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5 September 2008 12:01 AM, PDT | From GetTheBigPicture.net | See recent Get The Big Picture news

I was fortunate enough to check out Choke earlier this week, and as you may know, it's the adaptation of a book by Chuck Palahniuk, who has not seen another of his works hit the big screen since Fight Club. That's nearly impossible to believe, since Fight Club was nine years ago.

Choke stars the obscenely underrated Sam Rockwell as a sex addict who, in order to pay for an expensive nursing facility for his mother, makes extra money by choking on food in restaurants and falling in the laps of the richest diners available. The hope is that they'll feel such a strong connection with the person they saved, that they'll chip in and help him with "emergency dental surgery" or some other excuse he can come up with to con them.

His real job is as a historical interpreter, basically a character at a colonial-themed village. So that's the set-up,

Colin Boyd

2 September 2008 9:40 AM, PDT | From TwitchFilm.net | See recent Twitch news

So, I’m about to disappear into the vortex of the Toronto International Film Festival, which will eat waking moment of my time for the next two weeks or so, but before I disappear, here’s a bit of news too good to not mention.

That there are a host of Chuck Palahniuk novels wending their way through development to become feature films is not exactly news.  At one point - I believe shortly before Rant was published - it was widely reported that every single book the Fight Club author had written had been optioned by someone, somewhere, and the only real question was which would come first.  Two answers.

One, Francis Lawrence is currently working on Survivor.  Also not exactly news, but a fact that makes me happy.  It’s one of my favorites and I think Lawrence will do well with it. 

Two, a mystery Swede has

Todd Brown

1 September 2008 12:10 PM, PDT | From bloody-disgusting.com | See recent Bloody-Disgusting.com news

Some big news comes in this morning regarding future adaptations of popular Chuck Palahniuk (Fight Club, Choke) novels, one that might interest B-d readers. What if a song turned you into a serial killer? That's the premise of Lullaby, the latest Palahniuk story being adapted to the big screen. Inside you can read about the film, which apparently already has a director attached to get behind the camera. "Lullaby and Survivor are the next to Palahniuk films going into production," the website reports. "a Swedish director is doing Lullaby. He told me his name, but pronounced in with the proper Swedish inflections, so I know what it sounds like but not how it reads. Ulfer Jansen is the best way I can translate it, and Chuck said he's done a lot of commercials and music videos, but this is his first feature."

26 August 2008 10:35 AM, PDT | From firstshowing.net | See recent FirstShowing.net news

With author Chuck Palahniuk in the spotlight yet again, I think Hollywood is realizing his books make for great movies. I know we had Fight Club in 1999 and Choke coming up this fall, but what other books of his are being adapted? We've already mentioned Survivor and Invisible Monsters before, but apparently Rant is up next as well. The book was first published just last year and is reportedly already been picked up by a production company. Thanks to SlashFilm, we're pointed to Palahniuk's official website, where they announce that it was indeed picked up and is in early development stages. Unfortunately there aren't any additional details, including who picked it up and whether it will be a small project or big (because that will make a big difference), but for now this is exciting enough anyway. While I'm not personally the biggest Palahniuk fan, I took a quick look

Alex Billington

26 August 2008 7:33 AM, PDT | From JoBlo.com | See recent JoBlo news

Apparently, 'Rant' by Chuck Palahniuk (Fight Club) has been his latest novel to be optioned. There are no details other than that, and that it is already in the early stages of development. When reached for a comment Palahniuk vaulted onto his diamond encrusted Nimbus 2000 and said "ch-ching, mother fuckers!!" In the novel, Buster "Rant" Casey escapes from his hometown to becomes the leader of an urban demolition derby called Party Crashing, where participants dress their...

