IT'S KIND OF A FUNNY STORY Trailer & Production Stills
The IT'S KIND OF A FUNNY STORY movie hits theaters in New York and LA September 24, 2010, and the trailer has been released on Yahoo.com. (Update 7/17/10: the trailer has been picked up on YouTube and has 119,000 views and counting.)
Enjoy. It's a 2 1/2 minute trailer. You get to see all of the main characters, including Humble, Bobby, Johnny, Craig, Dr. Minerva, Craig's mom, Craig's dad, Smitty, Nia, and Noelle. I saw a screening of the movie last month and it's very beautiful and cool; I'll talk more about the specifics as we closer to release, in the meantime I am trying to keep info about the movie centralized here. If you'd like to support the movie, the best thing you can do right now is give it your stamp of approval on the Facebook page.
MTV also released production stills (i.e. photos from the movie). Here they are:
Zach Galifianakis as Bobby
Keir Gilchrist as Craig Gilner
Jeremy Davies as Smitty
Aasif Mandvi as Dr. Mahmoud
Emma Roberts as Noelle
Viola Davis as Dr. Minerva
Zoë Kravitz as Nia
Lauren Graham as Craig's Mom (Lynn in the movie)
Adrian Martinez as Jimmy
Jim Gaffigan as Craig's Dad (George in the movie)
An LJ community called ohnotheydidnt picked up on the pictures and there's a spirited discussion going on there (I'm very, very surprised how many people are familiar with the book!).
There's also some fun chatter on the IMDB message boards (which sometimes don't load properly, good luck!).
I did want to address one thing: Noelle's scars. As people who have read the book know, Noelle in It's Kind of a Funny Story has scars on her face. She has them in the movie too -- they didn't really come out in the production still, though. I took a screen grab of the trailer to highlight how the scars are handled:
The character still has scars on her face in the movie. They show up prominently in both the "Under Pressure" scene and a rooftop scene. I just wanted to assure people that they're there. The makeup on the scars was handled by Michael Marino.
Enjoy the trailer! Enjoy the pics! And stay tuned for more info about the movie.
In content aggregation/production news:
Lots of content in for content out. I finished a rewrite of my new novel and I hope to have more to say about that soon.
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Any day I get to link trailers for It's Kind of a Funny Story and Ravnica is a good day.
Click to viewEnjoy. It's a 2 1/2 minute trailer. You get to see all of the main characters, including Humble, Bobby, Johnny, Craig, Dr. Minerva, Craig's mom, Craig's dad, Smitty, Nia, and Noelle. I saw a screening of the movie last month and it's very beautiful and cool; I'll talk more about the specifics as we closer to release, in the meantime I am trying to keep info about the movie centralized here. If you'd like to support the movie, the best thing you can do right now is give it your stamp of approval on the Facebook page.
MTV also released production stills (i.e. photos from the movie). Here they are:
Zach Galifianakis as Bobby
Keir Gilchrist as Craig Gilner
Jeremy Davies as Smitty
Aasif Mandvi as Dr. Mahmoud
Emma Roberts as Noelle
Viola Davis as Dr. Minerva
Zoë Kravitz as Nia
Lauren Graham as Craig's Mom (Lynn in the movie)
Adrian Martinez as Jimmy
Jim Gaffigan as Craig's Dad (George in the movie)
An LJ community called ohnotheydidnt picked up on the pictures and there's a spirited discussion going on there (I'm very, very surprised how many people are familiar with the book!).
There's also some fun chatter on the IMDB message boards (which sometimes don't load properly, good luck!).
I did want to address one thing: Noelle's scars. As people who have read the book know, Noelle in It's Kind of a Funny Story has scars on her face. She has them in the movie too -- they didn't really come out in the production still, though. I took a screen grab of the trailer to highlight how the scars are handled:
The character still has scars on her face in the movie. They show up prominently in both the "Under Pressure" scene and a rooftop scene. I just wanted to assure people that they're there. The makeup on the scars was handled by Michael Marino.
Enjoy the trailer! Enjoy the pics! And stay tuned for more info about the movie.
In content aggregation/production news:
- I'm enjoying Consider The Source's 5/30/10 concert at StrangeCreek Campout.
- I read Bret Easton Ellis' Less Than Zero (saw the movie first, and I've seen the author a few times at public events in the last year, where he has laid waste to all comers) -- this novel does such a great job of parceling out horror.
- I saw Nimród Antal's PREDATORS -- Ebert's review is gospel.
Lots of content in for content out. I finished a rewrite of my new novel and I hope to have more to say about that soon.
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- Neil Nathan's new album The Distance Calls is out now!
Produced by Bobby Harlow from The Go, this debut LP is 14 tracks of Neil Nathan goodness; Neil is a friend from my days back in Long Island City (at that time called "Newtown Creek" ^_^) and he has a big concert at NYC's Highline Ballroom 7/20/10. (Also at the show: Alan Semerdjian!) Enjoy. If you like Rooney and Ryan Adams you'll like this. - It's Kind of a Funny Story was interpreted by theater students at Oak Lawn Community High School in Illinois earlier this year. Here are seven pictures from the theatrical interpretation, which I also have a video of (and hope to post soon). The students did a really fantastic job; they interpreted the book with a "Greek chorus" that speaks to Craig. Take a look:
(Pic 1 of 7) - To go along with the theatrical release of THE VOYAGE OF THE DAWN TREADER, this fall Smart Pop Books is reissuing Through the Wardrobe, an anthology of writers on Narnia that includes an essay of mine. The book will get a new cover. I was really happy with how my essay turned out for this book (it was about Voyage of the Dawn Treader specifically, which is my favorite Narnia book) and I'm excited that it's being reissued:
- I answered another question for the Alliance for Young Artists & Writers over at their A&W Blog. I have been answering questions from young writers for the last few months; this time, I answered "How can I get my stuff out there?"
- "44.5% of all premature deaths in the US result from personal decisions" -- via Joe Stirt
- My writing partner and Los Angeles partner in heartfelt living Nick Antosca had a good day: he got his story "Predator Bait" published on n+1 and won a Shirley Jackson Award for his novella Midnight Picnic (2009)!
- I recently got an email from Sean McCartney regarding his book The Secrets of the Magical Medallions:
Sean wanted me to spread the word about his book, which is about a treasure-hunting legend and four ordinary kids who interact with magical medallions and are pursued by ancient evil in an extraordinary adventure. What hooked me was his book trailer --
-- which bears a musical resemblance to my favorite YouTube video of all time, vonEcislav's Magic: The Gathering Ravnica Tribute (nearing 10,000 views).
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Any day I get to link trailers for It's Kind of a Funny Story and Ravnica is a good day.