Misc: The Word XXII

MOVIES: Celeste and Jesse Forever

After a few setbacks Celeste and Jesse Forever, the movie Rashida has co-written and will star in, is finally coming together. Andy Samberg (love him!) will play Jesse and Lee Toland Krieger (The Vicious Kind) will direct. The LA Times doesn't specify but pretty sure Team Todd is producing.
-- Rashida Jones and Andy Samberg will get married and divorced (in the movies), Los Angeles Times
 
Celeste and Jesse Forever is a romantic dramedy about a divorcing couple trying to maintain their friendship while pursuing other people. An early draft of the script was voted =16th/20th overall in the 2009 Black List of Hollywood's "most liked" screenplays.

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TV: Parks and Recreation

In other news, Parks and Recreation has been renewed for a 4th season. Awesomesauce!

NBC Renews The Office, Community and Parks and Recreation, tvline

INTERVIEWS
A couple more promoting Monogamy and Parks & Rec

Rashida Jones is the perfect catch. She's beautiful, talented, smart (she went to Harvard, people!) and her parents are music maestro Quincy Jones and model turned actress Peggy Lipton.
But there's one hitch, fellas—Rashida may not be the marrying kind.

Rashida Jones: Why I May Never Get Married, e online
(via The Huffington Post)

With Natalie Portman off the market, it feels like the Web needs another brainy Harvard beauty with whom to fall in love. To that end, Internet, may we humbly suggest Vanity Fair Hollywood Issue cover girl Rashida Jones? The actress first made us laugh as Karen, Pam’s adversary for Jim’s affection on The Office, and added fresh tension by being a rival you actually rooted for. Since then, the understated, wry, and approachably cool Jones has been making her own bid for the public’s affection with plum roles in Parks and Recreation, I Love You, Man, and The Social Network, where she had the film’s memorable last words. Now, she’s starring opposite Chris Messina in Monogamy, directed by Dana Adam Shapiro. The film follows a seemingly happily engaged couple whose relationship is tested when Messina starts obsessively photo-stalking a blonde exhibitionist. Little Gold Men sat down with Jones to discuss Jedi mind-tricks, why Parks and Recreation is like a hot girl with glasses, and the general awesomeness of working with muppets.

Q&A: Rashida Jones on Parks and Rec: “We’re Like the Sexy Girl Who’s Wearing Glasses”, Vanity Fair

News: A Director for Celeste & Jesse Forever

According to The Hollywood Reporter, filmmaker Seth Gordon is set to direct Celeste and Jesse Forever for Team Todd/Overture. Seth and Rashida previously worked together when he directed a couple episodes of Parks and Recreation last year. Other news sites are saying filming will start in April.

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'Four Christmases' helmer eyes divorce movie
Seth Gordon to direct Rashida Jones in comedy 'Forever'

Seth Gordon is in negotiations to develop and direct "Celeste and Jesse Forever," a divorce comedy set up at Overture.

Rashida Jones is attached to star and co-wrote the script with Will McCormack, which tracks a couple in the midst of a divorce attempting to maintain their friendship while pursuing new relationships.

Jennifer and Suzanne Todd are producing.

The project was first set up at Fox Atomic, but moved to Overture when that shingle was shuttered.

Gordon made a splash with his documentary "The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters," then jumped into the studio world with New Line's "Four Christmases." The director, repped by WME and Brillstein Partners, is also developing the long-gestating comedy "Horrible Bosses" for New Line.

By Boris Kit, Jan 12 2010
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News: The 2009 Black List

Rashida and Will McCormack's script, 'Celeste and Jesse Forever', has been included in the 2009 Black List!

Votes are cast by a couple hundred Hollywood execs every year; according to founder Franklin Leonard it isn't a "best of" list per se, but more of a "most liked" list of their personal favorites.



CELESTE & JESSE FOREVER by Rashida Jones and Will McCormack “A divorcing couple tries to maintain their friendship while they both pursue other people.”
AGENT United Talent Agency –Keya Khayatian (Jones)
Gersh-David Kopple, Lindsay Porter (McCormick)
MANAGER Brillstein Entertainment Partners -Andrea Pett-Joseph (Jones)
Overture. Team Todd producing.

