June Diane Raphael Tagged Articles at Cinematical
America Ferrera Leaves the Fashion World for Post-War Drama
Filed under: Drama », Casting », Scripts », War »
Will it be tragic or inspiring to see another Iraq war-centric film up on the big screen?The Hollywood Reporter posts that America Ferrera is heading to New Mexico this February to star in a new film from writer/director Ryan Piers Williams called American Tragic, which she will also executive produce. The story focuses on a young soldier (Ryan O'Nan) who finds that it's hard to readjust to normal life after serving in Iraq. Unable to cope, he leaves his small hometown and hits the road "in search of redemption." Ferrera will play the wife he leaves behind while Melissa Leo plays his mother and June Diane Raphael (Bride Wars co-scribe) plays his sister.
It sounds like Stop Loss without the stop loss, but between Leo and Ferrera, who received acclaim for her work in Real Women Have Curves, this could prove to be an interesting film. Whether it'll be received by the public, that's another story. Iraq-centric films haven't done so well at the box office, so I'm always amazed when another gets added to the list.
Kate Hudson Battles Anne Hathaway
Filed under: Comedy », Romance », Casting », Scripts »
These days, it's hard to believe that Kate Hudson is a Golden Globe and Oscar-nominated actress. It's been years since she twirled as a band-aid, grabbing the hearts of William and Russell. Since then, she's surrounded herself with mainly romantic comedies -- some good, some bad -- and let her award-starting past slip away. All the way back in November of 2006, there was news of a new feature called Bride Wars. At the time, there was word that she had troubles getting the pic off the ground (she's one of the film's producers). She must've had more troubles to make it take this long, but all these months later, Variety reports that she finally has a director, Gary Winick, and has someone to star and war with -- Anne Hathaway. Unlike Katherine Heigl's upcoming 27 Dresses, which is more about inner pain, this is about outwardly-warring brides, who are friends no less! Coming together from the pens of June Diane Raphael, Casey Wilson, Karen McCullah Lutz, and Kirsten Smith, "Hathaway and Hudson will play best friends who are pitted against each other when their wedding dates clash. They compete for venues, services and guests, once it's clear that neither will step aside." What is it about weddings that makes some women so crazy? I wonder if they'll end up in the hospital like that insane Grey's Anatomy episode where two women prioritized the perfect wedding over their health and safety?
So, will this help Hudson into better fare? Or be a crash and burn scenario for Hathaway? With Winick's involvement, I'm hoping for the former. He's responsible for the cute 13 Going on 30, and the great indie flick Tadpole. But this is all contingent on the project moving smoothly from here.
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