As we began talking about editorial content we could publish to celebrate the release of Hail, Caesar!, the latest film from Joel and Ethan Coen, we realized that none of us had the same top five lists, and that it seems unusual for that to be the case. The Coens have had such a rich and varied career that it is impossible to pin them down to one style or one theme or one type of storytelling. Some people love their comedies. Some people love it when they get dark. Some people love the underdogs, the least-liked of their films. But what's clear is that every film they've made has its fans, and even their worst films are beloved by someone. There are few artists like the Coen Brothers, and we were delighted to get lists from each of our special guest contributors this time. The diversity of the replies...
- 2/4/2016
- by HitFix Staff
- Hitfix
Early this morning, a 4.4 magnitude earthquake rocked Los Angeles, California and approximately two seconds later the joke began on social media. Originating near Westwood, the quake lasted for approximately ten seconds. Which is more than enough time to reach safety and immediately begin tweeting. Fun fact! Scientists believe 'The Big One' will shake continuously for over two minutes. #1 - Reminder, the police cannot apprehend an earthquake. Please do not call 911 to report the #earthquake. We are well aware of it. Lines need to be kept open for emergencies pic.twitter.com/joEwpfgPnC — Lapd Communications (@911Lapd) March 17, 2014 #2 - Unless you think the earthquake is holding your dad for ransom obviously. Actual txt from my dad: "did U here about. The Earth quake at La Aniz felt it Harris is at VietNam" Is this a ransom note?? — Aziz Ansari (@azizansari) March 17, 2014 #3 - Of course this happened on the best day of the year for an earthquake.
- 3/17/2014
- by Donna Dickens
- Hitfix
Why Watch? Swelling music, moony-eyed lovers kissing as waves crash and uncontrollable sobbing may not be your style on Valentine’s Day. In fact, it’s hard to see that style being truly popular anymore. We seem to like thing a little more ironic now, and Lana McKissack is happy to oblige with a giant set of teeth and an ugly wig. This parody from director Nathan Moore mashes up The Wolf of Wall Street with the cutthroat world of stale chocolates to deliver a send up of the holiday that rivals last year’s Zero Dark Thirty romantic interrogation. It’s fun, breezy and hits all the right marks. Plus, you can catch a glimpse of Fsr’s Broken Projector co-host and Going The Distance screenwriter Geoff Latulippe ineptly trying to sell people romance. What Will It Cost? About 3 minutes. A New Short Film Every Weekday...
- 2/13/2014
- by Scott Beggs
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
On this week's episode of The Golden Briefcase, Tim and Jeremy are joined by screenwriter/podcaster Geoff Latulippe (of Going the Distance and the Broken Projector Podcast) to go through their latest picks of the week, the newest in DVD & Blu-ray releases, new trailers for Sofia Coppola's The Bling Ring and Marvel's Thor: The Dark World. The main topic was a discussion on the genre of wedding films in honor of The Big Wedding out this weekend. The guys go over this constant sub-genre and where it fits amongst other genres it appears in. They also discuss other stories where a wedding has yet to be a major plot point. The Golden Briefcase is also broadcast Live on Wednesday nights starting ~7:30Pm Pst. You can listen in via our Ustream page or by visiting our own live page right here on Fs. The podcast is just as fun...
- 4/25/2013
- by Tim Buel
- firstshowing.net
Hosts Geoff Latulippe and Scott Beggs hate Girls, so they’re celebrating it with Kate Erbland, who was nice enough to help them understand the genuine love for Lena Dunham‘s terribly average HBO series. Also on this week’s show, Broken City director Allen Hughes talks shooting fast, celebrating 20 years of Menace II Society and why he loves crime dramas, and Geoff explains a truly despicable “management” scam that aspiring screenwriters need to protect themselves against. Don’t get suckered. Listen now. Download Episode #2 On This Week’s Show: Geoff Explains an Important Movie Theory [0:00 - 1:15] Appreciating Things We Hate: Girls Edition [1:15 - 20:15] Allen Hughes on Broken City [20:15 - 34:30] The Red Flags of a Screenwriting Scam [34:30 - 44:30] Get In Touch With Us: Ask Us Anything Email Us Twitter Us Call Broken Projector: (512) 212-1301 Subscribe to Reject Radio:...
- 1/18/2013
- by Scott Beggs
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
No, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences hasn’t set up a new category to honor writing about film. The Oscars of the title are my dog, Oscar the Groucho Marx Campbell (who is in no way named for the awards of the same name), and one of Kate’s two cats, Oscar Erbland (the other is named Felix, by the way, so you can guess what he’s named after). The two animals will be joining us next month for some actual Academy Awards fun, but for now they’re just being introduced to bring you the latest Reject Recap. Which, not coincidentally, reviews the week the Oscar nominations were announced. And of course we did report and comment on those nominations. But before we get to all that, the Oscars want to remind you to read our reviews of new releases, including Gangster Squad, 56 Up and Let My People Go, and...
- 1/12/2013
- by Christopher Campbell
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
Welcome to the inaugural episode of Broken Projector! This week, hosts Scott Beggs and Geoff Latulippe ask you to vote for which historical wrong Quentin Tarantino should right next and Rob Hunter reviews Ruben Fleischer’s Gangster Squad. And in the main event, Scott takes The Last Crusade while HitFix‘s Drew McWeeny take Temple of Doom in a debate over the best Indiana Jones sequel. Download Episode #1 On This Week’s Show: Temple of Doom vs Last Crusade [0:00 - 14:15] Quentin Tarantino Saving History [14:15 - 23:30] Gangster Squad Reviewed [23:30 - 29:00] Get In Touch With Us: Ask Us Anything Email Us Twitter Us Call Broken Projector: (512) 212-1301 Subscribe to Reject Radio:...
- 1/11/2013
- by Scott Beggs
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
Like the announcement from Broken Projector‘s own special little place online states, the world doesn’t need another movie podcast, but Geoff Latulippe (Going the Distance) and I are forcing one on the unsuspecting public. Only you’re not unsuspecting anymore because we’re warning you. Which, now that I think about it, is a pretty crappy part of the surprise attack we had planned. Our first show will hit Fsr on Friday morning with Drew McWeeny taking Doom‘s side in the debate over the best Indiana Jones sequel, a review of Gangster Squad from Rob Hunter, and a vital conversation about which historical atrocity Quentin Tarantino should fictionally fix next (which we’ll need your help on). We hope you enjoy it, but if you don’t, we invite you to call your congressperson. The point is: get ready. The link above outlines some of the things that will make our show stand out...
- 1/9/2013
- by Scott Beggs
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
Last week, Movies.com Managing Editor Erik Davis was a guest on the final episode of the Reject Radio podcast, and the show was focused on the question of what changed most about cinema and moviegoing in 2012. Also appearing to talk with host (and Film School Rejects managing editor) Scott Beggs about "the things that will never be the same again in the movie world" were Film School Rejects Associate Editor Rob Hunter, Cinema Blend Editor-in-Chief Katey Rich and Going the Distance screenwriter Geoff Latulippe. Their big answers and topics discussed include the end of celluloid, the permanence of digital shooting and projection, the introduction of 48 fps (aka high frame rate), the growth of crowd-funding and democratic fan-driven film production, and how the...
