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Friday
Jan162015

Punk In The Suburbs

JA from MNPP here taking a look at some very exciting breaking news for those of us who've worn out our copies of Beginners -- director Mike Mills has finally announced his next project! I guess he couldn't let his wife Miranda July hog all the press this week (her book The First Bad Man just came out on Tuesday). Mills' new movie will be called 20th Century Women and he says...

"The film is an ode to the women who raised me; my mom, my sisters, the girls I was in love with or looked up to at school and in the punk rock scene where I really learned about the world."

It's set in Santa Barbara in the year 1979, and it sounds like there are leading(ish) roles for three actresses; the three women who form the young boy at the film's center - well who doesn't love a good actress triptych? The Hours! The Witches of Eastwick! And Three Women, of course.

You can get a few more details about the plot at the link -- there aren't really enough specifics about the roles to dream-cast this thing but seeing as how I could come up with a thousand answers to the question "What three current actresses would you want to see play off each other in a movie?" and I'm sure you guys could too... what three current actresses would you want to see play off each other in a movie? Just have at it.

Related from the Archives: An interview with Mike Mills about Beginners

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Reader Comments (8)

a) Because I've never seen 3 Women written as Three Women, I though you mistook the name of the Chekhov play. Mike Mills tackling Chekhov is something I now need to happen.

b) The three names that came into my head: Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Emma Stone, Cate Blanchett (though the last name rarely leaves)

January 16, 2015 | Unregistered CommenterArkaan

Isabelle Adjani
Marisa Paredes
Fanny Ardant

Monica Belluci
Sophie Marceau
Charlize Theron

Jenny Slate
Ellen Page
Rose Byrne

Taraji P Henson
Uma Thurman
Salma Hayak

Viola Davis
Tilda Swinton
Nicole Kidman

Carmen Maura
Judy Davis
Glenn Close

Hours......I could do this for hours.......

January 16, 2015 | Unregistered CommenterHenry

From what I read in the linked article he is setting a time period in 1979, and wishes to assemble an Altmanesque ensemble for the roles of Mother, Aunts, sisters, and punk rock girl friends.
Mother & Aunts - Julianne Moore, Emma Thompson, Christine Baransi, Mary Louise Parker
Sisters - Emma Stone, Shaileen Woodley, Emma Watson
That's just a start, I hope he can get this off the ground, there is so much talent to choose from.

January 17, 2015 | Unregistered CommenterLadyEdith

Felicity Huffman, Hailee Steinfeld, Kristen Stewart

January 17, 2015 | Unregistered CommenterPaul Outlaw

The Davis/Swinton/Kidman suggestion just made me pass out.

January 17, 2015 | Unregistered CommenterAaron

Mike hire Kathy Bates!

January 17, 2015 | Unregistered Commenter3rtful

Fonda, Huffman, Lohan... Let's try this again.

January 17, 2015 | Unregistered CommenterMike in Canada

Kristen Stewart
Emily Blunt
Rosamund Pike

January 18, 2015 | Unregistered CommenterNicola
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