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Here's an update on Chuck Palahniuk adaptations, including CHOKE, DIARY and SURVIVOR!

Ahoy, squirts! Quint here with an update on what Chuck Palahniuk books are up for adaptation and what his feelings are on these projects. Palahniuk, for those who aren't sure, wrote the novel FIGHT CLUB which was turned into a movie that one or two people may have seen. Nothing huge below, but nice little juicy tidbits nonetheless! Enjoy!

Last night I went to a special reading/autograph/Q&A event with Chuck Palahniuk here at Indigo bookstore in Toronto. He read an exerpt from his latest book "Haunting" and his infamous short story "Guts." He seemed like a pretty personable guy. He knew how to handle the crowd and was very witty/funny throughout. He went on to talk about some of his books and where they are in terms of development.

Survivor:

- Has been picked up by the same creative team that was responsible for Constantine. The audience sighed collectively when he said this to which he quipped: "They had the nicest cheque! Geez!"

Choke:

- The script has been written and is ready for shooting/casting. Palahniuk says he's "very pleased with the script and liked it a lot." Apparently it's being developed by the same producers responsible for Requiem for a Dream and I Heart Huckabees. Take that for what you will.

Diary:

-Palahniuk seemed to be the most enthusiastic about this one. Apparently, Palahniuk heard David Fincher was in negotiations to direct it in an HBO miniseries form. Which, if done right, should be pretty interesting.

That's all I got. If you use this, I'm BobbyHorsepower. If you don't use this, you're all jerks.


