We always die a little bit inside when the awesomely talented and beautiful Amy Adams signs on for paycheck gigs, but we guess a girl’s gotta eat sometimes.
The actress has signed on star in “The Ten Best Days Of My Life,” which sort of sounds like a weird mix of “Groundhog Day,” “Confessions Of A Shopaholic” and “What Dreams May Come.” The film is adapted from the novel by Adena Halpern and its outline is as follows:
After Alex Dorenfield and her dog, Peaches, get smashed by a car, they wind up in heaven, where bubbly 29-year-old Alex is floored by how hip the digs are—especially Seventh Heaven, where Alex’s dreams (of, for instance, designer clothes, an awesome house and eating without gaining weight) come true. The icing on the cake is her reunion with a few deceased family members and meeting a dreamy prospective soul mate. Only problem? She must pass an entrance exam to stay in Seventh Heaven and not be demoted to the fourth level, where she would have to live in a condo, wear last year’s clothes and lose Peaches (all dogs stay in Seventh Heaven). So Alex gets to work on an essay to prove she led a worthwhile and fulfilling life.
Blech. We assume there is some message in there about money not buying happiness, and it will turn out that the best day of her life was something really, really syrupy. It sounds dreadful. Speaking of dreadful, hack auteur Shawn Levy is attached to direct this thing with the only plus being that he knows he way around the CGI that will be required for the portrayal of Heaven.
The next Adam’s film of note will be her role in David O. Russell’s forthcoming “The Fighter” and she also has a silly romcom, “Leap Year” on deck as well. She’s currently attached to the promising “Town House” with Zach Galifinakis as well.
As for Levy, he just wrapped up sapping Steve Carell and Tina Fey of their talent for his spring tentpole, “Date Night.”
