The Canadian Film Director, Ken Scott, has just shown his latest film 'Starbuck', presented in the International Week of Valladolid, Spain. The comedy tells about a evergreen Peter Pan of 42 years who discovered that he is the biological father of 533 children, direct consequence of having passing his youth donating sperm in a fertility clinic, all for money.
Hollywood already has it's eye fixed on the comedy to produce a 'remake' - pretty unusual, as most remakes are done years or even decades later. But the director, wise and shrew, wants first of all to première the film in as many countries as possible before selling it's right to the US market.
Knowing Hollywood, it's easy to guess that Adam Sandler stands a good chance to get a lot of ballot for the part of the prolific professional father with complex of Peter Pan. However, I think the star of 'Big children' is far from the height of Patrick Huard, who played the character of the original film: a mature man with little ambition in life, who works in his father butchery delivering meat; the best thing one could say about him is 'disastrous'.
Father of 3, Ken Scott has been turning the idea in his head to write a script on paternity. It was at first about a man who has a great number of children and, intending it to be a comedy, 150. But while he was writing the story, a true life version was reported in the news, that a man in the US was the biological father of 500 children. That news made him re-plan his script, topping the truth to be even more sensational, 533!
The film starts off with the descendants imposing a demand to verify the father of them all. Such a beginning is as bizarre as appetizing. As it goes on, it dilutes the tone of fury with honey and sugar, and ends with lots of sweet sentiment.
It's really a homage to fathers. Just 10 years ago, it's unthinkable that a man would take a whole year's leave to care for his children. In future, it's likely that films would talk less about absent fathers, but those with too much and too often their presence.
Another thing, a Hollywood production will be very different, amongst other reasons, the money. The original was made with a small and limited budget. Generally, if money is scarce, the more creative one has to be; often produces better results.
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