The Sound and the Fury
Director: James Franco
Writer: Matt Rager
Producers: Caroline Aragon, Lee Caplin, Vince Jolivette
U.S. Distributor: Rights Available
Cast: James Franco, Tim Blake Nelson, Loretta Devine, Danny McBride, Jon Hamm, Dave Franco
The mind-bogglingly busy James Franco experienced such success with last year’s adaptation of William Faulkner’s As I Lay Dying that’s he’s fast at work on another of Faulkner’s beloved works. While Martin Ritt directed this in 1959 starring Yul Brynner, Franco has assembled some of his Dying cast to return, like Tim Blake Nelson and Danny McBride. We’re excited to see the lovely Loretta Devine in the lineup, as well. With the success of Dying, this is bound to be an interesting companion piece. And, oh yeah, Franco also directed a Bukowski biopic and is filming new projects with Wim Wenders and Werner Herzog amidst a handful of other titles.
Director: James Franco
Writer: Matt Rager
Producers: Caroline Aragon, Lee Caplin, Vince Jolivette
U.S. Distributor: Rights Available
Cast: James Franco, Tim Blake Nelson, Loretta Devine, Danny McBride, Jon Hamm, Dave Franco
The mind-bogglingly busy James Franco experienced such success with last year’s adaptation of William Faulkner’s As I Lay Dying that’s he’s fast at work on another of Faulkner’s beloved works. While Martin Ritt directed this in 1959 starring Yul Brynner, Franco has assembled some of his Dying cast to return, like Tim Blake Nelson and Danny McBride. We’re excited to see the lovely Loretta Devine in the lineup, as well. With the success of Dying, this is bound to be an interesting companion piece. And, oh yeah, Franco also directed a Bukowski biopic and is filming new projects with Wim Wenders and Werner Herzog amidst a handful of other titles.
- 2/7/2014
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
Jackson, Miss. — A federal judge in Mississippi has dismissed a lawsuit claiming that Woody Allen's 2011 film "Midnight in Paris" improperly used one of William Faulkner's most famous lines.
Faulkner Literary Rights LLC sued Sony Pictures Classics Inc. in October in U.S. District Court in Oxford, Miss., Faulkner's hometown.
The lawsuit said a character in the movie took a line from Faulkner's book, "Requiem for a Nun."
"The past is never dead. It's not even past," Faulkner wrote in the book.
In the movie, actor Owen Wilson, says: "The past is not dead. Actually, it's not even past. You know who said that? Faulkner. And he was right. I met him too. I ran into him at a dinner party."
U.S. District Judge Michael P. Mills, himself the author of a book called "Twice Told Tombigbee Tales," dismissed the lawsuit in a ruling Thursday.
"The court has viewed Woody Allen's movie,...
Faulkner Literary Rights LLC sued Sony Pictures Classics Inc. in October in U.S. District Court in Oxford, Miss., Faulkner's hometown.
The lawsuit said a character in the movie took a line from Faulkner's book, "Requiem for a Nun."
"The past is never dead. It's not even past," Faulkner wrote in the book.
In the movie, actor Owen Wilson, says: "The past is not dead. Actually, it's not even past. You know who said that? Faulkner. And he was right. I met him too. I ran into him at a dinner party."
U.S. District Judge Michael P. Mills, himself the author of a book called "Twice Told Tombigbee Tales," dismissed the lawsuit in a ruling Thursday.
"The court has viewed Woody Allen's movie,...
- 7/19/2013
- by AP
- Huffington Post
Line spoken by Owen Wilson's character in 2011 comedy hit quoted William Faulkner but deemed to fall under fair use
Woody Allen's 2011 film Midnight in Paris has been cleared of copyright infringement by a federal judge in Mississippi following claims it violated the copyright of William Faulkner's 1950 book, Requiem for a Nun.
The case, brought by Faulkner's estate, concerned a nine-word quote from Requiem. It was argued that Midnight's distributor, Sony Pictures Classics, had paraphrased the quote in an unlicensed use without providing suitable credit to Faulkner.
In the film, Owen Wilson's character says: "The past is not dead. Actually, it's not even past." In Requiem for a Nun, Faulkner wrote: "The past is never dead. It's not even past." Faulkner Literary Rights argued this amounted to copyright, but Sony countered by claiming de minimis and "fair use".
In his ruling, Us District Judge Michael Mills noted:...
Woody Allen's 2011 film Midnight in Paris has been cleared of copyright infringement by a federal judge in Mississippi following claims it violated the copyright of William Faulkner's 1950 book, Requiem for a Nun.
