We’re all about
to get a load of
John C Reilly
showing off the
musical talents
he hinted at
with Chicago
when Walk Hard
opens. But did
you know he can
also drink the
blood of
mortals?It’s
true*, and he’ll
prove it when he
starts work on
Paul Weitz’ next
directing job,
Cirque du Freak.
Following in
the footsteps of
his brother
Chris (who has
been labouring
away on some
arty, low-budget
tosh about a
golden compass
or something),
Weitz has
adapted Darren
Shan’s kiddie
novel about
vampires
battling the
rival Vampanese.
Reilly will play
a fang club
member who
recruits a
14-year-old as
an assistant and
sees him turn
into a half-
vampire, a move
that helps to
ignite the worst
conflict between
the two groups
yet.
Weitz starts
drawing blood in
February. If
he’s successful,
there are 12
books waiting in
the wings for
Universal to
build a
franchise
around.
*It’s not
true. For any
lawyers reading,
it’s really,
really not true.
