A recent Hollywood Reporter piece about the resurgence of chick films based on chick literature made us wonder how many of these films will actually make it to the screen, as there's a little something called development hell (will Gothamist ever see The Alienist on screen?) standing in between the deal and actual production.
One book that seems to be moving along towards life as a movie is The Parker Grey Show, which we reviewed earlier this summer Gothamist hears that the screenplay is out to directors, under the watchful eye of producers Ted Hope and Ann Carey, whose past credits include American Splendor, Lovely & Amazing, The Ice Storm, and the upcoming NY Film Festival closer, 21 Grams, starring Sean Penn, Benicio Del Toro and Naomi Watts. Kate Hudson is interested in playing Parker, but as she's pregnant and may drop out, we suggest Maggie Gyllenhaal, Michelle Williams, and Scarlett Johanssen, actresses who can play both fun and full-of-pathos - without being schticky and pathetic. Unknown is who will play M, the dashing, foreign "I'm not a doctor but I play one on TV" actor, who bears more than a striking resemblance to ER's Dune-loving Goran Visnjic, he of the smoldering Croatian eyes. (Of course Goran himself would be great, but would that be too meta?) We're thinking Anna Paquin or Judy Greer for Parker's nutty friend Lil, William Fichtner for the conspiracy theorist bartender, and Christopher Plummer for Smith.
Read Parker Grey and let us know who you think should be cast.
