By admin on December 9, 2011


I don’t pretend to be a feminist or even understand feminism beyond accepting the fundamental concept of gender equality. That has always seemed straightforward enough, despite the vagaries and complications evident in myriad cultural examples from Michele Bachmann to Margaret Cho to Diablo Cody, the stripper-turned-scribe whose three produced screenplays to date — Juno, Jennifer’s Body and this week’s Young Adult — make up some of contemporary cinema’s rangier ruminations on feminism. Or at least what I think is feminism.
Not to be reductive, either. Reteaming Cody with Juno director Jason Reitman, Young Adult offers intriguing points of view about a lot of subjects: The perils of nostalgia; the mythology of midlife crises; the value of community; and the futility of self-loathing come immediately to mind — but not long before the mind hurtles back to the continuity of Cody’s women. Much has also been disseminated and discussed about the screenwriter’s leap into “maturity” here, as though trading the famously pulsating patois and quirk of Juno and Jennifer’s Body for the clipped, unfettered cruelty of Young Adult signifies some kind of creative enlightenment. It does make for a fine talking point, I can’t lie. But ultimately, it’s all a distraction from the central struggle of Mavis Gary (Charlize Theron), whose journey from strong-willed, middle-class Minnesotan to homecoming queen to uneasy young bride to pseudonymous novelist and booze-bleeding urban waster is less a trajectory than a bold underscore beneath the question: What if feminism simply means having the freedom to fuck up?
I know, I know: Define “fuck up.”…
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By admin on November 3, 2011
Diablo Cody’s
Hey, Gretchen: You made “fetch” happen for me.
‘Red Band Trailer’ with Amanda Seyfried [lStudio]
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By admin on October 6, 2011

Happy Thursday! Also in today’s edition of The Broadsheet: James Bond’s 23rd may have a title… Octavia Spencer could deal for Diablo Cody… Javier Bardem may return to villainy (animation-style)… And the Nobel literature winner is… and more.
· Steve Jobs — Apple co-founder, Pixar patron saint and all-around visionary — lost his battle with pancreatic cancer Wednesday at age 56. Countless tributes followed, with everyone from George Lucas to Mark Zuckerberg to Steven Spielberg and many more paying their respects. Apple invited comments from the public at rememberingsteve@apple.com. Filmmakers cited his influence on digital editing (and thus much of the last decade of microbudget and independent cinema). Nikki Finke speculated about a biopic. And it’s only getting started for arguably the most influential American of the last quarter-century. Thoughts? [NYT]
· Here’s some pretty compelling evidence that the next, Sam Mendes-directed James Bond film will be titled Skyfall: 15 domain-name registrations linking the franchise, the title and Sony Pictures. Do with that that what you will. [Fusible via THR]
· Just when you thought Javier Bardem could never possibly have a more frightening bad-guy visage than he did in No Country For Old Men, the Oscar-winner is in discussions to voice the villain in the imminent sequel to Universal’s animated hit Despicable Me. [THR]
· Oscar hopeful Octavia Spencer may join Diablo Cody’s untitled directorial…
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By admin on September 6, 2011
Last week during Movieline’s Fall Preview, we repeatedly named Young Adult as one of our most anticipated autumn films. The Jason Reitman/Diablo Cody collaboration stars Charlize Theron as a teen-lit author who returns to her hometown to reclaim her happily married high school crush (Patrick Wilson). And judging by the movie’s first poster, that hometown mission does not go so well.

Young Adult hits theaters Dec. 9. For Diablo Cody’s most anticipated movies of the fall, click here.
[THR]
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By admin on September 1, 2011
Diablo Cody has her own movie to anticipate with the release of her third feature Young Adult this December (featuring a thoroughly unamused Charlize Theron), but the Academy Award winner took time out tell Movieline which three films she most looks forward to seeing. What will make the cut? The Iron Lady? Carnage? A Dangerous Method? Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chip Wrecked? Click through for her adroit (and quite cheeky) observations.
Take it away, Diablo!
1. Carnage: “Ooh, I bet this is going to be super gory! I heard there’s a scene where Christoph Waltz has to bite off his own finger and the finger reanimates itself and flies up Jodie Foster’s nostril. Polanski proves once again that he’s the master of horror.”
2. Melancholia
“Those posters featuring Kirsten Dunst as a gorgeous bride have me psyched— what girl doesn’t love a good wedding comedy? Plus, I’ve missed that cutie Kirsten and those irresistible dimples. Hey Lars von Trier: Bring it on!”
3. Moneyball
“This is the Channing Tatum stripper movie, right? Soderbergh put that together fast. I think it’s really great that Jonah Hill lost all that weight to play an adult entertainer. Healthy choices should be applauded. I give Moneyball a standing O!”
The potentially Oscar-attractive Young Adult comes out in theaters December 16.
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By admin on July 13, 2011
Confirming yesterday’s report that producer Sam Raimi’s Ghost House Pictures is moving forward on an Evil Dead remake, to be helmed by Uruguayan director Fede Alvarez, a press release today also shared the new tidbit that Alvarez’s and Rodo Sayagues’s script is being polished by none other then Juno Oscar-winner Diablo Cody.
Tweeting today after the news hit, Cody passed along this word of encouragement:
“Re: EVIL DEAD. Fede Alvarez wrote a brilliant script. My job is easy. Have no fear. (Wait, do have fear.)”
Cody’s not only a genre nerd, but an avowed fan of the original film, and is set to make her directorial debut with Lamb of God. Her last horror project, Jennifer’s Body, even included an Evil Dead shout-out. So, Ash disciples — does this give you more confidence in a new Evil Dead?
[Press release]
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By admin on June 29, 2011
Oscar-winning Juno scribe Diablo Cody will make her directorial debut with Lamb of God, about a conservative woman who loses her faith and goes to Las Vegas to sin it up — which kind of sounds like Kristen Wiig’s character from Paul, only (let’s hope!) even naughtier. Cody also wrote the script and will re-team with producer Mason Novick, who produced Cody-penned films Juno, Jennifer’s Body, and the forthcoming Jason Reitman-directed comedy Young Adult. [THR]
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By admin on September 13, 2010
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