Ron Howard Attached to Direct Ludlum's 'Parsifal Mosaic'
Perhaps Howard will make a film worth discussing again
It would be nice to really like a Ron Howard movie again since the last time was in 2005 with Cinderella Man, a film that oddly enough wasn't necessarily embraced by the masses serving as further proof I may in fact be out of touch, but that's neither here nor there as today we have good news on the Howard front. Variety is reporting Universal Pictures has attached Ron Howard to direct the feature adaptation of Robert Ludlum's The Parsifal Mosaic with David Self penning the adaptation.
Of course, I have never read "The Parsifal Mosaic" and my excitement is merely based on the name Ludlum alone, much in the way I was excited for Shutter Island when I heard Martin Scorsese was directing it until I read the Dennis Lehane book and my excitement began to dwindle. Perhaps the moral of the story is to never read books because they may one day be turned into movies, but I have a hard time suscribing to that idea even though my book reading time is down to a minimum lately.
As for the story of "The Parsifal Mosaic," the novel follows a CIA operative who thinks he witnessed the execution of his lover after she was identified as a KGB double agent.
There is no talk of a production start date, but at this moment Howard doesn't have a film he is specifically attached to although back in early June a Hollywood Reproter article does mention the possibility of Howard still directing a remake of the 1970 sci-fi saga Colossus: The Forbin Project. Howard was first attached to the feature back in April of 2007 with Jason Rothenberg penning the screenplay. No word on the status of that one, but I expect Howard will be up and running soon.
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Oh, he´s one of this overrated technicians masquerading as directors. One of the more famous ones without style or character. One of so many. That´s the main reason why Hollywood (read: money machine) is in such a poor state. They choose poor material in the first place (remakes are a trend) and attach poor directors. Directors without style and character work like committees. Have you ever heard of a good movie made by a committe?
Here´s a thought for Brad. How about an article dealing with directors with style and character and another one dealing with directors without style and character. Which one do you think will be longer? Or what´s more important: more interesting?
@Helgi: Wow, that sounds like a challenging article, but a VERY good one at that… I'll have to place that on my notepad of headline ideas. Good idea.