In the movie, Nick Naylor, played by Aaron Eckhart, represented big tobacco. The single camera series will have Naylor running his own PR firm, with lots of politically-incorrect clients like fast-food chains, environmental polluters and corrupt politicians. As in the movie, he'll balance his work with responsibilities as a father.
But what about that nude scene?
We'll get to that.
Rick Cleveland from Six Feet Under will write and executive produce with David O Sacks, who produced the movie. Christopher Buckley, who wrote the book on which the movie was based, gets a "consulting producer" credit.
Sacks tells Daily Variety : "The reason the movie resonated so much was that it wasn't about just one particular issue. It's about PR as a culture, about the way we spin issues. The idea is that there's a never-ending array of clients he could have. But it has to be something where Nick is on the wrong or unpopular side of things."
Thank You made a splash at the Sundance Film Festival earlier this year when a nude scene featuring Katie Holmes was mysteriously cut out , sparking rumours that her protective fiancé Tom Cruise and his fellow Scientologists were behind it.
Director Jason Reitman (son of Ivan) blamed the edit on a "technical glitch," told reporters they could always see a topless Katie by renting The Gift, and promised the naked scene would be intact when Smoking hit theatres.
It was!
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..interesting. I loved the movie, but I don't know if it'll be good as a TV show. Plus who's gona take Aaron's role? I can't see anyone else as Nick Naylor..
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Posted on November 23, 2006 9:43 AM