“Yeah, like, why do so many of Slash Film’s readers wanna collect my bones and stuff?”
Comparable to blurting out a hat trick of her favorite indie bands outside a Cat Power concert, Ellen Page (Juno :) just booked her third film in a month’s time, following Sam Raimi’s Drag Me to Hell and Drew Barrymore’s Whip It. She’ll star opposite the ever-androgynous Cillian Murphy (Breakfast on Pluto, Scarecrow) in Peacock, a high concept thriller in which Murphy will play a split-personality “who tricks a town into believing his alter egos are man and wife.” And, of course, Page will play a struggling young mother…who instigates a battle between Murphy’s [...]

The Hollywood rumor-mill is starting to spin the idea of a Juno sequel. You might be scratching you head wondering: Why would they even consider making a Juno sequel anyway?
Juno has taken in over $136 million at the box office. By the end of its theatrical run, Juno will likely have grossed more (domestically) than Superbad, Enchanted, Bee Movie, Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer, Live Free or Die Hard, Hairspray, Ocean’s Thirteen, Ghost Rider, Beowulf, SAW IV, Halloween, Sweeney Todd, and Resident Evil: Extinction. And I’m sure we’ll see another Fantastic Four movie, and they’re already prepping two more SAW films.
But director Jason Reitman wants no part of [...]

“We are, like, major.”
The day all hardcore Kimya Dawson fans and Chan Marshall’s Miami hangers-on have dreaded is here, as the Juno Soundtrack has taken Soundscan’s gold medal, with 65,000 units sold. And take note, because this is the first time a soundtrack for a Best Picture nominee has dangled its legs from atop the flagpole since Titanic did it a decade ago. And in a possible Juno-boost, soundtrack artist Cat Power’s latest album, the swell Jukebox, debuted at number 12, her highest sales week in a long career.
As of today, Juno, which cost less than $5 million or $10 million to make depending on the source, has stuffed [...]

Diablo Cody appeared on David Letterman to promote Juno. Watch her 8-minute segment thanks to the wonders of YouTube after the jump.
Why? Maybe we’re posting this because we love the movie and Diablo, or maybe it’s just that I love the idea of a superstar screenwriter. I mean, really, how many screenwriters appear on Letterman (who aren’t also directors or stars)?

Juno is my favorite movie of 2007. Over the last couple months I’ve talked to hundreds of people who have seen the movie and have only met a couple people who didn’t love it. There are three things that everyone always talks about after seeing this film: The incredible script by Diablo Cody, the amazing performance by Ellen Page, and the hip indie folk rock soundtrack.
The Soundtrack went on sale in stores this week, but has been available digitally on iTunes since December 11th. The Playlist reports that Juno has already reached number one on SoundScan’s Digital Album sales charts.
I’ve mentioned before that Paramount Vantage his made the screenplays There [...]

Karyn Kusama has signed on to direct Jennifer’s Body, Diablo Cody’s follow-up to Juno. The story follows a demon-possessed Megan Fox who begins eating boys in her small Minnesota town. It’s one of those stories that could be pretty cool or really bad depending on how the material is handled.
Kusama broke onto the scene with GirlFight in 2000, which won the Grand Jury prize at Sundance. Kusama, who also took home the directing award, went on to helm the really horrible live-action adaptation of AEonFlux starring Charlize Theron. But I have faith in both Kusama and Diablo. And better yet, Jason Reitman is producing. But will Fox Atomic find someway [...]

I’ve written 29 news stories in the last 48 hours, yet, believe it or not, wasn’t able to get to everything I’ve wanted to show you. I usually let go of these “missed opportunities”. After all, there are only 24 hours in a day. But I’ve decided to make it a new years resolution (yes, an early one) to compile some these passed over gems in a new “Page 2″ link blog. Basically, Page 2 will contain all the news not fit to print. I’m not sure how often I’ll be doing this, but we’ll see. You are reading the introduction to the first edition. Don’t turn away and don’t [...]

