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Jerry Garcia Gets a Biopic. Trade Roughage 11/12/08

By Christopher Campbell posted 1 year ago

Let the dream casting for the Jerry Garcia biopic officially continue. Favorites so far include Philip Seymour Hoffman, Jack Black, Jeff Bridges, Peter Jackson, Jorge Garcia, Paul Giamatti, John C. Reilly and Vincent D’Onofrio. Or how about Adam Herschman, who played the Grateful Dead frontman in Walk Hard?
Also official is Monopoly, which Ridley Scott will direct with a “futuristic sheen along the lines of his iconic ‘Blade Runner.’” So the Scottie dog is an animoid and that racecar can fly?
Another documentary filmmaker heads for the easier road of romantic comedies, as American Teen director Nanette Burstein is set to helm the long-distance-relationship movie Going the Distance for New Line.
I thought this news was a joke when I first read the headlines yesterday, but as long as Variety lists it as a top story, I guess it is to be believed and taken seriously. Didn’t Turkey already do enough damage to DC Comics and Warner Bros. with their awful 1979 Superman ripoff?
Coming soon to Academy members’ computers: streaming screeners for Oscar contenders.