tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-52945503863381654712024-03-13T22:31:43.126-05:00Boovie StarsBooks + Movies = BooviesAnnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16400550325385824459noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5294550386338165471.post-58700913084131196572013-01-10T20:09:00.000-06:002013-01-10T20:09:11.469-06:00I've been reading, but my casting juices seem to have dried upSince my last post - about a year ago? - I've read about a hundred books. Many of them were good, and some not so much. But for some reason, not a single one of them inspired me to cast the movie in my head.<div>
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Here's a partial list of what I've read. If anyone wants to throw out a name for a cast member or two, maybe that will get me going. Or, cast an entire book or two, and I'll publish it for you here, with credit of course!</div>
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<li>Abducted by Theresa Ragan</li>
<li>Absolute Liability by J.W. Becton</li>
<li>Adios, Scheherazade by Donald E. Westlake</li>
<li>Adjourned by Lee Goldberg</li>
<li>Billionaires, Bullets, Exploding Monkeys by Mike Attebery</li>
<li>Black Cross by Greg Iles</li>
<li>The Book Thief by Markus Zusak</li>
<li>Breakpoint by Richard A. Clarke</li>
<li>Buck Fever by Ben Rehder</li>
<li>Chronicle of a Death Foretold by Gabriel Garcia Marquez</li>
<li>Dance of the Winnebagos by Ann Charles</li>
<li>The Dirty Parts of the Bible by Sam Torode</li>
<li>Easy Innocence by Libby Fischer Hellmann</li>
<li>Fall of the Citizens by Eric Thomas</li>
<li>Gathering Blue by Lois Lowry</li>
<li>The Giver by Lois Lowry</li>
<li>The Grimm Curse by Stephen Carpenter</li>
<li>I'm Gonna Live My Life Like a Jimmy Buffett Song by Anthony Bjorklund</li>
<li>Julius Katz and Archie by Dave Zeltserman</li>
<li>The Life and Loves of a She-Devil by Fay Weldon</li>
<li>Loss by Glen Krisch</li>
<li>The Man Who Wrote Dirty Books by Hal Dresner</li>
<li>Skin Deep by Kathleen Cross</li>
<li>Snake Skin by C.J. Lyons</li>
<li>Summer People by Aaron Stander</li>
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Annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16400550325385824459noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5294550386338165471.post-61428448583553946492010-10-09T16:34:00.001-05:002010-10-09T22:55:03.886-05:00Ann casts HeartSick<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAmY44QMdSfLIuEWWhOCvqWGWIKJXbodMDDCn8eyzPsSoiamwAN_1suFremw9bSaPECsSYctNX_1XqhYl9wipcRHBpAHCbRWZLmejtrXek5RKt6g9mDwhUivpxuSmPt658mL-PhxXykzk/s1600/657034.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAmY44QMdSfLIuEWWhOCvqWGWIKJXbodMDDCn8eyzPsSoiamwAN_1suFremw9bSaPECsSYctNX_1XqhYl9wipcRHBpAHCbRWZLmejtrXek5RKt6g9mDwhUivpxuSmPt658mL-PhxXykzk/s320/657034.jpg" width="208" /></span></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">HeartSick, by Chelsea Cain, is the kind of thriller that sticks with you for a while after you've finished reading it. The violence is horrific, but so is the psychological torture and anguish the four main characters endure.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Gretchen is impossibly beautiful, brilliant, cool, elegant, and cruel. There are dozens of women who could pull off this character; some of them that I considered are...</span><br />
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<ul><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Catherine Deneuve - she's too old now, but remember her in The Hunger?</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Gwyneth Paltrow - she's too tall to match the description in the book, but could definitely handle the acting part.</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Kristen Bell - I've actually never seen anything she's done, but she looks the part.</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Monica Potter - Jezzie in Along Came a Spider was cold and beautiful.</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Charlize Theron - nearly perfect. She was actually my number one choice until a friend suggested...</span></li>
</ul><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Grace Kelly - an absolutely inspired choice. Thanks David!</span><br />
