Adventureland is what you get when you come out with a break out hit in August. On the heals of the hit of Super Bad, director Greg Mottola is in full casting mode adding thesps Ryan Reynolds and Kristen Stewart to the Miramax Films project. Reynolds is slowly changing lanes from a career of popcorn flicks (most recently Smokin' Aces) and falling upon indie fair like The Nines. The young actress Stewart will next be seen in Sean Penn's highly anticipated Into the Wild.
Written by Mottola, the 1987-set story follows an uptight recent college grad (Eisenberg) who is forced to take a degrading minimum-wage job at the local amusement park when he realizes he can't afford his dream European tour. The experience helps him to loosen up a bit as he finds first love, forms new friendships and emerges with a newfound sense of maturity just in time to enter the real world in the fall.
Ryan Reynolds will play an aspiring rock star and the icon of cool to all the kids working at the park. Kristen Stewart will play the romantic lead, a tomboy who also works at the park.
Ted Hope and Anne Carey of This Is That and Sidney Kimmel are producers. William Horberg and Bruce Toll are executive producers.
