Charlie Kaufman and Spike Jonze Release New Film; More new script Kaufman, Frank or Francis
Charlie Kaufman and Spike Jonze, director and writer, respectively, of Being John Malkovich and Adaptation., Are launching a new film in Hollywood. Although the script has been written yet, you can be sure that it incorporates some type of goal or premise of the mind meltingly awesome.
Hit the jump for more information on both projects.According to the Los Angeles Times, two people familiar with the project say that in recent weeks has been making the rounds of independent financial advisors. The plot is kept secret, but appears to be independent of the writing of Kaufman Franco and Francisco, who has been working since the end of Synecdoche, New York in 2008.
, Which received four Oscar nominations, including Best Actor, Actress, Supporting Actor and Best Adapted Screenplay. Being John Malkovich, his first outing together, was also nominated for an Oscar for best screenplay and best director.Kaufman and Jonze last collaboration was in 2002 with the adaptation.
Kaufman took the chair instead of directing his first time and created his most elaborate, goal, and unconventional film to date.In 2008, Jonze is set to direct Synecdoche, Kaufman had written, but passed to Where the Wild Things.
Frank or Francis is a commercially successful director who resents her success and wish to be considered an author. As Kaufman’s films seem to get more and more complex, the new script seems to be an exception. This would be the opposite of Kaufman’s life, which in fact is considered an author and has no commercial hits to talk immensely (he did some work rewriting Kung Fu Panda 2).
As Shirley in the Community, said, “Come on, Charlie Kaufman. Some of us work in the morning.”Kaufman has written at least one of his films, adaptation., With great success, and if anyone knows how to assemble a movie about a movie where the character is the writer, but is also a character in a film about his film , Kaufman is the writer … … or maybe the character.
Frank or Francis was established as a project for Sony, but according to sources close to the script, which does not appear to be moving on it at the moment. Meanwhile, neither Jonze and Kaufman have other future projects that are linked to, so that their collaboration together, may very well be the next thing to work