EDWARD NORTON TO BE CONSULTED ON EVERY STUDIO MOVIE GOING FORWARD

 

EDWARD NORTON TO BE CONSULTED ON EVERY STUDIO MOVIE GOING FORWARD

November 19 2010

Hollywood, CA – Traditionally people who are highly skilled in many trades are called Renaissance men. In technical terms the word for such people is Polymath. Regardless of the nomenclature, the core remains the same. People possessed of such abilities –
people such as Pythagoras, Aristotle, Benjamin Franklin, and Albert Schweitzer—are rare and quite understandably celebrated. Their contributions to the world are often not only diverse but significant and impactful. Often these are the men (and occasionally women) who change the world.

Our modern world has unfortunately been largely absent of such people with only a few individuals even practicing in multiple fields never mind excelling in them. Partially a result of modern economic and social pressures as well as the limited need for people working across fields due to sheer population numbers, the demise of such individuals is perhaps nothing more than a superficial loss. Still, people try. Perhaps the best known of recent efforts is Orson Welles who, for a brief period, seemed the next great mind. Things fell apart, as they often do, but it gave hope to a new generation that such things could indeed still be accomplished. In recent years another individual has been following in those formidable footsteps. Edward Norton’s meteoric rise from no-name to top tier has been remarkable, but it has been his diverse talents as writer-actor-director-editor that has gained him the most notoriety. Now that talent is gaining him new power after all the Hollywood agreed to consult him on every single project they produce.

“This is one of the great moments in Hollywood history, a landmark event that will forever change the way in which we see cinema and the way in which all art is produced and regarded,” said a representative for Norton. “This has been a long and difficult negotiation but we have finally all come to an agreement that we feel will satisfy all parties involved and push the art and business of film to all new heights.”

It was recently announced that Norton will star in the new movie from fellow auteur Wes Anderson, a project he will immediately be assuming.

“This is obviously going to make Mr. Norton a very busy man and as such he will not be making a statement to the media. Rather, he will continue to dedicate his time and life to the medium that has given him so much and to which he will be able to contribute so profoundly,” continued the spokesperson. “As of this moment Mr. Norton is currently hard at work developing three dozen different projects. As time goes he will be increasing his work load and will in a very short time be hands on with every single project manufactured and released by the major Hollywood studios. We are all looking forward to what fruits this agreement will bear.”

Norton has already begun work on ‘The Avengers’, a movie from which he was cut only a few months ago.

“This is really something potentially special. Movies from Hollywood always seem so slapdash, so thrown together but now they will have a cohesive identity, as singular voice that binds them altogether. While that may cause some problems amongst the various talents in the town, the net result will be pretty dramatic I believe,” said Scrape TV Entertainment analyst Tracey Temple. “Never before as an entire medium been under the control of a single individual and it will be very interesting to see what kind of results that will yield. By having a single, strong voice film will be able to reach heights never before thought possible and that is nothing but a good thing.”

Norton will apparently try to appear in many of the movies produced, but apparently only ‘when it makes sense’.