S-Town the movie: is bringing the podcast to the big screen a good idea?
(The Guardian Culture News)

The story is fragmented, the cast of characters complex - and it exposes the inner life of a very private person to full public scrutiny. What would a big-screen version look like?Warning: this article contains spoilers for the podcast S-Town.When S-Town´s seven episodes landed in one go on iTunes last year, it immediately became a podcast blockbuster, with 16m downloads in the first week. Unsurprisingly, then, it is being turned into a film, with Participant Media securing the rights. Spotlight´s Tom McCarthy is in the frame to direct. If anyone can bring such an offbeat story to the big screen, it´s probably an Oscar winner - but turning S-Town into a film won´t be an easy job. Continue reading...