While doing some research on Juno (what else), I came across an unfortunate bit of news about an indie film which I’ve been tracking for some time, Jack and Diane.
Bradley Rust Gray’s film is about two teenage lesbians (Ellen Page and Olivia Thirlby), who meet in New York City and spend the night kissing ferociously. Diane’s charming innocence quickly begins to open Jack’s tough skinned heart. But, when Jack discovers that Diane is leaving the country in a week she tries to push her away. Diane must struggle to keep their love alive while hiding the secret that her newly awakened sexual desire occasionally turns her into a werewolf.
Jack and Diane was set to start production this fall, but I guess funding fell through recently.
“It’s a drag that we, as of yet, haven’t filmed it. But it will happen,” says Ellen Page. “It’s kind of super-subtle and not really ‘about’ anything. Not a lot happens, there’s no car explosions.”
Some critics (Ebert included) are even predicting that Page will earn an Oscar nomination for Juno. And I’m sure if that happens, funding will quickly follow. I just wish there were some company that would see the genius of this idea, and the potential marketability of Page the potential oscar hype, and get this project off the ground sooner rather than later.
In a world where venture capitalists are throwing money at the stupidest of stupid ideas, there must be someone with some cash that is willing to help this movie, right? Mark Cuban, where are you?
Photo credit: Scott McDermott
September 23rd, 2007 at 10:43 pm
Yeah Peter, I guess I should just shut up and stop reading your blog, (and posting critical comments) but a lesbian werewolf movie?
September 23rd, 2007 at 10:51 pm
Kestrel,
Criticize all you want, just be intelligent in your arguments (which you usually are).
But what is your problem with a lesbian werewolf love story? I’m always up for something that has never been done before, and if you read into the concept, the werewolf trait seems to be more of an allegory for the bigger picture. Check out the director’s preproduction designs and photographs:
http://filmsalt.com/soandbrad/sbjacdian.htm
September 24th, 2007 at 1:42 pm
Im sorry, but A Lesbian Werewolf movie?
I REALLY wish that Vampire and Werewolf movies would go out of favor in Hollywood…
Especially the whole ‘Cute’ lesbian movies to attract drooling fanboys “…. it has Werewolves AND Lesbians!!!Woohoo”
I mean
I would like to think that this is what this movie shouldn’t be… but just because it hasn’t been done yet doesn’t mean it should I guess is what Im saying.
I’m sure something else could be made with more relavent impact on society then a lesbian-werewolf sudo Juliet and Juliet.
September 24th, 2007 at 1:45 pm
dbunker,
This is FAR FAR FAR from a Hollywood movie. Read some more about it at the link in the comment above. It’s a very indie story about two girls who fall in love. The werewolf aspect is actually a visual metephore for soemthing else (it’s all explained in the link). This is not a Let’s take two good looking girls from a CW show and put them in a horror movie as werewolfs movie….
October 9th, 2007 at 12:33 am
…i think the movie will be great…and wow…i think this is the first time of ellen page that she played a twins in the movie and a lesbian…