Cormac McCarthy Delivers Movie Script: The Counselor
When it comes to the material of Pulitzer Prize winning author Cormac McCarthy, screenwriters are usually tasked with bringing his novels into script format. But now the brilliant writer has penned his first ever screenplay. That’s what I call, cutting out the middle man.
Cormac McCarthy’s The Sunset Limited HBO Trailer
Drama is reigning king during this awards season, with The Black Swan, The Social Network, and The King’s Speech earning multiple nods. Well, here is some more (hopefully well crafted) drama for you, this time coming to the small screen. Premiering February 12th at 9pm on HBO is The Sunset Limited, starring Tommy Lee Jones [...]
James Franco Helming Faulkner’s As I Lay Dying and Cormac McCarthy’s Blood Meridian?
James Franco apparently thinks sitting still is a bad thing because 2011 looks like it’s going to be one busy year for him. In addition to co-hosting the Academy Awards in February with a star from Love and Other Drugs (and brushing up on his acceptance speech for 127 Hours), he’s also getting ready to [...]
The Road – movie review
The Road is, unfortunately, a boring movie, and the title might as well be Sittin’ Round the Campfire. The Road, by Cormac McCarthy, is one of the very best books of the decade, and this adaptation falls flat for about half the running time. There are good actors, moments, and visuals, but the whole isn’t more the sum of its parts.
Full review after the jump…
The Road – new trailer for Cormac McCarthy!
Almost a couple of months since we had some news on The Road, when we posted several clips to the upcoming adaptation of the Pulitzer Prize winning novel by Cormac McCarthy. Less than a month away before it his theaters, we get a new trailer ( we got the last one in May).
Watch it after the jump…
Charlize Theron, Viggo – in new The Road clips
May brought us a release date and a trailer for the upcoming adaptation of Cormac McCarthy’s Pulitzer Prize winning novel The Road. We now have some fresh clips from the film to take a look at.
Watch them after the jump…
Tommy Lee Jones and Samuel L. Jackson in Cormac McCarthy’s Sunset Limited
A quartet of good things going on here when we are talking Cormac McCarthy, Tommy Lee Jones, Samuel L. Jackson and HBO. The latter is set to have Jones and Jackson star in a feature adapted from a play by the Pulitzer Award winner, McCarthy. According to Variety, McCarthy himself adapted The Sunset Limited into [...]
McCarthy’s The Road has a trailer!
The beginning of May brought a ‘hard’ release date (October 16, 2009) for the adaptation of Cormac McCarthy’s Pulitzer Award winning (and 100% ass kicking) novel The Road. Today, a trailer was released!
Check it after the jump . . .
McCarthy wins PEN award
A bit late on this, but earlier this week Cormac McCarthy received the PEN/Saul Bellow Award for lifetime achievement in American fiction. With the award, the Pulitzer Prize winning author also adds $25k to his stack of riches.
We’ve recently posted about McCarthy because of his . . .
Cormac McCarthy’s The Road Gets a Release Date?
The adaptation of Cormac McCarthy’s The Road starring Viggo Mortensen, Charlize Theron, Guy Pearce, Kodi Smit-McPhee, and Robert Duvall apparently now has a release date. The Road won the 2007 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, and was written by the author who wrote the novel No Country for Old Men, which was adapted to film and went on to win four Academy Awards, including Best Picture.
More info after the jump . . .
