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Conversation at AMC. Trade Roughage 08/07/08

By Karina Longworth posted 1 year ago

Ostensibly looking to replicate the success of their existing, cinema-inspired period series, AMC is planning to spin a series off of Francis Ford Coppola’s 1974 film, The Conversation. The original is topical, says producer Erik Jendresen. “Watching The Conversation today is fascinating in light of the Patriot Act. But this is not a series that’s blatantly making a statement; it will still be very true to the original vision of the character.”
Another day, another name for the Inglorious Bastards call sheet. This time it’s B.J. Novak from The Office.
Meryl Streep will continue her midlife career resurgence as star of glossy chick coms by toplining the latest effort by Nancy Meyers. She’ll play a woman at the center of a love triangle with two men.

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The Conversation: The future of filmmaking, games & new media

By Paul Moore posted 1 year ago

Scott Kirsner (Cinematech, Variety) is ever-present at the point where film and technology meet. Now he’s involved in co-hosting a “two-day conversation… about the future of cinema, video, games, and telling stories with new media.”

The Conversation will take place October 17 & 18 at the Pacific Film Archive theater in Berkley, CA. The guest list is exciting and includes Reed Hastings (founder Netflix), Peter Broderick (Paradigm Consulting, early advocate of digital moviemaking), Sharad Devarajan (CEO, Virgin Comics/Virgin Animation), John Batter (DreamWorks Animation SKG), and our friend Sara Pollack of YouTube among many others. You are eagerly invited to suggest topics and guests for the event, so it remains firmly informal, open and non-PowerPointy.