Rod Lurie has signed on to write and direct an event series for Fox about the Boston Marathon bombing. The untitled project, which is in development, is based on the best-selling book Long Mile Home, by Boston Globe reporters Scott Helman and Jenna Russell, members of the paper’s team that won a Pulitzer Prize for their reporting on the bombing. The book, a la The Bridge Of San Luis Rey, focuses on the real-life stories of five people whose lives are changed forever in two deafening blasts at the finish line of the 2013 Boston Marathon. It follows the heartbreak, terror and triumph on Boston’s tragic Marathon day and the week that followed. Basil Iwanyk, producer of We Are Marshall and executive producer of The Expendables franchise, will produce through his Thunder Road production company. He and Kent Kubena, who’s filming Gods Of Egypt, will shepherd the project for Thunder Road.
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Whoa, too soon.
ReplyDeleteI know I should be used to stuff like this by now, but this is too soon. It just screams "Hey let's make money off of this tragedy while it's still in peoples minds". Am I being oversensitive?
ReplyDelete"Too soon"
ReplyDeleteTwo words that, when combined, don't exist in the entertainment industry's vocabulary.
In all honesty, I've been surprised this hasn't happened earlier, although I was expecting a documentary movie as this doesn't seem to have "renewable" screaming from it, and I know broadcast networks get their big-time cash from the renewable projects.
If I'm not mistaken PBS had a documentary about it..
ReplyDeleteNo. In fact I'm willing to go as far as to say I think real-life tragedies should *never* be used for entertainment where the purpose is to make money. A documentary made for the purpose of telling the story, sure. A documentary made for the purpose of making money off the story? I think that's insensitive altogether. But maybe that's just me.
ReplyDeleteI won't be watching this for i certainly don't need a refresher on what happened..
ReplyDeleteNo, just no.
ReplyDeleteEspecially not from FOX, I don't trust the company that also includes earths most disgusting news network to create a 'fair and balanced' documentary (see what I did there ? Come at me Varney)
I don't see how they can possibly make that an entertaining show.
ReplyDeleteDocumentary is different, though.
ReplyDeleteI'm personally inclined to disagree with this. The fact is, most things are produced for profit (movies, TV, books etc). I believe it is possible for someone to produce entertainment that looks to real life tragedies for inspiration while being completely respectful of the actual tragedy, even if the execs behind it don't particularly care. And I think that is the critical part; that the material is produced with respect for the tragedy in mind.
ReplyDeleteI'm not necessarily trying to defend this; a production coming just one year after the event doesn't necessarily scream respect to me, especially since this seems to be spearheaded by the execs instead of someone unrelated to the execs who has come up with a take on the event. My point is that it isn't a black and white matter. Just think of how many amazing films, television and literature we would not have today if we never used real life tragedies for inspiration.
Too soon FOX, too soon....
ReplyDeleteBad taste FOX really bad taste!
ReplyDeleteDammit I can't compete against that comment! :P Good argumentation, sir! :D Nice to see someone using logic and facts in comments on the Internet rather than stereotypically calling me an idiot. Kudos! :P
ReplyDeleteI think that there should be a longer grace period before making certain movies, but I'm not even sure what to set as an appropriate timeframe. Tragedies like The Titanic, are made into movies all the time and we don't object. So are movies about the tragic events surrounding natural disasters, WWII, or movies about the life of a serial killer or a the tragic life of certain celebrities (e.g. Marilyn Monroe, etc) and in most cases, people don't seem to find them exploitative.. But it also seems to depend on the nature of the tragedy; people tend to be more desensitized when tragedies don't happen close to home. So maybe it just comes down to instinct and common sense, when deciding whether it's appropriate to make these movies. Personally, I also think I that a movie about the Boston Bombings is too early.
ReplyDeleteYep,I know i was responding to what SSDROID said about expecting a documentary..
ReplyDeletePlease tell me this is someone not realizing it's called "April's fools" not "May's fools." Poor taste, too soon, and frankly unless they announce all revenue generated is going to the Boston One Fund then they're profiteering.
ReplyDeleteOh, my bad, then.
ReplyDeleteUgg FOX this is twice this week you irked me! Way too soon for something like this. Very bad taste IMO.
ReplyDeleteBad idea. Who is working at these networks anymore?!?!?!
ReplyDeleteUmmmm.... No. Just no.
ReplyDeleteI feel like in a lot of cases America generally does things "too soon" I mean, there's no real sensitivity. Like celebrating Osama Bin Laden's death, which is in pretty poor taste imo.
ReplyDeleteThis is in really bad taste. They shouldn't do it.
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