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- 12/18/2012
- by Christopher Campbell
- Movies.com
This weekend we’d like to wish all our Jewish friends and readers a happy Hanukkah. The eight-day Festival of Lights began last Saturday evening and ends tomorrow night, so if any observers out there were too busy with the holiday to keep up with Fsr this week, chances are they won’t be able to catch up this morning either. But the Recap will still be here after the sun goes down on Sunday. Take your time. But eventually do check out our reviews of the new theatrical releases, including The Hobbit: An Unexpected Story, Save the Date and The Loving Story. We had no interviews this week, but we did post the very last ever Reject Radio podcast, which does feature a talk with screenwriter Geoff Latulippe plus some movie blog friends. Listen to that. And while we say goodbye to one thing, we say hello to another. Definitely...
- 12/15/2012
- by Christopher Campbell
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
Transformative technology. Fips. The Marvel Model disrupting superhero movies (and how it can survive alongside perpetual reboots). The literal death of film. Megan Ellison saving movies. The sleeper hits of 2012 and a great movie year for every kind of fan. Emerging independent funding. Fans saving shows with their own money. The digital horizon. Here at the end of the year (and the end of this podcast) I’ve asked Fsr associate editor Rob Hunter, Cinema Blend editor-in-chief Katey Rich, Movies.com managing editor Erik Davis and screenwriter Geoff Latulippe (Going the Distance) to talk about the things that will never be the same again in the movie world after 2012. They’ve come through with some incredibly interesting answers. Plus, your view on what’s changing and a look ahead to the future. Download Episode #156 On This Week’s Show: The End [Beginning - 13:25]: From higher frame rates to digital supremacy, Rob Hunter talks about technology changing the movie...
- 12/13/2012
- by Scott Beggs
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
Yom Kippur at Wme Short Film. Geoff Latulippe‘s Yom Kippur at Wme (2011) short film stars J.B. Smoove and Rich Cook. Yom Kippur at Wme‘s plot synopsis: “Jb Smoove shows up at his agency on Yom Kippur to find it empty. So he decides to Run sh*t.”
This short film was pretty funny. When discussing Quentin Tarantino‘s Django Unchained, J.B. Smoove asks: “who do you how to play a slave? You can’t talk to someone who was one” or something like that. “J.B. Unchained”.
More on the short film:
It’s incredibly funny, especially if you know anything about the inner working of Hollywood. If you don’t, Ari Emanuel and Max Landis jokes might go over your head.
I believe Entourage‘s Ari Gold is based on Ari Emanuel, especially since Mark Wahlberg is mentioned like five times during Yom Kippur at Wme‘s run time.
This short film was pretty funny. When discussing Quentin Tarantino‘s Django Unchained, J.B. Smoove asks: “who do you how to play a slave? You can’t talk to someone who was one” or something like that. “J.B. Unchained”.
More on the short film:
It’s incredibly funny, especially if you know anything about the inner working of Hollywood. If you don’t, Ari Emanuel and Max Landis jokes might go over your head.
I believe Entourage‘s Ari Gold is based on Ari Emanuel, especially since Mark Wahlberg is mentioned like five times during Yom Kippur at Wme‘s run time.
- 2/10/2012
- by filmbook
- Film-Book
Heaps of photos from The Amazing Spider-Man and Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, a new action photo from Snow White and the Huntsman.
Posters for The Bourne Legacy, Seeking a Friend at the End of the World, Wrath of the Titans, and The Pirates! Band of Misfits.
"Trailers due in the next few weeks include "Seeking A Friend For The End Of The World", "Bullet To The Head", two variations of a teaser for "Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter", and three new variations of a second trailer for "Wrath of the Titans"…" (full details)
"With 4.8 million rentals in just over four months, "Bridesmaids" has become the most-ordered VOD title of all time. According to Rentrak’s OnDemand Essentials, the acclaimed comedy has grossed more than $24 million to date through video-on-demand services alone…" (full details)
""Going the Distance" screenwriter Geoff Latulippe will make his directing debut on a project for Paramount…" (full details...
Posters for The Bourne Legacy, Seeking a Friend at the End of the World, Wrath of the Titans, and The Pirates! Band of Misfits.
"Trailers due in the next few weeks include "Seeking A Friend For The End Of The World", "Bullet To The Head", two variations of a teaser for "Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter", and three new variations of a second trailer for "Wrath of the Titans"…" (full details)
"With 4.8 million rentals in just over four months, "Bridesmaids" has become the most-ordered VOD title of all time. According to Rentrak’s OnDemand Essentials, the acclaimed comedy has grossed more than $24 million to date through video-on-demand services alone…" (full details)
""Going the Distance" screenwriter Geoff Latulippe will make his directing debut on a project for Paramount…" (full details...
- 2/9/2012
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Being an expert in the art of acting, social media, and hipness, it was only a matter of time before Joseph Gordon-Levitt helmed a picture for himself — so, here we are. According to Deadline, he’ll be doing so with Scarlett Johansson co-starring in and Voltage Pictures producing his untitled comedic screenplay. It’s being kept under lock and key as of right now, but we at least know that this is “a sexy comedy about about a modern day Don Juan (Gordon-Levitt), and his quest to become less of a ‘selfish dick.’” Having written it himself, the actor considers it both “a helluva role” and “one that people wouldn’t necessarily thought of me for.”
When talking to Deadline, the Gordon-Levitt also said that, while this isn’t the only feature script he’s written, his freshman effort as a filmmaker was the first he “thought was good enough to make into a movie.
When talking to Deadline, the Gordon-Levitt also said that, while this isn’t the only feature script he’s written, his freshman effort as a filmmaker was the first he “thought was good enough to make into a movie.
- 2/7/2012
- by jpraup@gmail.com (thefilmstage.com)
- The Film Stage
Some congrats is in order for one of our favorite up-and-coming screenwriters, and crazy twitterers, Geoff Latulippe, who broke out in Hollywood with his script for the romantic comedy Going the Distance. He's been doing a lot of various writing work since, but now Deadline reports that he's landed an opportunity to direct a film for Paramount, an "untitled comedy" that they say he'll also write based on his own ensemble pitch. Latulippe, who's moving up the ladder quickly in the industry, landed the gig after Paramount's president Adam Goodman saw a comedic short he made for agency Wme, which Latulippe directed for fun. The story goes that Latulippe made a short for Wme featuring J.B. Smoove taking over the agency on Yom Kippur (watch that here). Paramount's Adam Goodman saw it, brought him in for a meeting, got a pitch and as the story goes in Hollywood, that's all...
