Michael Cera Cast as Scott Pilgrim in the Edgar Wright Directed Adaptation
March 19, 2008
Cera ponders ‘Life’ with Universal
Michael Cera is in final negotiations to star in “Scott Pilgrim’s Little Life” for Universal.
Edgar Wright is directing the adventure romance, which is being produced by Marc Platt and Eric Gitter. Wright and Nina Park also are producing.
“Life” tells the story of a young slacker (Cera) who meets the woman of his dreams but finds that he can only win her heart by battling and defeating her seven evil ex-boyfriends.
The project is based on the Oni Press graphic novel “Scott Pilgrim Volume 1: Scott Pilgrim’s Precious Little Life,” written by Bryan Lee O’Malley. Michael Bacall and Wright wrote the screenplay.
Cera and Wright had mutual admiration for each other’s work, which manifested itself when Wright stepped in to act alongside Cera and Jonah Hill in a viral promo for “Superbad”; Wright acted as a snarky interviewer to an exasperated Cera and Hill.
The studio is eyeing a fall start.
So, we now have Micheal Cera, Edgar Wright, and Scott Pilgrim all involved with the same project?
The only thing that would work better is if I play Stephen Stills.
Comment by Nick — March 19, 2008 @ 9:40 am
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