the producer sells your screenplay to a prodco for $250K... The deal THEY have is to buy the script outright but if NO FILM is made within a specified timeframe, all rights revert back to YOU, the screenwriter.
By the time that happens, your script has been passed around and it's agreed on that it's not that bad but still needs some polish but the prodco doesn't have enough time to make that happen... Hence, the script and all rights are now yours but since the producer you sold the option to has already made $250K, nobody wants to pay you any more money at this juncture...
This is happening all the time in Hollywood...
Now on the other hand, if the prodco gets off their asses and makes the script into a movie, you'll still get paid... A lot hinges on the deal the original producer makes with the prodco.
Having said that...
Unless you know contracts (and even if you do), be sure to have an entertainment lawyer take a look at the option agreement BEFORE signing...
Now back to this actress... Does she have a prodco of her own? If so, that means she has access to money. Make damn sure your screenplay and all subsequent drafts are registered by the WGAw and you've filed for a copyright as well.
Options can be for as little as a $1 all the way up to $100K (or more) if you're a produced screenwriter with the norm running around $5K to $25K a year with a 2 year minimum... I personally wouldn't give any producer more than 2 years to shop that script around... All they will be doing is going to all the studios in town and pitching the script, hoping to get financing. If someone packages your actress and gets several other pieces of talent and crew on board (simply for the packaging) they just might pull off a studio deal.
Just be very wary of signing a contract/option without an entertainment lawyer looking it over for you.
Good luck!
filmy http://www.indietalk.com/showthread.php?t=8347
Saturday, November 12, 2011
Tuesday, November 8, 2011
VIDEO: Omar Sharif Slaps Female Fan at Doha Festival (omg!)
Well, not sure I want to pitch Mr. Sharif anytime soon...Lol...No, seriously he must have been really stressed lately.
Saturday, November 5, 2011
Thursday, November 3, 2011
EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS DAY
I declare today EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS DAY.
Let's imagine a world where each illness could be cured through advanced science, let's imagine a world where the word "death" will be part of another dark time, let's imagine a world where aging, pain, cancer, death and tears won't exist anymore...
Let's imagine a world where LIFE will be a REAL LIFE.
LET'S ACT FOR THIS WORLD TO EXIST thanks to ADVANCED SCIENCE. Thanks to the use of EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS for the good of humanity, of your children, your parents, your friends, your lovers, and your animals.
Let’s imagine a world where your children won’t age and die in a few decades,
Lets imagine a world where you’ll be able to go on living and see your children going on living, a world where you won’t be separated from the people you love.
We all deserve eternity because no one was made to die.
LET'S ACT TODAY. GET INFORMED AND SPREAD THE WORD:
LET'S SPREAD THESE WORDS: EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS.
Jordan.
Let's imagine a world where each illness could be cured through advanced science, let's imagine a world where the word "death" will be part of another dark time, let's imagine a world where aging, pain, cancer, death and tears won't exist anymore...
Let's imagine a world where LIFE will be a REAL LIFE.
LET'S ACT FOR THIS WORLD TO EXIST thanks to ADVANCED SCIENCE. Thanks to the use of EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS for the good of humanity, of your children, your parents, your friends, your lovers, and your animals.
Let’s imagine a world where your children won’t age and die in a few decades,
Lets imagine a world where you’ll be able to go on living and see your children going on living, a world where you won’t be separated from the people you love.
We all deserve eternity because no one was made to die.
LET'S ACT TODAY. GET INFORMED AND SPREAD THE WORD:
LET'S SPREAD THESE WORDS: EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS.
Jordan.
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