Word: laurentiises
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Maybe Gladiator got Hollywood jazzed on the ancient world or maybe the inspiration is the surprise success of My Big Fat Greek Wedding. Either way, half the directors in town are set on making movies about the storied hero of the big fat Macedonian empire, ALEXANDER THE GREAT. The man...
This year's attempt to improve the Oscars tried to do so by removing the things we hate about the show. That was the problem. We want the things we hate about the show. The dirty secret is that we want the Academy Awards to be boring - we want, and...
...produced Manhunter, the 1986 adaptation of Harris' Red Dragon, in which Lecter made his first screen appearance in the form of actor Brian Cox. Manhunter didn't perform at the box office, so De Laurentiis later passed on Silence. Should you get invited to the De Laurentiises' for dinner, don't bring that...
Harris finally turned in Hannibal in 1999. De Laurentiis quickly bought the book for $10 million. "Worth every penny!" says De Laurentiis, whose English is obscured by his ornate Italian accent. After six decades in the movie industry (his credits include La Strada, Barbarella and the 1990 remake of The...
Critics bruised the novel pretty badly, but Hopkins got a kick out of it: "I thought it was way over the top but interesting." Foster wasn't so taken. Early on, De Laurentiis refused to pay her $20 million asking price, then after she read the screenplay, she opted out...