So the Screen Actors Guild Awards happened (I forgot, honestly, but thankfully some of us did not).
Robert Elswit rightly won the American Society of Cinematographers' feature film award for "There Will Be Blood."
And, oh my word: "Crash" has threatened to become a real-live TV series. On Starz (the network's first drama). The press release credits a bunch of producers, who presumably won't be fighting in court for credit. One of those producers is also the movie's writer and director, Paul Haggis. He says he wanted the thing to be on TV in the first place. ?Ironically, my initial impulse was to present the material in a format for television. I am thrilled it's coming full circle and can't wait to see how it expands and transforms.? Cable show or Sea-Monkey? You decide.
Here's Don Cheadle, one of the producers, enthusing in the press release. "This series will present an opportunity to delve into many subjects, not just race relations in LA,? said Cheadle. ?I don't think you can do 13 episodes on that subject and keep people interested. The challenge will be to craft the series characters in such a way as to get beneath the skin that supposedly differentiates them and create entertaining story lines that show the hurdles and obstacles we all struggle to overcome day to day."
