Charlie Kaufman writes screenplays that are tricky and intricate, and they attract great actors who like to work with material that is both fun and challenging. Kaufman is planning to direct his second film,
Frank or Francis, which he also wrote, and the movie has already lined up
Steve Carell,
Jack Black,
Nicolas Cage, and
Kevin Kline to play of roles that are characteristically Kaufman, which is to say: earnest and familiar but ...