“Winter's Tale” will begin shooting on October 29th 2012 and will continue until January 30th 2013.
I will be the first to admit that I have almost no idea how long it takes to shoot a film. I’m not the most informed, having worked on absolutely zero movies, but I find this very shocking since the film is based on a longer novel. If my memory serves me right, which it frequently does not, I think that “Altered States” took about 150 days.
Something tells me that William Hurt is not going to get a whole lot of rehearsal time. I hope I’m wrong about that.
I’m a little concerned that they are giving the director, crew and actors so short a time to work on the film adaption of a novel that deserves a lot of care. The budget seems small too for a story that is very complex and grand. I hope that the studio execs are
thinking properly. I know that Akiva Goldsman’s heart is in this production (he's been trying to get it filmed for years which hopefully means he has planned a lot of it already in his mind) and he is probably willing to adapt to a whole lot of limitations to make his dream come true but this hardly seems like fair and thoughtful film making. Especially since it will be the man's film directorial debut, I believe.
On the other hand, it should be a challenge and mankind is usually at its best when it has something to strive for and overcome.
I wish the production good luck in regards to the things that can’t be controlled like weather etc... Concerning the work, all I can hope for is that they will put their heart and souls into it because that is something that can be controlled and it can make all the difference in the world.
I just read yesterday that William Hurt will be in "Winter's Tale", based on the book by Mark Helprin. It will be the directorial film debut of Akiva Goldsman. Akiva and Hurt also collaborated on "Lost in Space" which Goldsman wrote and produced and in which Mr. William Hurt played Prof. John Robinson.
Now I actually like "Lost in Space". I'm a lot more forgiving of it than some fans and even Mr. Hurt himself. I know what the film was trying to say. I think that it has its heart in the right place, wasn't content with being simple, and I do find it entertaining. I also became interested in it around the time my grandfather was dying/died of cancer and it helped me through the pain of his death. Because of that I could never look at it badly or feel anything else but fondness for it despite what anyone else says.
Production is to begin in October, making this the fourth film that Mr. Hurt will have made this year. Well fifth if you count both the His and Hers versions of "The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby". The year started with "The Host", followed with the modern version of Chekhov's "The Seagull", both sexed variations of "The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby" were fast on its heels and this will eventually progress to "Winter's Tale".
Mr. Hurt is a busy, busy, busy man! I hope that he remembers to take good care of himself! Even God rested after the seventh day, afterall. Of course, this was probably not so coincidentally after He created the wonderful and troublesome creature known as man, for which He would need a long rest, and who knows how long a day really is to God. But the point is the same: He still rested and you should too Mr. Hurt!
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