Famed comic artist Will Eisner will find another one of his works headed to the big screen, though in much lower budget form that the multi-million disaster that was “The Spirit.”
Announced at Comic-Con, Eisner’s semi-autobiographical graphic novel “A Contract With God” will be given a live action adaptation with four directors at the helm: Alex Rivera (“Sleep Dealer”), Tze Chun (“Children of Invention”), Barry Jenkins (“Medicine for Melancholy”) and Sean Baker (“Prince of Broadway”). Each director will take a separate chapter of the book which “recounts Eisner’s memories of growing up in a New York City tenement.”
Darren Dean (who also wrote “Prince Of Broadway, our review is here) will write and produce the project, while being overseen by the Eisner estate. No word yet on a production start date or casting, but don’t expect any big names.
FYI: Barry Jenkins directed one of the best films of 2009. (EIC disagrees with that assessment, but IIRC there's one or two Playlist members who don't.)
Also, not sure why this site would slag off an explosion-less indie project announced at Comic-Con in the midst of dozens of action tentpoles assaulting people in 3D.
Yeah I think people who follow this site might be familiar with Jenkins at the very least. I didn't know the other three by name but I know of their films. I'd agree with Alex in saying Medicine for Melancholy is a really fantastic film.
Breathlessly reporting on what the fucking Green Lantern's suit will look like and giving a snarky little thing about something that sounds cool? That's The Playlist, alright.
That was a tiny bit harsh, even for anonymous internet comments. Sorry.
At the risk of getting fired, I'm going to out myself as The Playlister who likes Medicine for Melancholy.
It's an outrageous rip-off of Before Sunrise/Vendredi Soir, but it's beautifully shot, engagingly acted and the soundtrack is absolutely aces (Au Revoir Simone, The Answering Machine, Casiotone For The Painfully Alone etc)
I hope Green Lantern is in this!
Sleep Dealer was a pretty enjoyable low budget scifi