- 2/7/2012
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Screenwriter Geoff Latulippe is set to make his directing debut with a project for Paramount, The Hollywood Reporter confirmed today. Latulippe, who wrote the Justin Long-Drew Barrymore comedy Going the Distance, got the gig after helming a successful short for Wme that attracted the attention of Paramount Film Group president Adam Goodman. Photos: Emmy Winners 2011: 'Mad Men,' 'Modern Family,' Julianna Margulies and Kyle Chandler Speaking with THR, Latulippe said directing the original short, which starred comedian and Curb Your Enthusiasm actor Jb Smoove, came up as a matter of practicality. “It actually came up almost by accident,
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- 2/7/2012
- by Todd Gilchrist
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Exclusive: Writer Geoff Latulippe just closed his first directing job at Paramount. Latulippe, who scripted Going the Distance and Breathers, will write and direct an untitled comedy ensemble based on his pitch at Paramount. What makes this particularly interesting for Deadline is that his studio shot came about after Par Film Group president Adam Goodman saw on Deadline a short that Latulippe’s made for Wme’s all-company retreat in which Curb Your Enthusiasm‘s J.B. Smoove took over the agency on Yom Kippur. That got the aspiring director a meeting, where the studio bought his pitch and set him to direct. Dawn Olmstead and Marti Noxon are producing the project. Latulippe is Wme-repped. He’s the second piece of talent from a Hollywood parody aired on Deadline who got a career nudge. After playing an Ari-esque superagent in another Wme-generated spoof Pinkberry: The Movie, the UTA-repped Miles Fisher got...
- 2/7/2012
- by MIKE FLEMING
- Deadline
On this premiere episode of The Golden Briefcase Breakdown, hosts Tim & Jeremy are again joined by screenwriter Geoff Latulippe (from Tgb Episode 92) to go over an extremely spoiler-filled discussion of Ben Wheatley's film Kill List (which is now available on VOD). The main purpose of these Breakdown episodes is to to ponder, discuss and challenge the films that we feel often need more talk than just a simple review. We breakdown the film to discuss plot devices, theories and endings in order to better understand the director's vision and hopefully to challenge listeners at home to re-evaluate the way they watch cinema. Extra episodes of Tgb Breakdown will be arriving about every month, and will appear here in addition to all of our regular weekly Golden Briefcase episodes. Beware - every episode of Tgb Breakdown will contain Massive Spoilers for the film in discussion (this one is Kill List...
- 1/13/2012
- by Tim Buel
- firstshowing.net
On this week's episode of The Golden Briefcase, Tim & Jeremy are joined by cinephile and Going the Distance screenwriter Geoff Latulippe to go through their latest Picks of the Week, one new DVD & Blu-Ray release this week, talk about the new trailers for the Chris Sparling-penned Atm thriller and the Us remake of the one-shot horror film The Silent House, plus quite a bit more in this episode! The topic of the night was an exciting 2012 preview and discussion on the year in film that lies ahead. The guys go over their personal most anticipated films and talk about some of the trends we expect to see this year in film! The Golden Briefcase is also broadcast Live on Wednesday nights starting ~7:30Pm Pst. You can listen in via our Ustream page or by visiting our own live page right here on Fs. The podcast is just as...
- 1/13/2012
- by Tim Buel
- firstshowing.net
This week, on a very special episode of Reject Radio, we speak with Paranormal Activity 3 star Lauren Bittner, get some minute-by-minute screenwriting tips from “Something Startling Happens: The 120 Story Beats Every Writer Should Know” author Todd Klick, and we present a very special interview with Mr. Orson Welles (as played by an inebriated Geoff Latulippe). At least 2/3rds of the show is a great idea. The rest is a genius idea that just might burn down the internet. Download This Episode On This Week’s Show: Doors Slamming Shut On Their Own [The Beginning - 15:25]: Lauren Bittner plays Julie in Paranormal 3, the mother of the two woman who have starred (full-grown) in the first two films. She joins us to talk about starring in her first horror feature and how important it is to have a sense of humor when trying to scare the hell out of someone. Minute 8 [15:25 - 29:30]: Screenwriter Todd Klick discovered an unbelievable pattern in...
- 10/26/2011
- by Cole Abaius
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
Chicago – It’s far from a perfect comedy but considering the amazingly-broken state of the romantic comedy genre, the wasteland of horrendous films that have continued to give talentless stars like Katherine Heigl a career, “Going the Distance,” recently released on Blu-ray and DVD, is a surprisingly-effective flick. A somewhat-bizarre blend of “dude humor” with typical genre cliches may turn some viewers off but this flick is two things most romantic comedies aren’t — romantic and funny.
Blu-Ray Rating: 3.5/5.0
Real-life couple Justin Long and Drew Barrymore star in “Going the Distance” as a newly-dating couple who decide to try and make the long-distance thing work despite having a relatively young relationship. Issues like phone sex, jealousy, and travel expenses are expected but the script tries to keep things fresh by giving both Long and Barrymore interesting co-stars to support them including Jason Sudeikis (“Saturday Night Live”), Charlie Day (“It’s...
Blu-Ray Rating: 3.5/5.0
Real-life couple Justin Long and Drew Barrymore star in “Going the Distance” as a newly-dating couple who decide to try and make the long-distance thing work despite having a relatively young relationship. Issues like phone sex, jealousy, and travel expenses are expected but the script tries to keep things fresh by giving both Long and Barrymore interesting co-stars to support them including Jason Sudeikis (“Saturday Night Live”), Charlie Day (“It’s...
- 1/3/2011
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
Pointedly going for some sense of honesty and "reality" not often seen among the standard fare of romantic comedies, Going the Distance frequently loses itself to this effort, which feels false (and vulgar for the sake of vulgarity) more often than it describes the truth it's after.
Though the film would have benefited greatly from a few more minds scrutinizing many of the details (it is written by new comer Geoff Latulippe, and directed by Nanette Burstein, who only has documentaries under her belt to this point), there is an underlying gravity that pulls the audience along, even if it is offered few chances to take center stage.
It's the story of a long-distance relationship, thoroughly entrenched in being for and about the exact age demographic of its actors, but it manages to conquer its own shtick and make some keen observations about relationships in general. Chiefly, in respect to the long-distance classic question,...
Though the film would have benefited greatly from a few more minds scrutinizing many of the details (it is written by new comer Geoff Latulippe, and directed by Nanette Burstein, who only has documentaries under her belt to this point), there is an underlying gravity that pulls the audience along, even if it is offered few chances to take center stage.
It's the story of a long-distance relationship, thoroughly entrenched in being for and about the exact age demographic of its actors, but it manages to conquer its own shtick and make some keen observations about relationships in general. Chiefly, in respect to the long-distance classic question,...
- 12/30/2010
- by Marc Eastman
- AreYouScreening.com
The motion picture lit agent quit The Gersh Agency in October with time on her contract and reps such prominent clients as Diablo Cody and regularly packages books for movies. Self started in the CAA mailroom but was made an agent at Gersh. She also reps a lot of young writer/directors that include Geoff Latulippe, scripter of the recent Drew Barrymore-Justin Long comedy Going the Distance.
