"Great Hope Springs" brings together Meryl Streep, David Frankel

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Wednesday, 09 February 2011 11:48

" Great Hope Springs "is a project that was close to being in the pipeline - or, at least for me, into oblivion -. June was the month when we talked for the first time on this play. By then Meryl Streep was in negotiations to take a lead character, while Jeff Bridges and Philip Seymour Hoffman were considered to be part of the cast, all under the direction of Jessie Nelson (" I Am Sam ", 2001). For the month of September, Nelson was leaving his post vacant, it would occupy Mike Nichols (" Closer ", 2004). We are in February and only now, we receive more news about the production.

It's official: Meryl Streep confirmed their participation in the " Great Hope Springs ", but not be directed by Nichols, his place is taken by David Frankel . Possibly unfamiliar name, but Frankel was who directed Streep in " The Devil Wears Prada . " Together they developed a fascinating story in the publishing and fashion, among clackers, stilletos and couture. To me, a guilty pleasure that has great character, hated and admired Miranda Priestly - character that earned the actress an Oscar nomination, the number 14, 16 -. Will the same spark in this new project together? In the end everything depends on the script.

Frankel and Streep rescue the script written by Vanessa Taylor ( Alias , Everwood ), which tells the story of a couple who, after 30 years of marriage, attend intensive therapy over a weekend, in order to examine and address privacy issues that threaten their marriage. At the moment Meryl Streep is the only actress on board the project were not mentioned names of potential candidates for the characters of the husband and the therapist - although Jeff Bridges and Philip Seymour Hoffman crave perfect for parties , I doubt that something concrete with them -.

Being a comedy, I think successful recruitment of David Frankel to direct " Great Hope Springs . " Personally I think did an excellent job with " The Devil Wears Prada . " In his next film, " Marley & Me "(2008), managed to build another ambivalent character, cute and obnoxious at the same time: Marley, come on! to see a dog on screen, automatic love him, but this ... is another level. In the case of " Great Hope Springs "does not know much about the characters, so we'll have to wait for more details about it - although I imagine the marriage entry Priestly attending therapy.

" Great Hope Springs "begins shooting in August. Meanwhile, Meryl Streep is filming " The Iron Lady ", which portrays Margaret Thatcher .

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"Great Hope Springs" brings together Meryl Streep, David Frankel written Extracine February 9, 2011 by Becky Santoyo
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