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September 17, 1997

Wednesday, 17 September 1997

Jodie Foster is set to direct and produce Flora Plum. Disney describes the picture as All About Eve set in a circus atmosphere. Some sample dialogue: Flora: "Fasten your seat belts, it's going to be a bumpy night!" Ringmaster: "That isn't the night. The elephants just walked through here!" OR Flora to the elephants: "I'm still not to be had for the price of a salted peanut!"

READER HOT BUTTON DU JOUR:
From Amy Taylor of the Northwest: One "Hot Button" I personally have, is spec scripts such as Cowboys and Aliens, or Earth Dick (no, not soft porn!), being purchased for six figures. I bet my 8-year-old could come up with a better idea than those, or at least a better title! In all honesty, however, I am certain if they were my clients, I would have laughed all the way to the bank!

Thanks for your thoughts, Amy. You'll be thrilled to read the next item.

The Thunderbirds is being prepped as a live-action film based on the hit 1960s U.K. TV series that featured marionettes as 21st century space heroes. The Hot Button's wooden casting suggestions: Jason Patric as Anyone Who Has To Talk, Shaquille O'Neal as Anyone Who's Not A Freak, Matthew McConaughey as Anyone Smart and Marky Mark Wahlberg's prosthetic device from Boogie Nights as The Ultimate Force Of Nature.

E-Mail Dave with the issues that get your button hot!

Posted by poland at September 17, 1997 08:37 PM

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