The case, brought by Faulkner's estate, concerned a nine-word quote from Requiem. It was argued that Midnight's distributor, Sony Pictures Classics, had paraphrased the quote in an unlicensed use without providing suitable credit to Faulkner.
In the film, Owen Wilson's character says: "The past is not dead. Actually, it's not even past." In Requiem for a Nun, Faulkner wrote: "The past is never dead. It's not even past." Faulkner Literary Rights argued this amounted to copyright, but Sony countered by claiming de minimis and "fair use".
In his ruling, Us District Judge Michael Mills noted:...
- 7/19/2013
- The Guardian - Film News
As I Lay Dying, a drama and official selection of the Cannes Film Festival, has first poster up. The film also includes Tim Blake Nelson, Danny McBride, Logan Marshall-Green, Ahna O'Reilly, Jim Parrack, Beth Grant and Brady Permenter. Franco directs from a script he wrote with Matt Rager, based on the 1930 novel by William Faulker. The story tells of the death of Addie Bundren and her family's quest to honor her wish to be buried in the nearby town of Jefferson. The film was shot in Canton, Mississipi and is produced by Caroline Aragon, Lee Caplin, Vince Jolivette, Miles Levy, Matthew O'Toole, Robert Van Norden and Millennium Films' Avi Lerner. Heidi Jo Markel serves as executive producer.
- 5/9/2013
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Jackson, Miss. — William Faulkner wrote that the past is never dead. His heirs say their copyright to that phrase is very much alive.
The author's literary estate is suing Sony Pictures Classics for using a paraphrase of the line in Woody Allen's 2011 film, "Midnight in Paris." It's also suing Northrop Grumman Corp. and The Washington Post Co. for using another Faulkner quote in a newspaper ad by the defense contractor.
The first lawsuit, filed Thursday in federal court in Oxford, Miss., says Sony infringed on the copyright when actor Owen Wilson slightly misquoted the line from Faulkner's "Requiem for a Nun." He said, "The past is not dead! Actually, it's not even past."
The second lawsuit, filed Friday in Jackson, Miss., makes similar claims about the ad, which used a passage from a 1956 essay Faulkner wrote in Harper's Magazine. The quote, which says in part "We must be free not because we claim freedom,...
The author's literary estate is suing Sony Pictures Classics for using a paraphrase of the line in Woody Allen's 2011 film, "Midnight in Paris." It's also suing Northrop Grumman Corp. and The Washington Post Co. for using another Faulkner quote in a newspaper ad by the defense contractor.
The first lawsuit, filed Thursday in federal court in Oxford, Miss., says Sony infringed on the copyright when actor Owen Wilson slightly misquoted the line from Faulkner's "Requiem for a Nun." He said, "The past is not dead! Actually, it's not even past."
The second lawsuit, filed Friday in Jackson, Miss., makes similar claims about the ad, which used a passage from a 1956 essay Faulkner wrote in Harper's Magazine. The quote, which says in part "We must be free not because we claim freedom,...
- 10/30/2012
- by AP
- Huffington Post
William Faulkner: Coming soon to a TV near you.
According to a press release, writer/director David Milch's production company, Redboard Productions has just completed a multi-year exclusive television deal with HBO, as well as an agreement with Faulkner's literary estate to create both films and television series based on any of Faulkner's 19 novels and 125 short stories, excepting those already contracted. HBO will have the first shot at any project that emerges from the work.
"We are especially pleased to continue our longstanding relationship with one of the industry’s most talented contemporary writers," says Michael Lombardo, president, HBO Programming, "and we know that whatever David brings to the HBO table will be exciting and innovative."
Milch will work with the executor of the William Faulkner Literary Estate, Lee Caplin, to pick the works, with both acting as executive producers on these potential projects. Milch will serve as the executive writer,...
According to a press release, writer/director David Milch's production company, Redboard Productions has just completed a multi-year exclusive television deal with HBO, as well as an agreement with Faulkner's literary estate to create both films and television series based on any of Faulkner's 19 novels and 125 short stories, excepting those already contracted. HBO will have the first shot at any project that emerges from the work.
"We are especially pleased to continue our longstanding relationship with one of the industry’s most talented contemporary writers," says Michael Lombardo, president, HBO Programming, "and we know that whatever David brings to the HBO table will be exciting and innovative."
Milch will work with the executor of the William Faulkner Literary Estate, Lee Caplin, to pick the works, with both acting as executive producers on these potential projects. Milch will serve as the executive writer,...
