Mystery Lovers Rejoice, Industry Remains Oblivious...
The New Zealand web site starsparkle.org has apparently nabbed the first interview with author and director Seth W. Owen about his highly anticipated big screen adaptation of the Johnny Idaho detective series. The film isn’t set to make its debut until Automatic Vaudeville's Hi-Class Picture Show in November, but here (courtesy of starsparkle) is a first peek at what’s to come…
STARSPARKLE: Is it true? Is there really going to be a Johnny Idaho movie?
SETH W. OWEN: Absolutely. Absolutely true.
SS: Really? Because sometimes you guys are bullshitting. Sometimes I think everything you guys (Automatic Vaudeville) say is just a bunch of bullshit.
SWO: Well, that’s not the case here. No pun intended.
SS: I’m sorry?
SWO: Case. Like a detective solves a case…
SS: Of course. Speaking of which, will the film be based on one of the more well known Johnny Idaho stories? There has been some talk about Friday’s Nice Long Fade, for instance.
SWO: It’s actually a brand new serial, called The Dead Don’t Die. The stories will be published concurrently with the films in a brand new magazine, The Mysteriola Journal of Private Detection.
SS: Huh. Well, okay. Some fans are skeptical about the move from page to screen. Do you think there’s a danger, in adapting something that is already so well established…
SWO: No, what? Why? It’s fine. It’s not like this is The Da Vinci Code, for chrissakes. I mean, I’m directing it, I’m writing it, it’s gonna be a hot one… A lot of big AVS stars – we’re going to announce the full cast in about a month... A lot of girls. A lot of action.
SS: Fair enough. So now, you know I’ve got to ask… Everybody is wondering… Who is going to play Johnny Idaho?
SWO: What do you mean? I’m playing Johnny Idaho.
SS: Really? Are you sure that’s such a good idea?
SWO: Of course it’s a--- what the hell? I’m a good leading man. I deserve a decent franchise. So what if I have to go out and do it myself? I’m better than McConaughey. I’m better than goddamn Christian Bale.
SS: I dunno. Those guys are pretty ripped.
SWO: Yeah, well, a personal trainer costs money.
SS: And your nipples seem kinda weird.
SWO: Yeah, well… My nipples aren’t gonna be in this movie, okay?
SS: Okay. Touchy. Why not?
SWO: Because this movie is shot in a very innovative way, where the detective isn’t on screen all that much. It’s a little reminiscent of Robert Montgomery’s 1947 Phillip Marlowe experiment, The Lady in the Lake, with a lot of Point-of-View camerawork, only this time, you know, good…
SS: So a lot of voice over and stuff?
SWO: Yup.
SS: Black and white?
SWO: You betcha.
SS: Video?
SWO: Well, sure, I mean, budget limitations…
SS: Sounds a lot like Sin City.
SWO: Go fuck yourself.
SS: What? Sin City was awesome.
SWO: This is nothing like Sin City.
SS: Whatever you say. That movie rocked it. What about Clive Owen? You guys have the same last name. He could play Johnny Idaho.
SWO: (no response)
Thanks again to Starsparkle for the interview. Keep your eyes peeled for further Johnny Idaho developments.
STARSPARKLE: Is it true? Is there really going to be a Johnny Idaho movie?
SETH W. OWEN: Absolutely. Absolutely true.
SS: Really? Because sometimes you guys are bullshitting. Sometimes I think everything you guys (Automatic Vaudeville) say is just a bunch of bullshit.
SWO: Well, that’s not the case here. No pun intended.
SS: I’m sorry?
SWO: Case. Like a detective solves a case…
SS: Of course. Speaking of which, will the film be based on one of the more well known Johnny Idaho stories? There has been some talk about Friday’s Nice Long Fade, for instance.
SWO: It’s actually a brand new serial, called The Dead Don’t Die. The stories will be published concurrently with the films in a brand new magazine, The Mysteriola Journal of Private Detection.
SS: Huh. Well, okay. Some fans are skeptical about the move from page to screen. Do you think there’s a danger, in adapting something that is already so well established…
SWO: No, what? Why? It’s fine. It’s not like this is The Da Vinci Code, for chrissakes. I mean, I’m directing it, I’m writing it, it’s gonna be a hot one… A lot of big AVS stars – we’re going to announce the full cast in about a month... A lot of girls. A lot of action.
SS: Fair enough. So now, you know I’ve got to ask… Everybody is wondering… Who is going to play Johnny Idaho?
SWO: What do you mean? I’m playing Johnny Idaho.
SS: Really? Are you sure that’s such a good idea?
SWO: Of course it’s a--- what the hell? I’m a good leading man. I deserve a decent franchise. So what if I have to go out and do it myself? I’m better than McConaughey. I’m better than goddamn Christian Bale.
SS: I dunno. Those guys are pretty ripped.
SWO: Yeah, well, a personal trainer costs money.
SS: And your nipples seem kinda weird.
SWO: Yeah, well… My nipples aren’t gonna be in this movie, okay?
SS: Okay. Touchy. Why not?
SWO: Because this movie is shot in a very innovative way, where the detective isn’t on screen all that much. It’s a little reminiscent of Robert Montgomery’s 1947 Phillip Marlowe experiment, The Lady in the Lake, with a lot of Point-of-View camerawork, only this time, you know, good…
SS: So a lot of voice over and stuff?
SWO: Yup.
SS: Black and white?
SWO: You betcha.
SS: Video?
SWO: Well, sure, I mean, budget limitations…
SS: Sounds a lot like Sin City.
SWO: Go fuck yourself.
SS: What? Sin City was awesome.
SWO: This is nothing like Sin City.
SS: Whatever you say. That movie rocked it. What about Clive Owen? You guys have the same last name. He could play Johnny Idaho.
SWO: (no response)
Thanks again to Starsparkle for the interview. Keep your eyes peeled for further Johnny Idaho developments.
3 Comments:
i'll give you Bale but if you want to best McConaughey you need make a DRAGON PICTURE dude!!
(haha proof of McC's greatness in Reign Of Fire: i forgot Bale was in it too!!)
Thanks for your nice comments, "Jones." If others are interested in seeing me in a dragon-oriented franchise, please let us know! Also, here's a little almost-related trivia for you cineastes out there: in what 1996 film did Whoopi Goldberg play a police detective partnered with a sassy dinosaur?
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