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According to Variety, Steven Soderbergh “is plotting a 3-D live-action rock ’n’ roll musical about Cleopatra,” for which he “is courting Catherine Zeta-Jones” for the title role. We’re sure this will never actually happen., because obviously, S.S. is just pulling a fast one on the trades by convincing them that he’s moving on to Cleo immediately after Che. Right? He must have either lost it, or have lost the ability to make a convincing joke… right?
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We’ve had a bit of trouble getting this episode to go through the iTunes feed, so we hope this re-post will fix the problem. The original post, with episode description and embedded player, is here.
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Soderbergh’s “Cleo” gets a little less weird the more one thinks about it. The names involved—Pollard and Greer—parse. (Who can forget Greer’s work on “Max Keeble’s Big Move” and “Larry the Cable Guy: Health Inspector”?) (Fun fact: Greer was once afianced to Pixie/Breeder Kim Deal.) And given that one of Soderbergh’s heroes is Richard Lester, it might follow that he’d want to do a rock musical.
That said (and not to pick nits, but it wouldn’t be a direct jump from “Che” to “Cleo,” given that “The Informant” and “Girlfriend Experience” fall between), it still sounds kinda weird.
I actually left a comment on this post a couple of hours ago acknowledging my mistake in forgetting The Girfriend Experience, but for some reason it didn’t stick. I stand corrected, and will concede that in a world in which Sasha Grey exists, 3d musical versions of Cleopatra become completely plausible.
Re: “Sasha Grey exists…”
Does she ever!