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John Hillcoat directing "Blood Meridian" film
Posted on 4/28/23 at 2:06 pm
Posted on 4/28/23 at 2:06 pm
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New Regency is adapting Pulitzer Prize winner Cormac McCarthy’s Blood Meridian, widely considered one of the greatest works of American literature, as a feature film. John Hillcoat set to direct.
The film will be produced by New Regency, Black Bear Pictures’ Keith Redmon, and Hillcoat. McCarthy and his son, John Francis McCarthy, will serve as executive producers.
Published in 1985, the novel is an epic tale of the violence and depravity that attended America’s westward expansion, brilliantly subverting the conventions of the Western novel and the mythology of the Wild West. Based on historical events that took place on the Texas-Mexico border in the 1850s, it traces the fortunes of the Kid, a 14-year-old Tennesseean who stumbles into a nightmarish world where Indians are being murdered and the market for their scalps is thriving.
New Regency is adapting Pulitzer Prize winner Cormac McCarthy’s Blood Meridian, widely considered one of the greatest works of American literature, as a feature film. John Hillcoat set to direct.
The film will be produced by New Regency, Black Bear Pictures’ Keith Redmon, and Hillcoat. McCarthy and his son, John Francis McCarthy, will serve as executive producers.
Published in 1985, the novel is an epic tale of the violence and depravity that attended America’s westward expansion, brilliantly subverting the conventions of the Western novel and the mythology of the Wild West. Based on historical events that took place on the Texas-Mexico border in the 1850s, it traces the fortunes of the Kid, a 14-year-old Tennesseean who stumbles into a nightmarish world where Indians are being murdered and the market for their scalps is thriving.
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Posted on 4/28/23 at 2:25 pm to Marciano1
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John Hillcoat directing "Blood Meridian" film
NO....FREAKING....WAY!!!
Posted on 4/28/23 at 2:26 pm to Marciano1
The success of this will depend almost entirely on who they cast as Judge Holden.
Posted on 4/28/23 at 2:39 pm to Ham Solo
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The success of this will depend almost entirely on who they cast as Judge Holden.
From the earlier thread this week about Blood Meridian, there was a lot of speculation as to who could play Judge Holden. It might sound crazy...but could Vince Vaughn pull it off? He's mostly comedic...but he has played some dark characters before. He's 6'5...reports of the purported history of the real Judge Holden was that he was estimated to be around 6'6. Now...he was an albino, so that doesn't match Vaughn's complexion...still.
Posted on 4/28/23 at 2:46 pm to madmaxvol
I think I'd put David Harbour as the favorite for the role... aside from "the field" because I think someone mostly unknown is the most likely.
Posted on 4/28/23 at 2:46 pm to madmaxvol
Posted on 4/28/23 at 3:35 pm to Marciano1
That’s crazy, the other thread on here got me to start reading the book. It’s the most brutal shite I’ve ever read in my life! Death on every page.
Posted on 4/28/23 at 3:49 pm to Stonehog
Nick Offerman isn't tall enough, but he could pull it off otherwise and forced perspective can negate the height issues a lot of the time.
Posted on 4/28/23 at 3:56 pm to Marciano1
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Blood Meridian, widely considered one of the greatest works of American literature
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It’s the most brutal shite I’ve ever read in my life! Death on every page.
Amazon must have sent me the wrong book.
Posted on 4/28/23 at 4:00 pm to LSUBoo
I think Michael Shannon would be great for this movie, not necessarily Holden but find a place for him. Glanton maybe.
Edit: didn’t realize it when I made this post but Hillcoat directed George & Tammy, which starred Michael Shannon. Make it happen!
Edit: didn’t realize it when I made this post but Hillcoat directed George & Tammy, which starred Michael Shannon. Make it happen!
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Posted on 4/28/23 at 4:20 pm to Marciano1
quote:mccarthy is almost 90 years old now. i guess its now or never to get this movie made with his input. hillcoat directed "the road" which i thought was very good despite the unnecessary addition of the scenes with the wife
McCarthy and his son, John Francis McCarthy, will serve as executive producers
Posted on 4/28/23 at 4:27 pm to Marciano1
Please get it right
Posted on 4/28/23 at 4:59 pm to madmaxvol
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Now...he was an albino, so that doesn't match Vaughn's complexion...still.
They better cast someone without skin pigment for albino representation.
Posted on 4/28/23 at 5:05 pm to Marciano1
Pretty meh director
Posted on 4/28/23 at 6:56 pm to Marciano1
Holy. shite.
If there’s one director that can pull off Blood Meridian, it’s Hillcoat. Unfortunately, I think the Judge is uncastable. How could anyone pull that off?
If there’s one director that can pull off Blood Meridian, it’s Hillcoat. Unfortunately, I think the Judge is uncastable. How could anyone pull that off?
Posted on 4/28/23 at 6:59 pm to WicKed WayZ
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Pretty meh director
He’s had some duds recently, but The Proposition has exactly the tone we need
Posted on 4/28/23 at 7:04 pm to Carson123987
Posted on 4/28/23 at 8:21 pm to DukeSilver
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Please get it right
Posted on 4/28/23 at 9:59 pm to Marciano1
They’ll have to rate this X.
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