Richard Curtis Says It’s About Time
setting up to direct a low-budget time travel dramedy called About Time.
The Hollywood Reporter wasn’t able to dig up any real details about the film beyond its title and that basic tone, but we do know that Curtis has written the script and is already looking for a cast. As of right now, the plan is to shoot the film this summer.
From the sounds of it, Curtis has been influenced by his stint writing an episode of Doctor Who (2010’s Vincent And The Doctor), though we’ll have to see just how much wibbly wobbly timey wimey stuff ends up on screen.
Curtis hasn’t been sitting around since he made Boat – he’s since co-written the War Horse script with Lee Hall for Steven Spielberg and has several irons in the fire, including Trash for Stephen Daldry and rom com Lost For Words, which has Tom Harper attached to direct but is still slogging its way through development yet. He’s also apparently working on something with Blackadder co-conspirator Ben Elton, though it now looks like About Time will leapfrog everything else to grab his focus for a while.
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Liv Tyler Develops The Side Effect
She’ll star in Ti West’s latest
Pharmaceutical thrillers seem to be becoming something of a trend at the moment, between Steven Soderbergh recruiting the likes of Jude Law and Blake Lively for The Side Effects and now Cabin Fever 2 / Innkeepers director Ti West finding funding for his own project, called (at least for now), The Side Effect. Now there’s some additional news as West has just nabbed Liv Tyler to star.
She’ll play Catherine Rigby, a woman who volunteers to spend several months alone in space as part of an experiment by a massive pharmaceutical company. One day, she awakens to find herself inexplicably pregnant and is soon suffering a major paranoia attack as her attempts to find out the truth behind her seemingly immaculate conception lead to more and more elusive answers.
Tyler seems excited to work with West, calling him “a super-talented exciting young filmmaker” in a statement picked up by Deadline. “The role of Rigby is a fantastic character within a great thriller and I am looking forward to sinking my teeth into the part,” she adds.
And while West has been largely known for his horror output, he’s
Empire’s Spider-Man Cover Unveiled
February issue of Empire, onsale from December 20, for more. The Amazing Spider-Man, meanwhile, swings into cinemas on July 4.