The big news is here!
Yes folks, I told you there will be a big announcement coming today and here it is. After many discussions and dealings with just as many power brokers in the entertainment industry I can now reveal what the event that will change this blog (and my life) forever is. Yes friends, get ready for:
Brill Building: The Movie!
Yes, it seems movie Christ-figure Robert Evans found this blog when he was searching for “Valkyrie fetish book” (he says it was a gift for one of his ex- and/or future wives). That’s when it came upon him that this blog would make a fantastic movie. He put it like this: “Are comic book movies big? Oh yeah. Are blogs getting major ‘buzz?’ Damn right. Will a movie about a comic book blog lead Paramount to a new Love Story? You bet your ass it will.” I wasn’t one to argue so I agreed to the project right away (the money for signing over the film rights wasn’t too shabby either. I’ll buy that Essential Super-Villain Team-Up now!).
The plot, mostly my own but with a little help from William Goldman, is simple but true. Plucky young college student Ian Brill is trying to give his life some meaning instead of just living on the mean streets of Moorpark, CA. He gets in with a rough-and-tumble gang called the ACAPCWOVCCAOE, who has found some success with these “comic blogs” that are popping up all over the place. Soon enough Ian joins them in their internet revolution and unleashes Brill Building on to the world. Soon enough the comic book world at large is hypnotized by his brash prose and brave opinions. Success is soon in his grasp as he is made head of DC Comics and brings the company to its greatest era of fortune and fame. All the while thespians of renown will recite past essays this blog has featured in interstitial segments. There is also the possibility of a sub-plot where Ian must save the Bush twins from a fire-breathing left-wing dragon named Mr. Starbeam.
Enough pot-boiler, let’s get to the cast.
Jason Schwatzman is said to be very excited about playing Ian Brill, who he has described as "The F. Scott Fitzgerald of the 21st Century...and beyond!"
Jack Black will play
Tom Collins while Sarah Silverman will play his love interest "Lauren Graham."
Peter Bogdanovich is attached to direct the feature. Bogdanovich seems enthusiastic about the project by stating "my life has come to this."
Other actors in negations are Michelle Trachtenberg and Mila Kunis for the Bush twins and Samuel L. Jackson for Mike Sterling. Meryl Streep, Bob Balaban and Tim Robbins will probably be just few of the actors reading off the essays (Robbins is very interested in this Steve Ditko review). Also, an important plot point is that Scarlett Johansson must make out with The Mayor of Coolsville else Johnny Bacardi and BeaucoupKevin are doomed. The Mayor of Coolsville will be played by Ian Brill. As for who is playing Johnny B. and BeaucoupKevin, that is to be decided.
The film will go into pre-production next month is expected for a Spring 2006 release. Be there as Brill Building: The Movie changes the world of comics, blogs, cinema and pastrami sandwiches forever!
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