- 11/30/2011
- by The Huffington Post
- Huffington Post
Did you think the dialogue in Deadwood was too dense, perhaps even impenetrable? Then close this browser and run away, fast. For everyone else, especially those who loved the conversations that were the heart of Deadwood, get ready: series creator David Milch is turning his eye to the works of William Faulkner. Granted, Faulkner's dialogue, in novels like As I Lay Dying and The Sound and the Fury, isn't always as dense as his descriptive prose. (And sometimes, as in the stream of consciousness segments of The Sound and the Fury, or the points where the dialogue is the descriptive prose, it is the sort of thing that could challenge even Milch. ) Still, there is something very exciting about the idea of one of our most compellingly bookish TV producers working with stories from one of America's signature authors. The two seem very well-suited for one another. Deadline [1] and Variety...
- 11/30/2011
- by Russ Fischer
- Slash Film
According to reports, David Milch ("Deadwood") has has entered into a multi-year deal with HBO and author William Faulkner's estate to develop films/TV, based on Faulkner's books and short stories.
Milch and Lee Caplin of Picture Entertainment Corp., will executive produce the projects, selecting which stories to develop, package and produce. Milch will also serve as executive writer.
HBO will get the first opportunity to finance, produce and distribute any Faulkner-based movies, miniseries or TV series.
American author Faulkner is primarily known for his novels and short stories set in fictional 'Yoknapatawpha County', based on 'Lafayette County', where Faulkner spent most of his childhood.
Faulkner received the 1949 Nobel Prize in Literature, while two of his others works, "A Fable" (1954) and his last novel "The Reivers" (1962), both won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.
In 1998, his 1929 novel "The Sound and the Fury" was ranked sixth on a list of the...
Milch and Lee Caplin of Picture Entertainment Corp., will executive produce the projects, selecting which stories to develop, package and produce. Milch will also serve as executive writer.
HBO will get the first opportunity to finance, produce and distribute any Faulkner-based movies, miniseries or TV series.
American author Faulkner is primarily known for his novels and short stories set in fictional 'Yoknapatawpha County', based on 'Lafayette County', where Faulkner spent most of his childhood.
Faulkner received the 1949 Nobel Prize in Literature, while two of his others works, "A Fable" (1954) and his last novel "The Reivers" (1962), both won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.
In 1998, his 1929 novel "The Sound and the Fury" was ranked sixth on a list of the...
- 11/30/2011
- by Michael Stevens
- SneakPeek
David Milch has signed a new multi-year exclusive television deal with HBO, his production home for the past eight years. In addition to the new production pact with the premium cable giant, Milch's Redboard Productions has also reached an agreement with the William Faulkner Literary Estate, covering 19 Faulkner novels and 125 short stories. Milch and Lee Caplin, the executor of the William Faulkner Literary Estate and CEO of Picture Entertainment Corp., will be developing Faulkner properties as possible series, movie and miniseries projects with HBO holding an exclusive first opportunity to finance, produce and distribute. "I’m delighted...
- 11/30/2011
- by Daniel Fienberg
- Hitfix
HBO has big plans for acclaimed Deadwood creator David Milch, which includes . The premium cable network has just signed a multi-year exclusive deal with Milch’s Redboard Productions. The television deal includes future work on Milch’s new series Luck, starring Dustin Hoffman. “We are especially pleased to continue our longstanding relationship with one of the industry’s most talented contemporary writers,” says Michael Lombardo, president, HBO Programming. “We know that whatever David brings to the HBO table will be exciting and innovative.” Redboard Productions has also signed a deal with the William Faulkner Literary Estate, allowing the group to produce movies and television shows based on Faulkner’s catalog of works which are not currently under contract with other entities. This amounts to 19 novels and 125 short stories in the estate. Milch will partner with Lee Caplin, the executor of the William Faulkner Literary Estate and CEO of Picture Entertainment.
- 11/30/2011
- by Bags H.
- BuzzFocus.com
David Milch is extending his relationship with HBO. Milch, whose latest series for the pay cable network, Luck, launches in January, has inked a new multi-year deal with HBO where he has been based for the past eight years. Under the new extension, in addition to executive producing Luck with Michael Mann, Milch will develop series and movies based on books by Nobel and Pulitzer Prize winner William Falkner. Milch’s Redboard Prods has inked a deal with the literary estate of the iconic American writer who penned novels, short stories, a play and screenplays as well as poetry and essays. The pact covers all of the 19 novels and 125 short stories in the estate, as well as other works, with the exception of those currently optioned by other parties. Milch will partner with Lee Caplin, the executor of the William Faulkner Literary Estate and CEO of Picture Entertainment Corp, to choose which works to develop,...
