Something for crazy film people (like me) to obsess about as the first still of Carnage, based on the Tony winning play God of Carnage hits the world wide web. Directed by Roman Polanski (who we can safely assume is responsible for the grisly and precise name change) and starring Jodie Foster, John C. Rielly, Kate Winslet and Christoph Waltz...I can already see the For Your Consideration ads, and it's kind of headache inducing. The play revolves around two sets of parents meeting after their children get into a fight at school, and is set in real time all in one room-- which, according to reports, is how the film is going to be; Polanski must feel confident enough to pull this off, with the inevitable criticism of "stageyness" just ready to be unleashed; of course he should be confident with his filmography, and a major mojo re-boost last year with The Ghost Writer.
The original play starred Marcia Gay Harden, Jeff Daniels, Hope Davis and James Gandolfini, all of whom will be reprising their roles this spring at the Ahmanson Theater in Los Angeles; which I'm desperately itching to see. They were all Tony-nominated, and Harden won Best Actress in a Play in 2009. I'm sure if it all works out, next year all four leads could be Oscar-nominated as well...
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