James Thoo

25 August 2008 8:02 AM, PDT | From Cinematical.com | See recent Cinematical news

Filed under: Comedy, Drama, Romance, Fandom, Home Entertainment, Movie Marketing, Trailers and Clips

Cinematical has just received this exclusive clip from the upcoming film Choke, based on one of my personal favorite Chuck Palahniuk (Fight Club) books. Choke stars Sam Rockwell as Victor Mancini, a snarky sex addict who cons well-to-do folks out of their money by fake-choking in restaurants while subsequently feeding off the sympathy of others. He then uses this money to help pay his mother's (Anjelica Huston) mental hospital bills. In the clip above -- which is one of a few flashbacks in the film -- young Victor and his mother visit the zoo ... at night ... and they're not exactly there to buy cotton candy. You can learn more about Choke over at its official website. I saw the film back at Sundance and liked it quite a bit -- especially Rockwell's off-the-charts performance as Mancini. Definitely

Erik Davis

24 August 2008 6:26 PM, PDT | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news

Sam Rockwell considers himself the perfect choice to play a womanising scam artist in new movie Choke - because he boasts a seedy past himself.

The single actor plays Vincent Mancini in the movie adaptation of Fight Club author Chuck Palahniuk's novel of the same name.

Mancini visits sex addiction groups to pick up women and makes money by pretending to choke in restaurants, and then conning the good samaritans who 'save' him out of money.

Rockwell reveals he researched the role by visiting therapy sessions - but was able to draw on some of his own experiences.

He tells the New York Post, "Yeah, I went to a few sex addiction meetings. (But) I've had my own history - I've been to prostitutes and massage parlours and stuff. Back in the old days. So I understand the mindset a little."

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18 August 2008 5:52 AM, PDT | From JoBlo.com | See recent JoBlo news

I don't know if this is old or what, but I haven't seen it before so here is a picture of Brad Pitt kissing Megan Brown in The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button. In the movie, Pitt plays a dude who ages in reverse. David Fincher (Fight Club) directs. At this point, I'm basically ready to picket for this movie to win every Oscar at the ceremony. Even those science and technology ones that no one really cares about. I want this movie to take everything. I mean, I literally want when the last...

James Thoo

16 August 2008 12:10 AM, PDT | From Digitalspy | See recent digitalspy news

I Am Legend director Francis Lawrence will helm an adaptation of Chuck Palahniuck's novel Survivor for his next film. Twentieth Century Fox initially planned to bring the book to the screen in 1999, but shelved the project following the September 11 attacks. The novel opens with an airplane hijacker telling his life story to a black box recorder. Palahniuk explained: "David Fincher (director of Fight Club) was really pushing [Fox] in their development and they'd gotten Jake Paltrow - Gwyneth's brother - to write a screenplay and people were very happy with that. "They'd started to cast it but then 9/11 happened and that seemed to harpoon all kinds of transgressive comedies." The author confirmed that Lawrence (more)

By Simon Reynolds

15 August 2008 12:00 PM, PDT | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news

George Clooney is planning to invest more money in pal Brad Pitt's housing project in New Orleans, Louisiana after sponsoring the building of two homes earlier this year.

The Fight Club star launched the Make It Right Foundation to raise funds for housing in the city after the devastation caused by 2005's Hurricane Katrina.

And Pitt's Ocean's Eleven co-star Clooney is keen to donate more to the charitable project - adding to the $300,000 (GBP150,000) he's already handed over to help those less fortunate.

He says, "I've bought a couple of those houses already that he's building. You can build a house for $150,000 (GBP75,000), which is amazing. So I bought two of them and plan on buying more as they're doing an amazing thing there."

And Clooney has also confessed to his huge admiration for Pitt and his partner Angelina Jolie's charitable efforts: "There is a tendency to make fun of people who get involved in these sorts of things. Brad went there, builds houses, he can do a lot of other things with his time. He and Angie really put their money where their mouth is. I'm always very impressed by them."