Director Jason Reitman and and screenwriter Diablo Cody sit down to watch and discuss a scene from Fox Searchlight’s Juno. It’s kinda like a directors commentary of just one scene, only more promotional. I’m not sure how insightful Reitman’s commentary is here, and Cody doesn’t get many words in, but offers a funny “button” on the segment. Watch Anatomy of a Scene: Juno after the jump.
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Juno is now playing in New York and LA. Click here to find out when it’s coming [...]

Most major city regions have a society or association of film critics, who each year join together to vote on the best films and performances of the year. This weekend the winners have been announced for the National Board of Review, Los Angeles Film Critics Association (LAFCA), the New York Film Critics Online (NYFCO), The Boston Society of Film Critics (BSFC), and the Washington DC Area Film Critics Association (WAFCA). Here is a round up of the results:
Here is the quick briefing:
The Cohen Brothers’ No Country For Old Men took the Best Film of the year award in three out of the five. Paul Thomas Anderson’s There Will Be Blood [...]

How Do You Get Whatever You Want For Christmas?
Answer from screenwriter Diablo Cody after the jump.      Adult Readers Only…

Earlier today I penned an article finally declaring Juno the best movie of the year, defeating Paul Thomas Anderson’s There will Be Blood in a near even fight. As much as I love the movie, I have been less than happy with the film’s marketing thus far. Just look at the poster for a good example of what I’m talking about. It’s not bad, but it just isn’t great either. Fox should have teamed with the company that created the rotoscoped colorpencil-animated opening title sequence.
And while the first movie trailer for Juno got the look, feel and music right, I felt that they didn’t do justice in the area of [...]

We loved loved LOVED Juno, so we’ve anxiously been following blogger turned stripper turned author turned screenwriter Diablo Cody’s bevy of upcoming projects. The one project that seemed more interesting than the rest is a horror movie titled Jennifer’s Body. Megan Fox is signed on to star as a “girl who eats boys.” Cody describes the movie as “Juno but with cannibalism and evisceration.” IMDB describes it as “A newly possessed cheerleader turns into a killer who specializes in offing her male classmates. Can her best friend put an end to the horror?”
While I always thought this idea showed the most promise, it also the easiest to screw up.Let’s face [...]

Hot Fuzz and Shaun of the Dead director Edgar Wright was asked to guest host (or as Edgar says “guest present”) Jonesy’s Jukebox yesterday on Indie 103.1 in Los Angeles. The two hour show is packed with great music and even better guests, like Juno screenwriter Diablo Cody, Borat star Sasha Baron Cohen (as Borat) and Superbad’s Jonah Hill. Not so coincidentally, all four are screenwriters, and apparently hot shot scriptwriters on strike have nothing better to do so now they’re on the radio (I kid, I kid). If you’re a fan of Edgar, or any of his guests, check out the show, which is now available online at this [...]

After Juno sent a shock-wave around Hollywood, Hollywood’s new golden screenwriter Diablo Cody has a lot on her plate, and has revealed some new details about her upcoming projects to EW. So we’ve decided to incorporate some of this new information into this development profile:
Girly Style: Diablo immediately started writing this “female response” after seeing SuperBad. Girly Stlye, “named after the wuss version of push-ups, tells the story of some nerdy college women.” Red Eye producer Mason Novick is signed to produce the project for Universal.
Time and a Half: “A satire about the cult of modern-day hipsters.” In an earlier Cinematical interview, Cody described the movie as “a generational, working [...]

It seems like Diablo Cody is writing every other movie in Hollywood these days, and that’s certainly not a bad thing. I find saw Cody’s Juno at the Toronto International Film Festival. It is the best movie of the year so far, and a shoe in for a Best Screenplay Oscar nom (and Ebert believes Ellen Page will also get a nod). You would think that since Juno doesn’t hit theaters until later this year, that I was ahead of the curve. But truth is, even I was late to the Diablo Cody party.
The advertising agency worker turned stripper, turned blogger, turned author, turned screenwriter had already caught the attention [...]