Confederacy Of Dunces Q?

Question

Has anyone heard if it will be made into a movie or if it will ever be?

thanks ... someone told me drew barrymore had the rights to the movie? But i have yet to search the internet and find this to be true

Answer 1

This is one of those books that constantly has its film rights bartered around but doesn't seem to get made. It's a fantastic book, it would seem like it would be difficult to cast Ignatius. I've heard the same rumors you have though.

Answer 2

In 1980, the manuscript of Confederacy of the Dunces had found its way into the hands of Scott Kramer, then a 19-year-old executive at 20th Century Fox. Thus began an extraordinary 25-year journey through which "Confederacy" has dominated Kramer's life and become a Hollywood legend. He is still working on the project but admits that it has given him cause to reflect.

During the time Kramer has worked on "Confederacy," major names such as Stephen Fry, Harold Ramis, Scott Rudin and Steven Soderbergh have come and gone, and millions of dollars in development costs have accrued — but the project has not yet reached the screen. Its story is emblematic of the problems many major books face as they navigate Hollywood's largely nonliterary terrain.

Soderbergh joined Kramer in developing the material, but "Confederacy" still had not been shot by the early 1990s. Fox, with a new production regime headed by Rudin, then bought the book, and writers came and went: Mary Beth Henley wrote one draft, and Ramis supervised another. Then it changed hands to Paramount.

By then, Soderbergh's interest in directing "Confederacy" had waned, and he and Kramer attached David Gordon Green, in turn bringing aboard such talent as Drew Barrymore, Mos Def and Will Ferrell. The movie seemed set to go, but precisely then, Miramax's relationship with parent the Walt Disney Co. began to flounder. Stuck between Harvey Weinstein's passion and Michael Eisner's wallet, "Confederacy" froze until Miramax's option expired in January 2004 and the book reverted to Paramount.

Kramer hopes to lock in a new financing deal soon and says the key players — Soderbergh, Green, Barrymore and Mos Def — remain attached. But his office answering machine sounds sadly prophetic in declaring, "If you are calling regarding 'Confederacy of Dunces,' that project is now on indefinite hold."

Answer 3

I recently read an atricle about movies caught in "development hell" and C.O.D. was one of them. It went into detail about why the movie isn't coming out soon, namely, some legal matters and the fact that it's a hard movie to market due to its subject matter. I think it would be a hit that would cost very little to make, but you know how Hollywood likes to spend a boatload of money in some summer brain-dead action movie with Tom Cruise or some such thing and play it safe, instead of investing a little cash (in comparison) in a project such as this.

Answer 4

Quite a few attempts to film it have been made, as the other answers indicate. A particular tragedy is that the first proposed version, which would have starred John Belushi and featured Richard Pryor, was never made. That would have been a great movie.

Answer 5

Film adaptations

Given the book's cult status, there have been repeated attempts to turn the book into a film, although these efforts appeared to be as "cursed" as Toole's efforts to publish the book in the first place had been. At various times, John Belushi, John Candy and Chris Farley were touted for the lead, leading many to ascribe a curse to the role.

A version adapted by Steven Soderbergh and Scott Kramer, and slated to be directed by David Gordon Green, was scheduled for release in 2005. The film was to star Will Ferrell as Ignatius and Lily Tomlin as Ignatius's mother. A staged reading of the script took place at the 8th Nantucket Film Festival, read by Ferrell as Ignatius, Anne Meara as his mother, Paul Rudd as Officer Mancuso, Kristen Johnston as Lana Lee, Mos Def as Burma Jones, Rosie Perez as Darlene, Olympia Dukakis as Santa Battaglia and Miss Trixie, Natasha Lyonne as Myrna, Alan Cumming as Dorian Green, John Shea as Gonzales, Jesse Eisenberg as George, John Conlon as Robichaux & Mr. Clyde, Jace Alexander as Bartender Ben, Celia Weston as Miss Anne, Miss Inez & Mrs. Levy and Dan Hedaya as Mr. Levy. However, due to difficulties pertaining to the publisher's rights, the film never actually began production.[3]

British performer and writer Stephen Fry was at one point commissioned to adapt Toole's book for the screen.[4]

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