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15 August 2008 11:33 AM, PDT | From Digitalspy | See recent digitalspy news

Chuck Palahniuk has revealed that Fight Club: The Musical is still on the cards. The author's dark novel was previously turned into a feature film in 1999 by David Fincher, with Brad Pitt and Edward Norton in the lead roles. Palahniuk, who will see a film adaptation of his bestseller Choke hit cinemas on November 21, admitted that Fincher is still eager to push the musical into production. He said: "Once a year, for the last two years, [he] has called me and said, 'Are we still doing this?' And every time I think that it's dead, someone tells me that (more)

By Simon Reynolds

15 August 2008 11:03 AM, PDT | From ifc.com | See recent IFC news

By Aaron Hillis

Sure, he's a nü metal superstar with over 67 million albums sold worldwide, but what Limp Bizkit frontman Fred Durst always intended to do was direct. The singer of "Nookie" and "Break Stuff" (who, incidentally, filmed both those and all of his band's videos) took the indie scene by surprise when his debut feature "The Education of Charlie Banks" premiered at the 2007 Tribeca Film Festival. Not much more than a year later, Durst has already taken the canvas chair again with a bigger project, the family-friendly dramedy "The Longshots." Based on the real life events of Jasmine Plummer, the first girl to play Pop Warner football, the film stars Keke Palmer as the young quarterback prodigy and Ice Cube as her unemployed, apathetic uncle, whose spirit returns when he becomes her coach. I rapped with Durst about his new career trajectory, the movies that make him laugh and weep,

Aaron Hillis

15 August 2008 9:06 AM, PDT | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news

Happy birthday Madonna! The Material Girl has hit the big 5-0 and we thought we'd celebrate by searching through cyberspace, books and articles to find 50 fascinating facts you may or may not know about Mrs. Ritchie.

From her personal statistics, Italian roots and early successes to her all-conquering pop landmarks and the crazy things that have been named after her, feast your eyes on this treasure of trivia:

- Madonna once drummed for New York pop group the Breakfast Club. A later member of the band was American Idol judge Randy Jackson. Ex-boyfriends Dan Gilroy and Stephen Bray were also members of the Breakfast Club.

- Madonna beat out acting greats Glenn Close, Frances McDormand, Debbie Reynolds and Barbra Streisand to grab a Best Actress Golden Globe Award in 1997 for her role in Evita.

- Madonna has acted in 22 films.

- The Recording Industry Association of America has named Madonna the best-selling female rock artist of the 20th century. She's also the second top-selling female artist in the United States with 63 million certified albums.

- The Guinness World Records list Madonna as the world's most successful female recording artist of all time; she has sold over 200 million records worldwide.

- Madonna is one of six children born to Silvio Ciccone and Madonna Louise Ciccone (nee Fortin). She was named after her mother.

- She also has a stepbrother and stepsister from her father's second marriage to his former housekeeper Joan Gustafson.

- Born in Bay City, Michigan, Madonna's roots stretch back to Pacentro in Italy, where her grandparents came from. In 1988, town officials in Pacentro began to construct a 13-foot (4 meter) statue of Madonna.

- Madonna was a member of the cheerleading team at Rochester Adams High School.

- Madonna worked in a New York City Dunkin' Donuts while she was struggling to make it as a dancer in the Big Apple. She was reportedly fired after squirting jam in a customer's face.

- Madonna's first single, Everybody, was released on 24 April, 1982.

- Madonna's hit album Like A Virgin is among the Definitive 200 Albums of All Time, according to the Rock + Roll Hall of Fame, which inducted the pop star earlier this year.

- As well as starring alongside Sean Penn in Shanghai Surprise, Madonna also joined her then-husband onstage in her theatrical debut Goose + Tom Tom in 1986.

- Madonna and Sean Penn separated on New Year's Eve (31Dec) 1988.

- Madonna's Confessions Tour is the highest grossing concert tour by a female artist.

- Madonna is the most successful female in her adopted U.K.'s pop charts and has more number one singles than any other female solo artist.

- Madonna has a new species of tardigrade named after her. The anthropod-type animals, also known as water bears, are often found living on mosses. They can survive in extreme conditions that would kill most other living species.

