It seems like every few days we get yet another casting update on the highly-anticipated adaptation of the first book in Suzanne Collins’s trilogy. Apparently the books are really popular, and yet, I had never heard of them until the adaptation was announced, so that’s another one I can add to the list which already includes other series like Twilight and Percy Jackson. However, the difference here is that The Hunger Games actually has a very intriguing premise and has potential to be a really fun movie.

Here’s a wacky idea. Let’s take one of America’s most beloved presidents and say he was something completely preposterous. That wouldn’t work, would it? Before beginning this script, I was curious, but a little skeptical. However, by the end, I found myself caught up in this interesting blend of action, history, drama, and even a little romance. It seems like we’ve been getting a lot of news about the upcoming adaptation of Seth Grahame-Smith’s book including lots of casting and even a couple of pictures, so let’s explore Hollywood’s choices and take a deeper look into this fascinating story.

I still remember the day, nearly three years ago now, I received what was considered one of the holiest holy grail scripts of its day, the screenplay to Inglourious Basterds by Quentin Tarantino (the one he was robbed of an Oscar for last year). I flew through it in just a couple days and was completely blown away, so you can imagine my excitement last week when I found QT’s latest screenplay, Django Unchained, sitting in my inbox, awaiting my perusal.

There are a lot of things we don’t know about Quentin Tarantino’s Django Unchained – who the lead is, when it’s going into production, even whether it’s going into production at all – but there’s one thing that you can be certain of: this is a film that’s going to turn some heads.