Middlesex visualized!

Via Justin via the AV Club, Middlesex (the Detroit-heavy novel that I just reread last week) is going to become an HBO series:

Though considered by many to be one of the best novels of the last half-century, Jeffrey Eugenides’ Middlesex was seen as too sprawling and difficult for a film adaptation. Now, HBO is prepping a more relaxed, one-hour drama series based on the book, which will presumably allow a more relaxed unfurling of Eugenides’ magnum opus, as well as the certainty of new scenes and characters extrapolated from the source. The adventures of Callie Stephanides, a hermaphrodite coming to terms with her family history and sexual identity in a Detroit suburb, should make for compelling viewing in the right hands. Those hands? American playwright and Yale literature professor Donald Margulies, who won a Pulitzer Prize in 2000 for his play Dinner With Friends. Rita Wilson will serve as Executive Producer.

The Michigan film industry subsidies couldn’t have hurt.

Slow down man you’re killing him

Via TNC:

Any other commercials I can repost?

Via Sinan:

I’m a one man viral marketing campaign.

I’d see the movie

Totally agree, the Dos Equis ads are wonderful and better than most of the television I’ve seen them interrupt.

Wanda Sykes is funny

Deeply biased against acoustic guys

They seem like super nice guys, but if you gave Kris from this season’s American Idol and Jason from last season’s five hours and a computer with internet access, do you think they could complete a People magazine crossword puzzle?

My new favorite show

Via my brother, David Simon’s post-Wire Nawlins drama’s pilot is finished. I’d pay 50 dollars to see it right now. Well, not right now, because this week is insanely busy through Sunday, and I barely have time to write these two sentence posts.

Art Vandelay, from New York

Dope shirt.

Glory days are back again

Somebody told me that Andy Richter will be reclaiming his role as sidekick once Conan moves into Leno’s slot. This is a good thing.

Eastbound is coming back

Kenny Powers shall return, but Joe doesn’t understand why it has to wait until 2010:

c’mon, this isn’t exactly a BBC costume drama we’re talking about. just bang out another 6 episodes or whatever and air them in the summertime, entourage style.