- 12/4/2010
- by NIKKI FINKE
- Deadline Hollywood
Exclusive: Sarah Self, the well-regarded agent who reps Juno scribe Diablo Cody and regularly packages books for movies, has resigned from Gersh. She dropped the bomb last night. Word is already swirling that she might go to CAA, but Self has time on her contract and she has to be released before anything happens. It is another tough blow for Gersh, which just watched David Kopple move to CAA, with the expectation he will bring with him Spider-Man director Marc Webb when he actually lands there. The CAA speculation comes from the fact that she worked very closely with Kopple. Self didn't return numerous calls, but the agency is dealing with this as we speak. Self actually started in the CAA mailroom but was made an agent at Gersh. She also reps a lot of young writer/directors that include Geoff Latulippe, scripter of the recent Drew Barrymore-Justin Long comedy Going the Distance.
- 10/21/2010
- by MIKE FLEMING
- Deadline
Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Scarlett Johansson may soon be lending their talents to a zom-com. The two are reportedly “loosely attached” to ‘Breathers: A Zombie’s Lament’ based on S.G. Browne’s 2009 novel of the same name. Diablo Cody, the hip and happening writer of Juno, is set to produce and Geoff Latulippe is scripting the adaptation.
The movie is a romantic comedy about Andy, a dead man who discovers himself newly re-animated as a mid-aged, decaying zombie who must figure out what it means to live as an Un-dead in a society that denies his kind basic rights.
The full synopsis goes like so -
Meet Andy Warner, a recently deceased everyman and newly minted zombie. Resented by his parents, abandoned by his friends, and reviled by a society that no longer considers him human, Andy is having a bit of trouble adjusting to his new existence. But all that...
The movie is a romantic comedy about Andy, a dead man who discovers himself newly re-animated as a mid-aged, decaying zombie who must figure out what it means to live as an Un-dead in a society that denies his kind basic rights.
The full synopsis goes like so -
Meet Andy Warner, a recently deceased everyman and newly minted zombie. Resented by his parents, abandoned by his friends, and reviled by a society that no longer considers him human, Andy is having a bit of trouble adjusting to his new existence. But all that...
- 9/12/2010
- by Thomas Wadd
- Movie-moron.com
There's a nice idea at the centre of this rom-com about a long-distance relationship, but it's let down by a dull and unfunny screenplay, says Peter Bradshaw
Here is a romantic comedy with an interesting, real-world premise: boy meets girl, boy and girl fall in love, but boy and girl have professional lives in different cities and have to endure a long-distance relationship on the phone, seeing each other only every month or so. Which of them should abandon their current job so they can be together properly as a couple? Justin Long plays Garrett, an A&R man in Manhattan; Drew Barrymore is Erin, a would-be journalist, who's doing an internship at a New York paper, but must return to San Francisco soon. (In time-honoured movie-journalist style, she is initially seen arriving late in her newspaper office, scurrying chaotically along, exchanging badinage with various ‑‑people along the way.) Barrymore...
Here is a romantic comedy with an interesting, real-world premise: boy meets girl, boy and girl fall in love, but boy and girl have professional lives in different cities and have to endure a long-distance relationship on the phone, seeing each other only every month or so. Which of them should abandon their current job so they can be together properly as a couple? Justin Long plays Garrett, an A&R man in Manhattan; Drew Barrymore is Erin, a would-be journalist, who's doing an internship at a New York paper, but must return to San Francisco soon. (In time-honoured movie-journalist style, she is initially seen arriving late in her newspaper office, scurrying chaotically along, exchanging badinage with various ‑‑people along the way.) Barrymore...
- 9/9/2010
- by Peter Bradshaw
- The Guardian - Film News
Oscar-nominated documentary filmmaker Nanette Burstein makes her feature film directing debut with Going the Distance, released in UK cinemas this Friday, September 10.
The romantic comedy, written by Geoff Latulippe, stars Drew Barrymore and Justin Long as a couple whose fling evolves into the challenge of a long-distance relationship.
We have the trailer for the Warner Bros release, along with some stills from the film, a video clip from the world premiere in London and some pictures from that event.
Here's the official synopsis:
Erin's (Drew Barrymore) wry wit and unfiltered frankness charm newly single Garrett (Justin Long) over beer, bar trivia and breakfast the next morning. Their chemistry sparks a full-fledged summer fling, but neither expects it to last once Erin heads home to San Francisco and Garrett stays behind for his job in New York City.
But when six weeks of romping through the city inadvertently become meaningful, neither...
The romantic comedy, written by Geoff Latulippe, stars Drew Barrymore and Justin Long as a couple whose fling evolves into the challenge of a long-distance relationship.
We have the trailer for the Warner Bros release, along with some stills from the film, a video clip from the world premiere in London and some pictures from that event.
Here's the official synopsis:
Erin's (Drew Barrymore) wry wit and unfiltered frankness charm newly single Garrett (Justin Long) over beer, bar trivia and breakfast the next morning. Their chemistry sparks a full-fledged summer fling, but neither expects it to last once Erin heads home to San Francisco and Garrett stays behind for his job in New York City.
But when six weeks of romping through the city inadvertently become meaningful, neither...
- 9/6/2010
- by David Bentley
- The Geek Files
Scarlett Johansson and Joseph Gordon-Levitt are loosely attached to Breathers: A Zombie’s Lament, produced by Juno and Jennifer’s Body screenwriter Diablo Cody.
Pajiba reports the book by S.G. Browne and script by Geoff Latulippe has attracted the two stars, but no deals have been made without a director on board. Latulippe recently wrote this weekend’s romantic comedy flop Going the Distance.
The story follows Andy (Jg-l), “a recently deceased everyman and newly minted zombie” who comes to terms with his new existence in a society repulsed by him. Until he meets Rita, a sexy recent suicide, and Jerry, a 21-year-old car crash victim with an exposed brain and a penchant for pornography, at an Undead Anonymous meeting.
I am loving the concept and hope ScarJo and Jgl sign on the line. They’re two personal favorites and have the sort of nonchalant attitude needed to pull off a zombies-in-love story.
Pajiba reports the book by S.G. Browne and script by Geoff Latulippe has attracted the two stars, but no deals have been made without a director on board. Latulippe recently wrote this weekend’s romantic comedy flop Going the Distance.
The story follows Andy (Jg-l), “a recently deceased everyman and newly minted zombie” who comes to terms with his new existence in a society repulsed by him. Until he meets Rita, a sexy recent suicide, and Jerry, a 21-year-old car crash victim with an exposed brain and a penchant for pornography, at an Undead Anonymous meeting.
I am loving the concept and hope ScarJo and Jgl sign on the line. They’re two personal favorites and have the sort of nonchalant attitude needed to pull off a zombies-in-love story.
