Anna Kendrick to Cathy in L5Y in California

[iluvtheatertrash]

Posted: 10/21/12 at 9:56am

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

Not sure if anyone's seen this...

[random person 112]

Posted: 10/21/12 at 10:15am

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

[WiCkEDrOcKS]

Posted: 10/21/12 at 10:24am

YES!

Wish this was in NY! Updated On: 10/21/12 at 10:24 AM

[#1Elphie]

Posted: 10/21/12 at 10:27am

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

[Taryn]

Posted: 10/21/12 at 11:28am

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

[Wynbish]

Posted: 10/21/12 at 11:35am

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]

Posted: 10/21/12 at 11:39am

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]

Posted: 10/21/12 at 12:30pm

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

Robert. Jason. Brown.

[CapnHook]

Posted: 10/21/12 at 12:50pm

Justin Timberlake as Jamie?

[Johnnycantdecide]

Posted: 10/21/12 at 12:51pm

I would flip for Joseph Gordon-Levitt as Jamie!

[Owen22]

Posted: 10/21/12 at 4:53pm

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

[showchoirguy]

Posted: 10/21/12 at 5:21pm

^ Yes. It needs to be...

[ClydeBarrow]

Posted: 10/21/12 at 6:11pm

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.

Updated On: 10/21/12 at 06:11 PM

[timote316]

Posted: 10/21/12 at 6:18pm

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]

Posted: 10/21/12 at 8:25pm

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

[bob8rich]

Posted: 10/21/12 at 8:29pm

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]

Posted: 10/21/12 at 11:55pm

I think a sung-through movie seems kinda boring.

[ray-andallthatjazz86]

Posted: 10/22/12 at 1:14am

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]

Posted: 10/22/12 at 1:20am

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]

Posted: 10/22/12 at 1:23am

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.

Updated On: 10/22/12 at 01:23 AM

[bk]

Posted: 10/22/12 at 1:37am

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]

Posted: 10/22/12 at 1:08pm

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

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

Updated On: 10/22/12 at 01:08 PM

[Jon]

Posted: 10/22/12 at 1:56pm

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

[mallardo]

Posted: 10/22/12 at 3:40pm

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

[boggess]

Posted: 10/22/12 at 8:27pm

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