Catch ‘Up in the Air’
Posted: August 4th, 2009 | Author: Jacob Rhodes | Filed under: True Stuff | 2 Comments »
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It’s the next film from writer/director Jason Reitman (Thank You for Smoking, Juno) and it is set to premier at Toronto next month. It will probably pre-screen at Telluride, but that’s just my guess. Adapted by Reitman from Walter Kirn’s novel, the film stars George Clooney with Jason Bateman (Arrested Development, Juno, Hancock) and Vera Farmiga (The Departed) in supporting roles. This could be good.
The dramedy has been said to share the tone of Thank You for Smoking and is set in the world of corporate air travel. The logline goes something like this: Ryan Bingham (Clooney) is a corporate downsizing expert whose cherished life on the road is threatened just as he is on the cusp of reaching ten million frequent flyer miles and just after he’s met the frequent-traveler woman of his dreams (indieWIRE).
The pic was co-produced by DreamWorks, Hard C (Jason Reitman), The Montecito Picture Company (Ivan Reitman, Jason’s pappy) and Paramount and will be distributed domestically by DreamWorks. Its release date has not yet been announced.
Nice. To join the many airport themed movies like Catch Me if You Can and Terminal? No video clips or links? Come on! You're an industry insider.
[...] Jacob wrote a couple weeks ago, Up in the Air (IMDB), the anticipated new film by Jason Reitman starring George Clooney, is based [...]