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Paramount Pictures acquired world rights to Mandate Pictures’ Young Adult, the pic that reteams Juno scribe Diablo Cody and director Jason Reitman. Deadline broke the story about the film and that they had landed Charlize Theron to play the lead role, a ghostwriter of young adult novels who dips into some adolescent behavior. Patrick Wilson and Patton Oswalt have also joined the cast, per the studio’s announcement. The movie begins production in New York this month.
While the release mostly repeats material Deadline already covered, here’s a new wrinkle I can report: Elizabeth Reaser, who plays Esme Cullen in the Twilight Saga films, has sunk her teeth into a significant role in Reitman’s film. She plays the wife of the man (Wilson) that Theron’s character is trying to steal away. Reaser is also starring in the indie Homework with Emma Roberts and Michael Angarano.
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Sigh, yet more of the same from the World’s most overrated writer.
Sigh, yet more bitching about Diablo Cody from a jealous man who can’t the fact that Cody will be more famous than he could ever dream of being.
I dig Diablo Cody and her work. She is VERY talented and equally as lucky in the Hollywood game. That said, this particular opus feels cold and empty to me. I foresee another box office flop for a writer who needs to plumb deeper and write more meaningful fare. It seems as if she’s just chasing a paycheck these days…
So much promise….
Forgive me, but what writer in Hollywood isn’t chasing a paycheck? It’s how we live otherwise it’s back to the stripping poles and office cubes.
To criticize Diablo and condemn a script off a logline of what the movie is about is just pure hate and jealousy. You’re completely transparent with your backhanded “so much promise”…
Reitman is a talented director. He’s not going to attach himself to a dog of a script just because it’s trendy. Charlize also wouldn’t just say yes because of Diablo hype.
She’s a good writer. She’s won an Oscar. Accept it and let it go.
Thank you!! Also, this happens to be one of the better scripts picked up over the last year, not to mention the excellent writing done on UNITED STATES OF TARA.
I hate synapse-challenged writers such as yourself who read “conspiracy” and “snark” into every little thing. I stated an OPINION about a writer whose work I generally like.
If you did your homework — which I wouldn’t expect given you penchant for popping off — you’d know I praised Cody and defended her in previous posts on this site in particular in response to an August Deadline Hollywood thread about her next project, which I now think is underwhelming after reading facts about it in the current thread.
Here is what I wrote, back in August, as fellow posters on Deadline Hollywood ripped Diablo:
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Totally agree with you Jonathan. Diablo was not a success by accident or fluke. Clearly her words in “Juno” and to a lesser degree “Jennifer’s Body”, whether folks like it or not, resonated with a vast number of people across this red, white and blue country.
So instead of spewing invective and Hater-Ade (also sprayed in prodigious amounts after public posts about the interview show Diablo now hosts) people should take time to study her writing of glean an insight or two from her meteoric rise that can help/inform their own writing or further their careers, even if the sole takeaway is how to tap the zeitgeist as deftly as she has or promote oneself with unrivaled efficacy.
The community of writers in Hollywood would do well to embrace Diablo. As we all know writing is hard as hell to do and harder to succeed at (sorry for dangling the preposition!) She has broken through. I surely wonder how much of the agita about her or her work stems from her being a woman who is sassy, talented and full of moxie.
Comment by Bobby the Saint — Tuesday August 3, 2010 @ 10:32am EDT
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He attached himself to JENNIFER’S BODY… yep.
Now, perhaps they can retain custody of their senses and fire Hunstberry’s ass. Okay, my apologies…his sorry ass.
Diablo Cody sucks! And so does her stupid hipster fanbase. Here’s to hoping Reitman can make another decent film like Thank You for Smoking.
Juno was just so freakin annoying!
But what bothers me most with movies like Juno or Little Miss Sunshine is that these filmmakers earn all these awards, but they never give credit to the man they rip-off, Wes Anderson.
Haters can piss off. Cody is a talented writer with an original voice. If you don’t like that particular voice, that doesn’t make her work bad or overrated. Personally, I’m not a huge fan of the hipster/self-referential style, but I love Cody’s subversive feminism — and, yes, I’m serious. Good for you, Diablo Cody! Keep it up. Ditto for the talented Reitman.
everybody in this town is chasing a paycheck, Bobby, especially screenwriters.
I’m a a budding screenwriter who’s never sold a thing and despises the shit that comes out of Hollywood these days, but if I was offered a chance to do punch up on a Katherine Heigl rom-com or a Disney comedy starring The Rock I’d jump at the chance. Gotta make that house payment.
Even William Goldman and Robert Towne have sold out numerous times for a nice paycheck, but nobody ever seems to give them shit.
Like, OMG, this is going to be the shiznit, y’all! Honest to blog!
This sounds a lot like that Bad Teacher movie that Cameron Diaz is starring in.
The script is actually pretty good. Funny and witty and not as annoying dialogue. Give Diablo a break. It will make up for Jennifer’s Body, that’s for sure.
I think Jennifer’s Body is much better than people give it credit for. The only reason it flopped is that hack-job the marketing people did on it because they thought anyone still cared about how “hot” Megan Fox is. Worst decision ever. If it was strongly marketed to women as it should’ve been, it may have been the at least modest hit it deserved to be.
No, it flopped cause it belonged on Cinemax at 12 a.m., not in theaters.
You don’t write characters as crisp as she did in JUNO by accident. Still, the pressure to repeat that must be overwhelming. Makes you realize just how good Goldman and Sorkin are at their craft. Forget the writers for a moment; what are the hot scripts you’ve seen out there?