Actress Blake Lively will take on directing duties for “Seconds”. The ‘Gossip Girl’ star will make her feature film directorial debut with an adaptation of Bryan Lee O’Malley’s graphic novel, which follows Katie Clay, who receives the power to fix her mistakes by writing them down, eating a mushroom and falling asleep, reports aceshowbiz.com. Katie […]...
- 5/2/2022
- by Glamsham Bureau
- GlamSham
Blake Lively is entering her new era as a director. The Gossip Girl alum will be breaking outside of the acting realm and directing her first movie, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Seconds is an adaptation of the graphic novel with the same name created by Bryan Lee O'Malley, the same creator behind Scott Pilgrim. Edgar Wright—who also helped adapt the Scott Pilgrim vs. the World—is also attached to the Searchlight project as a writer, per THR. He will be producing alongside Marc Platt, who is the father of Dear Evan Hansen actor Ben Platt. Seconds—published in 2014—follows the story of Katie Clay, who is able to rewrite her past...
- 4/30/2022
- E! Online
Blake Lively is making her feature directorial debut with an upcoming film adaptation of the graphic novel “Seconds” for Searchlight Pictures, Variety has confirmed.
Created by Bryan Lee O’Malley and released in 2014 by Random House imprint Ballantine Books, “Seconds” follows the story of Katie Clay, the owner and head chef of the titular restaurant. One night, a mysterious spirit provides Katie with the ability to alter reality by writing something she wants to change in a notebook, eating a mushroom and falling asleep. As Katie begins abusing the power to alter her past mistakes, her actions slowly cause the fabric of time and space to unravel.
The script for “Seconds” is penned by Edgar Wright. Wright previously helmed the first adaptation of an O’Malley project, 2010’s “Scott Pilgrim vs. the World.” The cult-classic rom-com starring Michael Cera and Mary Elizabeth Winstead was based on O’Malley’s six volume “Scott Pilgrim” graphic novel series,...
Created by Bryan Lee O’Malley and released in 2014 by Random House imprint Ballantine Books, “Seconds” follows the story of Katie Clay, the owner and head chef of the titular restaurant. One night, a mysterious spirit provides Katie with the ability to alter reality by writing something she wants to change in a notebook, eating a mushroom and falling asleep. As Katie begins abusing the power to alter her past mistakes, her actions slowly cause the fabric of time and space to unravel.
The script for “Seconds” is penned by Edgar Wright. Wright previously helmed the first adaptation of an O’Malley project, 2010’s “Scott Pilgrim vs. the World.” The cult-classic rom-com starring Michael Cera and Mary Elizabeth Winstead was based on O’Malley’s six volume “Scott Pilgrim” graphic novel series,...
- 4/29/2022
- by Wilson Chapman
- Variety Film + TV
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