- Madonna's father, Tony Ciccone, recently decided to advance his winery business by releasing Madonna Wine, which is available in five varieties: Pinot Grigio, Pinot Noir, Gewurztraminer, Cabernet Franc and Chardonnay. Prices range from $25 (GBP12.50) to $40 (GBP20) per bottle.

- Celebrity Cellars also produced a line of collectible wine, called Madonna - Confessions on a Dance Floor.

- Madonna made her London West End stage debut in 2002 in Up for Grabs.

- Madonna's first children's book, The English Roses, was published in 2003 and she has since published a total of 10 books.

- Madonna was among the inaugural UK Music Hall of Fame inductees in 2004.

- Madonna has released a total of 68 official singles to date, according to the singer's own website.

- Madonna was among People Magazine's '50 Most Beautiful People of 1991' and '25 Most Intriguing People of 2001'.

- In March 2007, Madonna created a clothing line for the retailer H+M.

- Madonna is good friends with Sting and his actress wife Trudie Styler, who introduced her to director Guy Ritchie. The couple fell in love and are now husband and wife.

- Sting is godfather to Madonna and Guy Ritchie's son Rocco.

- Madonna is the only artist who performed at the benefit concerts Live Aid (1985), Live 8 (2005), and Live Earth (2007).

- Madonna suffers from brontophobia - a fear of thunder.

- Madonna was considered for the role of Catwoman/Selina Kyle in the 1992 film Batman Returns. She turned the part down and the role went to Michelle Pfeiffer. She also fought for the role of Ginger in Casino, but lost out to Sharon Stone.

- Madonna turned down leading roles in Showgirls and The Fabulous Baker Boys.

- Madonna is 5 feet, 44 inches (1.64 metres) tall. Her measurements are 34C-23-33.

- Madonna does not have a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. She was selected for the honour in 1990 but she showed no interest and the invitation has now expired. Walk of Fame spokeswoman Ana Martinez-Holler states that, in order to receive a star, Madonna would have to be "resubmitted for a nomination," adding, "since she is not interested, I highly doubt that she will give a nominator the permission to do so."

- Madonna was paid $5 million (GBP2.5 million) by Pepsi to film a commercial that never even aired. Pepsi bosses pulled the controversial ad, which was related to her Like A Prayer video and full of religious overtones.

- Madonna has won nine Razzie Awards: Worst Actress for Shanghai Surprise in 1987, Worst Actress for Who's that Girl in 1988, Worst Actress for Body of Evidence in 1994, Worst Supporting Actress for Four Rooms in 1996, Worst Actress of the Century in 2000, Worst Actress for The Next Best Thing in 2001, Worst Actress and Worst Screen Couple for Swept Away in 2003, and Worst Supporting Actress for Die Another Day in 2003.

- Gwen Stefani, Celine Dion and Mark Wahlberg are distant relatives of Madonna, according to a recent ancestry study.

- Madonna auditioned for the part of Kevin Costner's high-maintenance love interest in The Bodyguard. Whitney Houston landed the role.

- Madonna played a lesbian witch in the 1996 movie Four Rooms.

- Madonna originally dreamed of becoming a ballet dancer.

- The Beastie Boys supported Madonna on her very first solo tour.

- Madonna was ranked Number 1 on VH1's '100 Sexiest Artists' in 2002.

- Madonna has been nominated for a total of 18 Grammy Awards; she has won five.

- Madonna has been a vegetarian since she was 15.

- Madonna hates the colour orange.

- Madonna was named one of People magazine's worst-dressed, in 1999.

- Madonna's controversial Sex book, which featured naked photos of the Material Girl, was so popular that a re-print had to be ordered within 48 hours.

- Madonna dedicated her album True Blue to then-husband Sean Penn, who she called "the coolest guy in the universe".

- Gwyneth Paltrow was Maid of Honour at Madonna's Scottish wedding in 2000.

- Fight Club director David Fincher was the man behind the camera on four of Madonna's videos.

- Madonna's What It Feels Like For A Girl and Justify My Love were banned from MTV.

