A highly original story--part fantasy, part family drama--and very high production values, courtesy of one of cinema's most original directors and his team, makes Tim Burton's Big Fish a good catch.
You just need a little gold.
HOLLYWOOD, Aug. 10, 2000 -- The producers of "American Beauty" are trying to snag a very big fish for their next project, according to today's Variety: Steven Spielberg. Appropriately, the project is titled "Big Fish." Based on the book of the same title, it's a comedy-drama about a dying braggart father and his estranged son who tries to unravel fact from fiction in his dad's life through a series of funny flashbacks. AHOY, MATE: It's high time that the sea-faring novels of Patrick O'Brien were brought to the screen, and now 20th Century Fox is in discussions with Aussie director Peter Weir ("The Truman Show") to do just that. Variety reports that Weir might direct a film version of O'Brien's first book, "Master and Commander." HARRY'S WORLD: While the search for a kid actor to play Harry Potter in the upcoming film version continues, actors Richard Harris ahd Alan Rick