Aren't they just the cutest couple ever drawn?
For those of you who have no idea what I'm talking about, the upcoming movie here is Scott Pilgrim vs. The World. It's Edgar Wright's newest film, based on the property created by Canadian artist and writer Bryan Lee O'Malley. The screenplay was written by Michael Bacall, with Wright directing it, and let me tell you, it is just marvelous.
Basically, Scott Pilgrim is a series of books focusing on a bass player in his early to mid twenties named Scott Pilgrim. He is just coming off a bad breakup, and his band is just getting started. Soon, he meets the girl of his dreams, Ramona Flowers. But get this. In order to date her, he has to defeat her seven evil ex-boyfriends. The boyfriends aren't your average jocks, either. One of them's a ninja, and another is a vegan with superpowers. I know, it sounds absolutely nuts, right? Well, the story is made enjoyable by featuring some solid drama, as well as some fantastic dry and goofy humor and extravagant action scenes. It's kind of quirky, yes, but it's also really hip, not to mention just an all around good read. The first book in the series was admittedly kind of meh, but they got better and better with each volume and it was really cool seeing O'Malley's art and storytelling improve gradually. Really, the stuff that the man puts in that book amazes me.
Anywho, they've pretty much got the full cast all ready to go, with Michael Cera and Mary Elizabeth Winstead filling in the two main parts of Scott and Ramona. I couldn't find a better cast roll, so I'll just use the same image the rest of the blogosphere is using, here, from the Blog Next Door:
Pictured here are, in no particular order, Michael Cera, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Chris Evans, Brandon Routh, Kieran Culkin, Brie Larson, Ellen Wong, and Allison Pill.
Some are unknowns, and some have been in every teen comedy under the sun, but all in all I'd say it looks solid (Brandon Routh is playing the vegan guy, and anyone who read that volume knows he's perfect for that part, you know, considering he was Superman and all). The only one I'm a little worried about is Cera. From reading the books, it's easy to see that Scott is a sympathetic character, a goofy, sensitive guy that makes mistakes from time to time. This is why I'm really hoping that Universal isn't just typecasting Cera again in to the role of awkward doofus that he plays in stuff like Arrested Development, Superbad and Juno. But then again, there's hope that Cera can show some range as an actor and break out of that shell. Not to mention the fact that this is Edgar Wright directing here. I mean, come on, he made this, didn't he?:
"How's that for a slice of fried gold?"
If a romantic comedy with zombies was possible, then an action/romantic comedy with superpowered college-age kids should be a cakewalk, right? Okay, so that's kind of a baseless theory. Nevertheless, the fanbase has faith that the guy knows what he's doing, and he has O'Malley's blessing, so that makes things easier. It's getting close to shooting time, so production photos are starting to come out of the woodwork. You can check them out on Edgar Wright's photoblog here. Also, O'Malley continues to update on this movie and other things Scott Pilgrim related here, on his own website. I'll probably post later with a rant on last night's Oscar ceremony.
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