Mountain or Mole Hill?

It looks like making the movie Everest might be as hard as climbing Everest.

The Nov 22nd issue of The Hollywood Reporter magazine is reporting that
"Cross Creek Pictures has swooped in to save the deadly mountain-climbing film Everest.

"Universal and Working Title scrambled to find a partner after financiers Randall Emmett and George Furla exited the film in October. But when the Nov. 6 production start passed, the Everest prognosis was grim, much like the true story in Jon Krakauer's Into Thin Air, one of several accounts of an expedition that left eight dead. Now sources say Cross Creek is nearing a deal to co-finance. Walden Media is taking a financial stake as well."

And the pullout wasn't because Emmet and Furla didn't like the  movie, bi that the budget kept changing.

So while they found new backers, they still haven't started filming and the window for filming is getting smaller.  The movie "can't be pushed much longer because its Italian Alps shoot is contingent on weather."

So the short story of this mountain of a tale is:

Jake must be done filming Nightcrawler if he was scheduled to shoot on Nov 6th.


At the moment Jake is not working and playing the waiting game.

If they miss the window who knows what will happen with the future of the movie.

Switched back

Sunday was  a busy day for Jake.

In the afternoon he was a  Q&A for Prisoners with members of SAG and then he grabbed a seat courtside to see the Lakers play the Timberwolves and saw the Lakers get spanked.

For those keeping score the biggest switch of the night is Jake is back to his black on black LA hat. Sorry NY hat, you've been denied.

Jake was looking good chillin' casual and bronzer free.

And it looks like he is back to eating again, with his face looking less gaunt and more like the Jake we all know.

 Today was Veterans Day and in the UK and the Canada Remembrance Day, honoring those who have served and those who lost their lives defending their country.  One of those who served in the US were members of the Navajo Nation, a native American nation in the US.  The Navajo created a group called the Navajo Code Breakers who served in the US Marine Corp and broke many of codes used by the Axis powers in World War II.

Out Spotlight

Today's Out Spotlight is a historian, a playwright, an LGBT activist and the founder of the Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies at the City University of New York (CUNY) Graduate School. He is an acclaimed author of more than 20 books.  Today's Out Spotlight is Martin Duberman.

Martin Duberman was born in New York City, August 6, 1930. He graduated with honors from Yale and received his Ph.D. in American history from Harvard. In 1961, he won the prestigious Bancroft Prize in American history, and was subsequently named a full professor at Princeton. In 1971, he left Princeton and joined the faculty at CUNY as a Distinguished Professor of History.

Duberman recounts questioning his sexuality in his 30s. He sought therapy to be “cured.” When he accepted his sexual orientation, he began exploring gay activism. He challenged homophobia in academia and society. When he came out in the early ’70s, he was one of the few openly gay academics.

A renowned essayist and playwright, Duberman is known for literature on African-American history and abolitionism, and for his biography of Paul Robeson. Critics have described his work as “refreshing and inspiring” (The New York Times) and “magnificent” (USA Today). He co-edited and contributed to the anthology “Hidden from History: Reclaiming the Gay and Lesbian Past,” a standard reference in the field of LGBT studies. He has written more than twenty books, Charles Francis Adams, Sr. (Bancroft Prize winner), Stonewall, a biography of Howard Zinn and the memoir Cures: A Gay Man's Odyssey.

His biography “James Russell Lowell” was a finalist for the 1966 National Book Award.

Duberman wrote plays that deal with gender issues and the construction of male identity. In 1963, his play “In White America” won the Vernon Rice/Drama Desk Award for Best Off-Broadway Production.

 He also won two Lambda awards for Hidden from History: Reclaiming the Gay and Lesbian Past, an anthology he co-edited; and a special award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters for his "contributions to literature."

In 1991, Duberman founded CUNY’s Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies (CLAGS) to further LGBT scholarship and curriculum. CLAGS, one of the first organizations of its kind, hosts conferences and awards research grants.

His most recent publication, “The Martin Duberman Reader,” was published in May 2013.

“I’m overwhelmed at the great distance that we have all traveled.”

 

In Service

 This Veteran's Day weekend we honor those who are serving, have served and those who have made the ultimate sacrifice for their country.

Both Jake and Austin have made a point to give back to those who are serving

 and those organizations helping veterans when they return home.

 Take the time to honor a Veteran and those serving their country now.

'Cuffed up

 This is for you.

 Ummm I don't know what to say, because...

 Go ahead just open it

 but...

 What the heck?!?!?

 I don't know what you heard about me but this is wayyyy tooo big

Just try it.

 On your wrist.....

 It tracks you wherever you go.

 Now who ordered this?

Happy Austin Friday

Back and Forth

For throw back Thursday, it's back Nailed.

The movie which has lingered in movie equivalent of the sitting the paper gown and waiting for the Dr. to come in to start the appointment for 5 years (ie, you gotten through the gallant of the waiting room, filled out the forms, saw the nurse for the intake, and 45 minutes and counting and you are still waiting for exam room door to open again) looks like it might be a step closer to being released.

IndieWire is reporting that Nailed received a PG-13 rating from the MPAA recently.  Which makes it sound like they will release it

But with that come the questions:

Have the ever shot the pivotal scene were Beil's character gets nailed with the nail gun?

How did a movie about a nymphomaniac (due to her injury)  who meets up with a guy with prolapse anus (Tracey Morgan) get a PG-13 rating?

Is the movie about lack of  accessible healthcare relevant now?

Or are they trying to capitalize on the  current web woes of the US healthcare enrollment kickoff?

Or are they jumping on it because Jake is the closest he's been to getting back on the Oscar track  in a while?

Someone found the movie again and though what the heck?  Maybe we could Netflix it and get some of the money back?

Why is Jake in a loincloth ? Congressional Fight club?

 One question there is an answer for today: 

When is Jake's latest movie Prisoners out on DVD?

December 17th

Just in time for Jake's birthday.