November
24
Filmmaker Sprig Directors
Juno is the sophomore effort of Jason Reitman, sprig of Ivan Reitman. (Here's his LAT profile.) Reitman gets it--he hit the ground running with Thank You for Smoking, and had the sense to ditch what he was writing as soon as he read Diablo Cody's Juno screenplay. (Here's her EW profile and my column.) She says they're on the same wavelength (he's producing her next, the feminist horror flick Jennifer's Body, at Fox Atomic). Reitman has that rare blend of humanity and comedy that his father has. He's going to be around for a while.
Among other notable children of directors, I also want to see what Sofia Coppola does with her skill set, and hope her brother Roman, whose sci-fi fantasy CQ showed promise, comes out from behind helping his family and friends like Wes Anderson on their sets and makes another movie, no matter how daunting that prospect.
Jake Kasdan, son of Lawrence Kasdan, already has three smart and funny films under his belt. While none has taken off at the boxoffice so far, hooking up with Apatow on Freaks & Geeks was probably a strong move. Kasdan's fourth, due in December, is producer Judd Apatow's biopic spoof Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story.
As for Alison Eastwood, it's hard to tell with Rails & Ties, which scored 33% on Rotten Tomatoes and was DOA at the boxoffice. With support from father Clint Eastwood, the ex-actress hired a phalanx of experienced craftspeople and was gifted with a solid script and a studio budget. (Here's the LAT story.) Her cast is led by Mystic River stalwarts Kevin Bacon and Marcia Gay Harden. I would have liked to see the grittier, non-Warner Bros. version. Then she would have truly proved herself.
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