"Sleepless in Seattle" Musical On the Way

Pasadena Playhouse artistic director Sheldon Epps is set to direct the world premiere of "Sleepless in Seattle -- The Musical," when the show opens at the theater in May. He replaces the previously announced Lonny Price.

Jeff Arch, who wrote the original story and co-wrote the screenplay for the 1993 romantic comedy that starred Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan, wrote the book for the musical. Ben Toth composed the music and Sam Forman wrote the lyrics.

"I am pleased that a recent change in my own schedule allows me to take on the joy and excitement of directing this musical and working even more closely with Jeff, Ben and Sam," Epps said in a statement Thursday. "I eagerly anticipate the birth of this show on our stage and I am confident it will be an exciting finale to our current season."

Epps has previously said that the musical, which has Broadway aspirations, is "very, very faithful to the film script."

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"Austenland", a Light Hearted Film

“AUSTENLAND” — 4 stars — Kerri Russell, JJ Feild, Bret McKenzie, Jennifer Coolidge, James Callis, Georgia King, Rupert Vansittart, Ricky Whittle, Jane Seymour; not rated (mild language, mild sexuality)

The target audience of “Austenland” can be divided into two groups — “Jane Austen fans and people who find Jane Austen fans funny,” Jerusha Hess said of the film that marks her debut as a director.

“So, you can guess which one I am,” Hess said with a smile during a question-and-answer session after Tuesday night’s Sundance screening of “Austenland.”

For those in either group, “Austenland” is a light-hearted and romantic comedy that is delightful to watch and doesn't take itself too seriously. The Sundance audience was laughing out loud — and afterward a few of the men in attendance said they enjoyed it.

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FilmNation to Headline Hugh Grant's and Marisa Tomei's RomCom Film

FilmNation Entertainment will commence foreign sales on Marc Lawrence's untitled romantic comedy -- headlining Hugh Grant and Marisa Tomei -- at the upcoming European Film Market Berlin.

News that Castle Rock Entertainment has brought aboard FilmNation to shop the project signals that the film is moving forward. Castle Rock's Martin Shafer and Liz Glotzer are producing.
 
Based on Lawrence's script, the rom com centers around a washed-up British screenwriter who once ruled the world, even winning an Oscar. Divorced and broke, he takes a job teaching screenwriting at a small college on the East Coast.

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"Bus Stop" Makes a Stop at Charleston Community Theatre

 

CHARLESTON — Charleston Community Theatre will present William Inge’s romantic comedy, “Bus Stop,” beginning Jan. 26 at Tarble Arts Center, 2010 Ninth St., on the Eastern Illinois University campus.

The play originally opened on Broadway in 1955, and was later made into a movie starring Marilyn Monroe.

“Bus Stop” is co-sponsored by the Tarble Arts Center and will run for six performances.
The performance dates are Jan. 26, 30, 31, Feb. 1 and 2 at 7:30 p.m., and Jan. 27 at 2 p.m.

Tickets are now on sale for $10 for adults, $8 for seniors and $5 for students. Reservations may be made by calling Tarble at 581-ARTS (2787).

The story in “Bus Stop” unfolds during a ferocious snowstorm in rural Kansas. As travel becomes dangerous, a bus driver pulls into a small rural roadside diner. It’s about 1 a.m., and five weary travelers unload to take refuge overnight until the storm subsides.

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Maiden Japan Company Gets "Love Love?"

North American anime licensing company Maiden Japan announced on Wednesday that it acquired the 2004 television anime Love Love? It will be distributing the entire series in conjunction with home video distributor Section 23 on subtitled DVD and in digital formats. Maiden Japan describes the story:

It's said that Heaven and Hell can be the same place, depending upon your situation, and Naoto Ooizumi is learning that lesson the hard way. At only 17 years old, he's working on the set of Cosmopolitan Prayers (Cosprayers for short,) one of the hottest TV soaps on the air, and the girl of his dreams, Natsumi Magami, is playing the lead. The problem: as much as he wants to start a relationship with her, he keeps getting romantically intercepted by the OTHER cute girls in the show. It's not like they're just trying to stop a Naoto/Natsumi hook up. They seem to be actively “interested” in the cute young man who's running the behind the scenes production camera! But that's not the biggest twist, because unknown to anyone except the show's producer, Ooizumi isn't just a camera operator, he's also the show's writer! So what do you do when you're able to put any words you want in the mouth of the girl you love, but you're contractually obligated to put similar things between the lips of the girls that love you? The pros and cons abound as romance goes wildly off script in Love Love?

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“I Give It A Year” Brings Out New Posters

PanARMENIAN.Net - A new set of character posters for upcoming romantic comedy I Give It A Year have been released, Digital Spy said.

Released exclusively through Digital Spy, the posters feature Rafe Spall and Rose Byrne as mismatched newlyweds Josh and Nat.

Anna Faris co-stars as an ex-lover and old friend of Spall, while Simon Baker plays an ambitious American co-worker who takes a shine to Byrne.

Stephen Merchant, plays Spall's tactless and socially tone-deaf best friend.

I Give It A Year marks the directing debut of Brüno screenwriter Dan Mazer.

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"Hasi Toh Phasi" RomCom with Middle Class Background

Mumbai: Siddharth Malhotra has signed his second film 'Hasi Toh Phasi', a romantic comedy with middle-class backdrdop, and says the shooting will start in April. He is paired with Parineeti Chopra in 'Hasi Toh Phasi', which is being co-produced by Phantom Films and Dharma Production.

"It's by a new director, Vinil Matthew, an ad filmmaker. It's an interesting script, a rom-com different from how SOTY ('Student of the Year') was, a very middle-class, cooler, younger. We will start shooting in April," the 28-year-old said here Monday at the Stardust awards press conference.

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