07.16.08
Spielberg Keeps his New Muse Busy
Oscar-winner Steven Spielberg’s a man after my own heart, he too cannot get enough of Osca
r-winner Diablo Cody. Based on another original idea of Spielberg’s, who thought up Showtime’s “The United States of Tara” which Cody wrote and serves as executive producer, Cody will develop the untitled comedy for Dreamworks. Details are currently sealed in an impenetrable safe, but something tells me anything that has Cody’s name attached to it will be revealed sooner rather than later. Cody’s horror comedy starring that almost naked Megan Fox, “Jennifer’s Body,” is currently in production at Fox Atomic, while her “Girly Style” is in development at Universal. [Variety]
r-winner Diablo Cody. Based on another original idea of Spielberg’s, who thought up Showtime’s “The United States of Tara” which Cody wrote and serves as executive producer, Cody will develop the untitled comedy for Dreamworks. Details are currently sealed in an impenetrable safe, but something tells me anything that has Cody’s name attached to it will be revealed sooner rather than later. Cody’s horror comedy starring that almost naked Megan Fox, “Jennifer’s Body,” is currently in production at Fox Atomic, while her “Girly Style” is in development at Universal. [Variety]More interesting than the news of Cody’s Spielbergian recruitment is the fact that Speilberg considered directing “Juno” himself, before Jason Reitman was attached to the project. I cannot imagine “Juno” as being anything but what it is, but its greatness does not stem from the brain power of Reitman, that much I do know.
So Diablo’s going to be sticking around for a while. I cannot think of anything better.
J.D. said,
July 16, 2008 at 6:05 pm
Isn’t Shia his muse?
Or boytoy, whatever the term is now? ;)
Nick Plowman said,
July 16, 2008 at 6:18 pm
No, he can’t have Shia AND Cody. That’s not even fair {it may be true…so Shia’s his boy muse, boy toy, and Cody’s his girl muse…lol, how inarticulate am I?}.
But no, he is going to have to chose. I don’t want to fight with him for one of them, but I will. Because they are both MY people, and he’s just being greedy.
J.D. said,
July 16, 2008 at 6:21 pm
Oh come on, we all know, if provoked, who you’d pick… ;)
Nick Plowman said,
July 16, 2008 at 6:32 pm
Shia. No contest.
But I want a little Cody on the side every now and then…if she can fit me into her busy schedule. She never had one before…cow.
Craig Kennedy said,
July 16, 2008 at 6:36 pm
That’s funny, I thought of Shia right away too.
I’m still trying to imagine if Spielberg had directed Juno. It would be kind of cool to see him tackle a really ’small’ story like that. I wonder if he could do it and keep it simple.
Anyway, good for Cody. You know where I stand on Juno so there’s no point in dragging that dead horse out again, but I think she has a lot of talent and I’m happy to see her get success.
Nick Plowman said,
July 16, 2008 at 7:05 pm
I think it’s sad that I did not think of Shia.
Yeah, yeah, and we all know my thoughts on Juno, but like you, were are both glad for Cody. She’s awesome, and if anyone were to get as many sweet gigs in a row as she has been getting, I’m totally glad it’s her. Anyone else, and I might feel some kind of jealousy, which is weird.
Craig Kennedy said,
July 16, 2008 at 7:28 pm
There’s plenty of people jealous over her success. It’s kind of sad. Not for her, but for them.
Nick Plowman said,
July 16, 2008 at 7:35 pm
Screw them dude. They suck. And they might have her talent, but they don’t have her ambition. I mean, look where she was a couple years ago, and now. Who else can boast such a transformation? Yeah.
Miranda Wilding said,
July 17, 2008 at 5:19 am
“Screw them dude. They suck.”
Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha hah…
In my precious opinion an awesome screwing is MUCH too good for them. All the way around.
But that’s just me.
Love you, Nicky boy. You tell it like it is, babe.