Oof. We were just thinking about this one last night. Richard Linklater is having a rough go of things. His spiritual sequel to “Dazed & Confused,” a college ’80s film titled, “That’s What I’m Talking About,” was shelved earlier this year and now another project, the political rom-com “Liars (A-E)” — that status of which we asked last night is at where exactly? — has been deep-sixed as well.
It was a rom-com project over at Miramax with Scott Rudin producing about a woman (Rebecca Hall) who retrieves lost items from her ex-boyfriends as she is on her way to President Obama’s inauguration. Kat Dennings was set to play one of her friends (though that’s a weird age gap between them).
Either way, it’s not happening now. “It’s no longer happening, unfortunately,” Linklater confirmed to Movieline. “It didn’t really work out. It’s tough.”
Sucks for him. He has “Me & Orson Welles” coming November 25, and we hate to carp on about it, but it’s not good and it’s going to come and go, mark our words.
Linklater admits he has nothing lined up and as for “School of Rock 2,” it’s basically not happening either. “That’s not really happening,” he said. “It’s not on the front burner. Mike White was writing it a long time ago, but it’s become dormant.”
Here’s hoping for a better year for the indie director in 2010.