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Note to Self: Kat Dennings Is the One That Keeps Her Clothes On

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Trade News | July 28, 2009 | Comments (13)

Richard Linklater and David Cronenberg are returning to the kind of movie that has no chance in hell of having any commercial appeal, because that’s what indie directors do, damnit. Although, in this case, it’s kind of hard to work up any enthusiasm for either project based on their loglines, despite their involvement.

First off, Richard Linklater is tackling Liars (A-E), ostensibly because the title doesn’t make a lick of sense and that’s cool and hip and awesome. It’s a romantic comedy about a woman traveling to the Obama inauguration who retrieves lost items from her boyfriends along the way. Kat Dennings — clothing optional — is set to play the woman’s best friend, because of course she is. That’s what Kat Dennings does (clothing optional). The script was penned by Emma Forrest, who you know from nothing, except that I hear she was dating Colin Farrell but they recently split up because he didn’t mention her at a awards acceptance speech. Bad form, Collin.

Aw, crap. Look at me; I’ve confused Kat Dennings with Lizzy Caplan for, like, the millionth time. My apologies: Kat Dennings always keeps her top on. It’s Lizzy Caplan who is lackadaisical about clothing. My apologies to Kat and her family.

Richard Linklater should really consider recasting Lizzy Caplan. I’m just saying.

Elsewhere, David Cronenberg is directing an adaptation of Don DeLillo’s Cosmopolis, which is about a 28-year-old billionaire who makes an odyssey across Manhattan to get a haircut. Yes. That’s what it’s about. I’m sure there’s a lot more to it — conversations and run-ins, and maybe some post car wreck sexytime, but I haven’t read Cosmopolis on account of the fact that I won’t read DeLillo anymore because White Noise left me in a three-week long pit of despair from which I never thought I’d recover. Although, if you do like to obsess about your own death every second of the goddamn day, I can’t recommend White Noise enough. It’s the perfect book for that suicidal friend you’re trying to drive over the edge!


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Comments

Dear Collin Farrell,
If you were my boyfriend I would NEVER break up with you just for forgetting to mention me in an awards speech.

Yours truly,
Lindsey (with an 'e')

Posted by: Lindsey with an 'e' at July 28, 2009 8:25 PM

Why do I get the feeling Dennings will be playing her Nick and Nora second rate Juno character for the rest of her marketable life.

Posted by: BarbadoSlim at July 28, 2009 8:29 PM

Well, I have to say that the Cosmopolis wiki entry sounds rather intriguing: "...Cosmopolis covers roughly one day of time and includes highly sexed women and the theme of father-son separation."

But I'd watch pretty much anything David Cronenberg.

Posted by: Cindy at July 28, 2009 8:38 PM

this article contains lots of funny names.

can we have a diversion where we make up funny names for ourselves? like, snuggie, no, hold on, like pinky, no, wait... how about... stardust, goddamn it! you all already have funny names!

i love you guys.

Posted by: gp at July 28, 2009 9:12 PM

If I were a straight man, I'd be somewhat sad that Kat Denning doesn't get naked. She's got some HUGE bajoobles. This has not gone unnoticed by my 20 year old brother or my father, who were both spellbound enough to watch all of The House Bunny and happily agreed with the young man who said he'd listen to Kat Dennings make high pitched whiny noises for more than 20 minutes if it meant he might get to see her naked.

…yep.

Posted by: Genny (actually Rusty now) at July 28, 2009 9:53 PM

People know Emma Forrest as "The White Queen" in the X-men comics where she's a psychic and keeps boning every...

Oh wait that's Emma Frost. Nevermind.

Posted by: arrrghzi at July 28, 2009 10:15 PM

G(aR), You're a gay man?

Had me fooled.

Posted by: , (the commenter formerly known as bucdaddy) at July 28, 2009 10:35 PM

i would totally let G(aR{n}) make sweet, sweet love to me down by the fire.

Posted by: gp at July 28, 2009 11:12 PM

I recently saw all of "Party Down", and let me just continue the tangent you were on by saying that I really enjoyed Lizzy Caplan in that. She wasn't ever really naked, mind you, nor did her character ever seem to be a convincing potential stand-up comic (though since she was aspiring stand-up comic and was catering until she got a break, MAYBE THAT WAS THE POINT! OH SHIT!), but there was something about her that I really liked.

I have only the slightest idea as to what a Kat Dennings is, and I am sure that I have never seen her speak either as herself or as a character.

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Posted by: william at July 29, 2009 5:36 AM

in all fairness, Hudson Hawk could be described as "an ex-con gets out of prison and goes to get a cappuccino."

and I love Hudson Hawk... I don't care what anyone says.

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Posted by: Jake at July 29, 2009 10:32 AM

Cosmopolis was pretty much the worst novel Delillo's ever written, but I'm pretty excited already about Cronenberg being behind the camera for the adaptation. Hell, if Cronenberg were to direct White Noise (and, frankly, I think he'd be the only director out there that can give that masterpiece the proper directing job it's due), I think I'll jizz my shorts. Repeatedly.

Posted by: Gus at July 29, 2009 10:38 AM

HA! I totally did the same exact thing with her name, arrrghzi!
Obviously been spending way too much time watching the Wolverine and Xmen cartoon.
Er, I mean working to cure cancer....Yeah, that's it. That's the ticket.

Posted by: JenVegas at July 29, 2009 11:26 AM





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