Indie auteur David Gordon Green is drunk with power.
Having already illustrated his ability to tackle every genre known to man (from Southern indie-romance tales to full-blown action comedies – this summer’s “Pineapple Express” for Judd Apatow) with his chameleon-like screenwriting prowess (he’s tackling a horror remake of “Suspiria” next), the erstwhile indie filmmaker cum soon-to-be mainstream success has set his mad scientist-like ideas on the little people. Literally…
“I want to do a $100 million action movie, I want to do a horror movie, I want to do some weird medieval movie about a dwarf,” Green said with typical ADD zeal to Reelchannel.
Jigga, what? We mentioned a “medieval project” briefly in our “David Gordon Green Tries To Tackle Every Genre Known To Man” piece, and of course now the details are in.
“There’s a book called, ‘The Dwarves,’ that I want to make with [little person actor] Peter Dinklage that’s pretty awesome that we developed; another challenging movie.”
Mmmkay. But as he’s basically said a million times before: don’ try and pigeonhole him. “Ultimately [my filmmaking pals and I] a bunch of nerds that like making movies and it’s fun, regardless of if you’re making something harsh and gothic and bleak or if you’re making something where people are singing and dancing in the streets.”
What’s that a full-blown feature-length remake of Bowie and Jagger’s “Dancing In The Streets” video???
I just found yet another potential project mentioned in one of the seemingly hundreds of interviews he’s done for Snow Angels. A 3-camera kid’s show called “Don’t Mind if I Do” which he likens to “Full House” and “Perfect Strangers.” He’s also working on some online content with the Chapman Bros. of Homestar Runner fame.
http://www.collider.com/entertainment/interviews/article.asp/aid/7270/tcid/1
Stephen, you rule. Remind me to give you full props on this follow-up, whenever i get to it.
i appreciate your contributions.
No problem, glad to help. I’ve been on a huge DGG kick as of late and reading every interview I can get my hands on…and it just so happens he mentions a brand new project in every damn one of ’em. If I didn’t know better, I’d think he was just messing with people. Then again, I thought he might be messing with people when he announced he was making “Pineapple Express”…