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Seth Gordon to Direct Mr. Romance

Posted on Tuesday, December 16th, 2008 by Peter Sciretta

The King of Kong and Four Christmases director Seth Gordon has signed on to direct a Mr. Romance for New Regancy. My All American scribe Jeff Roda is writing the comedy script based on a GQ Magazine article by Joshuah Bearman.

According to Variety, the film will follow “a cynical guy who is forced to enter the Mr. Romance competition to win back the love of his life.” Apparently the pitch is based on real “Mr. Romance competitions” where guys submit themselves to physical and psychological tests to determine their “romantic IQ” in order to find new models for romance novel covers.

Sounds like a segment of This American Life, but not a great film. I hope that Gordon does Suicide Squad next, especially after hearing his description on The /Filmcast a few weeks back:

“Suicide Squad is basically like Bottle Rocket but set at the Kentucky Derby, where a bunch of misfits, barely, get away with a heist. And its about the Shenanigans that lead up to that.”

And speaking of Bottle Rocket, I just got the Criterion Collection Blu-ray release of the film. I love that film dearly.

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  • I guess once you get in, you gotta ride that money train to where it takes you. Play it safe once you get to the middle.
  • Gordon might be falling into a stereotype just to make more movies. Disappointing...
  • what do people have against rom-coms? I like to watch rom-coms every once in a while. This could be good.
  • They are just all the same....

    Guy and Girl fall in love. Guy does something wrong. Guy does something right to make it all better. Guy and girl live happily ever after. I just watched Ghost Town last night, and the plot was exactly the same as is almost every rom-com.
  • I like Bottle Rocket, if it is like it I am up for it!
  • Jonathan
    So far he's following up King of Kong with generic sounding romantic comedies.

    It's not the direction I would have expected. It's also not the direction I would've wanted. But I suppose I am saying that having not seen Four Christmases.
  • Seth Gordon, what the fuck are you doing? Soon enough, Billy Mitchell will no longer occupy the #1 enemy-of-the-state position in cinema. And he has way better hair.
  • Doesn't sound like a movie I'd watch. I thought i had more to say about this but I lost my train of thought. I'll get back to you if I find it.
  • stuart
    four christmases wasn't even a movie in my opinon.
  • Four Christmases wasn't THAT bad...but I saw it for free...and that Suicide Squad doesn't sound too bad, actually sounds interesting its kinda like the Oceans movies, except with horses...
  • It looks like making Rom Coms is Seth Gordon's real passion
  • It's interesting after gaining quite a bit of success and recognition around the circuit with 'King of Kongs' (which was a great film by the way, thanks to /Film for opening my eyes to the film), Seth Gordon has decided to jump the mundane track-horse of creating one dimensional Rom-Coms for the studio, with the million dollar question obviously being - with a man of Gordon's intelligence and passion, why? I'm sure there's plenty of other projects out that Gordon could be a part of and actually make something, unless he's just enjoying seeing his name on a successful financial film. Who knows...
  • It's interesting after gaining quite a bit of success and recognition around the circuit with 'King of Kongs' (which was a great film by the way, thanks to /Film for opening my eyes to the film), Seth Gordon has decided to jump the mundane track-horse of creating one dimensional Rom-Coms for the studio, with the million dollar question obviously being - with a man of Gordon's intelligence and passion, why? I'm sure there's plenty of other projects out that Gordon could be a part of and actually make something, unless he's just enjoying seeing his name on a successful (financially) film. Who knows...
  • It is great start by the seth Gordon.
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