By Jacquelyn Smith, Forbes Staff
“All the effort in the world won’t matter if you’re not inspired.”―Chuck Palahniuk, Diary How inspired are you? What motivates you to be a better person, or to do better work? Maybe it’s a memorable phrase or moving piece of art. Perhaps it’s an individual, or an enlightening experience. …read more
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If the first two rules of Fight Club are “Don’t talk about Fight Club,” then Chuck Palahniuk broke them both when he attended SDCC last week. The author was one of the guests on a book-themed panel called “Ode to Nerds,” along with fellow novelists Austin Grossman, Patrick Rothfuss, and several others. It was there that he made the unexpected announcement that a Fight Club sequel is in the works.
However, that sequel won’t be in the form of a new novel, or a follow-up to the popular 1999 film adaptation starring Brad Pitt and Edward Norton. Instead, Palahniuk is planning a comic book series to continue the misadventures of disaffected narrator “Jack” and his fiery alter ego, Tyler Durden. Palahniuk clarified the announcement today on his official fan website, The Cult:
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Once upon a time, in a land not so far from this one, Brad Pitt was the very face anti-consumerism. You see, when he slipped into the role of the elitist-loathing, food-abusing, violence-embracing Tyler Durden from Fight Club, his visage was inextricably married to images of leveling credit card corporations with nothing more than a little human fat and some determination. Of course, that was before Pitt settled into old age with a passel of children at his feet. Now, it seems, he’ll shill for something as long as it doesn’t damage his reputation in America.
Need proof? Look no further than this Chinese ad for the Cadillac XTS. In it, Pitt contentedly wafts the big front-wheel drive barge around San Francisco against a mildly euphoric soundtrack. You can check out the scene for yourself below, just make sure you have your last meal squarely situated in your stomach before pressing play. We have to wonder if Pitt wakes up in the middle of the night with Chuck Palahniuk‘s oddly omniscient words echoing in his ears: “Then you’re trapped in your lovely nest, and the things you used to own, now they own you.”
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