The Canyons Lives!

So The Canyons is really going to happen - just not as originally planned.

It was originally picked up as a dark soap opera for Showtime, but is now going to be a feature film.

The Canyons Facebook page has lots of info.

Director Paul Schrader and writer Bret Easton Ellis join producer Braxton Pope to finance THE CANYONS, an original Ellis script about youth, glamour, sex and Los Angeles, circa 2012. "We came to the same point at the same time," Schrader said. "We all experienced the frustrations of financing and institutional censorship. But now, with advances in digital photography and distribution, we can tell a story in the manner we choose. Movies are changing and we're changing with it."

The Canyons

Showtime announced that they've picked up a project called The Canyons - a dark soap opera type show developed by Bret Easton Ellis.

The pay cable network has ordered a script for the project, about a group twenty- and thirtysomethings in Los Angeles. It centers on a 29-year-old magazine editor who escapes his hard-partying New York life by following his best friend and a new girlfriend across the country, only to find himself virtually isolated when his friend is killed in a mysterious accident.

The six main characters - including an art gallery owner, lawyer, event planner and a closeted bartender - deal with career and relationship issues. They encounter violent situations and anxieties that are briefly manifested as monsters and other apparitions that may or may not be real.

This is the first I've heard of this project, so I'll have to do some digging. A few more details after the jump: