Jennifer's Body
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| Jennifer's Body | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Karyn Kusama |
| Produced by | Daniel Dubiecki Mason Novick Jason Reitman |
| Written by | Diablo Cody |
| Starring | Megan Fox Amanda Seyfried Adam Brody J.K. Simmons |
| Distributed by | Fox Atomic |
| Release date(s) | est. 2009 |
| Country |  United States |
| Language | English |
| IMDb profile | |
Jennifer's Body is an upcoming dark comedy and horror film written by Diablo Cody. The film, described as similar in tone to Heathers,[1] will be directed by Karyn Kusama, M. David Mullen as the director of photography, and will star Megan Fox as the title character and Amanda Seyfried as her best friend Needy. The film follows Jennifer, a cheerleader possessed by a demon who begins feeding off the boys in a Minnesota farming town. It is then up to her "plain Jane" best friend Needy to kill Jennifer, escape from a correctional facility and go after Adam Brody as lead singer Nikolai and the Satan-worshiping rock band responsible for the transformation. Jennifer's Body has an estimated release date in 2009.
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[edit] Production
[edit] Pre-production
Jennifer's Body is the follow up to writer and producer Diablo Cody and Jason Reitman collaboration efforts on Juno. In October 2007, Fox Atomic pre-emptively purchased the rights to Cody's script with Megan Fox in negotiations to star. Peter Rice, who oversees both Fox Searchlight and Fox Atomic, brought in the project as Fox Searchlight had previously distributed Cody's film Juno.[1] Mason Novick and Reitman's producing parter Dan Dubiecki signed as producers in November 2007 with plans to produce the film under Hard C, which is housed at Fox Searchlight. Reitman commented, "We want to make unusual films, and anything that turns a genre on its ear interests Dan and I."[2] Karyn Kusama was announced as director in January 2008.[3]
In February 2008, a cease and desist was given to a writer at CC2K.com after they posted an advanced script review for the film.[4] The Latino Review also posted an advanced review.[5] At the time CC2K.com received their cease and desist order, questions were raised why Latino Review's largely positive script review was allowed to stay posted while CC2K was being forced by Fox Searchlight to remove their mainly negative coverage.[6] Although Latino Review was later asked to remove their review, numerous other websites and blogs have published their own critiques of the script.[7][8][9]
[edit] Casting
Megan Fox stars as Jennifer with Amanda Seyfried as her best friend Needy. Needy's boyfriend Chip is played by Evan Almighty's Johnny Simmons. Nikolai, the dark lead singer of the band, Low Shoulder, is played by Adam Brody, And the highly featured nerd who consoles the jock is played by Keegan Sigurnjak.
[edit] Filming
In late 2007, Fox Atomic had plans to film Jennifer's Body before a possible writer's strike. However, when the Writers Guild of America strike began, shooting was then moved to March 7, 2008 in Vancouver.[10] Some of the scenes, particularly those situated in a school setting, were filmed in University Hill Secondary School.
[edit] Cast
- Megan Fox as Jennifer Check
- Amanda Seyfried as Needy Lesnicky
- Johnny Simmons as Chip Dove
- Adam Brody as Nikolai
- J.K. Simmons as Mr. Wroblewski
- Amy Sedaris as Toni Lesnicky
- Chris Pratt as Officer Roman Duda
- Juno Ruddell as Officer Warzak
- Kyle Gallner as Colin Gray
- Lance Henriksen to make a Cameo
- Keegan Sigurnjak the school nerd
- Tiffany Sigurnjak fan
[edit] References
- ^ a b Kit, Borys. "Atomic has Cody 'Body,' Fox part", The Hollywood Reporter, 2007-10-23. Retrieved on 2008-02-11.
- ^ Kit, Borys. "Reitman has the jump on Cody's 'Body'", The Hollywood Reporter, 2007-11-13. Retrieved on 2008-02-11.
- ^ Fleming, Michael. "Kusama to direct Cody's 'Body'", Variety, 2008-01-07. Retrieved on 2008-02-11.
- ^ "Fox Searchlight Lawyer's Defend Jennifer's Body from Snarky Bloggers", mediabistro.com, 2008-02-11. Retrieved on 2008-02-11.
- ^ Chavez, Kellvin. "Exclusive: Jennifer's Body Story Details", Latinoreview.com, 2008-01-08. Retrieved on 2008-02-11.
- ^ Longworth, Karina. "Diablo Cody: Above Critique?", Spout Blog, 2008-02-11. Retrieved on 2008-04-09.
- ^ Frazier, Adam. "Jennifer's Body", Counting Down The Hours, 2007-12-15. Retrieved on 2008-04-09.
- ^ Drees, Rich. "Jennifer's Body Script Review", FilmBuffOnLine, 2008-03-14. Retrieved on 2008-04-09.
- ^ "Review- Diablo Cody's "Body"", Mystery Man On Film, 2008-03-05. Retrieved on 2008-04-09.
- ^ Kit, Borys. "Seyfried in 'Body' cast", The Hollywood Reporter, 2008-02-08. Retrieved on 2008-02-11.
