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Spike Jonze & Charlie Kaufman Reuniting for New Secret Project

by Ethan Anderton
December 16, 2010
Source: 24 Frames

Since the two have collaborated so well on mind-bending films like Adaptation and Being John Malkovich, it's pretty damn good to hear from 24 Frames that writer Charlie Kaufman and director Spike Jonze are looking to work together again. The duo are currently shopping around a new pitch (there is no script yet), but the plot is being kept under tight wraps. As of now, the project is being taken to independent financiers in hopes of getting the production off the ground first. Since Kaufman and Jonze don't really have anything officially lined up as their next projects, a reunion of these two brilliant cinematic minds is quite exciting.

As far as we know, Kaufman has otherwise been working on a script called Frank or Francis that had been set up at Sony, but it doesn't sound like this new project is the same. Still, that project sounds just as meta as his previous projects as it follows a director embraced for broadly commercial hits resents his success and wants to be considered an auteur and artiste. Apparently the project acts as a Hollywood satire in the form of a musical. That sounds pretty damn great, so hopefully we'll see that at some point. As for this unknown new team-up goes, we'll keep you posted as more information becomes available. Anyone else excited?

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