For too long, little kids have been denied the pleasure of witnessing, appreciating, and knowing the existential despair that comes from watching a Charlie Kaufman movie. No longer! Kaufman’s latest screenplay is an existential meditation on mortality for the whole family — the animated movie Orion and the Dark, which is coming soon to Netflix. … Read more
Oscar-winning screenwriter Charlie Kaufman says the industry tends to push “idiosyncratic” people like him to the side. Believe it or not, Charlie Kaufman has been in the business for 40 years, so the guy has seen a lot. As it turns out, he is far from pleased with how the industry has developed since the … Read more
It’s been three years since Charlie Kaufman’s last film, I’m Thinking of Ending Thingswhich also marked the Adaptation and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind writer’s first movie for Netflix. His next project is also headed to streaming, and it marks his first venture into digital animation. (He previously co-directed and wrote the stop-motion animated … Read more