- 11/30/2011
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
Crime novel? I like that! So thank God I’m not here today to write about some fairy-tale or biopic, or whatever…
So, here’s the thing. You know that William Faulkner’s 1931 crime novel titled Sanctuary? Yeah, you already guess, that novel is getting a big screen adaptation! Isn’t that great?
And now, when we know that Pulp Fiction writer Roger Avary will be in charge for the adaptation – it sounds even better!
According to the latest reports, Avary has been tapped by producer John Langley to adapt William Faulkner’s Sanctuary for the big screen. For this project, Langley will team up with Ali exec producer Lee Caplin.
Sanctuary, the novel first published in 1931, is a tale of a changing social order in the South involved characters that include a ruthless moonshine racketeer and other sinister types who commit murder, abduction and other unsavory deeds.
Here’s...
So, here’s the thing. You know that William Faulkner’s 1931 crime novel titled Sanctuary? Yeah, you already guess, that novel is getting a big screen adaptation! Isn’t that great?
And now, when we know that Pulp Fiction writer Roger Avary will be in charge for the adaptation – it sounds even better!
According to the latest reports, Avary has been tapped by producer John Langley to adapt William Faulkner’s Sanctuary for the big screen. For this project, Langley will team up with Ali exec producer Lee Caplin.
Sanctuary, the novel first published in 1931, is a tale of a changing social order in the South involved characters that include a ruthless moonshine racketeer and other sinister types who commit murder, abduction and other unsavory deeds.
Here’s...
- 6/30/2011
- by Fiona
- Filmofilia
John Langley, the producer best known for creating and exec producing the long-running reality series Cops, has hired Pulp Fiction co-writer Roger Avary to adapt the William Faulkner novel Sanctuary for a feature. Langley, who most recently produced the features Brooklyn's Finest and Leaves of Grass, is teamed with Ali exec producer Lee Caplin on the effort. First published in 1931, Faulkner's bleak tale of a changing social order in the South involved characters that include a ruthless moonshine racketeer and other sinister types who commit murder, abduction and other unsavory deeds. Just the kind of stuff that was prevalent in Pulp Fiction, for which Avary shared a screenwriting Oscar with Quentin Tarantino.
- 6/29/2011
- by MIKE FLEMING
- Deadline
NEW YORK -- William Faulkner's 1948 suspense novel Intruder in the Dust is returning to the big screen from Picture Entertainment and Plum Pictures.
The Nobel Prize-winning author's novel focuses on a black man in rural Mississippi falsely accused of shooting a white neighbor in the back. The imprisoned man must stave off a lynch mob with the help of an unlikely band of locals who search for the evidence that will prove his innocence.
Dust was first adapted to film by director Clarence Brown for MGM in 1949. Production on the new project is expected to begin in 2009.
Plum partners Celine Rattray, Galt Niederhoffer and Daniela Taplin will produce Dust with Picture chairman Lee Caplin. Carl Colpaert will executive produce, and Joy Goodwin will co-produce.
Other film adaptations of Faulkner's works include 1958's The Long, Hot Summer, 1959's The Sound and the Fury and the upcoming short Red Leaves from actor-director James Franco.
Picture executive produced "Ali" for Sony. Plum is developing several projects, including The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt with Leonardo DiCaprio and Martin Scorsese attached at Paramount, and another literary adaptation, Sylvia Plath's The Bell Jar, starring Julia Stiles.
The Nobel Prize-winning author's novel focuses on a black man in rural Mississippi falsely accused of shooting a white neighbor in the back. The imprisoned man must stave off a lynch mob with the help of an unlikely band of locals who search for the evidence that will prove his innocence.
Dust was first adapted to film by director Clarence Brown for MGM in 1949. Production on the new project is expected to begin in 2009.
Plum partners Celine Rattray, Galt Niederhoffer and Daniela Taplin will produce Dust with Picture chairman Lee Caplin. Carl Colpaert will executive produce, and Joy Goodwin will co-produce.
Other film adaptations of Faulkner's works include 1958's The Long, Hot Summer, 1959's The Sound and the Fury and the upcoming short Red Leaves from actor-director James Franco.
Picture executive produced "Ali" for Sony. Plum is developing several projects, including The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt with Leonardo DiCaprio and Martin Scorsese attached at Paramount, and another literary adaptation, Sylvia Plath's The Bell Jar, starring Julia Stiles.
- 2/14/2008
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
IMDb.com, Inc. takes no responsibility for the content or accuracy of the above news articles, Tweets, or blog posts. This content is published for the entertainment of our users only. The news articles, Tweets, and blog posts do not represent IMDb's opinions nor can we guarantee that the reporting therein is completely factual. Please visit the source responsible for the item in question to report any concerns you may have regarding content or accuracy.