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Diablo Cody to Direct ‘Lamb of God’ |
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Thursday, 30 June 2011 |
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Briefly: Diablo Cody and Mandate Pictures have collaborated twice in the past: on Juno, for which she won a screenwriting Oscar, and on Young Adult, which Jason Reitman recently directed based on her script [1]. Now the company is backing her directorial debut, a film she also wrote called Lamb of God.
Variety [2] had some of the first details, and a press release gives the official description:
The comedy follows a young conservative religious woman who loses her faith after a plane crash, decides to go to Las Vegas to live the life of a sinner, and on her journey finds her way back to her faith.
The film is about to begin casting and the press release says it has been fast-tracked by Mandate, so we can potentially expect a few big casting decisions in the next couple weeks. There is no studio partnered for distribution at this point, but I expect that won't take long to set up, especially if Diablo Cody can secure a recognizable cast.
[1] http://www.slashfilm.com/official-plot-synopsis-released-jason-reitmans-young-adult/
[2] http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118039318?categoryid=4076&cs=1&cmpid=RSS|News|LatestNews
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