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<div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL3cE51cC3uJniMUO3EzlVqGlkK06ID9lMQyZCoeM-KfnOFWE7hwkDl6TVMLdcZWLnntCiA6LPzogE9EBWBw-ljCqyyFDzqiRcrWos0nT4_qpMEvHYdVk7jIN5EgEOMbzKSBRD3wKvTZk/s1600/IMG_0113.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL3cE51cC3uJniMUO3EzlVqGlkK06ID9lMQyZCoeM-KfnOFWE7hwkDl6TVMLdcZWLnntCiA6LPzogE9EBWBw-ljCqyyFDzqiRcrWos0nT4_qpMEvHYdVk7jIN5EgEOMbzKSBRD3wKvTZk/s200/IMG_0113.jpg" width="171" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Mikael Blomkvist is a middle-aged journalist/crusader, just out of prison after having lost a libel case. He doesn't want to further damage the reputation of magazine he runs, so he steps down from the board. I was thinking someone like Goran Visnjic, although he may be too dark - as in, not Swedish looking. On the other hand, it's my fantasy cast... However, I do have some runner-ups. Viggo Mortensen and Rob Lowe. I know! But just look at this picture from a Stand Up 2 Cancer ad, and you'll see what I mean.</span><br />
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Since this is my first boovie casting, I am still a bit unsure about the cast I have pulled together, especially because it has an actor that just annoys the heck out of me on screen--and no its not Jackie Earle Haley, who is creepy but not annoying. <div><br /></div><div>First let me give you a little synopsis that doesn't give too much away but somehow conveys the unique tone and characters of the book. </div><div><br /></div><div>This novel is set in the ambiguous near future, and as I read it I became more and more convinced that the setting was tomorrow, if not yesterday. <i>Makers</i> is about the lucrative and crazy engineering projects with all the technology junk that has accumulated and is just sitting around after the collapse of the technology and silicon valley booms.For example, one of the book's main characters, Lester Banks, creates a tiny army of old Tickle Me Elmos that, together, drive a smart car. So the main idea of the book is that there are these two anti-corporate trash-hackers, Lester Banks and Perry Gibbons, both brilliant tech engineers who pretty much create a new labor movement out of the slums of ghostmalls. The US is pretty much a giant slum in the book. Their work, especailly as they build an interactive tech thrill ride in an abandoned Wal-Mart, is covered by journalist-gone-blogger Suzanne Church.</div><div><br /></div><div>The villian in the book? Disney. Disneyworld, which has become a theme park for goth-punks, wants to destroy Banks and Gibbons, the ride, and their huge cult following.</div><div><br /></div><div><div><b>Megan's Boovie Casting for <i>Makers</i>:</b></div><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 157px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxEEnoe7lyJSngPM6TMiWLjNBfh2TM7SuhN0yZLbk5MLujlbSrnhubbCxrO40Ob3hVdBFGwGr4xEW7aWZbFvm_5WWpu5K7g8OvsoBloFGc3V7ATuAFuXvTLqUAH8OCmZTAD3-LkjCkGwrK/s200/r-318-john-lennon-face-curl-74.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5469709939911555026" /><div>Perry Gibbons--the tech engineer who starts a opensource revolution would be played by John Lennon--the only "non-actor"in my casting. Lennon</div><div> would be able to portray Perry's creative intelligence and his revolutionary but sometimes problematic and naive philosophy regarding free technology. </div><div><br /></div><div>Lester Banks-Perry's engineering partner was a little tough for me to cast. In the begining of the book Banks is overweight, but he later becomes a "fatkins" with a genetically re-shaped, well toned, "perfect" body. </div><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 157px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4qOfKh7xEAYfcZp6vPyI4WMBAhPTSvWgE0ieMqlLDXcwD03HpUIoPqrzJZpieJFjxVxwHJBx9_yDVSlwSrPsejqutpIAzou_aBX0ox2ahNQt33FSjORmRUC8J5x1IwjIYusqCY44dRNPv/s200/george-clooney.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5469708280593222994" /><div>I chose George Clooney to play Banks based on Clooney in </div><div>Syrianna. Not only do we see Clooney with a few extra pounds but</div><div> with that sense of confused inadequacy despite his brilliance.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Suzanne Church--the tech blogger would be played by Katherine Hepburn.</div><div> Sophisticated and a firecraker.</div><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 188px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMLCwBdoVTT0mW1adoempSUM01jANpC4SAagSkYXXKbA58TBbJCoUtf5uMl9WiChbnlDduHR4sq0RDWQte78hkoYH9ItHganNQeWfUQRg9KPU6oPeTSp1pU9idbGrcQCqXbK44Ie_8VJLW/s200/B_01.