
EXCLUSIVE: Evan Rachel Wood has landed the female lead in 10 Things I Hate About Life, the film that is being mounted by the producing and directing duo behind the 1999 film 10 Things I Hate About You. That’s writer-director Gil Junger and producer Andrew Lazar, who’s producing with Junger and Intandem Films CEO Gary Smith. The Los Angeles-set romantic comedy isn’t a sequel to the 1999 film that starred Heath Ledger, Julia Stiles and Joseph Gordon-Levitt. Rather, it’s about a young man and woman who meet while each is attempting to commit suicide, and they find in each other some great reasons to keep on living. Production begins shortly in LA. Last seen in The Ides Of March, Wood has several films coming up including The Necessary Death Of Charlie Countryman. She’s repped by CAA.


Would it be inappropriate for me to suggest they get her husband Jamie Bell? He has that dark natured comedic aspect to his quality of work.
It’s about time Evan Rachel Wood and the Producers of 10 Things I Hate About You brought the movie-going public back into the unique and innovative world of 10 Things I Hate About You. With its unique viewpoint about high school relationships and why people hate each other, it’s a good time to surface those same themes for today’s youth.
Good work, folks!
Sounds like Nick Hornsby’s book A Long Way Down:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Long_Way_Down