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Correction: ‘Celeste and Jesse’ Still Searching for Male Lead

Perhaps we’ll be seeing the comic timing of In Bruges’ Colin Farrell in a 2009 Black List script that appears to be nearing a production start date. Seth Gordon who has moved into a career split between docs films with a funny bone and studio comedies (upcoming Horrible Bosses) was recently tied up to direct, and Farrell might topline the what is being called a romantic dramady in Celeste and Jesse Forever. An April start date is apparently the aim.

Perhaps we’ll be seeing the comic timing of In Bruges’ Colin Farrell in a 2009 Black List script that appears to be nearing a production start date. Seth Gordon who has moved into a career split between docs films with a funny bone and studio comedies (upcoming Horrible Bosses) was recently tied up to direct, and Farrell might topline what is being called a romantic dramady in Celeste and Jesse Forever. An April start date is apparently the aim. Update: ThePlaylist confirmed that Farrell is not in talks.

Gist: Written by Rashida Jones and Will McCormack, this revolves around a young divorcing couple who try to maintain their longstanding friendship while pursuing other relationships.

Worth Noting: We’ll be seeing plenty of Jones this year. She has three comedies in post-production: The Muppets, The Big Year and Friend with Benefits – plus My Idiot Brother a Sundnce entry will be released this year.

Do We Care?: Black List screenplay has plenty of strong comedic moments.

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Eric Lavallée is the founder, CEO, editor-in-chief, film journalist and critic at IONCINEMA.com (founded in 2000). Eric is a regular at Sundance, Cannes and TIFF. He has a BFA in Film Studies at the Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema. In 2013 he served as a Narrative Competition Jury Member at the SXSW Film Festival. He was an associate producer on Mark Jackson's This Teacher (2018 LA Film Festival, 2018 BFI London). In 2022 he served as a New Flesh Comp for Best First Feature at the 2022 Fantasia Intl. Film Festival. Current top films for 2022 include Tár (Todd Field), All That Breathes (Shaunak Sen), Aftersun (Charlotte Wells).

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