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Reece Thompson is 'The Sophomore'
Filed under: Comedy », Casting »
I'm pretty picky about my teen movies. I can enjoy some of the fluffier fare (I didn't detest She's All That), but I usually need a reasonable balance between the unbelievable Hollywood spin and reality. I actually dug 10 Things I Hate About You, mainly because it's one of the few teen flicks that had some alternatively cool characters. I'm also pretty much with Erik Davis about Election being fab. So, I've got high hopes for The Sophomore, the new dark, teen comedy in the works, which used to be called Assassination of a High School President.As Erik previously posted, the movie is about a sophomore reporter persuaded by the most popular girl at school (Mischa Barton) to look into the theft of SAT exams. Bruce Willis is playing the war vet, Catholic school principal, and Rumer, his daughter, is Barton's sidekick. Now we've finally got the reporter cast -- Reece Thompson. The young actor has been busy with this year's feature film Rocket Science, as well as Zixx and Trollz on television, and a while ago he played the younger Beaver (Jason Lee) in Dreamcatcher. As the reporter, Thompson discovers that the school president (hence the old title) and big jock are responsible, and as The Hollywood Reporter describes it, "a more sinister conspiracy emerges."
If nothing else, I'll be happy to see Willis in a suit. I'm still waiting for the guy to do something comedically delicious like Moonlighting again, and at least this is half-way there -- part action hero (war vet bit), and part suit (principal bit). It'll also be interesting to see his kid in action, and frankly, the pic sounds better than the other one she's currently attached to.
Mischa Barton Joins Bruce Willis' 'The Sophomore'
Filed under: Comedy », Drama », Casting », Newsstand »
The other day I got sucked into watching Election on cable, and I suddenly remembered what a fabulous high school-set dark comedy was supposed to look like. In my opinion, there hasn't been a film like it since; these days all we get is pain medication and kids attempting suicide. Mean Girls was definitely a step in the right direction, but even that doesn't come close to Tracy Flick's antics. However, there is one film on the horizon that's showing a little bit of promise, even though the latest casting news doesn't exactly whet my appetite. The Hollywood Reporter tells us that Mischa Barton will star opposite Bruce Willis and his daughter Rumer Willis in the dark comedy The Sophomore for Yari Film Group.
When we first told you about this film it was being called Assassination of a High School President, but the title has since changed for obvious reasons (the words 'assassination' and 'high school' aren't allowed to be used in the same sentence these days, and for good reason). Pic, which is being labeled as a teenage take on Chinatown, revolves around a sophomore reporter (role not cast yet) who's persuaded by the most popular girl in school (Barton) to investigate the theft of SAT exams. Apparently, Bruce Willis will play a sadistic war veteran AND the school's principal. Meanwhile, the female Willis will take on the role of "school troublemaker." While I'm not crazy about Barton, I'm sure she'll have no problem playing some stuck-up popular chick, and the description of Bruce Willis' character alone has me interested. Will it fit into the same category as Election? I hope so. Brett Simon will direct, with principal photography beginning this August.
Ed. Note: Some initial plot descriptions were incorrect; I have since updated the information.
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