-Of the 97 scripts on the list, 'Celeste...' is equal 16th and overall 20th
-Rashida is one of only 10 women on the List
-Rashida and Will are the highest ranked actors/screenwriters, polling above Sarah Polley, Mindy Kaling and Zach Braff
-311 'insiders' & industry figures participated in the voting

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In other news 'The Social Network', which Rashida just landed a major role in, came in at #2.

THE SOCIAL NETWORK by Aaron Sorkin
“The story of the founders of the social networking website Facebookand how overnight success and wealth changed their lives.”
AGENT William Morris Endeavor –Ari Emanuel, Jason Spitz
Sony. Scott Rudin Productions, Michael De Luca Productions, Cean Chaffin, and Dana Brunetti producing

via The Black List

Thanks to R for the info :)

Movies: Celeste and Jesse Forever

Some news about Rashida's next film project came out yesterday: Celeste and Jesse Forever, which she co-wrote with Will McCormack and will star in, has been acquired by Overture Films.
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Overture Acquires "Forever"
by Peter Knegt
Overture Films has announced today that it has acquired “Celeste and Jesse Forever,” a romantic comedy co-written by Rashida Jones and Will McCormack. Jones will also star in the film to be produced by Suzanne and Jennifer Todd of Team Todd. The story “focuses on a young couple in the midst of a divorce who attempt to maintain their friendship while pursuing new relationships.”

“Rashida is among the brightest and funniest young actresses today and we are delighted to be working with her,” Overture CEO Chris McGurk and COO Danny Rosett said in a statement. “The script she and Will have put together is witty and touching and with Team Todd in the mix, the project has great promise.”
Team Todd is behind the “Austin Powers” franchise and has also produced Julie Taymor’s “Across the Universe” and Christopher Nolan’s “Memento.” The company is currently in post-production on Tim Burton’s “Alice in Wonderland.”

“We are such big fans of both Rashida and Will and it is exciting to be working with them creatively,” Jennifer and Suzanne Todd said in a statement. “Rashida is proving she’s one to watch both in front of the camera and behind the scenes.”

via indieWIRE
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Overture Ups Ante
As Overture Films lines up their 2009/2010 slate--hoping for a breakout--Wednesday they announced development of Celeste & Jesse Forever, a divorce rom-com co-written by and co-starring Rashida Jones (I Love You Man, Parks and Recreation) and Will McCormack (Must Love Dogs, Syriana). Team Todd (Austin Powers, Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland) is producing. (It's odd that Overture announced without a director in place.)

via Variety: Thompson on Hollywood

Thanks to tipsters Sergio & Karen :)

Movies: 'Celeste and Jesse Forever'

Looks like Rashida can add 'screenwriter' to her list of accomplishments - she and Will McCormack have sold a movie script to Fox and she's attached to star!

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Fox Atomic nabs 'Celeste and Jesse'
Rashida Jones to star in her own comedy spec
By TATIANA SIEGEL

Fox Atomic has snapped up Rashida Jones and Will McCormack's spec, "Celeste and Jesse Forever," and has attached the "I Love You, Man" actress to star.

Suzanne and Jennifer Todd ("Across the Universe") are producing the comedy via their Team Todd shingle.

Story revolves around a young divorcing couple who try to maintain their longstanding friendship while pursuing other relationships.

Jones, who is best known for her stint on "The Office" before segueing to bigscreen fare like "I Love You, Man," began writing the script with McCormack in August. Project marks the first script sale for Jones and her fellow thesp McCormack, whose credits include ABC's "Brothers and Sisters" and FX's "Dirt." Team Todd has a number of films in various stages of development and production, including Tim Burton's "Alice" at Disney.

Jones will next be seen on NBC's "Parks and Recreation," which premieres April 9.

Info and image via Variety
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This is her writing partner Will McCormack

Acting credits: IMDb, Wiki