Movie news: Keane, Urasawa
§ Kate Hudson will star in Big Eyes a film about the painter Margaret Keane . Keane is credited with developing the seminal style for sentimental big-eyed waif and animal paintings — a style that was so popular that her husband actually took credit with it for a while until she sued him — and won in court by painting right in front of the jury.
Above, Tiger Prince ©2008 Margaret Keane
§ Also, Toho is planning a trilogy of films based on manga maverick Naoki Urasawa’s 20th CENTURY BOY. The story is about a convenience store clerk who uncovers a science fiction conspiracy. Toshiaki Karasawa stars.
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02/6/08 at 8:45 am
So big eye manga is derived from the work of Margaret Deane? Or am I making too big a leap here?
02/6/08 at 9:44 am
No, manga developed separately and earlier.
I remember at one point Matthew Sweet was supposed to be putting out a book on Keane’s paintings. I wonder if it ever came out.