Director Mike Figgis (Leaving Las Vegas) has stepped in to replace Neil LaBute in an adaptation of LaBute’s collection of short stories, Seconds of Happiness. The frame of the narrative takes place on an airplane and examines the interconnecting lives of various passengers through vignettes. Clearly, this will be just like Lost. Deadline also reports that Brendan Fraser and Kristen Scott Thomas will be joined by Christina Hendricks, Julia Stiles, and Matt Dillon. Hendricks will play a woman who catches her husband (Fraser) in a “compromising position.” Because I’ve never read LaBute’s book but have seen every episode of Lost, I imagine Fraser’s position has something to do with pushing a button every 108 minutes. LaBute is still on board to produce and shooting is expected to begin this summer.
Hendricks recently signed on to star in the ensemble comedy I Don’t Know How She Does It while Dillon is attached to co-star in Roman Polanski’s God of Carnage and Matthew Weiner’s You Are Here. Stiles recently co-starred on Showtime’s Dexter. Hit the jump for the synopsis of Seconds of Pleasure.
Here’s the synopsis for Neil LaBute’s Seconds of Pleasure [via Amazon]:
Neil LaBute is best known for his controversial films In the Company of Men and Your Friends and Neighbors, and his plays The Mercy Seat and The Shape of Things—which he also adapted for the screen. His short fiction has appeared in The New Yorker and Harper’s Bazaar, among others. Now, in his debut collection of stories, he brings to the page his cutting humor and compelling take on the shadowy terrain of the human heart. Seductive and disturbing, the stories in Seconds of Pleasure are not for the faint of heart. Each potent and pithy tale finds men and women exploiting—or at the mercy of—the hidden fault lines that separate them: a woman leaves her family at their vacation home after discovering her husband in a compromising situation in “Time Share”; a middle-aged man obsesses over a scab on the calf of a pretty young girl in “Boo-Boo”; and a vain Hollywood actor gets his comeuppance in “Soft Target.” Infused with LaBute’s trademark wit and black humor, Seconds of Pleasure unleashes his imagination in stories that offer unflinching insight into our very human shortcomings and impure urges with shocking candor.
Thanks to Collider.com
Julia attended two more fashion during the New York fashion week. Images have been added to the gallery. Sorry for the delay!
I am so sorry guys for abandoning the site lately. Julia attended several events lately including the Screen Actor Guild Awards. She looked gorgeous. Earlier this month she debuted her new hairdo, I adore her bangs!
Tickets go on sale this Saturday, February 12 at 12:01am for the first ever Broadway production of Neil LaBute’s FAT PIG at the Belasco Theatre (111 West 44th Street), starring comedy superstar and actor Dane Cook, stage, film, and television actor Josh Hamilton, stage and screen star Julia Stiles and introducing Heather Jane Rolff. LaBute will make his Broadway directorial debut with the play, which begins performances Tuesday, April 12, 2011 for an official opening night of Tuesday, April 26, 2011.
Tickets for FAT PIG will be available through Telecharge.com (212-239-6200) and range from $51.50 – $129.00. The playing schedule for FAT PIG is as follows: Tuesday at 7pm, Wednesday through Saturday at 8pm, Wednesday and Saturday at 2pm, and Sunday at 3pm. Tickets are on sale exclusively to American Express cardholders through Friday, February 11.
LaBute’s razor-sharp comedy tells the story of Tom (Hamilton), a very eligible bachelor who falls for the beautiful, bright and plus-sized Helen (Rolff). Tom is overjoyed with his new relationship but his shallow co-workers are less enthusiastic. Tom shrugs off their objections but eventually the cruel jabs of his acerbic friend Carter (Cook) and Jeannie (Stiles), a former flame, force him to question his own values and the importance of conventional good looks. The bitingly funny FAT PIG is Neil LaBute’s candid and unapologetic depiction of our obsession with image and cookie cutter beauty.
The design team for FAT PIG will include scenic designer Neil Patel (Wonderland, ‘Night Mother), lighting designer David Weiner (Reasons To Be Pretty, The Real Thing), and sound designer Robert Kaplowitz (Tony Award winner for Fela). FAT PIG will be produced on Broadway by Heather Provost and Aldo Scrofani.
SAG update will come sometime tonight!
Between Us (2012)
