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'Diary of a Wimpy Kid' Brings on Zachary Gordon and Chloe Moretz
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Wimpy Kid is gaining some muscle! Jeff Kenney's bestselling series was optioned by Fox 2000 last year, and they put Thor Freudenthal in the director's chair this past December. But just who is going to play the title Wimpy? It's not as big of a casting announcement as, say, Captain America but Greg Heffley has his fans and they want to know! According to The Hollywood Reporter, it's Zachary Gordon, a young up and comer who has been looking for his first major leading role. While a lot of sites (I'm looking at you Wikipedia) portray Greg as an unpleasant sort of fellow, his various schemes (haunted houses, giant snowmen) towards popularity sound pretty hilarious.
He may be the title character, but Gordon won't be playing the movie solo. He'll have the friendship of Chloe Moretz (currently the talk of geekdom with her gun-wielding, sword-swinging ways in Kick-Ass), who'll be playing the class Daria, a student with a penchant for black and "a wry sense of humor." Naturally, he also needs a mommy, and that role will be filled by Rachael Harris, who has just the right glasses for the part. It should be a fun, snarky movie for the younger set -- and given how many adults are reading the series, one that could cross over well if handled right. 16 million readers can't be wrong, can they?
Geek Daily: 'Wimpy' Gets a Director, 'Atlantis' a Writer, 'Kick-Ass' a Set Report
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AICN's Moriarty has Part One of his visit to the Kick-Ass set online -- and it's such a long, enjoyable read that I honestly can't figure out what to cut and paste ... but I settled on his description of the character I once dubbed my future daughter, aka Chloe Moretz's Hit Girl. "Hit Girl's the coolest of the bunch. Her outfit's a variation on a schoolgirl outfit, but with body armor, leather-wrapped. She's got a purple wig and a small black mask, and Chloe's got a sneer that would make Elvis Presley proud, like if Batman adopted a tiny female Billy Idol as his sidekick." Check out the image they debuted below, and in a larger size over at AICN.
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Back in February, Fox optioned Jeff Kenney's graphic novel, Diary of a Wimpy Kid. Well, it now has a director in Thor Freudenthal, who's the hottest name for young adult fare thanks to the hotly-anticipated Hotel for Dogs. I'm sorry to say that in the intervening months, I never did purchase and read Wimpy Kid. Any fans out there who can shed some light? (By the way, Mr. Freudenthal -- with that awesome name, I hope you direct a Marvel film someday.) [THR ]
Last week, Len Wiseman signed on to direct Atlantis Rising, and now the project has a writer. Joby Harold is in negotiations to pen the adaptation. Producer Roberto Orci describes the project's appeal for those of us who didn't get sucked in by the comics: "In all the classic versions of this kind of movie, the threat is always from the stars. The idea that it's somehow our cousins who went off in a different path of evolution who have been here, literally, underneath our oceans ... That's fascinating, the idea of secrets right under your nose."[ [THR]
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Fox Loves a 'Wimpy Kid'
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Fox 2000 has purchased the rights to Jeff Kenney's best-selling illustrated novel Diary of a Wimpy Kid. Yes, illustrated, not graphic -- there's text in between the cartoons. Diary is one of those Internet success stories that are happening more and more often these days. It was originally a web-book on Funbrain before being published in 2007 in book form, where it became an instant bestseller. The sequel was just published on January 1, 2008.
The book follows young Greg Heffley through a year of middle school, with all the usual trials and tribulations of an undersized weakling. From what I gather, Greg is a regular James "Sawyer" Ford of his middle school, even exploiting his slower best friend if it'll get him out of a jam. Will that come off as charming and funny, or really bratty and unsympathetic? And will it star Freddie Highmore, as all young adult films do?
It's cool to see studios picking up kid-friendly graphic (excuse me, illustrated) novels though. Hopefully someone will land on Mail Order Ninja soon.
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