After the success of The Ring, I reached out to Koji Suzuki’s agent in New York and asked what else he had that would make a great film. A package of roughly 200 pages of short stories arrived at my office the following week, and one immediately stood out: Adrift — a haunting, deceptively simple tale about a fishing boat lost at sea. Mike Macari and I quickly optioned the story and brought on Stephen Susco, fresh off writing The Grudge. The project ultimately landed at Dimension Films with Bob Weinstein, largely because the Japanese publisher forced the situation. By then, Mike and I already knew enough to understand that avoiding Bob and Harvey whenever possible was usually the wiser course. Predictably, Adrift disappeared into the familiar machinery of development hell — not through any fault of the material, but through mishandling and inertia. It remains an extraordinary short story and, in the right hands, would make a superb film. At some point the rights migrated to someone claiming years of involvement with the project, a revisionist version of events that mirror the fiction of the novella. Suzuki was a remarkable writer. His stories carried an eerie emotional gravity that lingered long after the final page, and I suspect his work will continue to be discovered, studied, and enjoyed for as long as people continue to read.

Woman dies. Trump bad. Most retarded post of the day.

I never knew this Haunting M board existed. Thanks @bryankaplan !! pin.it/1NKc32NOw

Manhunter is 40. As such, one of the most underrated films of Michael Mann’s career is returning to U.S. theaters on July 24 in a new "Final Cut" which features a supervised 4K restoration and updated audio. Ask me if I’ll be there. My answer is an obvious “yes”. Cinema lives.

2,501 Americans were killed on this day in 1944. To liberate Europe. And that continent has pissed their deaths away.

This machine did not run on electric.

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Movie king…

Fellow NT alum @ChrisPlanteShow it’s Graham Platner… youtu.be/REpNTi-9oRQ?si=S4t-…

Happy birthday, Clint! An American icon, a leader, and creative visionary. Handed nothing, just hard work and believing in the American dream. No fancy degree, no film school, no express train to the top. Happy birthday Clint!!!!!!... youtube.com/watch?v=pB7zjxKt…

An executive at a major studio once told me, “horror does not work, it’s just a short term play when politics are bad in the country.” This was late 90’s. Proving what I learned very quickly, the people in positions of making decisions in hollywood mostly, have no fucking idea what they are doing. The Ring was rejected by 27 of 29 buyers and Dreamworks initially passed on it. The longer story for another day… foxnews.com/media/low-budget…

I was invited by Joe Rogan to do his show. He was interested in Bigfoot and Missing 411. We spoke about a lot of things. He asked a lot of questions about Bigfoot, ape, gorillas, DNA, etc. A bit over two and a half hours. The show airs tomorrow 5/19. It was fun and I enjoyed the conversation.

Top of the pile this one…

Happy 25th Anniversary Mulholland Drive!!!!!! The most humbling of journeys to have produced this film and watch David work his magic....

If you allow your art to be dictated by rules to win awards, you are no longer doing it for the art or creativity. The Oscars are dead, ignore them…

One of the great men who helped establish the excellence of the Hollywood system and movie making. No free ride here, just hard work and vision. Howard Hawks…

25th anniversary of the first ever public screening of Mulholland Drive at @cannes on May 16th. Going to dig out some never-before-seen materials to celebrate. Stay tuned…

Gifted and kind... cinemadailyus.com/news/koji-…

Kenilworth Assembly Hall...

A book about Coop…