Slumshark
One of BGB’s all -time favorites, Steven Hall, author of The Raw Shark Texts, has a new blog. In a recent blog post that I can’t figure out how to link to, Hall revealed that the screenwriter for the early-in-the-works movie adaptation of Raw Shark is Simon Beaufoy. The screenwriter has had a recent bit of good fortune, having been nominated for an Oscar (and has already won a BAFTA) for his adaptation of Slumdon Millionaire. Hall says:
I read Simon’s Raw Shark script over Christmas and had a very productive meeting with producer Pete ‘In Bruges’ Czernin about it last week. God, I’d love to be able to say more about all this, but I really can’t/shouldn’t yet. It is exciting and frightening in equal measure.
The film Slumdog Millionaire was based on the book Q&A by Vikas Swarup, which Shaft reviewed for BGB way back when. The soundtrack of the movie featured Sri Lankan rapper M.I.A. who the world will never forget because of that outfit.
What rapper will bring The Raw Shark Texts soundtrack such infamy? Difficulty: the rapper will need to be British. The Streets? Dan Le Sac vs. Scroobius Pip? Dizzee Rascal?
February 10, 2009 8:28 am 
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