Perhaps this won’t go anywhere since I don’t know if studios like Disney habitually spend over $100,000 on scripts they don’t use, but the news from Variety.com is that The Big Ears has purchased a spec script for a cartoon about Adam and Eve. Satan tries to break them up, and Adam chases Eve through a modern city in a romantic comedy with biblical references.
This reminds me of a NY Times article on the film Evan Almighty, which says the producers are reaching out to churches to promote their film. Sara Ivry reports, “]The Passion of the Christ] demonstrated just how many evangelical moviegoers there are and how much money can be made from them.” Monkeying around with sacred stories won’t do it, not for me. For comedies, Universal should take stab at adapting Joe LaFlam. It could be the beginning of a beautiful friendship, Louis, if you know what I mean.
Not to mention the eminently cinematic novels of Lars Walker.
This is funny, I just posted this on my site. I am actually going to one of those Evan Almighty free screenings. Its a free movie!
Bill, you’ll have to tell us what you think about Evan Almighty. I enjoyed Bruce Almighty, but I had to be encouraged to see it. It looked blasphemous on its face, but when I gave it a chance, it was fun. Evan appears to have a lame storyline, so I have less hope for it.