Exploring the author's journey with Hollywood, focusing on the adaptation of BLINK, a book about human lie detectors, into a movie script with filmmaker Steve Gagan. The chapter hints at the obstacles encountered in the filmmaking process and teases a forthcoming series, Development Hell, which will delve into failed Hollywood projects.
It’s the mid-2000s, Malcolm and writer/producer Stephen Gaghan (“Traffic”, “Syriana”) are running around Hollywood pitching their scripted adaptation of Blink. This conversation starts with a failed vampire love story, takes a ride in Leonardo DiCaprio’s Prius, before making an unexpectedly heartbreaking turn that leads Stephen to walk away from the project forever.
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