'Zeitoun' as Cartoon: Demme Plans Animated Film of Eggers Book

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artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com - 26 days ago

'Zeitoun' as Cartoon: Demme Plans Animated Film of Eggers Book

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Jonathan Demme, whose films include "The Silence of the Lambs" and "Rachel Getting Married," said that he had acquired the film rights to "Zeitoun," whose cover had inspired him to make it into a cartoon.

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Zeitoun als tekenfilm? http://bit.ly/19oNMT 21 days ago

Jonathan Demme va adapter "Zeitoun" de Dave Eggers, en animation. Hâte de voir ça. http://bit.ly/3KSmmv 22 days ago

Yes, yes and yes, thank you Mr. Demme! Zeitoun as a #2D#animation #feature http://bit.ly/zu4qv 22 days ago

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Jonathan Demme To Create Animated Adaptation Of Dave Eggers' Post-Katrina Novel, 'Zeitoun'
:: The Playlist :: — ... of various community members in New Orleans who inspired others to regroup and rebuild. "[We documented] the pioneers that were moving back into their devastated neighborhoods and rising to the challenge and in the face of complete indifference and even obstructionism. They were going to get their homes back and rebuild no matter what." Now, according to the New York Times , Demme is evidently going to do an animated adaptation of Dave Eggers ' " ...

Demme to Animate Eggers’s Zeitoun
Vulture — ... Dave Eggers–penned film for adults that looks deceptively like one for kids? We hope so! Jonathan Demme tells the Times he has acquired the rights for Eggers's new Zeitoun — about a guy paddling around New Orleans in a canoe after Hurricane Katrina, aiding flood victims — and he intends to turn it into a hand-drawn animated movie. [Arts Beat/NYT] ...

The Zeitoun movie
kottke.org — The movie rights to Dave Eggers' Zeitoun have been purchased by Jonathan Demme, who wants to make an animated movie out of it. Tags: books Dave Eggers Jonathan Demme movies Zeitoun

Jonathan Demme to Turn Dave Eggers Katrina Book Into Cartoon
Cinema Blend News — ... none other than Academy Award Winning director Sam Mendes. Last month, his adaptation of the popular children's story Where the Wild Things Are received considerable praise for its unconventional nature. Now his latest piece of nonfiction Zeitoun , an account of one man's extraordinary experience during and following Hurricane Katrina, has been picked up for adaptation. This news was reported late last month but seems to have been overlooked by many news sites. According to the NY Times , Jonathan Demme (director of Silence of the Lambs and more recently Rachel Getting ...