wader-dad
04-20-2009, 07:11 PM
I read David Kinney's new book--The Big One: An Island, an Obsession, and the Furious Pursuit of a Great Fish. Dave is a Pulitzer Prize winning newspaper guy who is a surfcaster. The book is great.
It sort of centers around the 2007 MV Derby and Lev Wlodyka's yo yo belly 57 pound bass- but it is much more than that. It is sort of like Robert Post's book Reading the Water in that it tells about Vineyard legendary fisherman but its all wrapped up around the derby craziness. It is intended as a book for broad national appeal in that it tells of what happens on the Vineyard after Labor Day. It tries to explain the insane, obsessive striped bass world we live in.
Kinney sold his movie rights to Dreamworks and Spielberg- who wants to do another Vineyard big fish movie. Although they buy alot of stuff It looks like it may happen. Big shot producers are working on it. The following is from Variety:
DreamWorks has acquired screen rights to the book "The Big One: An Island, an Obsession and the Furious Pursuit of a Great Fish" for mid- against high-six figures.
Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci will produce through their first-look deal with the studio. They are looking for a scribe to adapt it.
The book chronicles the annual Striped Bass and Bluefish Tournament Derby. Held on Martha's Vineyard, it's the most celebrated fishing tournament on the East Coast and pays a $30,000 grand prize. Kinney observed overly competitive 9-year-olds, cheating scandals and heated rivalries between neighbors.
Book was bought preemptively by DreamWorks co-prexy Holly Bario, a Martha's Vineyard native. Kurtzman and Orci, who just scripted the big-scale "Star Trek" and, with Ehren Kruger, wrote "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen," sparked more to the characters than the fishing.
"We've been looking for a way to tell a pure character story," Orci said. "The people of the Vineyard are like a giant extended family, until this odd period of time when they turn against one another in competition. It's funny and heartbreaking."
So I think we should get some S-B guys to play the lead roles in the movie. They don't need some Hollywood types. Redlite can play Lev, Larry- Big Fish can play Zeb Tilton and Clammer can play #^&#^&#^&#^& Hathaway. Anybody know anyone at Dreamworks?
It sort of centers around the 2007 MV Derby and Lev Wlodyka's yo yo belly 57 pound bass- but it is much more than that. It is sort of like Robert Post's book Reading the Water in that it tells about Vineyard legendary fisherman but its all wrapped up around the derby craziness. It is intended as a book for broad national appeal in that it tells of what happens on the Vineyard after Labor Day. It tries to explain the insane, obsessive striped bass world we live in.
Kinney sold his movie rights to Dreamworks and Spielberg- who wants to do another Vineyard big fish movie. Although they buy alot of stuff It looks like it may happen. Big shot producers are working on it. The following is from Variety:
DreamWorks has acquired screen rights to the book "The Big One: An Island, an Obsession and the Furious Pursuit of a Great Fish" for mid- against high-six figures.
Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci will produce through their first-look deal with the studio. They are looking for a scribe to adapt it.
The book chronicles the annual Striped Bass and Bluefish Tournament Derby. Held on Martha's Vineyard, it's the most celebrated fishing tournament on the East Coast and pays a $30,000 grand prize. Kinney observed overly competitive 9-year-olds, cheating scandals and heated rivalries between neighbors.
Book was bought preemptively by DreamWorks co-prexy Holly Bario, a Martha's Vineyard native. Kurtzman and Orci, who just scripted the big-scale "Star Trek" and, with Ehren Kruger, wrote "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen," sparked more to the characters than the fishing.
"We've been looking for a way to tell a pure character story," Orci said. "The people of the Vineyard are like a giant extended family, until this odd period of time when they turn against one another in competition. It's funny and heartbreaking."
So I think we should get some S-B guys to play the lead roles in the movie. They don't need some Hollywood types. Redlite can play Lev, Larry- Big Fish can play Zeb Tilton and Clammer can play #^&#^&#^&#^& Hathaway. Anybody know anyone at Dreamworks?