New Cast, Director Sign on for Film Adaptation of 'Downers Grove'
The movie, based on the thriller novel by Michael Hornburg, is set to begin filming in Los Angeles this spring, Variety reports.
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New Cast, Director Sign on for Film Adaptation of 'Downers Grove'
The movie, based on the thriller novel by Michael Hornburg, is set to begin filming in Los Angeles this spring, Variety reports.
Two years after the project was first announced, production is finally moving forward on the film adaptation of the novel Downers Grove. Filming will begin in Los Angles this summer on The Curse of Downers Grove, which tells the story of a high school senior in Downers Grove, IL, who must escape a death curse, according to a Variety report. Derick Martini, who directed the indie film Hick, is helming the script he co-wrote with Bret Easton Ellis, author of the violent novel American Psycho. The script is based on the 1999 novel Downers Grove by Michael Hornburg. The thriller will star Lucas Till, of X-Men: First Class, and Aimee Teegarden of Friday Night Lights. Also starring are Jill Hennessy and Kevin Zegers. The blurb on the back cover …
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Thursday, October 25, 2012
Report: Indie Director Ben Coccio in Talks for Film Adaptation of 'Downers Grove'
The movie, based on the thriller novel by Michael Hornburg, has been on hold since it was first announced by Myriad Pictures in 2010, when actresses Nikki Reed and Hayden Panettiere were attached to the film.
Nearly two years after the project was first announced, the film adaptation of the novel Downers Grove is back in the news. TheWrap.com reported last week that indie director Ben Coccio is in talks to direct the feature film, which tells the story of a high school senior in Downers Grove, IL, who must escape a death curse. Coccio has previously directed three films, including Zero Day and The Beginner. He recently co-wrote the screenplay for The Place Beyond the Pines, a hit at the Toronto International Film Festival, according to the report. Sources told TheWrap that Coccio submitted an outline for Downers Grove, which is in the process of being revamped. The screenplay for Downers Grove was written by Bret Easton Ellis, author of the …
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Abbie Hornburg
1:43 pm on Thursday, January 31, 2013
Lisa Stach should know that Michael Hornburg's grandparents, RIP, lived in Downers Grove since the 1930s...and there are many DG landmarks, historical references, people, tradition (beer drinking?), and yes flora and fauna in the novel...perhaps she is a newcomer but there was a time when the Tivoli Lanes, the Burlington Northern tracks, high schools, Denburn Woods, Maple Avenue, the Shell … more ›
Ty
12:01 pm on Friday, February 1, 2013
This movie just keeps sounding better and better. Now that the big name actors have all dropped out (Hayden Panettiere, Nikki Reed and Rebecca De Mornay), this movie should really draw the crowds. I read the book because it was set in DG, but I couldn't even finish it because it was so bad. If they don't change the name of the movie, maybe we could change the name of our city. more ›