'Liman'cello

Doug Liman, the director behind "Swingers" and "The Bourne Identity" will produce an adaptation of Robert Girardi's novel, Vaporetto 13, an eerie romantic mystery set in a decaying Venice. The film's style is described as a cross between Fellini and Trainspotting. Dio mio! -- Amy

Is a P&P Romance Turning Rocky?

Although Keira Knightley and her beau, Rupert Friend (aka Wickham), were still together at the premiere of Pirates of the Caribbean 2: Dead Man's Chest, Friend's comments (as reported by the Daily Mirror) speak of trouble in paradise (or perhaps, his trouble with her spending time "working" in paradise with a tag-team of uber-hotties.) But I'm not one to gossip, of course. -- Amy

A Wonderful, Awful Idea

"Every Who down in Who-ville, the tall and the small,
Would stand close together, with Christmas bells ringing.
They'd stand hand-in-hand. And the Whos would start singing!"


Me thinks the pre-enlarged heart Grinch would be appalled by the news that a musical version of Dr. Suess's How the Grinch Stole Christmas is coming to Broadway. The show (which has previously played in San Diego) premieres at the Hilton Theater on Nov. 8 and runs through Jan. 7

Sounds cute. Let's hope the three words that best describe this AREN'T as follows, and I quote: "Stink. Stank. Stunk." -- Amy

Better than Blade Runner?

In an interview with Comingsoon.net, Keanu Reeves and Winona Ryder declare A Scanner Darkly the "best" adaptation of sci-fi author Phillip K. Dick. I hope they're right because that would make it a pretty good movie. Also, Keanu says "Wow" a couple times, among other things. --Kim

Running with Scissors Makes the Cut

Saw the Running with Scissors trailer earlier this afternoon and I thought it was tight. It has a Harold and Maude/Royal Tenenbaum-ish feel to it. I didn't picture any of the "characters" as they were cast, but if Annette Bening's performance is as good as it looks in the preview, the movie might easily turn out to be better than the memoir. --Kim

The Hottest Woman In Television Is Not a Desperate Housewife

It may sound like an alternate reality straight out of The Eyre Affair, but Britain's ITV will dedicate an entire season's worth of made-for-T.V. movies to Austen adaptations. Jane's faux-Gothic Northanger Abbey will be adapted for the screen by the exceptional Andrew Davies (Bleak House, The Way We Live Now) and filmed exclusively in Ireland rather than Bath. (More on that controversy here.) The season will also include adaptations of Mansfield Park and Persuasion. And if that isn't enough good news, Davies will adapt Sense and Sensibility for the BBC in '07. It's almost overwhelming. Just another reason Why We Love England. --Kim

"Depp Loves His Ham"

"Orlando eats everything... Depp's just one of the guys." On this morning's "Good Food," caterer Paul Kuzmich talked about spending months on a remote Caribbean island with the cast and crew of Pirates of the Caribbean II (pass the smelling salts, I'm feeling faint). You can listen to the recording here. --Kim