- 9/6/2010
- by Jeff Leins
- newsinfilm.com
Coming off American Teen in 2008, documentarian Nanette Burstein delivers her first narrative feature with Going The Distance. Fusing her previous improv style with standard raunchy jokes, this romantic comedy glides by thanks, in large part, to steady laughs and some great supporting players. Ironically, though led by Drew Barrymore and Justin Long, their real-life relationship has a tough time translating to the screen. With their romantic connection anchored on a string of improved montages in the first act, it’s difficult to invest in the need for these lovebirds to “go the distance.”
Cleverly opening with another failed relationship in Garrett’s (Long) life, his friends take him to “the bar” where he meets Erin (Barrymore) over a game of Centipede. She has to leave her NYC newspaper internship in 6 weeks to head back to the west coast, but they decide to give it a go. Long distance. Without a...
Cleverly opening with another failed relationship in Garrett’s (Long) life, his friends take him to “the bar” where he meets Erin (Barrymore) over a game of Centipede. She has to leave her NYC newspaper internship in 6 weeks to head back to the west coast, but they decide to give it a go. Long distance. Without a...
- 9/4/2010
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
Rating: 3.5/5
Writer: Geoff Latulippe
Director: Nanette Burstein
Cast: Drew Barrymore, Justin Long, Charlie Day, Jason Sudeikis, Christina Applegate, Ron Livingston, Jim Gaffigan
Studio: Warner Bros.
Love is hard enough as it is. You have to do the whole getting along thing, making it work, staying happy, treating each other like you’re supposed to treat your significant other, and giving each other enough breathing room. There is another type of relationship that a lot of people explore knowing the tough road that lay before them: that’s the “long distance relationship.” Statewide or cross-country, you’ll be seeing your lover every couple of weeks… if that. This is the main topic of Nanete Burstein’s Going The Distance. Going in, this easy looks like a snooze rom-com, but she has so much more in store for us adults.
Read more on Theatrical Review: Going The Distance…...
Writer: Geoff Latulippe
Director: Nanette Burstein
Cast: Drew Barrymore, Justin Long, Charlie Day, Jason Sudeikis, Christina Applegate, Ron Livingston, Jim Gaffigan
Studio: Warner Bros.
Love is hard enough as it is. You have to do the whole getting along thing, making it work, staying happy, treating each other like you’re supposed to treat your significant other, and giving each other enough breathing room. There is another type of relationship that a lot of people explore knowing the tough road that lay before them: that’s the “long distance relationship.” Statewide or cross-country, you’ll be seeing your lover every couple of weeks… if that. This is the main topic of Nanete Burstein’s Going The Distance. Going in, this easy looks like a snooze rom-com, but she has so much more in store for us adults.
Read more on Theatrical Review: Going The Distance…...
- 9/4/2010
- by Chase Whale
- GordonandtheWhale
Going The Distance
Starring Drew Barrymore and Justin Long
Directed by Nanette Burstein
Rated R
A filmmaker myself, I always try to remain impartial when going to see a movie. Despite my wildest efforts, however, my expectations for Going The Distance, the story of a couple who have a six-week summer romance in New York City, and then attempt a prolonged long-distance relationship across the country, were pretty low. The upside about this film, directed by Nanette Burstein, who produced, wrote, directed, and edited the fabulous adolescent documentary American Teen, is that if you walk in to the theater like I did, you might be pleasantly surprised.
Drew Barrymore’s character, Erin, is a spunky, modern, every-woman, who despite her short-comings in terms of career, does not take the obvious, depressive turn for the melodramatic. Writer Geoff Latulippe does a wonderful job developing Erin’s intricacies, desires, and indulgences and...
Starring Drew Barrymore and Justin Long
Directed by Nanette Burstein
Rated R
A filmmaker myself, I always try to remain impartial when going to see a movie. Despite my wildest efforts, however, my expectations for Going The Distance, the story of a couple who have a six-week summer romance in New York City, and then attempt a prolonged long-distance relationship across the country, were pretty low. The upside about this film, directed by Nanette Burstein, who produced, wrote, directed, and edited the fabulous adolescent documentary American Teen, is that if you walk in to the theater like I did, you might be pleasantly surprised.
Drew Barrymore’s character, Erin, is a spunky, modern, every-woman, who despite her short-comings in terms of career, does not take the obvious, depressive turn for the melodramatic. Writer Geoff Latulippe does a wonderful job developing Erin’s intricacies, desires, and indulgences and...
- 9/4/2010
- by Olivia Briggs
- GetTheBigPicture.net
2010 has been a terrible year for an already maligned romantic comedy genre, as studios continue to pair bad leading actresses with absurd high concepts, which is like pairing boxed wine with frozen Salisbury steak. They're barely palatable and it all goes straight to your thighs. Going the Distance actually pokes its head out of the muck by offering a nugget of sincerity and surrounding the middling main narrative with outstanding supporting comedy, primarily from Jason Sudeikis and Charlie Day, who has not -- as was feared -- been muzzled by the studio brass. He's downright hilarious, and much of Going the Distance feels like an episode of "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia," awkwardly stitched together with a rom-com. The result is not bad. Not bad at all, really.
Just the other day, in my Say Anything review, I was ruing the fact that so few romantic comedies pair likable, good...
Just the other day, in my Say Anything review, I was ruing the fact that so few romantic comedies pair likable, good...
- 9/4/2010
- by Dustin Rowles
Chicago – Drew Barrymore no doubt is working hard to become Queen of the Romantic Comedy. She has done over ten of them, more if you count “Bad Girls.” (kidding) When recycling themes even the best of them can get redundant when seeing the same actress involved. “Going the Distance” is not even among the best of them.
Rating: 3.0/5.0
There is a spin factor in this one. Drew is definitely older (graduate student, lest she actually works) and the language and situations are a more course adult style. Yet the same old rom-com clichés are there – the meet cute (or in this case, drunk), the romancing montage and the Greek Chorus friends/relatives. Add some flat jokes with little basis in reality and the whole thing seems tired.
Drew Barrymore is Erin, a graduate student in Journalism, about to end an internship in New York City. Justin Long is Garrett, an...
Rating: 3.0/5.0
There is a spin factor in this one. Drew is definitely older (graduate student, lest she actually works) and the language and situations are a more course adult style. Yet the same old rom-com clichés are there – the meet cute (or in this case, drunk), the romancing montage and the Greek Chorus friends/relatives. Add some flat jokes with little basis in reality and the whole thing seems tired.
Drew Barrymore is Erin, a graduate student in Journalism, about to end an internship in New York City. Justin Long is Garrett, an...
- 9/3/2010
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
By Craig Younkin - September 3, 2010
Jennifer Aniston has prevented me from saying this, but, I just saw a delightfully funny and endearing romantic comedy.
Drew Barrymore is Erin, a New York newspaper intern who meets Garrett (Justin Long), a record label employee. The two hit it off, spend six great weeks together, then the end of Erin’s internship sends her back to San Francisco. Rather than break up, they keep the long-distance romance alive thanks to skyping, calling, occasionally visiting, and disastrous phone sex.
