Spike & Bruno & Pineapple & Toronto. Trade Roughage 05/18/08

Coverage of what is truly interesting in the film world

By Karina Longworth posted 3 months ago

Spike Lee has spent his own money to acquire Time Traveler, “a memoir by Ronald Mallett, one of the nation’s first African-Americans to earn a Ph.D in theoretical physics.” He’ll co-adapt and direct.
David Gordon Green’s The Pineapple Express will screen at the Just For Laughs Film Festival on July 19, three weeks before Sony opens the stoner comedy wide.
Passchendaele, a Canadian WWI drama about the famous muddy battle, will open the Toronto Film Festival.
Universal will release the second Da Ali G Show theatrical spin-off, Bruno, on May 15, 2009, a date already occupied by the sequel to The Da Vinci Code.

tully said 3 months ago
don’t forget about the sneak screening of Pineapple at BAM on July 24th, preceded by the awesome double-header of The Gravy Train and Tango & Cash the night before. get your tickets if you haven’t already. it’s gonna be fun!