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Oct 11, 2005

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They're adapting The Prestige for the screen. It's going to be directed by Christopher Nolan and star Hugh Jackman and Christian Bale.

I know most of you are movie nerds, but has anyone else read this book? Care to discuss?



A little-known Canadian folk group called the Wyrd Sisters is suing Jonny Greenwood, Phil Selway, Jarvis Cocker and Warner Brothers for $40 million plus damages plus a government ban on the next Harry Potter movie. All of this is based on the fact that some Warner exec thought the "Weird Sisters" band from the book would sound cooler with a Skynyrd-style vowel substitution.

The name "Wyrd Sisters" was initially used in some movie-related interviews and promotional press releases to describe the trio, which will include Radiohead lead guitarist/noisemaker Greenwood, the same band's drummer Selway, and Pulp frontman Cocker. The group appears in one scene in the film, and when the folk Sisters refused to accept $50,000 for use of their name, Warner dropped it entirely from the film.

Though the musicians in the movie will now go nameless, the Canadians continue to pursue the lawsuit. What kind of world do we live in when independent musicians are even greedier and more censorship-happy than vast, evil media conglomerates?


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