Barrymore and Long have obvious comfort with one another in their own little cute/jokey/fun way, but thanks to writer Geoff Latulippe they also have more personality than your average romantic comedy. They talk about favorite foods and movies (“Top Gun”, and Long also does a nice “Morgan Freeman” during a conversation about “Shawshank Redemption”), have video game etiquette, smoke weed, drink beer, curse,...
Jennifer Aniston has prevented me from saying this, but, I just saw a delightfully funny and endearing romantic comedy.
Drew Barrymore is Erin, a New York newspaper intern who meets Garrett (Justin Long), a record label employee. The two hit it off, spend six great weeks together, then the end of Erin’s internship sends her back to San Francisco. Rather than break up, they keep the long-distance romance alive thanks to skyping, calling, occasionally visiting, and disastrous phone sex.
Barrymore and Long have obvious comfort with one another in their own little cute/jokey/fun way, but thanks to writer Geoff Latulippe they also have more personality than your average romantic comedy. They talk about favorite foods and movies (“Top Gun”, and Long also does a nice “Morgan Freeman” during a conversation about “Shawshank Redemption”), have video game etiquette, smoke weed, drink beer, curse,...
- 9/3/2010
- by Screen Comment
- Screen Comment
Next week is aGLIFF, and in less than three weeks Fantastic Fest starts. It's hard to focus on anything else, but just for you, we have the latest releases in Austin.
The American -- As much a meditation as a movie, Clooney's latest is a character study wrapped up in a retro-thiller wrapper. If you need big booms and quick-cut editing, this is not the film for you. However, if you like cerebral old-school thrillers chock full of symbolism, it's the film you need to see this weekend. Read my review for more. (wide)
Dogtooth (pictured above)-- Only a two-day run, but this SXSW cautionary tale of over protective parents shielding their children from the world needs to be seen by cinephiles and anyone with an opinion on modern society, but be warned, this is one fractured fairy tale. (Alamo Ritz)
Going the Distance -- Long distance rom-com between...
- 9/3/2010
- by Jenn Brown
- Slackerwood
Zombie romantic comedy gets two name actors?
It's been a while since we heard anything about the Diablo Cody-produced adaptation of S.G. Browne's novel Breathers: a Zombie's Lament. Pajiba has a possible scoop on casting, and I say casting because it's hard to believe that it's true but we'll report it anyway: Scarlett Johansson and Joseph Gordon-Levitt are "loosely attached" to the romantic comedy according to the site. The book tells the story of Andy, a man who finds himself to be reanimated as a zombie, and must learn what it's like to live (and love) when zombies are considered "less than" human. Awww. Johansson will likely play a love interest, which could mean that zombies will soon be considered as studly as vampires.
The script from Geoff Latulippe (Going the Distance) is going out to director's now, so we'll soon find out if the report is bupkiss or not.
It's been a while since we heard anything about the Diablo Cody-produced adaptation of S.G. Browne's novel Breathers: a Zombie's Lament. Pajiba has a possible scoop on casting, and I say casting because it's hard to believe that it's true but we'll report it anyway: Scarlett Johansson and Joseph Gordon-Levitt are "loosely attached" to the romantic comedy according to the site. The book tells the story of Andy, a man who finds himself to be reanimated as a zombie, and must learn what it's like to live (and love) when zombies are considered "less than" human. Awww. Johansson will likely play a love interest, which could mean that zombies will soon be considered as studly as vampires.
The script from Geoff Latulippe (Going the Distance) is going out to director's now, so we'll soon find out if the report is bupkiss or not.
- 9/3/2010
- HugAZombie
Going the Distance, the Drew Barrymore/Justin Long romantic comedy opening today, has all the trappings of the modern romantic comedy:
A gimmicky central concept (and an obvious title that clearly communicates that central concept) A group of wacky slacker friends. A number of extended raunchy gags (though, notably, this time around the girl is just as raunchy as the guys – probably thanks to Barrymore and director Nanette Burstein).
But there’s one thing that this movie has that most romantic comedies don’t: it happens to be really funny.
Truthfully, I didn’t think there were any Top Gun jokes (or roommate-listening-through-the-walls) jokes that could still make me laugh out loud, but apparently there are.
And it may not be “Frankly, my dear, I don’t give a damn,” but I thought it was a pretty clever line when the girl appears to be angry they are being eavesdropped on while having sex,...
A gimmicky central concept (and an obvious title that clearly communicates that central concept) A group of wacky slacker friends. A number of extended raunchy gags (though, notably, this time around the girl is just as raunchy as the guys – probably thanks to Barrymore and director Nanette Burstein).
But there’s one thing that this movie has that most romantic comedies don’t: it happens to be really funny.
Truthfully, I didn’t think there were any Top Gun jokes (or roommate-listening-through-the-walls) jokes that could still make me laugh out loud, but apparently there are.
And it may not be “Frankly, my dear, I don’t give a damn,” but I thought it was a pretty clever line when the girl appears to be angry they are being eavesdropped on while having sex,...
- 9/3/2010
- by Brent Hartinger
- The Backlot
Enjoy your zombie love stories? Course you do! You may remember a little while back Diablo Cody's ('Jennifer's Body', 'Juno') name being attached to Fox Searchlight's book to movie adaption project for S.G. Browne's novel 'Breathers: A Zombie's Lament'. Cody will be producing the new feature and news comes today that potentially two interesting lead stars could be involved. Pajiba are reporting that Joseph Gordon-Levitt ('Inception') and Scarlett Johansson ('Iron Man 2' - below) are 'loosely' attached! Scribe Geoff Latulippe has reportedly finished the script and with Diablo on board I guess this potential double casting isn't beyond the realms of believability. However, time will tell. 'Andy Warner reanimates after the car accident that kills his wife, but is too mangled from his injuries to talk. He lives in his parents' wine cellar, occasionally attending a zombie...
- 9/3/2010
- Horror Asylum
'E.T.'s girlfriend and the Mac Guy ooze a laid-back, goofy charm through their pore-less skin,' The Washington Post's Michael O'Sullivan writes.
By Eric Ditzian
Drew Barrymore in "Going the Distance"
Photo: Warner Bros.
I'll go ahead and say it: I really liked "Going the Distance." Frankly, I'm surprised more early viewers didn't, as the Drew Barrymore comedy is currently at a meager 49 percent freshness at the Rotten Tomatoes review aggregator.
What else do we want in our romantic comedies, people? I'll surely sound like a PR flack for saying this, but "Going the Distance" has something for everyone. It's got the aw-shucks love story, realistically drawn central characters, some fabulously raunchy supporting players in Charlie Day ("It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia") and Jason Sudeikis ("Saturday Night Live"), a plot that really does manage to avoid rom-com clichés, and it's pretty darn funny.
I walked into the screening...
By Eric Ditzian
Drew Barrymore in "Going the Distance"
Photo: Warner Bros.
