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Cameron Crowe and John Cusack do not want there to be a Say Anything... TV show at all, and they're not cool with NBC's decision to announce one.
There's been a deluge of reboots on television lately. We've got Hannibal, Bates Motel, Sleepy Hollow, and Gotham, just to name a few derivative television shows on the air right now. And while some of them receive a lot of praise (Hannibal), others do not (Under the Dome, anyone?).
Yesterday, NBC announced their plan to rework 1989's Say Anything... into a TV series. This single-camera rom-com from Kapital Entertainment and 20th Century Fox would take place 10 years after the film (but in present day, so somehow they skip a decade), Deadline Hollywood reports, long after Diane (Ione Skye) and Lloyd (Cusack) had split up. The show follows Lloyd attempting to rekindle their romance after Diane comes back home. On board to write the show is Justin Adler, who wrote the short-lived sitcom Better Off Ted.
However, director Cameron Crowe and actor John Cusack do not, under any circumstances, what 1989's Say Anything... to be turned into a crappy TV show, and they plan on standing in the way.
Regarding the announcement of a "Say Anything" tv show... @JohnCusack, @IoneSkye1 and I have no involvement... except in trying to stop it.
— Cameron Crowe (@CameronCrowe) October 7, 2014
Crowe did not elaborate on his plans, whether through legal means or by standing outside the studios blasting "We're Not Gonna Take It" on a boombox.
Cusack was, as is his wont lately, highly critical.
Hell no !! “@readdreamwrite: .@johncusack Are you or @CameronCrowe involved with this series?http://t.co/CAIfVIR9L3”
— John Cusack (@johncusack) October 7, 2014
No end to the exploitation of other people's sincere efforts in shameless slime “@auntyK007: @CameronCrowe No imagination for new ideas”
— John Cusack (@johncusack) October 7, 2014
Ione Skye is more concerned right now with being green.
Check out in your city , in some , you can put all food scraps in your green yard trimming bin. Even if it's labeled yard trimmings only.
— Ione Skye (@IoneSkye1) October 5, 2014
