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$\"\"$ <\/a>How long have I been blogging now? Long enough that I\u2019m still posting updates on projects that I first mentioned here eight years ago.<\/p>\n

In November 2006, Darren Aronofsky first revealed<\/a> that he wanted to make a biblical epic, and while he didn\u2019t say what it was at the time, we all know it now as Noah<\/a><\/i>.<\/p>\n

And now\u2026 well, the actors who were going to turn the TV show into a movie four years ago<\/a>, and the director who joined them two years ago<\/a>, are still talking about making it!<\/p>\n

Michel Hazanavicius, who won an Oscar for directing The Artist<\/i> (2011), is unveiling his newest film, The Search<\/i>, at the Cannes film festival this week, and along the way he told Variety<\/a><\/i> that he still plans to make Will<\/i> next, with Paul Rudd as the title character and Zach Galifianakis as Will\u2019s \u201crebellious guardian angel\u201d.<\/p>\n

Hazanavicius expects to start filming the movie within the next year, so who knows, they might get this film done before an entire decade has passed.<\/p>\n

Which reminds me, I first heard about the remake of The Secret Life of Walter Mitty<\/i> in March 2003<\/a>, and it finally came out five months ago\u2026<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"