Faris' Smiley Face
Filed under: Comedy, Independent, Casting, Newsstand, Cinematical Indie
Whoa. Gregg Araki, best known for serious, frequently haunting looks at American
youth in films like Mysterious Skin and The Doom Generation, is making a "stoner comedy" called
Smiley Face. In another break for his usual pattern, Araki will be working for someone else's screenplay for
the first time - the script was written by Dylan Haggerty, and is about an actress/slacker who accidentally eats a pot
brownie. Jesus, seriously? Hasn't this been the plot for enough sitcoms that it doesn't need a full, 90-minute
treatment? The stoned actress will be played by Scary Movie queen Anna Faris, and she's joined in the cast by John Krasinski (Jim from The Office), John Cho, and Jane Lynch. The movie, which is being produced by First Look and Anonymous Content, goes into production this week - hopefully, Araki can work some of his demented magic on the thing and save it from cliche hell.
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3-15-2006 @ 3:31PM
Elliott said...
How is that an actress lands (and does an excellent job in) roles in Brokeback Mountain & Lost in Translation only to continue her movie career in Scary Movie 4? I'm not mocking her, I'm just amused by her choice in work.
PS- your links to imdb were way cooler than the ones to aol, not that I don't understand why you're doing it.
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