Maybe the most intriguing news of the day comes from a tweet from Production Weekly, who confirmed our report over the summer that Ewan McGregor was teaming up with “Thumbsucker” director Mike Mills (who cut his teeth as a designer and music video director for bands like Sonic Youth, Air, the Beastie Boys, Cibo Matto, the Jon Spencer Explosion and many other ’90s hipster bands, many of them centered in New York).
The site states the name of the movie as “Beginners,” and that Christopher Plummer will co-star.
The movie shoots next month in LA, and we’ll be keeping an eye on this as more details emerge cause there’s not a lot right now. The only details we’ve heard so far is McGregor suggesting it’s a smallish indie production (duh). [“It’s] meant to be in LA. [It’s] a really interesting story. and quite a small film.”
Update: Movieline noticed our handiwork and did their own digging and found the synopsis, kudos to them: “McGregor plays a young man rocked by two announcements from his elderly father (Plummer)…one, that he has terminal cancer, and two, that he’s coming out of the closet. The role of Plummer’s handsome younger boyfriend has not yet been cast.” They also crack wise that Jim Carrey should get the part given that he and McGregor play bumchums in “I Love You Phillip Morris.”
“Thumbsuckers,” was underrated so we’re looking forward to what Mills comes up with next. In related news /Film has dug up one of Mills short films from 1999 called, “The Architechture of Reassurance” that stars Kelly Garner (who was also in “Thumbsuckers”). You can watch it below in three different parts. – Oli Lyttelton
