While Richard Linklater has always bounced back and forth between studio projects and indie movies, you have to go back to 2005’s “Bad News Bears” to find his last full-fledged picture for a major Hollywood outlet (not counting indie arms). However, in the wake of the success of “Boyhood,” it is interesting to see how the studios are coming back to Linklater. Paramount is distributing this next movie, which was just dated for spring 2016, and now Sony is eyeballing the filmmaker.
Deadline reports that Linklater is the frontrunner to direct “The Rosie Project” starring Jennifer Lawrence. Phil Lord and Chris Miller were originally attached before they got too busy conquering Hollywood, and I have to say, this seems a little safe and dull for Linklater. Based on Graeme Simsion‘s bestselling book, with a script by Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber (“The Spectacular Now,” “The Fault In Our Stars“), this is a romantic comedy about a scientist who thinks he’s put together the formula for the perfect match, until he meets someone who turns his whole theory upside down.
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We’ll see if this pans out, and Linklater has directed films he hasn’t written before, so don’t think that will be a factor in his decision. However, I can see working with one of the biggest stars in Hollywood being a prospect too good to pass up, and Lawrence in a Linklater picture? Even with a premise as bland as this, I’d be interested to see the result.
This is fantastic. Richard Linklater + Jennifer Lawrence sounds like a dream team to me. I hope he\’ll sign on the project.
I used to think that Linklater works best indie, but now I think he\’s getting better each time with the big studios. Bernie and Slacker were great, but every time he worked with Sony something awesome came out. So yeah, looking forward to seeing this–as always.
Mark Ruffalo or Edward Norton would be perfect as Don. I know Linklater can make a masterpiece with this movie, like the \’before\’ trilogy.
@Jen Hopefully neither Hawke or McConaughey become attached to this film. Already not sure about the casting of Lawrence in the role of Rosie as she is not the sort of person I pictured when reading the book and can\’t really see either of those two actors as Don.
As long as Ethan Hawke isn\’t cast as her love interest… With Linklater it\’s either Hawke or McConaughey. McConaughey\’s a DILF so that would get my approval.
okay read this book last winter and I thought that Jennifer lawrence would be PERFECT as Rosie the whole time I was reading it.
There is a sequel novel called "The Rosie Effect," so there\’s a chance for a second film if "The Rosie Project" is a hit.
I read the novel. The premise may sound bland, but it works fine because these are really interesting characters. It reminds me of a lighter "Silver Linings Playbook."
I\’ll watch anything with J.Law, but Linklater can be pretentious at times. Sigh.
Jennifer Lawrence and Linklater! So excited!!!
Yes. Incredible teaming!
(To Daisy in the comments) Nooooooooooooooooo! He\’s too awesome.
Jennifer Lawrence in a Linklater movie…That\’s a dream come true!
Amazing. Linklater + Lawrence = Greatness, Oscars…
Noooooooooooooooooo! He\’s too boring.