In director Peter Weir's wonderful 1998 dramedy "The Truman Show," Truman Burbank (Jim Carrey) is an affable insurance salesman who quietly yearns for a life less ordinary. He resides in an idealized vision of suburbia with white picket fences and perfectly manicured lawns, unaware it's all a massive set for a TV show about him. Extras roam the streets while hidden cameras monitor his every move 24/7. Even Truman's best friend and wife are really actors who gaslight him when he finally starts to notice the cracks in the walls of his "perfect" life.
Despite the timing of its release, "The Truman Show" didn't originate as a reaction to what was then the cottage industry of reality TV. In an interview with Vanity Fair to mark the film's 20th anniversary in 2018, writer Andrew Niccol explained how his script began with a fear that had plagued him since a very young age:...
Despite the timing of its release, "The Truman Show" didn't originate as a reaction to what was then the cottage industry of reality TV. In an interview with Vanity Fair to mark the film's 20th anniversary in 2018, writer Andrew Niccol explained how his script began with a fear that had plagued him since a very young age:...
- 8/17/2022
- by Sandy Schaefer
- Slash Film
DreamWorks has optioned Scott B. Smith's novel The Ruins for Ben Stiller and Stuart Cornfeld's studio-based Red Hour Films to produce. As part of the seven-figure deal, Smith, the Oscar-nominated scribe behind A Simple Plan, has been tapped to adapt his novel for the screen. The project is set in the jungles of the Yucatan, with something evil living among the ruins. Stiller and Cornfeld brought Ruins to recently installed production head Adam Goodman, who will oversee development along with production executives David Beaubaire and Grey Rembert. Smith's Ruins is scheduled to be published late next year by Alfred A. Knopf. Smith is repped by the Lynn Pleshette Literary Agency's Lynn Pleshette and Michael Cendejas along with publishing agent Gail Hochman at Brandt & Hochman. His other credits include the scripts American Gothic, El Cid and Riverside Drive.
- 5/11/2004
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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