David Gordon Green has traded in his days as an indie filmmaker in favor for the better craft services tables and chilling out with the Apatow crowd. Although it certainly appears as if he has switched sides, Green hasn’t entirely sold out to Hollywood as he acts as a producer on indies, and as a filmmaker who probably grew up with a steady diet of films from the 80’s, is just doing his thing. The trades have Green directing Jonah Hill in The Sitter — a comedy being dubbed as a mix between “Superbad” (not much of a stretch for Hill) and “Adventures in Babysitting” (a film I viewed one too many times when Beta was around). With a slated fall start date, this means Green will have enough time in post with Your Highness, and knowing his worth ethic, can work on a half dozen screenplays as he preps for this production.
Penned by Brian Gatewood and Alessandro Tanaka (the pair had written Speedo and had set it up at WB), this follows a college student (Hill), suspended for the semester and living at home with his single mom, who has a night to remember when he gets talked into baby-sitting the eccentric kids next door: two boys and a wild 8-year-old girl.
What do you think about this project? Would you “sit” this one out?
