Katherine Heigl Nabs Herself a Drama
Filed under: Drama, Romance, Casting, Scripts
It's not all sh*ts and giggles. After tackling some heavy cancer treatment on Grey's Anatomy, Katharine Heigl has grabbed herself a big-screen drama. The Hollywood Reporter posts that Heigl will star and executive produce an upcoming film called Life As We Know It, which Greg Berlanti (Everwood) is directing.Written by Ian Deitchman and Kristin Rusk Robinson, and in turnaround since 2001, the film will focus on two singles "who suddenly become caregivers to an orphaned girl after the parents, their mutual best friends, are killed in an accident." What? No romance and laughs in sight? Can it be?
Not so fast. It looks like this script has gotten one hell of a face lift, because when Fox 2000 originally bought it, the basic plot of the project was the same, but it was described as a romantic comedy. I guess someone along the line figured that sad, orphaned children don't make for happy stories ... unless Peter Pan is involved. The film will retain, however, the lingering scent of romance. Although THR says nothing of it, the Variety piece calls it a romantic drama.
Whatever the case, no starting date has been set, but the project is expected to be fast-tracked. Are you ready for Heigl to jump out of the ugliness of The Ugly Truth and into something meatier?
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6-27-2009 @ 5:53PM
Sexy Music said...
Sounds like a good plot. Every show or film doesn't have to always be happy-go-lucky. Real life isn't that way. Why should all of tv and movies be?
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6-28-2009 @ 1:19AM
Jay said...
TV and movies are escapism... why would someone want to eject themselves out of their sad and dreary life into a 'virtual' sad and dreary life?
This is why I watch nothing but fantastical science fiction, comedy, and history/discovery/science channel. Fuck anything on tv that has to do with reality is what I say.