Peter Himmelstein Tagged Articles at Cinematical
Rainn Wilson and Sarah Silverman to Enter the 'Peep World'
Filed under: Comedy », Casting »
Sorry, but this isn't a world of peeping toms. While I can very easily see both Rainn Wilson and Sarah Silverman stretched along the branches of a tree, binoculars in hand, peeping at the unsuspecting, this project is all about revealing rather than snooping. The Hollywood Reporter posts that Wilson and Silverman are negotiations to star with the already-signed Michael C. Hall and Ben Schwartz in Peep World.The indie film, written by Peter Himmelstein (title designer for Slums of Beverly Hills), focuses on some adult siblings brought together for their father's 70th birthday. The event "denegrates into an absurd theater of accusation and resentment" as they have it out with one of the siblings, who wrote a novel exposing the family's secrets. The comedy will be directed by Barry Blaustein, who helmed the professional wrestling doc Behind the Mat, as well as 2005's The Ringer. But you probably know him more for his written work. He's the pen behind goofy mainstream screenplays like Police Academy 2, Coming to America, The Nutty Professor, and The Honeymooners.
Hall, Wilson, Silverman, and Schwartz as siblings -- it's not something I ever would've imagined, but it will be a welcome change to see Hall step away from the creepy blood-letting and keep up comedically with the likes of Wilson and Silverman. But who will be the dad behind such quarreling siblings?
Peep World Will Begin Filming This Summer
Filed under: Comedy », Independent », Deals », DIY/Filmmaking »
In 2004, Peep World was staged in New York as part of the Sundance Institute Screenplay Reading Series -- with a particularly interesting cast consisting of Jason Biggs, Michelle Monaghan, Lili Taylor, Shalom Harlow and Roy Scheider. It has taken a few years, but now the project is going to make its way to the big screen. This will be the sophmore feature for Peter Himmelstein. His debut, The Key Man, is currently in production, and reunites Jawbreaker alums Judy Greer and Carol Kane.While it may sound like a peeping Tom fest, the dark comedy covers a tense birthday party for a family's 70-year-old father. "Seedy family revelations" come about due to one of the man's children's novels -- Peep World -- and the party crumbles. The movie, which will film this summer, is the third feature for Occupant Films. The company, which is also behind Himmelstein's Key Man, is the same one that floored midnight audiences with their first film at TIFF -- All the Boys Love Many Lane -- which Weinstein nabbed the worldwide rights to.
Now we just have to wait to see who gets cast. I wonder if they will try to bring together the cast from 2004, because really, only Taylor and Scheider have upcoming films awaiting production, and maybe this can give Biggs his second chance at the spotlight.
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