Hawke finally gets a break

As you may or may not recall, Ethan Hawke’s first novel(-la? Takes like one trip to the bathroom to read that thing) was in talks to become a silver screen adaptation since late 2003. Late last year we finally heard that shooting for the IFC-distributed film was scheduled to start early this year, with Mark Webber (Chelsea Walls) and Catalina Sandino Moreno Conchita Alonso (Maria Full of Grace… those two last names are obviously not hers, they just seemed to fit so perfectly…) who have recently signed on to star. The indie production will co-star Michelle Williams (Brockeback Mountain), Josh Zuckerman (latest Project Greenlight film Feast), Laura Linney (Kinsey), Sonia Braga (Moon Over Parador) and Hawke himself, which he will also direct.

The story recounts your typical “divorced-parents-boy-uses-good-looks-for-sex-meets-girl-who’s-in-a-band-who-dumps-him-after-returning-from-Paris”. Story of my life. Only replace ‘girl who’s in band’ by ‘homeless man on the street’ and ‘return from Paris’ by ‘return from hangover in airport urinal’. But my parents are divorced.

Willie Nelson and Norah Jones will perform new songs for the film, as well as feature original music by songwriter Jesse Harris.