Cannes 2009: Stephen Fry Brings His Liar to the Big Screen
The nation’s favourite academic will star in adaptation of his novel.
Stephen Fry will bring his novel, The Liar to the big screen with himself in a starring role, Screen International reports. One of Britain's most beloved comedians, Fry wrote The Liar in 1991 and will executive produce the big-screen adaptation.
The titular "liar" is Adrian Healey, who narrates the book and is responsible for several erroneous passages in it -- we learn that he's lying to the reader as well as other characters. It's a tale of the unrequited love of his life and meanders from his days in public school through his life as an adult. Fry will play Healey's uncle, while Skins star Nicholas Hoult will lie in the lead. Sir Ian McKellen will also star.
The film is being produced and directed by newcomer Tony Hagger, who told Screen that he expected to work with a budget of between $5.4 and 7.7m and shoot on location in the UK and Austria. The screenplay is being written by Zac Case, known for his work on US comedies Head Case and Scrubs.
Fry is a popular author of four novels and several non-fiction books and an autobiography, and as an actor he's taken roles in films such as Stormbreaker, V or Vendetta and The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. He'll play the Cheshire Cat in Tim Burton's upcoming adaptation of Alice in Wonderland. The Liar will be the first big-screen adaptation of one of his books.
The titular "liar" is Adrian Healey, who narrates the book and is responsible for several erroneous passages in it -- we learn that he's lying to the reader as well as other characters. It's a tale of the unrequited love of his life and meanders from his days in public school through his life as an adult. Fry will play Healey's uncle, while Skins star Nicholas Hoult will lie in the lead. Sir Ian McKellen will also star.
The film is being produced and directed by newcomer Tony Hagger, who told Screen that he expected to work with a budget of between $5.4 and 7.7m and shoot on location in the UK and Austria. The screenplay is being written by Zac Case, known for his work on US comedies Head Case and Scrubs.
Fry is a popular author of four novels and several non-fiction books and an autobiography, and as an actor he's taken roles in films such as Stormbreaker, V or Vendetta and The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. He'll play the Cheshire Cat in Tim Burton's upcoming adaptation of Alice in Wonderland. The Liar will be the first big-screen adaptation of one of his books.
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unbreakable_samurai writes: on May 22 2009 10:05 AM Sounds good to me, with Hoult and McKellen attached. (Reply to this) |
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Circe Prankster writes: on May 22 2009 01:47 PM This is awesome news! Stephen Fry is of course a great actor and comedian, but he is also one of my favorite writers. His books are brilliant and hilarious. "The Liar" is his first novel, based very closely on his own experience as a gay young man in a posh British public school. I highly recommend reading the book - you will be falling out of your chair laughing. Plus, read his novel "The Hippopotamus" for one of the most outrageous sex scenes ever, between a teenage boy and a horse - VERY vividly described... (Reply to this) |
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Bigbrother writes: on May 22 2009 06:10 PM Loved Stephen Fry in V for Vendetta and am a big fan of his work on audiobooks. He does the Harry Potter series over in the UK. Never read any of the books he authored though. (Reply to this) |
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