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MOVIES
Director of '300' looks for the return of Superman
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LOS ANGELES — Zack Snyder, the director of the edgy comic-book films "300" and "Watchmen," will direct the Warner Bros. revival of Superman.
The 44-year-old Snyder will work side-by-side with producers Christopher Nolan and Emma Thomas, the tandem that pulled the Batman character back toward cinematic credibility with the films "Batman Begins" and "The Dark
Knight," the latter grossing more than $1 billion at theaters worldwide. David S. Goyer ("Batman Begins") is writing the script and shares the credit with Nolan.
Snyder has shown a flair for kinetic hyper-reality and, in an interview Monday, he said that in recent days he finds that he "lays awake at night" thinking about the ways to present a Man of Steel who flies.
He declined to talk about story or casting — “He has to be a man ... that's as far as I've got: n” — but
did say the film will target a holiday 2012 release.
"I have a fondness for the character and a real desire to understand him and present him to a new audience," Snyder said. "The challenge is huge ... it is a hard character to crack."
The perception that the character may have a bigger past than future may have been reinforced by the solid but unspectacular performance of Bryan Singer's "Superman Returns" in 2006.
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1 Destiny
5 Boar's mate
8 Flat-bottomed boat
12 Composer Novello
13 — Beta Kappa
14 Corduroy ridge
15 Sad
17 Largest of the seven
18 Title-holder
19 Dr. Seuss' elephant
21 Harmonization
24 Chartres chum
25 Send forth
28 Actor Estrada
30 Spinning meas.
33 Tavern
34 Nourishes
35 Raw rock
36 Kinsman, briefly
37 Hurler Hershiser
38 Entangle-
ment
39 Promptly
41 Actress
Moore
43 Rook
46 A Musket
eer
50 Settled
down
51 Negative
aspect
54 Fashion
55 Festive
56 Singer
Sheryl
57 Noble
58 Prior to
59 His and —
Yesterday's answer 10-6
DOWN
1 Loyal
pooch
2 Acknowledg
edge
way or
Borgnine
5 Mas-
seur's
workplace
6 Sounds of
surprise
7 Accompan-
yning
8 Honey
bunch?
9 Able to
withstand
anything
10 Hodge-
podge
10 Withdraw
from a
habit
16 Weep
20 Erstwhile
acorns
22 — do-
well
10-6 CRYPTOQUIP
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10 is the easiest day, 0 the most challenging.
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Yesterday's Cryptoquip: BECAUSE HE THINKS ABOUT USING ONLY A SINGLE PUSHPIN AT A TIME, I'D SAY HE HAS A ONE-TACK MIND.
Today's Cryptoquip Clue: O equals S
All puzzles © King Features
ARIES (March 21-April 19)
Today is a 5
As your thinking matures, you see practical changes that transform the results into a magical success. Set it free to really grow it.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20)
Today is a $
Is it dangerous to strive for more power? Only if you let desire diminish your capacity to think logically. Resolve problems for a win-win.
People around you seem to respond to energy you can't even perceive. To understand their motivation, ask questions that deliver logical answers.
23 Words to live by
25 Recede
26 Scratch
27 Raymond Burr role
29 Between jobs
31 Expert
32 Encountered
34 Chicks and ducks and geese
38 Lowbrow stuff
40 Playful water critter
42 Chap
43 A summer place
44 Lotion additive
45 Advantage
47 Employ
48 Stench
49 Wields a needle
52 Rowing need
53 It's between ex and zee
Today is a 6
A favorite person makes demands today that seem unreasonable at first. Once you get rolling, you see exactly how to accommodate their wishes.
CANCER (June 22-July 22)
GEMINI (May 21-June 21)
Someone at work decides they want their own way. If you don't care, let them have it, at least for today. Otherwise, careful, logical explanations are needed.