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5469708040369909730" /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 126px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgex5sUuHb9Q6RnDZAoQEDbhqrK8h4IwFwrRo3wv-rne5GjcAAAxlKByXtdqyK2rrCn9s_ZKU-M9uBL-bkKXd1_kmSSUoM0x4LrOH-WALkTJ0UcUL0dMdL0w8Tl82uzSCZ0pG1UMweDml90/s200/Colin-Farrell-Minority-Report.2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5469715612549710594" /></div><div>Sammy--the evil Disney executive would be played by Colin Farrell. I thought of his role as an agent in Minority Report and how much of an annoying pest he can be when he is in a suit and tie. Sammy is the corporate sleeze who has no morals and Farrell would be perfect.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Rattoothed Freddy--a slandering blogger that just hates the world and would spit in your mom's eye for fun would be played by Jackie Earle Haley (who will play Freddy Krueger in the next Elm Street). Haley was also the voice of Rorschach in Watchmen and was Noyce in Shutter Island. From the first 10</div><div>pages of the book, I couldn't get the image of Haley out of my head for this role.</div><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_xBqMsM9OIOg/S-hUFeHzjaI/AAAAAAAABGM/4wvrjOOJpgk/s200/jackie-earle-haley-image.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5469714200403348898" /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieb1dQj5Qr4ASq73P0pCVFo3-CQFccboFYxWwRipUgK05XEhta4PJk42cYOA-kZAAgf6BJhLK1SP7FTJEQxYdvbhyqxfM8AaDdZTgsAygYS_ZsTLPYS8lZ6dEjy0xVZZnhWBt4IJsczp0H/s200/_38375019_darko_150b.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5469713997443359330" /><div>Death Waits-Death Waits is one of the best characters in the book. He is an emo goth punk that is disillusioned with Disney. Death becomes the leader of the goths to the point that you expect them all to have WWDD (What Would Death Do?) bracelets. Jake Gyllenhaal, circa Donnie Darko=GOLDEN CASTING CHOICE.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>The last character I want to cast is the ad-hoc leader of Perry's slum. I can't remember his name in the book, but he is a crippled, alchololic, homeless guy that was a NASA engineer before the economic collapse. He is pretty kick-ass in the book. I cast an older-ish Paul Newman with the attitude of his characters in Cool Hand Luke and Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.</div><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 142px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMikqDIAKDW_gvowjX5JgmEDavR1IU5_tf-bhfEJFPD8Up2A9wZ72ZH3i6A9IjM10JwtyzZcPxIVmfxJxIX_nTWcSbgwqmXiijmFLFlqmzRiT5Q-5nxVU4SbRtyeZKElwi89q5I4VrwTl5/s200/,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,newmann2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5469713563482795698" /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Doctorow is a huge advocate for book ownership and despises ebook publishers that tweak copyright laws so that you can ever really own an ebook. His website <a href="http://craphound.com/makers/download/">craphound.com</a> has links for free downloads for all of his books.</div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5294550386338165471.post-11000822007736203052010-04-17T22:01:00.002-05:002010-04-17T22:27:16.532-05:00About Boovie Stars<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b45f06;">For everyone who believes that Tom Cruise was miscast as Lestat (even though he did better than I thought he would), this is your place. And if you don't know what I'm talking about, go read the book. This is where we will fantasy cast books that have already been made into movies, and books that may or may not ever become movies. Whether they should or not is a whole other blog. And it's someone else's.</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b45f06;">Some guidelines for posters:</span></span><br />
<ul><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b45f06;">Cast anyone famous or infamous, celebrity or celebutante, sublime or ridiculous. Just don't cast your cousin or your best friend. The rest of us have to be able to visualize your choice.</span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b45f06;">It would help to give a brief synopsis of the book, to put the character in context.</span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b45f06;">Your choice can be living or not, as in "I think Abraham Lincoln could totally pull off playing Gandalf."</span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b45f06;">Your choice can be from any era and any age. "A young Shirley Temple would have </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b45f06;">rocked</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b45f06;"> as Petra from Ender's Game."</span></span></li>
</ul>Annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16400550325385824459noreply@blogger.com1