I'll go ahead and say it: I really liked "Going the Distance." Frankly, I'm surprised more early viewers didn't, as the Drew Barrymore comedy is currently at a meager 49 percent freshness at the Rotten Tomatoes review aggregator.
What else do we want in our romantic comedies, people? I'll surely sound like a PR flack for saying this, but "Going the Distance" has something for everyone. It's got the aw-shucks love story, realistically drawn central characters, some fabulously raunchy supporting players in Charlie Day ("It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia") and Jason Sudeikis ("Saturday Night Live"), a plot that really does manage to avoid rom-com clichés, and it's pretty darn funny.
I walked into the screening...
- 9/3/2010
- MTV Movie News
'E.T.'s girlfriend and the Mac Guy ooze a laid-back, goofy charm through their pore-less skin,' The Washington Post's Michael O'Sullivan writes.
By Eric Ditzian
Drew Barrymore in "Going the Distance"
Photo: Warner Bros.
I'll go ahead and say it: I really liked "Going the Distance." Frankly, I'm surprised more early viewers didn't, as the Drew Barrymore comedy is currently at a meager 49 percent freshness at the Rotten Tomatoes review aggregator.
What else do we want in our romantic comedies, people? I'll surely sound like a PR flack for saying this, but "Going the Distance" has something for everyone. It's got the aw-shucks love story, realistically drawn central characters, some fabulously raunchy supporting players in Charlie Day ("It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia") and Jason Sudeikis ("Saturday Night Live"), a plot that really does manage to avoid rom-com clichés, and it's pretty darn funny.
I walked into the screening...
By Eric Ditzian
Drew Barrymore in "Going the Distance"
Photo: Warner Bros.
I'll go ahead and say it: I really liked "Going the Distance." Frankly, I'm surprised more early viewers didn't, as the Drew Barrymore comedy is currently at a meager 49 percent freshness at the Rotten Tomatoes review aggregator.
What else do we want in our romantic comedies, people? I'll surely sound like a PR flack for saying this, but "Going the Distance" has something for everyone. It's got the aw-shucks love story, realistically drawn central characters, some fabulously raunchy supporting players in Charlie Day ("It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia") and Jason Sudeikis ("Saturday Night Live"), a plot that really does manage to avoid rom-com clichés, and it's pretty darn funny.
I walked into the screening...
- 9/3/2010
- MTV Music News
Justin Long and Drew Barrymore in Going the Distance
Photo: Warner Bros. Oscar nominated documentarian, Nanette Burstein's Going the Distance is a romantic comedy that satisfies where most others always fail. Come to think of it, I wouldn't shelve it as a romantic comedy; this is more of a romantic dramedy that gets why so many other romantic comedies fail to resonate. So many times throughout this movie you wait for the cliched rom-com trope to rear its face and turn it into yet another movie that could. It never happens.
Geoff Latulippe's script is able to separate the silliness from the serious. It doesn't rely on coincidence or goofy anecdotes to move the story into new directions. Instead he uses real life situations and adds moments of comedy where it fits allowing the drama to serve as the story and not a series of conjured up wacky antics.
Photo: Warner Bros. Oscar nominated documentarian, Nanette Burstein's Going the Distance is a romantic comedy that satisfies where most others always fail. Come to think of it, I wouldn't shelve it as a romantic comedy; this is more of a romantic dramedy that gets why so many other romantic comedies fail to resonate. So many times throughout this movie you wait for the cliched rom-com trope to rear its face and turn it into yet another movie that could. It never happens.
Geoff Latulippe's script is able to separate the silliness from the serious. It doesn't rely on coincidence or goofy anecdotes to move the story into new directions. Instead he uses real life situations and adds moments of comedy where it fits allowing the drama to serve as the story and not a series of conjured up wacky antics.
- 9/3/2010
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
Last year we heard that Diablo Cody would be starting to expand her career from merely writing movies to producing them as well, and although she is listed as executive producer on both Jennifer's Body and her Showtime series United States of Tara, one of the first projects she will be overseeing without writing it herself is an adaptation of the book Breathers: A Zombie’s Lament. Written by S.G. Browne, it is a dark comedy about a guy named Andy who dies in a car crash but comes back to life as a zombie. Although initially bummed out about this change in lifestyle, he eventually falls in love with another zombie named Rita after meeting her at an Undead Anonymous meeting. Although we hadn't heard anything about this project in a while, it is apparently still in development, and now two pretty intriguing names just might end up starring in it.
- 9/2/2010
- by Sean
- FilmJunk
The R-rated comedy Going the Distance (starring Drew Barrymore and Justin Long) has been drowned out by The American and Machete, yet it's opening in more theaters than either of them. Is it worth a trip to the theater, or wait for it on cable?
"Going The Distance could stand to color outside the lines a bit more, but it's perceptive about the problems of young people torn between pursuing love or their nascent career ambitions, and the witty script, by first-timer Geoff Latulippe, is spiked with refreshing profanity."
— Scott Tobias, Onion Av Club
"...fervently follows its genre's trademark formula, its lack of imagination so pronounced that it's a miracle Cake's 'The Distance' doesn't appear on the soundtrack."
— Nick Schager, Slant Magazine
"...a not-very-good romantic comedy..."
— Karina Longworth, Village Voice
"...this uneven effort saddles its likable leads, Drew Barrymore and Justin Long, with the kind of verbally exaggerated sexual humor...
"Going The Distance could stand to color outside the lines a bit more, but it's perceptive about the problems of young people torn between pursuing love or their nascent career ambitions, and the witty script, by first-timer Geoff Latulippe, is spiked with refreshing profanity."
— Scott Tobias, Onion Av Club
"...fervently follows its genre's trademark formula, its lack of imagination so pronounced that it's a miracle Cake's 'The Distance' doesn't appear on the soundtrack."
— Nick Schager, Slant Magazine
"...a not-very-good romantic comedy..."
— Karina Longworth, Village Voice
"...this uneven effort saddles its likable leads, Drew Barrymore and Justin Long, with the kind of verbally exaggerated sexual humor...
- 9/2/2010
- by reelz reelz
- Reelzchannel.com
Tired of zombies yet? Well, we definitely know who’s not! Juno and Jennifer’s Body writer Diablo Cody is working on a big screen adaptation of the S.G. Browne novel Breathers: A Zombie’s Lament, and Geoff Latulippe is writing the screenplay.
But, we heard that Scarlett Johansson and Joseph Gordon-Levitt are “loosely attached” to star in the film that will follow:
“…Andy Warner, a recently deceased everyman and newly minted zombie. Resented by his parents, abandoned by his friends, and reviled by a society that no longer considers him human, Andy is having a bit of trouble adjusting to his new existence.
But all that changes when he goes to an Undead Anonymous meeting and finds kindred souls in Rita, an impossibly sexy recent suicide with a taste for the formaldehyde in cosmetic products, and Jerry, a twenty-one-year-old car crash victim with an exposed brain and a penchant for Renaissance pornography.
