Ed Gorman Blog (Free subscription) | yesterday
... coined "Psycho Noir," or having an extremely warped and unreliable narrator. Give me Jason Starr, Dave Zeltserman, Allan Guthrie to name a few. I actually broached the subject with Jason Starr. He said he'd be interested--but he needed enough money to pay the rent. Unfortunately, he lives in Manhattan so our negotiations were not very successful. What attracted...
Quomodocumque (Free subscription) | 11/16/2009
Jason Starr, in comments, makes the excellent point that listing good things to do in talks helps society more than listing bad things. Here’s his list: Tell a joke. Answer good questions from the audience. Give a simple example before giving a difficult one. Explain some history. Explain why some famous problem is hard. Break the chalk so it doesn’t squeak. Repeat [...]
The Rap Sheet (Free subscription) | 11/15/2009
... Bret Easton Ellis ( Less Than Zero , American Psycho ) is going to pen an HBO-TV series based on Jason Starr’s 2007 novel, The Follower ? Starr seems content with that idea, at least. Maybe better than content. As he told the e-zine Hard Feelings in August , “I think, with [Ellis’] themes, subject matter and style, he’s had a tremendous influence, not...
The Rap Sheet (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
... us every time we would open an e-mail. Now I understand why Ken Bruen, Reed Farrel Coleman , and Jason Starr have been writing fiction together in recent years. You can read all of Pulp Serenade’s interview with Kohl and Beetner here . And the same blog has posted the excellent video trailer for One Too Many Blows to the Head .
Tomorrow Museum (Free subscription) | 10/31/2009
In addition to scripting a film about Theresa Duncan for Gus Van Sant, Bret Easton Ellis is working on “‘The Follower,’ an adaptation of Jason Starr’s 2008 crime novel. The series will be a satirical look at the romantic lives of a group of New Yorkers in their twenties, as seen from the point [...]
Vulture (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009
... Witherspoon is attached to star, produce and, for once, look tall. [ THR ] He's Watching You: Jason Starr 's crime novel The Follower will get the TV treatment by Bret Easton Ellis . HBO has signed up the novelist and screenwriter to pen the script for the drama about the dating lives of a group of twentysomething New Yorkers as seen through the eyes of a stalker. Finally, someone...
Variety.com (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009
Los Angeles: Author to adapt Starr's novel for series -- HBO and Lionsgate TV have set Bret Easton Ellis to pen a series adaptation of "The Follower," the stalker tale by crime novelist Jason Starr.
Televisionary (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009
... America announces their scheduling plans, I'll let you know. Novelist Bret Easton Ellis will adapt Jason Starr's novel "The Follower," about a group of twenty-something Manhattanites seen through the eyes of a stalker, for HBO. Project, from Lionsgate Television, will be executive produced by Jason Blum, Doug Davison, Roy Lee, and Geyer Kosinski. (Variety) Sasha Alexander...
Digital Spy (Free subscription) | 10/31/2009
American Psycho author Bret Easton Ellis is to write a new dramatic series for HBO.The 45-year-old scribe is slated to pen The Follower, an adaptation of a crime novel by Jason Starr, reports Variety. The satirical show will revolve around a stalker who follows the romantic lives of young New Yorkers.Paranormal Activity's Jason Blum has been tapped to executive produce the project...
