There’s seemingly so much to cover out there at the moment and yet some of it feels slightly inconsequential. We’re sort of tapped out too. So here’s some stories in brief.
The former owners of a multiplex in Aspen, Colo., now own the rights to Ingmar Bergman’s entire film library? Or maybe not. It’s a convoluted tale and smells pretty fishy. [NYTimes]
Roman Polanski’s new political thriller “Ghost” now starring Ewan McGregor, Pierce Brosnan, Kim Cattrall, Tom Wilkinson, Jim Belushi and Olivia Williams begins shooting in Germany in two weeks. It’s being funded by Summit Entertainment who are evidently putting those “Twilight” dollars to good use for once. [AICN]
Chrysler is underwriting “Terminator Salvation”? Is John Connor (Christian Bale) going to be riding around in a beat-up K car? Has it come to this? [ComingSoon]
Amidst criticism in Mumbai about romanticizing slums and peddling begging rackets, prostitution and crime as “Indian exotica,” Danny Boyle says ‘Slumdog’ is “imperfect,” perhaps to appease some of these critics. Will this effect his Oscar chances? Hopefully not. [Reuters]
“500 Days of Summer” director Marc Webb is adapting of a book called “The Spectacular Now.” “It’s a really fantastic novel about a 17 year old charm monger who drinks too much. And it’s about how he’s negotiating the world of growing up.” Sounds like Webb still loves the world of tweens. [/Film]
There was a fistfight at Sundance within the industry. Variety critic John Anderson is apparently not to be fucked with. That’s a little badass, but we dunno, if we wrote for Variety, we probably wouldn’t go around slapping people out, even people as potentially obnoxious producer (and ‘Big Lebowski’ inspiration) Jeff Dowd. [Spoutblog]
The very entertaining tale of Sundance, Jeffrey Wells and the lost cowboy hat. Note: hats do not supersede credit cards in the real world. [Vulture]