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by Red Grant
Jun 17th, 2005
05:05:31 AM
Any word on if they've optioned "Guts"?
by exit272
Jun 17th, 2005
05:11:22 AM
Wow. Another Fincher phantom project,
by quantum_ken
Jun 17th, 2005
05:12:28 AM
Guts? - my arse!
by Angry Chimp
Jun 17th, 2005
05:39:54 AM
I thought Benjamin Button was still up and running, quantum_ken
by moviemaniac-7
Jun 17th, 2005
05:41:20 AM
Do the math: I HEART + REQUIEM = CRAP
by Sithlord_999
Jun 17th, 2005
05:47:40 AM
Guts is from Haunted
by stargirl
Jun 17th, 2005
06:22:24 AM
exacto mondo, compadriot ... it's from
by Gus Nukem
Jun 17th, 2005
06:36:22 AM
exacto mondo, compadriot ... it's from 'Haunted'
by Gus Nukem
Jun 17th, 2005
06:37:28 AM
alien 3 was the first Fincher phantom project and set the trend.
by evolvingsensblty
Jun 17th, 2005
06:55:17 AM
SithLord999 deserves to lose his poop shoot to a swimming pool d
by Monkey Butler
Jun 17th, 2005
07:32:17 AM
Oh yeah. MI:3 was a Fincher Phantom Project too.
by quantum_ken
Jun 17th, 2005
08:17:25 AM
Requiem and Huckabees
by Neosamurai85
Jun 17th, 2005
08:35:27 AM
Hope the Fincher thing works out...
by Neosamurai85
Jun 17th, 2005
08:36:50 AM
Dumbass isn't the right word, but it's the first thst co
by RezE11even
Jun 17th, 2005
09:03:54 AM
diary
by johnquay
Jun 17th, 2005
09:53:27 AM
Did anyone faint at the reading?
by Stanley Spector
Jun 17th, 2005
10:24:32 AM
Diary-ah
by Banky the Hack
Jun 17th, 2005
10:39:13 AM
diary
by Neosamurai85
Jun 17th, 2005
10:41:31 AM
What ever happened to David Fincher?
by Silver Shamrock
Jun 17th, 2005
11:01:49 AM
Lullaby!
by brendahamLincoln
Jun 17th, 2005
11:15:42 AM
Diary
by Doc_McCoy
Jun 17th, 2005
11:20:55 AM
Choke
by octavis
Jun 17th, 2005
11:32:07 AM
Palahniuk has an odd honesty.
by dr_dreadlocks
Jun 17th, 2005
11:34:59 AM
Reading "Haunted" now...
by chickychow
Jun 17th, 2005
12:13:42 PM
Palahniuk is a hack
by potvsktl
Jun 17th, 2005
12:50:24 PM
Diary was a good book!
by ProzacMorris
Jun 17th, 2005
12:58:47 PM
A "Haunted" movie would be similar to how they film "Lost".
by ProzacMorris
Jun 17th, 2005
01:08:57 PM
Did anyone else think that Choke sucked?
by Granteralus
Jun 17th, 2005
01:30:34 PM
I liked Choke a lot
by iamnicksaicnsn
Jun 17th, 2005
02:00:18 PM
Prozac, I definetly thought Lost (and Oz) while reading Haunted
by chickychow
Jun 17th, 2005
02:03:21 PM
The only reason to see a "Choke" movie....
by brendahamLincoln
Jun 17th, 2005
02:43:53 PM
Choke was a great book . . .
by ProzacMorris
Jun 17th, 2005
03:39:59 PM
Choke on a cock and die
by RezE11even
Jun 17th, 2005
03:46:53 PM
Chuck flicks
by Homer Sexual
Jun 17th, 2005
04:00:05 PM
Forgot to mention a few things.....
by bobby_horsepower
Jun 17th, 2005
04:03:41 PM
flicks
by mistian
Jun 17th, 2005
04:14:14 PM
Yes, but are any of those books "Grindhouse Literature?"
by Ray Garraty #47
Jun 17th, 2005
04:15:52 PM
Choke is good...
by PolyesterRage
Jun 17th, 2005
04:16:17 PM
Haunted, not Diary
by BennyPalpatine
Jun 17th, 2005
04:21:16 PM
Damn
by BennyPalpatine
Jun 17th, 2005
04:22:28 PM
Books
by stargirl
Jun 17th, 2005
06:45:24 PM
DIARY is Palahniuk's ROSEMARY'S BABY
by ZombieSolutions
Jun 17th, 2005
06:49:57 PM
palahinuk = one trick pony
by Jack D. Ripper
Jun 17th, 2005
07:02:29 PM
yup
by angrykirby.tk
Jun 17th, 2005
07:52:59 PM
Granteralus i wasnt shocked by choke,
by s0nicdeathmonkey
Jun 17th, 2005
08:18:37 PM
did anyone else notice the hidden shit in lulluby?
by s0nicdeathmonkey
Jun 17th, 2005
08:27:54 PM
Yeah Sonic
by RezE11even
Jun 17th, 2005
10:31:30 PM
I have a Haunted nightlight
by brendahamLincoln
Jun 17th, 2005
10:31:43 PM
Phillp Seymour Hoffman...
by PushTheButton
Jun 17th, 2005
10:39:41 PM
right on pushthebutton! and a secret in HAUNTED
by s0nicdeathmonkey
Jun 17th, 2005
11:31:05 PM
In regard to Haunted spoiler
by DanielKurland
Jun 17th, 2005
11:42:34 PM
DanielKurland you didnt like lulluby?
by s0nicdeathmonkey
Jun 18th, 2005
01:19:28 AM
Lullaby
by DanielKurland
Jun 18th, 2005
11:44:20 AM
Most Pulp Writers Are One Trick Ponies
by ZombieSolutions
Jun 18th, 2005
12:03:45 PM
Just finished Lullaby
by octavis
Jun 18th, 2005
12:27:23 PM
Vincent Gallo
by Bubastis
Jun 18th, 2005
01:03:55 PM
apart from the non-fiction....
by andyrew
Jun 18th, 2005
04:03:35 PM
survivor
by therightclique
Jun 18th, 2005
06:37:52 PM
Chuck P should've been on Oprah's book club!
by TheButcher
Jun 18th, 2005
07:16:01 PM
yep
by aint_it_cruel?
Jun 18th, 2005
09:09:07 PM
Survivor could survive...
by tendermelon
Jun 18th, 2005
10:05:56 PM
Survivor Ending
by RezE11even
Jun 19th, 2005
12:08:23 AM
Invisible Monsters Movie
by YoungTurk
Jun 20th, 2005
02:58:39 AM
Palahniuk IS a one trick pony...
by Jumpstart
Jun 20th, 2005
06:24:30 PM

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