But, we heard that Scarlett Johansson and Joseph Gordon-Levitt are “loosely attached” to star in the film that will follow:
“…Andy Warner, a recently deceased everyman and newly minted zombie. Resented by his parents, abandoned by his friends, and reviled by a society that no longer considers him human, Andy is having a bit of trouble adjusting to his new existence.
But all that changes when he goes to an Undead Anonymous meeting and finds kindred souls in Rita, an impossibly sexy recent suicide with a taste for the formaldehyde in cosmetic products, and Jerry, a twenty-one-year-old car crash victim with an exposed brain and a penchant for Renaissance pornography.
- 9/2/2010
- by Fiona
- Filmofilia
The rights for S.G. Browne’s romantic zombie comedy novel “Breathers: A Zombie’s Lament” were bought and optioned as soon as the book actually made it into print. Diablo Cody is going to produce the film from a script by Geoff Latulippe (“Going the Distance”). That was all the news until now. Apparently the script is finished, and there are some casting rumors. The current gossip around the water cooler is that Joseph Gordon-Levitt, who I can finally take seriously as an actor after “Inception”, and Scarlett Johansson, who I can’t, are both “loosely attached” to the film. The key word here is “loosely”. The movie is a romantic comedy about Andy, a dead man who discovers himself newly re-animated as a mid-aged, decaying zombie who must figure out what it means to live as an Un-dead in a society that denies his kind basic rights. I have...
- 9/2/2010
- by Brent McKnight
- Beyond Hollywood
Pajiba, a site that has been wrong more times than right, is reporting that Joseph Gordon-Levitt (Inception) and Scarlett Johansson (Iron Man 2) are loosely attached to Breathers: A Zombie's Lament, the Diablo Cody (Jennifer's Body, Juno)-produced feature film adaptation of S.G. Browne's. Being adapted by Geoff Latulippe, "Breathers" centers on a recently deceased Everyman and newly minted zombie who is having trouble adjusting to his new existence. All that changes when he goes to an Undead Anonymous meeting and finds kindred souls. Johansson will be starring as The Black Widow in both Nick Fury and The Avengers, two forthcoming Marvel Comic adaptations.
- 9/2/2010
- bloody-disgusting.com
Scar Jo and Jo Go in a film together? Now that’s a lot of young and attractive Hollywood talent to consume. And consume is what they may do, as the pair are rumored to be “loosely attached” to the big screen edition of Breathers: A Zombie Lament, the Diablo Cody-produced, Geoff Latulippe (Going The Distance) scripted adaptation of the S.G. Browne novel by the same name. Breathers centers around a man (presumably the role that could be filled by Gordon-Levitt) who dies only to find himself a reanimated corpse Aka zombie and the struggles that come along with being an undead rejected member of the society he once was a part of. Should the casting go as rumored, Johansson would play his love interest – a sexy suicide victim that he meets at a Undead Anonymous meeting. From there, the plot only gets more delectable.
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- 9/2/2010
- by James Wallace
- GordonandtheWhale
It's been several months since we've gotten any sort of update on the Diablo Cody produced film version of S.G. Browne's debut novel, Breathers: A Zombie’s Lament, but today the Internet is buzzing with the news that Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Scarlett Johansson are "loosely attached" to the project.
Pajiba.com was first with the casting scoop, and if it pans out, it bodes well for the zom-rom-com, which was written by Geoff Latulippe and is currently being shopped to potential directors.
For an idea of what to expect, here's a synopsis of Brown's novel from the official Breathers: A Zombie's Lament website:
Meet Andy Warner, a recently deceased everyman and newly minted zombie. Resented by his parents, abandoned by his friends, and reviled by a society that no longer considers him human, Andy is having a bit of trouble adjusting to his new existence. But all that changes...
Pajiba.com was first with the casting scoop, and if it pans out, it bodes well for the zom-rom-com, which was written by Geoff Latulippe and is currently being shopped to potential directors.
For an idea of what to expect, here's a synopsis of Brown's novel from the official Breathers: A Zombie's Lament website:
Meet Andy Warner, a recently deceased everyman and newly minted zombie. Resented by his parents, abandoned by his friends, and reviled by a society that no longer considers him human, Andy is having a bit of trouble adjusting to his new existence. But all that changes...
- 9/2/2010
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
Pajiba reports that Juno screenwriter Diablo Cody, is lined up to produce a new zombie flick which goes by the grandiose title of Breathers: A Zombies Lament.
However, although Cody was highly commended for her Juno script and awarded an Oscar for her efforts, she won't be writing this one. Instead Going The Distance's writer Geoff Latulippe will take the reins and be adapting Sg Browne's novel of the same name to which Fox Searchlight own the rights.
Such intriguing names as Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Scarlett Johansson have also been thrown into the mix but Pajiba is quick to emphasise that the stars are only "loosely attached" to the project and a director has not yet been chosen. If such claims are true, Gordon-Levitt would be set to play Andy, a newly resurrected zombie who finds himself segragated from the living after he is killed in a car crash...
However, although Cody was highly commended for her Juno script and awarded an Oscar for her efforts, she won't be writing this one. Instead Going The Distance's writer Geoff Latulippe will take the reins and be adapting Sg Browne's novel of the same name to which Fox Searchlight own the rights.
Such intriguing names as Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Scarlett Johansson have also been thrown into the mix but Pajiba is quick to emphasise that the stars are only "loosely attached" to the project and a director has not yet been chosen. If such claims are true, Gordon-Levitt would be set to play Andy, a newly resurrected zombie who finds himself segragated from the living after he is killed in a car crash...
- 9/2/2010
- Screenrush
Scarlett Johansson and Joseph Gordon-Levitt are “loosely attached” to Breathers: A Zombie Lament, a Diablo Cody-produced film that’s been set up at Fox Searchlight.
Geoff Latulippe has recently completed a script for the film, with Cody saying of the concept, “I like to think it’s about the personal side of being a zombie and being ostracised.”
Breathers: A Zombie Lament centers on Andy, a dead man who discovers himself newly re-animated as a mid-aged, decaying zombie who must figure out what it means to live as an Un-dead in a society that denies his kind basic rights.
Breathers: A Zombie Lament doesn’t yet have a director but, with Cody as producer and the prospect of Johansson and Gordon-Levitt co-starring in a more grown-up zombie affair, it’s unlikely to be laying dormant for long.
Pajiba [via The Playlist] reported this one.
Geoff Latulippe has recently completed a script for the film, with Cody saying of the concept, “I like to think it’s about the personal side of being a zombie and being ostracised.”
Breathers: A Zombie Lament centers on Andy, a dead man who discovers himself newly re-animated as a mid-aged, decaying zombie who must figure out what it means to live as an Un-dead in a society that denies his kind basic rights.
Breathers: A Zombie Lament doesn’t yet have a director but, with Cody as producer and the prospect of Johansson and Gordon-Levitt co-starring in a more grown-up zombie affair, it’s unlikely to be laying dormant for long.
Pajiba [via The Playlist] reported this one.
- 9/2/2010
- by Jamie Neish
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
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