5 in-sync(doche) with Kaufman

Quick Links  Synecdoche, New York  Philip Seymour Hoffman  Catherine Keener  Samantha Morton  Tilda Swinton  Michelle Williams

It seems like it was only days ago where I chose my most anticipated films for 07. Looks like I already have my pick for 08’. For fans of Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Confessions of a Dangerous Mind and one of my favs of the decade Adaptation, the man as previously announced is going behind the camera – today the Hollywood Reporter reports that a 5some are in negotiations to star. Samantha Morton, Tilda Swinton and Catherine Keener, are joining the two previously named additions of Philip Seymour Hoffman and Michelle Williams.

Charlie Kaufman's Synecdoche, New York centers on an anguished playwright and several women in his life. Synecdoche is “a figure of speech in which the word for part of something is used to mean the whole”. Hoffman will play a theater director who ambitiously attempts to put on a play by creating a life-size replica of New York inside a warehouse. Keener is set to play his first wife, Williams will play his second wife, Morton will appear as his sometime lover, and Swinton will portray Keener's best friend and the dubious mentor to the daughter of Hoffman and Keener's characters.

Sidney Kimmel Entertainment and Anthony Bregman's Likely Story will produce the project and Kaufman and Spike Jonze will serve as producers. Kimmel's William Horberg will executive produce. Producers are anticipating a spring shoot in New York. Expect a feeding frenzy from buyers for worldwide rights anytime soon.