Jonathan Levine’s coming-of-age weed dramedy “The Wackness,” hasn’t even hit theaters yet (this Thursday, July 3), but the young director is already being seen as a viable talent in Hollywood. The filmmaker has been tapped to write and direct a pair of thrillers seemingly eons away from the nostalgic 1994-ish halcyon glow of his indie pot comedy, but not exactly.
The first project, “Positive,” is evidently a romantic thriller that follows a young, 20-something on a roadtrip to Martha’s Vineyard where he is seduced by his fiance’s younger sister, and the second one, “Echelon Vendetta,” is a CIA thriller about a “cleaner” spy who prevents government dirty secrets from being aired – a project he is writing for Sony, according to the Hollywood Reporter.
Maybe this will mean, Levine’s long-delayed, “smart horror” film, “All The Boys Love Mandy Lane,” will come out sooner rather than later. It first appeared in 2006 at the Toronto International Film Festival to strong reviews, but the company working the film, Senator Films evidently does know what they’re doing and keep pushing it back and back.
