cyberpunk & the GR movie

[Curiouser and Curiouser]

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>But with the NBNW ref in GR & Tom (GUMP) Hanks being the modern
>Cary Grant (according to the trade rags), would Tom Hanks (with a
>DiNiro gain of adipose) make a decent Tyrone Slothrop?

No.

Maybe I am underestimating the Hollywood machinery here, but I think it
would be really really hard for a director to pitch any Pynchon book to a
producer.  It's taken 30 years(?) to get Confederacy of Dunces into
production, which is a considerably more linear book than any Pynchon work.
To get a Pynchon book filmed would take a director with a lot of clout, and
I have a hard time seeing Spielberg or Coppolla wanting to direct a GR
adaptation.


As B/4, Me