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HBO Denies Lange/Sarandon 'The Making Of' Baby Jane!

posted 11 years ago by gray-leblanc
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Ryan Murphy JUST pitched Jessica Lange and Susan Sarandon to star in ''The Making Of ... What Ever Happened to Baby Jane,'' and the head of HBO declined! I can't even process life right now considering the success/awards of "Grey Gardens'' and Lange (the hottest ticket in town for her age) who garnered a Best Actress award for GG. Let's also not forget the exquisite work of Sarandon (Best Actress Nominee) in HBO's "Bernard and Dorris.'' They aren't foreign actors to HBO here! The film would be the correct way to do the film VS a play-by-play remake, and it would have garnered another HUGE hit with HBO versus attempting a theatrical release. It would delve into the lives of Davis/Crawford and really explored their hatred against one another. Maybe after ''The Normal Heart'' is a big success, Murphy will have a little more pull at HBO. Until then, can we sign a petition to reverse this decision ... maybe by sending emails to Michael Lombardo, the HBO programming president who declined the project?

Wake me up when this nightmare is over ... until then, I need to find the nearest oxygen tank!

[–] gsaxby-1 9 years ago

Isn't the plan now to have Sissy Spacek and Meryl Streep take the iconic roles? IMDB has this had this listed as a project in development for awhile now with these 2 actresses attached. This should be an interesting pairing if it ever comes to fruition. The 2 actresses who have won the most NYFC awards ever sparring against one another.

Seems like Lange is in need of a break after those harrowing American Horror Story episodes and Sarandon is in way too much at the moment - 5+ projects every year. It risks wrecking her brand.