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Great find by u/udayankaif on Reddit: this Anomalisa making-of featurette from the DVD. (Fun fact: the featurette was made by Keith Clark, a friend-of-a-friend of mine.) If you have half an hour, do check it out:

James Gunn on Twitter reports that Charlie once pitched a Gilligan's Island film, but the show's creator--and, later, his estate-- were having none of it.

A true story: In the late 90’s screenwriting GOAT Charlie Kaufman pitched a movie version of Gilligan’s Island where the islanders, starving & desperate, started killing & eating each other. Warner Bros wanted to do it - but Sherwood Schwartz, the creator, said no way.

— James Gunn (@JamesGunn) October 13, 2021

After Guardians I tried to resurrect the idea & wanted to direct. It seemed Warners & Charlie were interested but, this time, the estate of the late Sherwood Schwartz nixed it. Anyway, if the Schwartz estate changes their mind, I’m here.

— James Gunn (@JamesGunn) October 13, 2021

So. Could still happen? The dream is alive.

(via Collider)

I had to upgrade BCK's backend, and unfortunately the upgrade doesn't play nice with the plugin that was making the site look half decent on mobile. So now I have to find something that'll get BCK looking okay on phones again. Ugh. Not sure how long that'll take, but just so you know: I'm aware that BCK looks sorta crappy on phones.

Antkind is out now in paperback. (Affiliate link!) Check out the new cover:

Sexy, no?

Here's the Random House page.

Do you like Being John Malkovich? Do you also like podcasts? And do you enjoy minutes? HAVE I GOT THE THING FOR YOU.

Malkovich Malkovich Minute Minute is Austin Prior's podcast delving into Being John Malkovich, and each episode covers 1 minute of the film. More than that, though, it includes conversations with cinephiles, critics and occasionally folks who worked on the movie. It's really fun and thoughtful. 26 episodes so far! Here are the first two eps:

Apologies to Austin, too, because I have taken waaaaaaay too long to post about it. Real life got in the way!

For no particular reason that I can think of--but I'm all for it!--Screen Rant gives us 10 behind-the-scenes facts about Synecdoche, New York. We know most of this, but what the hell:

[...]Synecdoche was the first film that Kaufman directed himself, and that’s clear from the beginning. The movie is full of dreamlike absurdities and watching it feels like living inside the mind of Kaufman, which makes for some fascinating behind-the-scenes facts. From the crew almost getting decapitated in an elevator to shooting during a heatwave, the facts are almost as bizarre as the movie itself.

5/10: The Crew Were Almost Killed In An Elevator

At the end of a long day, some of the crew, including Kaufman, had to pick up a last-minute shot in a building, and all of the crew piled into a tiny elevator. Before the elevator could reach the floor they were going to, it got stuck and came to a stop.

Kaufman recalls that they all thought they were going to plummet to their deaths, and when they managed to open the doors of the elevator, it was stuck between two floors. Each member of the crew plucked up the courage to jump out, risking getting decapitated. (Source)

Redditor u/evilex_8 got themselves a Tulsey Town tatto inspired by I'm Thinking of Ending Things. Observe:

Podcast 99% Invisible--almost always a great listen--did a recent episode about the birth of the megaplex in the USA (a movie theater complex housing multiple screens within a single complex) and how it helped to create the films of 1999, often seen as a high-point year in cinema. It's a great listen, and one film they talk about as a major example? Being John Malkovich.

Give it a listen below or at the link. Had to use YouTube as I couldn't find a decent way to embed the audio player. Bleh.

It's a new adaptation of Confessions of a Dangerous Mind, and Charlie's not involved in any way, but I figured I might as well mention it.

Apple TV+ isn't gonging a new project with Justin Timberlake.

Fresh off of Palmer, the well-received tearjerker starring the "Mirrors" singer, the streamer is developing a new drama series based on The Gong Show creator Chuck Barris' memoir Confessions of a Dangerous Mind. Timberlake is attached to star as Barris, who claimed in the book to have been an assassin for the CIA. The series will mark his first regular TV role.

[...] David Hollander (Ray Donovan) will serve as co-showrunner on the series with Jon Worley (Justified, SEAL Team), who penned the pilot. A premiere date has not yet been set. (Source)

Here's a gorgeous, short documentary from 2020 in which explorers wade through the Florida wetlands to try and find the elusive Ghost Orchid and to learn how those orchids are pollinated. Chasing Ghosts was a Vimeo Staff Pick and has screened at various film fests.