I may one day eat my words on this one, but I think Juno Temple will pan out to be a better Brit find than Carey Mulligan – she was a bright spot in the ordinary Mr. Nobody and I’m looking forward in American lingo garb in Gregg Araki’s Kaboom and Noah Baumbach’s Greenbern). According to the trades, Temple, Sally Hawkins and William H. Macy will join Abe Sylvia on his feature length directorial debut titled Dirty Girl. According to Screen Daily, the supporting cast is comprised of newcomer Jeremy Dozier and the already cast Lisa Kudrow. The film is being produced by Paris Film’s Rob Paris, Charles Pugliese, Jana Edelbaum and Rachel Cohen while Killer Films’ Vachon, Pam Koffler and Michael Lesser are exec producing.
A commercials director, Sylvia penned the screenplay about the search for identity and the redemptive power of unexpected friendship. Danielle (Temple) is the dirty girl of Norman High School. When Danielle’s misbehavior gets her banished to special ed, she teams up with an innocent closet-case, overweight fellow teen (Dozier) and together they head out on a road trip to discover each other and themselves through a funny and serendipitous friendship. Lensing will begin in March in California. Hawkins takes the role of the her “reformed slut” mother (we might see some cheap clothes and lipstick) and Macy as Hawkins’ Mormon fiancé.
