John August

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GreeneStreet acquires The Nines

News, Projects, The Nines

At the Berlin Film Festival this morning, GreeneStreet Films International announced that they’d picked up the movie for all markets outside North America. It’s news I’ve been sitting on since basically the day after the Sundance premiere. The company really dug the movie and were very aggressive about getting it, so I’m happy we’re finally announcing it.

Right now, GreeneStreet is busy lining up regional distributors in Europe, Asia and the rest of the world. There’s talk of other festivals, but we’ll see what happens. And no, I don’t know when the movie will be opening in Bucharest. But the minute I find out, I’ll share.

For the U.S. and Canada–and honestly, for [EW’s Whitney Pastorek](http://popwatch.ew.com/popwatch/2007/01/sundance_jan_19.html)–there’s happy news but no imminent announcement. Suffice to say the companies involved are exactly who I’d hoped they would be. But there’s still a dozen things to sort through. Once I’m allowed to say, trust me, I will.

Nope, not my Barbarella

Dead Projects, Projects

A few readers have written in asking about the [announcement by Dino De Laurentiis](http://movies.ign.com/articles/759/759621p1.html) that he intends to make a new Barbarella. Specifically, will he be using my script?

As far as I can tell, no. The rights to my script are incredibly murky–it was a shared project between Warner Bros. and Fox 2000, based on a different comic book than the one used in the original movie. When the deal fell apart, it became something of an unadoptable orphan. (Back in 2004, I wrote about my [long history with the project](http://johnaugust.com/archives/2004/the-status-of-barbarella).)

From all appearances, this new project is starting from scratch. My agent asked around about it, and heard it described as more of a female-oriented Matrix. I’ll be keeping on an eye on it, and if it does make it into production, I’ll feel safer putting my script up in the [Downloads](http://johnaugust.com/downloads) section for all to see.

Music of The Nines

Go, Projects, The Nines

Alex Wurman, the composer for The Nines (as well as many other great scores, including March of the Penguins and Confessions of a Dangerous Mind) has posted five tracks from the movie on his [website](http://www.alexwurman.com/Music%20Clips/MusicClips.html).

Of them, “[Cold Turkey](http://www.alexwurman.com/Music%20Clips/MusicClipsP.html#)” is probably the most interesting without a visual to go with it. The “[Knowing Theme](http://www.alexwurman.com/Music%20Clips/MusicClipsP.html#)” is notable because of a unique logistical problem: it plays on-camera, so Alex had to write this primary melody for the movie months before we started shooting.

Will there be a soundtrack album? Quite possibly. In addition to Alex’s score, the songs are pretty great. Julianne Jordan was our music supervisor. (She also did the soundtrack to Go.)

MTV Overdrive on The Nines

Follow Up, Projects, Sundance, The Nines

MTV Josh Horowitz from MTV News wrote in to point out that The Flash business wasn’t the only thing they ran from our Sundance interview. In fact, the [full version](http://www.mtv.com/overdrive/?id=1550422&vid=129286), now up on MTV Overdrive, succeeds in making both Ryan and me sound coherent, which is no small feat.

Here’s what you can’t see in the video:

1. Ryan is sick with strep throat.
2. I’m wearing a Daring Fireball t-shirt. (You can see it in [some photos](http://www.wireimage.com/GalleryListing.asp?navtyp=gls====255294) from that day.)
3. There are about 30 people just off camera, being occasionally shushed.

Josh was a good interviewer, honestly, so I’m sorry to harsh on him for The Flash business. I soon hope to have comic book news of my own to avoid discussing.