According to Chabon himself, "pre-pre-production" has begun on the film adaptation of the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel with Stephen Daldry (Billy Elliot, The Hours) on board to direct. No roles have yet been cast. Why am I picturing Heath Ledger as Kavalier, Jake Gylenhaal as Sam Clay, and Michelle Williams as their sort of shared wife?

I'm open to the idea of this book as a film, and hearing what Chabon has said about the process of writing the script it sounds like a lot of the filler and fat can finally be trimmed. Still, my immediate reaction is not anticipation. I'm loath to say this about one of my favorite contemporary writers, but K and C was (let's be honest) a bit overrated.

I'd much rather see The Mysteries of Pittsburgh, which Chabon says is being shopped around with a screenplay by the guy who did Dodge Ball.