Anna Kendrick to Cathy in L5Y in California

[iluvtheatertrash]

http://moviehole.net/201258969exclusive-anna-kendrick-to-star-in-musical-the-last-5-years

Not sure if anyone's seen this...

[random person 112]

I'm looking forward to it! Sounds perfect to me.

[WiCkEDrOcKS]

YES!

Wish this was in NY!

[#1Elphie]

I wish she'd play the role in Second Stage's NY production this season! I'd love to see her as Cathy.

[Taryn]

Whoa whoa whoa. This isn't just her playing the role on stage in California. This is a film adaptation.

[Wynbish]

Kendrick, next in “The Twilight Saga : Breaking Dawn Part 2? (the ticket sales of which will likely make up for the poor performance of “Pitch Perfect”

Yeah, of course, totally.

Except for the fact that she is not in this Twilight movie this go-around.

And I'd watch Pitch Perfect any day over Twilight.

[WiCkEDrOcKS]

I loved PITCH PERFECT. And I have no idea how or why this author is calling it's box office performance "poor." It's already made $46,000,000 from a $17,000,000 budget. Sure, it's no blockbuster phenomenon, but it's definitely not a flop.

[ChairinMain]

Just like to point out that this guy calls him Robert Jason Brown in this article.

Robert. Jason. Brown.

[CapnHook]

Justin Timberlake as Jamie?

[Johnnycantdecide]

I would flip for Joseph Gordon-Levitt as Jamie!

[Owen22]

Does this need to be a film? Would it actually make a good film?

[showchoirguy]

^ Yes. It needs to be...

[ClydeBarrow]

I don't really see how this could possibly make a film. The whole point is that they're never interacting and each of them are living the relationship the opposite way. Seems like it would confuse the average movie-goer.

LOVE the choice of Anna Kendrick though.

[timote316]

No idea how this will work on film, but I'm excited to see it attempted.

I'm also excited about this casting, and the suggestion of Joseph Gordon-Levitt.

[iluvtheatertrash]

Oh. You're right. That article was so poorly written.

[bob8rich]

Three personal reactions:
1. I would LOVE to see a movie version of TL5Y
2. The article read as if it was written by a ten year old.
3. I have absolutely no idea who Anna Kendrick is! lol

[RippedMan]

I think a sung-through movie seems kinda boring.

[ray-andallthatjazz86]

She needs to do it on stage, not so sure that this film will work out but I'll see it for her, she's amazing.

[bk]

As always, this reeks of pure PR BS. There's no deal, there's no script, there's no nothing. They're going to "shop" it in Santa Monica? It is to laugh.

[somethingwicked]

They're obviously looking for a distributor, bk, but the project is very real. I don't know how in the world you could open up the story and convey the difference in time progression successfully on film, but Richard LaGravenese has been working on the script for close to two years. Jason Robert Brown's been alluding to the movie adaptation without mentioning LaGravenese's name for some time, so I'm surprised it's taken this long to leak. The issue in the way of getting the green-light (per JRB) was always getting name actors for the two leads, and now that Kendrick opened PITCH PERFECT to pretty significant success, I'm not surprised she's who they went after.

My money's on Joseph Gordon-Levitt ending up as Jamie, though that's based purely on my own internal logic and not on any inside information. He and Kendrick were pretty incredible opposite one another in 50/50, and that kind of intense chemistry is crucial for subject matter as intimate as this. Besides, considering he's rumored to be developing a remake of LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS, Gordon-Levitt certainly seems interested in exploring doing a musical on screen. This would be the perfect vehicle for him.

[bk]

My point is simple: No money. No deal. No nothing. If you have a screenplay and can get Miss Kendrick attached, you'll be in the same boat.

They're drumming up interest. That I get. If they get money, the more power to them.

[SporkGoddess]

"the meet, the break-up, the make-up, the nuptials..."

So Jamie and Cathy get back together in this version? :P

[Jon]

bob8rich - She's a Tony and Oscar nominated actress. Google is your friend.

[mallardo]

I can't begin to imagine it as a movie.

[boggess]

My first reaction is that Anna looks young to play Cathy.

[AC126748]

Despite the fact that Sherie Rene Scott was 35 when she played Cathy, the character shouldn't really be more than mid-to-late twenties. (Lauren Kennedy was 28 when she originated the role). When the story begins, Jamie is 23 (as alluded to in the lyrics of "Moving Too Fast": "got all this and more / before twenty-four") and Cathy should be in the same age range (23-2. Kendrick is 27 as of today; I'd say as far as age is concerned, she's ideally cast.