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COMPANY OF WOLVES' Neil Jordan Brings Us (Hopefully Hot) Mother/Daughter Vampires In BYZANTIUM!!
Merrick here...
Neil Jordan, who brought us THE CRYING GAME way back in 1992 (was it that long ago?) and subsequently adapted Anne Rice's INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE to star Brad Pitt and Tom Cruise, is returning to the realm of the fangtastic with BYZANTIUM, which'll star Saoirse Ronan and Gemma Arterton.
The original script is penned by Moira Buffini and details the story of a mother vampire who turns her own daughter into a vampire and the pair form a lethal partnership, sometimes posing as sisters.
...says THIS piece in THR.
I know many 'round these parts don't share my opinion...decidedly so, in fact...but I've been enjoying the hell out of Jordan's THE BORGIAS on Showtime - the series is about to conclude its first season and was recently picked up for a second. I'm a few weeks behind at the moment, but so far Jordan's written every episode of the show and directed a few installments as well as Executive Producing. Wondering how BYZANTIUM will affect his involvement with THE BORGIAS' upcoming season - if at all? Interestingly, I've yet to see THE BORGIAS mentioned in any of the pieces I've encountered about BYZANTIUM. Wonder what that's about?
I am such a pathetic, unrepentant meganerd that the moment I saw the title BYZANTIUM I jumped to The Doctor, River Song, Bishop Second Class Octavian, and his squad of militarized clerics facing down Weeping Angels in the wreckage of a downed starliner. If you don't know what I'm talking about? You should. If you do know what I'm talking about? I love you. That is all.
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did you wish really hard?
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May 16, 2011, 9:09 a.m. CST
"I am such a pathetic, unrepentant meganerd that the moment I saw the title BYZANTIUM..."
by buggerbugger
...I jumped to the First Doctor, Ian, Barbara and Vicki visiting the actual city of Byzantium in 64AD, ergo I out-meganerd you.
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gawwd...i still love that movie...
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For a minute I thought that byzantium was the rare mineral that they were after in RTT, but it was actually byzanium. Weird huh...
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But it's ok.. AICN stopped being relevant when it became 'WHORES-R-US' sales brokers instead of actually attempting to report cutting/bleeding edge news :( *cry*
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Seer-sheh Irish for 'freedom'. Her middle name is Una; Irish for 'unity'. Basically her folks vote Sinn Féin.
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It's too bad he hasn't had more success. I thought after Interview with teh Vampire he would get huge but unfortunately that's the last thing I've seen from him.
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either, phlegmzubal!
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Thank you for the info....... bobwalnut..... I got it. That's all that counts. If you don't get it google and learns yo ass som-thang.
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May 16, 2011, 11:30 a.m. CST
what happened to Jordan's involvement with "The Killings on Carnival Row"?
by ragingfluff
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Saoirse is quite a common girl's name in Ireland, as is Una; the names carry no political overtones ... what you're saying is nonsense and proves that a little knowledge is a dangerous thing... I mean, Donald Trump's name means "World Ruler", and so that's obviously nothing to do with - hang on a second!
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That is no country for old men.
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Good God, a Yeats reference!
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What ever happened to her?
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He's one of the few actual ADULTS making genre films, rather than ADD-riddled boys with a case of arrested development.
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Dax has been ill and retired for sometime, but she has a Facebook page - like most of the planet. She spends more time in her garden now than the wet dreams of teenage males.
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If you haven't been watching the Showtime series, you've really been missing some fucking awesome dark mafia style religious shit... Last episode next week!
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I never get tired of vampires, AS LONG AS 1.) the story is kick-ass enough and 2.) they bring the sexy and the gory (with some sexy for us hetero men in there included... like True Blood, and, unlike, say, Anne Rice)
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glad i derailed this TB. wheres the "cool" news?
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of The Graveyard Book? Besides, I'm hesitant to call this vampire movie a great story outside of the concept. Seems like it'll be a female version of Interview, complete with mopiness and existential crises.
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She single handedly destroys the plague that is Disney and Nickolodean. Plus, she growing up very nicely. Gonna be smoking hot. Her choice in directors is impeccable. Wright, Jackson, Weir, now Jordan. Impressive.
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Interview with the Vampire was a fantastic film, one of the few books I love that was turned into a film I love.. can't wait for this, those are two incredibly talented actresses and both gorgeous, one in an ethereal non sexual way of course. I love all the Rice books, especially the witching hour, and while there is plenty of homoerotic undertones to her vampire work there is still PLENTY of hetero sex to be had throughout her work. Witching Hour, Belinda, lot of the vampire chronicles (Lestat is always falling in love with this woman or that woman with always some sort of kinky sex involved) and of course all her erotica- Exit to Eden, Sleeping Beauty trilogy...
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