Jarecki’s Debut Feature: “All Good Things”, Indeed

The Weinstein Company, ever the straight man for indie filmmakers, picked up the NA rights to Andrew Jarecki’s first feature gig, All Good Things, now in pre-production.

Best known for 2003’s documentary Capturing the
Friedmans,
Jarecki now gets to prove his dramatic filmmaking chops by working with
the talented (and smokin’ hot) Ryan Gosling and recently scandalized
party girl Kristen Dunst.

Jarecki collaborated with first time screenwriter Marcus Hinchey on the screenplay which will be produced by Groundswell Productions. This is set in the 1980s,
story centers on the scion of a New York real estate dynasty (Gosling)
who falls for a beautiful girl from the wrong side of the tracks
(Dunst). But the fairy tale ends when the girl disappears. As a
down-and-out detective stumbles on info that may lead to the truth, the
political stakes get higher and people close to the case end up dead. Smells like success…especially if Gosling plays up his Gordon Gecko side.

Frank Lagella (Superman Returns) and Jeffrey Dean Morgan (P.S. I Love You, Grey’s Anatomy) have also signed on for the film.

With all the 80s nostalgia in recent months (leggings, leg warmers, fingerless gloves…anyone?), The Weinstein Company may have picked another winner. Let’s just hope they don’t bring back shoulder pads and Member’s Only jackets in their ad campaign.  

Filming begins this month in New York and Connecticut and is set for release in 2009.

Coming off 2007’s “Lars and the Real Girl” Gosling seems to have found his niche in the, well, bitchy, modern film world. Embracing indie characters (even with a “Fracture” and weepy “The Notebook” in his resume) is garnering him recognition. With “All Good Things” and “Blue Valentine” (with Michelle Williams) coming out in 2009, Gosling is definitely suiting up for the big time.