LEO (July 23-Aug.22)
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22)
Today is a 7
A younger person applies considerable pressure about practical mat-
students-$6.00 !!
ters. You may need a trip to the store for the right uniform or gear.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22)
Today is a 6
Take care of your own nutritional needs. Assume the role of chef at home, perhaps, and go out for lunch with friends somewhere fabulous. Healthy food can be delicious.
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21)
Today is a 5
A neighbor or sibling challenges you to a dual of practical words. Your best tactic is logic as you respond to their emotions. Keep yours out of it.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21)
Today is a 6
Exert your will and apply physical effort to a housekeeping project. You've thought this through. Now get others to cooperate for fabulous results.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19)
Today is a 5.
Take control of your own responsibilities. Others want to tell you what to do. Be respectful. You don't have to do it their way.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb.18) Today is a 5.
A dramatic dream had you tossing and turning. Now see how it applies to today's agenda. Maybe your subconscious is trying to tell you something.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20)
Today is a 5.
Group activities pose problems for one person with petty objections. Resolve the difficulties by acknowledging their position. It helps to be heard.
MOVIES
Directors take film down a new path
Ryan Fleck and Anna Boden have collaborated on some of the most acclaimed films of the past decade. "Half Nelson" (2006), their penetrating portrait of a drug-addicted junior high school teacher, earned Ryan Gosling an Oscar nomination for best actor. And "Sugar" (2008), about a Dominican baseball player and his quest for success in America, was as insightful as it was absorbing.
MCCLATCHY-TRIBUNE
Although both films scored with critics, who were impressed with their originality, neither attracted audiences beyond the art-house crowd. But with the comedy-drama "It's Kind of a Funny Story," opening Friday, the married writing-directing duo just might break through to the mainstream.
The film boasts a strong supporting cast that includes Zach Galifianakis ("The Hangover"), Emma Roberts ("Hotel for Dogs") and Viola Davis ("Eat Pray Love"). Still, its greatest asset is Keir Gilchrist ("United States of Tara") who turns in a potentially star-making performance as Craig Gilner, a smart but mixed-up teenager who checks into an adult psychiatric ward.
With their latest film, Fleck and Boden are primed to make the transition from independent-film stalwarts to Hollywood power players in much the same way as Spike Lee ("Inside Man"), Martin Scorsese ("The Departed") and Steven Soderbergh ("Ocean's Eleven").
"It's tough," Fleck said. "But we just stuck with it, and we've been very lucky."
In a recent phone interview from Boston, however, the duo emphasized that whether their films are considered indie or mainstream is secondary to getting them made.
Fleck and Boden met on the set of a student film at New York University. After working together on documentaries, they made the short film "Gowanus, Brooklyn," which won a prize at the 2004 Sundance Film Festival and was a precursor to "Half Nelson."
"It's Kind of a Funny Story" is based on Ned Vizzini's young-adult novel. But the screen version was also inspired by the films of writer-director John Hughes
— particularly "The Breakfast Club" (1985), in which five teens, each representing a high-school stereotype, are forced to deal with each other during a stint in detention.
"Those were some of our favorite movies growing up," Boden said. "When we read the book, we thought it was a great opportunity to do something in that vein."
Like Hughes' films, Fleck said, Vizzini's book "dealt with teenage issues from a teen perspective — not through an adult lens, looking back with a hint of cynicism or sarcasm."
Hughes' other ten-oriented works include "Sixteen Candles" (1984), "Ferris Bueller's Day Off" (1986) and, as a screenwriter, "Pretty in Pink" (1986).
Accordingly, "It's Kind of a Funny Story" unreels from Craig's viewpoint.
While struggling to deal with his depression, he becomes involved with some of his fellow patients — including Noelle (Robertts), to whom he becomes attracted despite her physical and psychological scars, and Bobby (Galifianakis), who's generally friendly but given to mood swings.
Stylistically, the film is more adventurous than Fleck and Boden's previous work, allowing for whimsical cutaways that may remind film buffs of the work of director Jean-Pierre Jeunet ("Amelie") while mostly remaining in a conventional mode.