"Boyhood" helmer Richard Linklater is in the frame to direct Sony Pictures' "The Rosie Project", a romantic comedy which is due to star Jennifer Lawrence.
Sony Pictures seems to have already found the helmer that will replace "The Lego Movie" directorial team of Phil Lord and Christopher Miller. Deadline reports that the indie filmmaker Richard Linklater is currently the frontrunner to sub in for the two who abandoned the project in exchange of the young Han Solo standalone film.
The 55-year-old filmmaker is notable for helming the comedy film "Dazed and Confused" and the romantic drama "Before" trilogy. He most recently directed the independent, coming-of-age drama film "Boyhood" which starred Patricia Arquette, Ellar Coltrane, Lorelei Linklater, and Ethan Hawke. Sony's upcoming romcom flick marks the second post-Boyhood film of the director, following the "Dazed and Confused" sequel, "Everybody Wants Some".
"The Rosie Project", as per Entertainment Weekly, is based on Graeme Simison's novel of the same name. It follows the story of a genetics professor with limited social skills who attempts to use an elaborate questionnaire to find the perfect wife. That goes awry when he meets Rosie, a bartender whose personality opposites every item on his checklist. Jennifer Lawrence is already attached to play Rosie, but no casting details of the male lead have yet been made public.
Jennifer Lawrence has recently finished working on the David Russell-helmed biopic comedy "Joy". According to the Guardian she is now filming her third outing as the shapeshifting mutant, Mystique, in 20th Century Fox's "X-Men: Apocalypse". The latest romcom is now an addition to her list of indie film appearances which includes Russell's "The Silver Linings Playbook" and "American Hustle", Debra Granik's "Winter's Bone", and Drake Doremus's "Like Crazy."
Matt Tolmach and Michael Costigan is producing "The Rosie Project" which has a screenplay penned by Scott Neustadter & Michael Weber.
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