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[1] On May-02-2005, Peter the Freshman wrote:

I was fortunate enough to read the script for this and it is absolutely amazing. Very similar in scope and pace to Paul Thomas Anderson's Magnolia which is a very good thing, indeed. The stories are completely interwoven... and, yes -- the vampires are included. (Or are they?)

[2] On May-02-2005, Kyle wrote:

They should have PT Anderson do it then, damn it! :-P

[3] On May-02-2005, wrote:

does this mean that bret sold the rights to him?

[4] On May-02-2005, Chris Fabulous wrote:

That sounds pretty cool.

CF

[5] On May-03-2005, Peter the Freshman wrote:

The draft that I read was written by Nicholas Jarecki and Bret Easton Ellis, so... who knows what the status of the project is rights-wise. I'm guessing that Bret sold them outright and then he and Jarecki wrote the adaptation together. What I do know for sure is that its really fucking good as these types of things go.

[6] On May-05-2005, Felix wrote:

Wow, looking forward to seeing it. I always thought of this book as inadaptable. Let's just hope it will be as good as Peter the Freshman thinks. (btw: great name ;) )

[7] On May-07-2005, Paul wrote:

Damn! I've always wanted to be the one who adapts The Informers. Haha, well there goes that pipe dream.

[8] On May-09-2005, Ellis Fan wrote:

New York Post
Page Six

BRET REVIVES THE RIP-SNORTING '80'S

May 8, 2005 -- BRET Easton Ellis' new novel features a coke-snorting
cameo by his pal Jay McInerney. "Lunar Park," due out from Knopf in
August, is part faux-memoir and part horror story "in which Ellis
confronts his own legend." Ellis - who writes in the novel that Knopf
publicist Paul Bogaards called him "a potty-mouthed butt pirate" - has
given himself a fictitious wife and kids who live with him in an
exclusive suburb of Los Angeles. In one party scene he and McInerney
snort copious amounts of cocaine. Other real people who mingle with
fictitious characters include "Sex and the City" creator Candace
Bushnell, architect Campion Platt and publisher Morgan Entrekin. It's
obviously meant partly as a parody of all the partying the literary brat
pack did in the '80s. "I haven't read it, but look forward to it,"
McInerney tells us. Ellis unhelpfully said, "I actually don't have
anything to say." Meanwhile, director Nicholas Jarecki is adapting
Ellis' book "The Informers" for the movies while Ellis himself is
adapting Molly Jong-Fast's "Normal Girl."

[9] On May-11-2005, betty wrote:

the informers is the only book of ellis' that i dislike.

[10] On May-12-2005, nick wrote:

Betty, you really have no appreciation for Bret Easton Ellis' work, and you obviously are misunderstanding every aspect of it...

[11] On May-12-2005, betty wrote:

wow, so let me get the rules straight here - i can't say i dislike one of his five books and love the other four, because clearly that means that i have "no appreciation for his work," despite the fact that i've been an ellis fan for many years, have met him sevehere in new york city and actually discussed his work with him, and am a writer myself? okay, got it. i dislike one of his early books (most of which he wrote while he was in college, and which he has said doesn't even like himself, either) so clearly, i'm a moron.

some of you guys aren't doing much to dispel the myth that ellis fans are hostile to chicks! please respect my dissenting opinions and chill. if you don't like what i have to say, feel free to skip my posts.

[12] On May-12-2005, BIJ wrote:

So, we have to respect your dissenting opinions but you don't have to respect our dissenting opinions in regards to your dissenting opinions. I'm afraid I must dissent. And shouldn't you be cooking anyway?

[13] On Nov-12-2005, andrew wrote:

the informers is one of my favorite books. i hope it doesn't get ruined by the film but i'm excited to see it.

[14] On Nov-12-2006, bobby wrote:

hey, Peter The Freshman...just curious, how did you come across a copy of the Informers script? i would really appreciate tips in this area....