Quickhits: Nolte Joins Pittsburgh, April in December Optioned and More Heathers 2 Coolness

by Erik Davis Aug 24th 2006 // 7:04AM

Odds and ends from Wednesday:

The other day, we told you how a bunch more people have joined the cast of The Mysteries of Pittsburgh, an adaptation of Michael Chabon's coming-of-age book. Well, you can now add Nick Nolte's name to a list that already includes Sienna Miller, Peter Sarsgaard, Max Minghella, Jon Foster and Mena Suvari. Nolte will play the lead character's (Art Bechstein) mobster father.
The Motion Picture Group, Inc. has optioned its second original screenplay, written by Tyla Berchtold and How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days co-author Michele Alexander. The romantic/fantasy comedy, April in December, "revolves around a high-powered professional who thinks she is losing her mind when she starts seeing fantasy characters." Um, wait -- that happens to me every day. If this isn't normal behavior, I need to get out more.
Hey, remember when we told you how Winona Ryder was keen on doing a sequel for the 1980's cult comedy, Heathers? Well, apparently, she talked more about it to Entertainment Weekly and revealed just a tad more about the film's production timeline, setting and special cameo appearances. Says Ryder, "I don't know how much is official; it's a ways away. But it takes place in Washington and Christian Slater agreed to come back and make an Obi-Wan-type appearance. It's very funny." Wow, so it seems this thing is actually happening. Cool. Wait, we're excited about this, right?

Tags: april in december, cinematical, film, heathers 2, michael choben, michele alexander, movies, nick nolte, the motion picture group, inc., the mysteries of pittsburgh, TheMysteriesOfPittsburgh, tyla berchtold, winona ryder, christian slater

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