2007

News From Chuck About Choke at Sundance & Survivor Movie

Dennis — Sun, 09 Dec 2007 01:28:22 -0500

Test2. I've been trading emails back and forth with Chuck this week about various things. First he shot me an update on "Choke" and its status at The Sundance Film Festival this year:

Hello Dennis --

Turns out that "Choke" will get five showings at Sundance. The 21th through the 25th in different venues.

There's more to that email that I can't show you yet. ::evil grin::

Next, I asked Chuck about Francis Lawrence's (director of I Am Legend) recent quote about Survivor being his next project:

It's been a long while since I heard their statement of 'Survivor' as next-in-line. But they did recently re-buy the option for a new period of time.

The recent purchase Chuck talks about was a few months ago I believe. Which would definitely seem to back Lawrence's quote and intent. Hmm, looks like we could have a go-er here after all.

Time will tell.

Chuck Palahniuk Teaching At The 2008 Clarion West Writers Workshop

Dennis — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 14:13:34 -0500

Attention Writers: Chuck Palahniuk will be teaching the final week at the 2008 Clarion West Writers Workshop. Here is some information about the workshop from their official site:

Francis Lawrence Back On Board Survivor Movie?

Dennis — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 14:13:34 -0500

First Image Of Sam Rockwell In Choke

Dennis — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 14:13:34 -0500

The boys over at Twitch got the first still of Sam Rockwell in Choke!

With the announcement that Choke will be debuting at The Sundance Film Festival last week, you can bet we'll be seeing many more screenshots popping in soon.

Can't wait!

Choke Gets Into Sundance 2008!

Dennis — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 14:13:34 -0500

I actually knew about this last week, via an email from Chuck, but I wasn't sure I should post about it just yet. But seeing as how the news hit the internet yesterday about the 2008 Sundance Film Festival line-up, I figure you should all know. Here's the direct quote from Chuck:

The great news of last week was "Choke" got one of the slots for Sundance. It will most likely premier Jan. 17th thru 23. Clark Gregg and Beau Flynn are flying high because their film got one of the 16 slots available for 3700+ films submitted.

Pre-Order Snuff, Chuck's Upcoming Novel!

Dennis — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 16:05:01 -0500

Well, in the wee hours of the night, when I wasn't looking, the pre-order page for Chuck's next book Snuff made it's way onto Amazon.com. It's slated to be released on May 20th, 2008. As always though, this information could change. Though I doubt it will.

Chelsea Cain Interviewed by Chuck Palahniuk

Dennis — Sat, 22 Sep 2007 17:05:01 -0400

Another author has broken onto the scene from the midst of Monday night workshops with none other than Chuck Palahniuk. First it was Monica Drake. Now comes Chelsea Cain, whose debut novel Heartsick is a dark thriller about a detective tracking a serial killer whose snatching teenage girls up off the streets of Portland. Check out Chuck's praise for the book:

"With Gretchen Lowell, Chelsea Cain gives us the most compelling, most original serial killer since Hannibal Lecter." - Chuck Palahniuk

Chelsea's publishers were nice enough to send us some hardcovers of the book. And in just reading the first page, it's safe to say I'm already hooked. But wait, it gets better. Chuck and Chelsea shared a sort of interview/discussion about writing. The full piece can be found on the audio book of 'Heartsick'.

Invisible Monsters Movie Announced?

Dennis — Sun, 05 Aug 2007 00:14:33 -0400

This may be nothing, but Invisible Monsters popped up on the IMDB last week here: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0756666/. This project has long been in development with newcomer Jesse Peyronel behind the helm as writer and director. Jesse had a lot of success with a short film before impressing Chuck Palahniuk and his agent with his screenplay adaptation of Invisible Monsters. In fact, Chuck was so impressed that he fully endorsed Jesse's optioning of the project for one year to try and raise the money for it. It was during this year that all the rumors started. The one that stuck the most was that Jessica Biel would be starring as Shannon. Then Parker Posey's name began popping up too. And pretty soon, even Miramax Films had entered the mix. But when the year was up, and the option ran out, it seemed Monsters was no closer to a greenlight.

MTV On The Set Of Choke

Dennis — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 17:05:01 -0400

*Photo: MTV News

Josh Horowitz, an editor for MTV movies, contacted me this morning after he had the chance to visit the set of Chuck Palahniuk's latest movie adaptation 'Choke'. This is a fun little report, with lots of big details mentioned about the production. I won't spoil any of them for you here. Just go ahead and read Josh's report. I think you'll be smiling wide by the time you've finished.

On The 'Choke' Set With Chuck Palahniuk, Sam Rockwell...

Choke Movie Begins Shooting!

Dennis — Sun, 15 Jul 2007 00:14:33 -0400

Some of those articles we saw appear online and on The Cult yesterday already mentioned this, but I have an inside scoop about the shooting of 'Choke' that began last week from someone who was actually there and witnessed it all.

From Angry Ritch (on MySpace):