from hollywoodreporter.com:
July 23, 2004
Law to take on Burden of 'All the King's Men'
Jude Law has signed on to play protagonist Jack Burden in Columbia Pictures' remake of the triple Oscar winner "All the King's Men." Played by John Ireland in the 1949 version, Burden is a journalist who falls under the spell of Southern populist politician Willie Stark, whose tale is at the center of the story. Ireland received an Oscar nomination for his performance. Sean Penn is in negotiations to play Stark. Steven Zaillian is on board to direct from his own adaptation of Robert Penn Warren's novel. Phoenix Pictures chairman Mike Medavoy and president Arnold Messer are producing together with Zaillian and former Columbia executive Ken Lemberger.
 
 
mike medavoy is the guy i went to see at the film festival a few years back.. i could never find his name on anything he said he worked on and i wondered if he was bullshitting us, but here he is.. neat.
 
i'm so very excited about my tampa weekend, kicking off in like 5 hours and returning tuesday morning, woohoo!  the cure and jenn and gay sex and new apartments, oh my! 
 
"Holy porkchop!"