Studio:
Unknown.
Production Company:
Phoenix Pictures.
Project Phase: Development Hell.
Who's In It:
Sean Penn.
Who's Making It:
Jerry Kromolowski (Director); Jerry Kromolowski, Mary Olson-Kromolowski (Screenwriters); Michael Fitzgerald,
Gene Kirkwood, Mike Medavoy, Sean Penn (Producers); based on the novel by William Faulkner.
Premise: A family struggles through trials and tribulations to honor the dying wish of their mother, who wanted to be buried in her hometown.
Release Date: Unknown.
Comments: An amazing literary masterpiece where each chapter is told from a different character's perspective. What you see through one character's eyes may only gain meaning several chapters later, when seen by another character. It will be interesting to see them interpret that same feeling to the screen. The project has been described as a "dark comedy," but I find it hard to swallow it as such. Far too tragic. Even though Vardaman's mother is fish.
Rumors: Unknown.
Scoop Feedback:
[Page draft submitted by 'Widgett'.]
January 30, 1998... Shooting is expected to begin late this spring in Oxford, Mississippi. [Scoop submitted by 'Widgett'.]
June 15 - September 1, 1998... Jack Nicholson and Leonardo DiCaprio have been rumored to have joined the cast but these rumors later prove to be false. It is also being reported that the production has now re-shifted its schedule so that filming will commence this coming fall. [Originally appeared in Cinematter; reported by 'Widgett'.]