The Informers Trailer!

Not sure whether this is legit, but it looks like it is so I'm going with it - The Informers trailer. [thanks Chris]

Informers Article In V Magazine

The issue of V Magazine with Gwen Stefani on the cover has an article about Bret and The Informers film. There isn't anything online other than this blurb. [thanks Jason]

American Informer
The Informers is the latest of Bret Easton Ellis's dark works to hit the big screen. The novelist is no stranger to Hollywood

No Vampires In The Informers Film?

Has the mention of vampires been removed from The Informers film?

However, Jon Foster who plays Graham, the son of a Hollywood movie exec (Billy Bob Thornton) has made the shocking revelation that there are no creatures from the dead in director Gregor Jordon's upcoming adaptation.

"There are no more vampires. They took the vampires out. There are no zombies or monsters either," he announces. "This is more about the narcissistic side of people's characters. God knows why they took the vampire characters out. I can't say if I was pleased or displeased, that is just the way it is."

Informers Cast Member Dies

Brad Renfro died this morning, likely of a drug overdose. He had been filming a part for The Informers, but I'm not sure if he finished everything that needed to be done. This may cause the need for some re-shoots if there were unfinished scenes.

UPDATE: Renfro's death is now confirmed as a heroin & morphine overdose.

The Informers South American Set Pics

La Republica has a few set pictures from The Informers on location in South America.

Ashley Olsen Out Of Informers

Looks like Ashley Olsen may be off The Informers. She's not listed at the IMDB page anymore.

The Informers: Winona On Set

Here are some pictures of Winona Ryder during filming of The Informers.

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Heard, Isaak Join Informers

Couple new cast members have been announced for The Informers: Amber Heard and Chris Isaak.

Heard plays a sexually promiscuous woman caught up in the decadence of 1980s L.A., while Isaak will play a sex- and alcohol-obsessed father who takes his young son to Hawaii.

Filming has already begun in LA, which reminds me that I've got a couple pictures of Winona Ryder on-set to post later.

Informers Inspired Photos

Out.com has a small photoshoot inspired by The Informers up. Thanks to Joe for sending in the link.

Rourke, Ryder Join The Informers

More casting news today on the film adaptation of The Informers as Mickey Rourke and Winona Ryder come aboard.

Ryder will play a newscaster who has just been dumped after a longtime affair with a married producer William Sloan.

Rourke will play Peter, an amoral former studio security guard who plots to kidnap a small child to sell to the leader of a Los Angeles cult.

Billy Bob and Kim Basinger Joining The Informers

The casting for The Informers seems to be going well, with Billy Bob Thornton and Kim Basinger currently in negotiations to join the cast. Already on board are Brandon Routh, Ashley Olsen, Austin Nichols, Lou Pucci and Jon Foster.

Thornton will play a movie exec, and Basinger will portray his wife, Routh has been cast as the vampire, and Olsen plays a sexually promiscuous girl.

Shooting will begin in October in Los Angeles, Uruguay and Brazil.

The Informers Casting

Looks like The Informers film is either casting or at least accepting submissions. Good news either way that the project continues to move forward (thouth it does still have Nick Jarecki listed as director).

The Informers, based on a 1994 novel by Bret Easton Ellis that follows the adventures of a group of characters in 1983 Los Angeles. Movie executives, rock stars, and a vampire are involved in stories laced with sex, drugs, and violence. Nick Jarecki directs the screenplay he wrote with Ellis. Casting: Automatic Sweat, 5243 W. Washington Blvd., L.A., CA 90016.

The Informers Production Insert

Via Ion Cinema, here is a teaser of the production insert poster for The Informers from Cannes. Looking good!

See the full version of the poster at Ion Cinema.

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The Informers Film Is A Go

Wow. 2 weeks ago, I was pretty sure there wouldn't be many updates to this site until The Canyons got closer to reality. Then we had the The Frog King news, and today - The Informers gets a greenlight with Gregor Jordan set to direct and production to begin this summer.

Nick Jarecki, the original director attached to the project and the co-writer of the screenplay along with Ellis, will get Executive Producer duties. Here's a note that Nick sent out regarding the project:

Dear Friends,

As many of you know for over two years Bret Ellis and I have been hard at work on our film THE INFORMERS. Nothing about it has been easy as many of you who've listened to our stories can attest.

I'm pleased to announce that we are currently moving forward to production. This will hopefully be the first of many exciting news items soon to come.

Thanks to everyone for their support on the quest to realize a great film.

Nick

I've actually managed to get my hands on this screenplay a few months back and really liked what I saw. I had pretty much resigned myself to the idea that the project was dead, so this is great news!

The Informers This Summer?

Variety has a small mention of The Informers film that claims its still in pre-production and will start shooting this summer. I'm not getting my hopes up just yet.

Update On The Informers Film

No news is bad news for the film adaptation of The Informers. Initially planned for the fall of 2006, then pushed back to early 2007, the Nicholas Jarecki project is apparently going nowhere at the moment.

The Informers Film A Go

Looks like the past rumors of an upcoming film based on The Informers were true.

Here's the previous info about the film.

More: Here's the Variety article about the film. The company that snapped it up is Senator Entertainment. Shooting will begin in early 2007 and will take place entirely in Los Angeles.

Jarecki Confirms Informers Film!

The rumor of a Nicholas Jarecki directed adaptation of The Informers first surfaced in May of 2005, but it now appears to be on the verge of being realized. In an interview with CHUD.com, Jarecki talks about his film about James Toback [thanks to Frank for the tip] called Outsider and when asked about future planned projects he has this to say:

In the fall I'm going to direct a new film called The Informers, which I've written with Bret Easton Ellis, based on his best-selling book of the same name. We wrote this very crazy, multi-character, Short Cuts/Boogie Nights type movie that takes place in 1983 in Los Angeles and is about a rock star and a movie studio president and his wife and his mistress and a vampire and a kidnapper.

Jarecki also talks about the process he went thru to get Bret on board with this adaptation. This should be an interesting project to follow. Because The Informers is easily Bret's least recognized novel, I wonder how many casual Ellis fans will be drawn in to a story that they may have skipped previously.

Ellis Interview

The Morning News has an interview up with Bret by Robert Birnbaum. Robert has chatted with Bret a few times over the past couple of years, so his interview is quite different than most folks because he doesn't have to ask the obvious questions. [Thanks to Tim and Settemod for sending this in]

The only real future project nugget is Bret's response when asked about The Informers:

BEE: And that has a script and looks like it's going to go, yeah.

This would be the Nicholas Jarecki script mentioned last year, so hopefully its still progressing.

The Informers On Film?

Is Nicholas Jarecki going to bring 'The Informers' to film? Thats what Cinematical says after talking with Jarecki at the Tribeca Film Festival.

I had lunch this afternoon with Nicholas Jarecki, director of the Tribeca documentary The Outsider, which tracks James Toback through the making and release of When Will I Be Loved. Response to the film, Jarecki's first, has been strong, and with good reason: genius/madman Toback is relentlessly interesting, and the film provides a rather excellent investigation of the creative process. Jarecki's next project? An adaptation of The Informers, by Bret Easton Ellis.