Rick Moody Tagged Articles at Cinematical
Is Michelle Pfeiffer Getting 'Personal' with Ashton Kutcher?
Filed under: Comedy », Drama », Casting », RumorMonger »
OK, so while it probably isn't the most exciting news I've heard today, it certainly is a scoop on some unlikely casting. Sources for ComingSoon are reporting that Michelle Pfeiffer is set to star alongside Ashton Kutcher in the Rick Moody adaptation, Personal Effects. The film is based on Moody's story, Mansion on the Hill, from the book Demonology. Kutcher will play Andrew Wakefield; a young man who is hired by a high-end wedding planning business right after his sister is killed in an accident on her own wedding day. In the original story, Andrew is irreparably damaged by the loss of his sister and even seeks out a bizarre revenge against her fiancée. The story then cuts between Andrew's memories of his sister and his new life in the business of marriage. David Hollanger wrote the adaptation and is also attached to direct. Hollanger is an American TV writer and producer and Personal Effects would be his first feature film.I think it's fair to say that when you think of the darker side of character studies (the story is from the same man who wrote the Ice Storm after all), you don't think of Kutcher -- but maybe he will surprise us all, you never know. Details about the film are pretty sketchy at this point, although news of the film is already making its way around the net. That is unless this is all somebody's idea of a practical joke. Kutcher is currently filming the comedy What Happens in Vegas (which seems a little better suited to his talents) and Pfeiffer is in talks to star in Chasing Montana. Effects is reportedly set to start filming on location in Vancouver, Canada later this month. But on the off chance there is somebody out there who is waiting with bated breath for Kutcher's dramatic debut; stay tuned, and we'll let you know as soon as we hear something official.
'Purple America' Coming to Big Screen
Filed under: Drama », Independent », Deals », Cannes », Cinematical Indie »
Since "tis the season" for making movie deals, The Hollywood Reporter has announced that Rick Moody's novel Purple America has been purchased by Pedro Almodóvar's El Deseo for a big screen treatment. Already slated to direct the film is Jorge Torregrossa, who has made a name for himself in Spain as a director or award-winning commercials. Moody's novel centers on a successful publicist who is called home to care for his mother, who is slowly deteriorating from a neurological disease and who asks her son to assist in her suicide. So not exactly the most upbeat sounding film, but if you are at all familiar with Moody's work then the somewhat "downer" subject matter won't exactly come as a surprise. This will be the second film adaptation for Moody, the first being The Ice Storm back in 1997 -- just to confuse matters he was also the author of the novel Garden State about a group of disaffected teens struggling with adulthood, but it bears no relation to the Zach Braff movie of the same name about a group of disaffected twenty-somethings struggling with adulthood, but its a wacky coincidence none the less. Future Films and Arcadia Capital are currently putting together the financing for the film, but it is still very early days for the project so it will probably be a long time before we get word of a cast.
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