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14 August 2008 7:04 AM, PDT | From JoBlo.com | See recent JoBlo news

Rex Mundi, a project being produced and possibly starred in by Johnny Depp (is this true? Umm sure, why not), is now looking for a director after having had Jim Uhls (Fight Club) complete a first draft. The story - originally a comic book from Dark Horse - is a quest for the Holy Grail told as a murder mystery. It is set in the year 1933, in an alternate history Europe, where magic is real, feudalism persisted, and the Protestant Reformation was crushed by a still politically powerful Roman...

James Thoo

13 August 2008 7:01 AM, PDT | From JoBlo.com | See recent JoBlo news

Update - Chuck Palahniuk is confused. According to The Playlist, Radiohead didn't compose the score for Choke nor did they contribute a new song to the film. They simply allowed "Reckoner," a previously available track, to be used in the film. When you remember that "Fake Plastic Trees" is in Clueless, you'll find this news not all that Earth shattering. British band Radiohead will be scoring Choke, the second movie based on a Chuck Palahniuk (Fight Club) novel. In...

James Thoo

12 August 2008 9:11 AM, PDT | From Digitalspy | See recent digitalspy news

Radiohead have produced new material for the big screen adaptation of Chuck Palahniuk's novel Choke. Palahniuk, whose novels include Fight Club and Snuff, said the band agreed to produce music for the score after enjoying the movie. He told Shaun Keaveny on BBC 6 Music: "Clark Gregg, who directed the movie, knew that I'd written Choke while listening to [Radiohead's 1993 debut album] Pablo Honey, (more)

By Alex Fletcher

11 August 2008 12:00 AM, PDT | From PEOPLE.com | See recent PEOPLE.com news

Fight Club just got a whole lot more real. It turns out Brad Pitt really is a no-holds-barred fighter – as a member of the Australian Olympic boxing team. The Aussie Pitt, 25, quit his day job as a painter to train as a heavyweight boxer for the 2008 Games. And while he still gets the occasional taunt about his name, he's learned to put up with it. "Mate, I've been living with that other bloke's name for years, it doesn't worry me at all,'' he told Australia's Herald Sun while practicing. His mother said he found out about his more famous counterpart during elementary school,

Emmet Sullivan

5 August 2008 11:07 AM, PDT | From toxicshock.tv | See recent toxicshock news

Watch the latest movie trailer from the upcoming comedy “Choke” by director Clark Gregg and starring Sam Rockwell ( End Zone, The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford ), Anjelica Huston ( Long Time Gone ) and Kelly Macdonald ( No Country for Old Men ). Synopsis: An adaptation of Chuck Palahniuk’s (Fight Club) novel. Sex addict and colonial theme park worker, Victor Mancini, has devised a complicated scam to pay for his mom’s hospital bills while she suffers from an Alzheimer’s disease that hides the truth about his childhood. He pretends to choke on food in a restaurant and the person who “saves” him will feel responsible for Victor for the rest of their lives. Stay tuned [...]

Brian Corder

1 August 2008 2:05 AM, PDT | From toxicshock.tv | See recent toxicshock news

Take a look at the first official movie poster from the upcoming animated film “The Goon” from producer David Fincher (Fight Club, Zodiac, Se7en), the animated studio Blur Studios and Dark Horse Entertainment will bring “The Goon” to film. The comic book artist Eric Powell is writing the script. Not too much is known about the plot of the upcoming feature, but “The Goon” is a hugely popular comic book created by Eric Powell in 1999, which follows a muscle-bound brawler named Goon. Dark Horse has been publishing the comic book since 2003. Stay tuned to Toxic Shock TV for the latest “The Goon” movie news and posters.

Brian Corder

14 July 2008 9:14 AM, PDT | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news

Hollywood star Edward Norton is leading a campaign to create more affordable housing in his New York neighbourhood.

The millionaire Fight Club star is appearing in TV and radio advertisements asking residents of the city to welcome new developments in their areas.

Norton, who lives in Manhattan's Greenwich Village, has long been associated with the Enterprise Community Partners, founded by his grandfather.

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