In a recent interview with Newsarama Mike Allred discusses his movie adaptation of Madmen. He's been working on the script with George Huang (Swimming With Sharks) and Robert Rodriguez and Dimension Films are involved as well.
Here's what Allred had to say; "Well, we’ve just cycled a second draft of the script back. I spent a month in California living at my writing partner’s house. (laughs). Actually, (my partner is) George Huang, who did a terrific movie called Swimming With Sharks, which starred Kevin Spacey George is one of Robert Rodriguez’s oldest friends. He hooked us up. We write pritty pritty well together.
"I had done a draft of a Madman screenplay back when (the project) was at Universal, and really thought, “wow, there it is, that’s my best effort.” But when Robert Rodriguez picked it up, I was hesitant to take a stab at a new draft of the screenplay. But after talking with Robert over a long period of time, and hooking up with George – all of the sudden, there was this new spark, and all the enthusiasm I told you about was mixed in there.
"It can be a struggle to figure out exactly what the movie should be. It’s where it’s faithful to the original series, but also feels contemporary and in the now. George came up here and we did an outline, which we took to Dimension Pictures, which is going to finance and release the film.
"At that point, it was just carving out the time to put the screenplay together. Now, George was getting married in Italy, so it seemed like the perfect time to go to his place. We wrote out the cards, and broke it down scene-by-scene, and then he went to Italy on his honeymoon while I knocked out the screenplay.
"Then, when he got back, we were able to go over it together and give it a polish. And during all this, my family was able to come down and have a mini-vacation and, uh…wreck George’s car. Too much information. (laughs). It was a good time. I think the three of us--Robert, George, and myself are very close to sharing our vision for the film with Dimension.
"The bottom line is that all the elements I’m excited about are in there, and all the moments that I think the most diehard fans would want are in there.
"Right now, we’re waiting on the studio notes, and hopefully we’ll get the green light and be able to start casting and scheduling. Otherwise, we’ll go back for a new polish and start up again. But that’s the exact situation we’re in now."
For even more news on what Mike Allred has been up to check out the rest of the interview at Newsarama over HERE!