‘Like Crazy’ Team To Make Sci-Fi Romance ‘Through To You’
Most of you have yet to seeLike Crazy, abeautiful and frightening taleof lost distance love starring Anton Yelchin, Felicity Jones and Jennifer Lawrence. Itwon the Grand Jury Prizeat the 2011 Sundance Film Festival and got several rave reviews,including one by yours truly. Paramount will be releasing the film later this year and it’s bound to get a ton of Oscar buzz. The team behind the film, directorDrake Doremus(who previously directedDouchebag), co-writerBen York Jonesand producerJonathan Schwartz, are already using that buzz to their advantage and have just lined up their next project. They’ll be making an adaptation of the upcoming young adult sci-fi romance novelThrough to YoubyEmily Hainsworthwhich is about a teenager who tragically loses his girlfriend but finds that she still exists in a parallel universe. Read more about the project and the book after the break.
TheLos Angeles Timesexclusively broke the news of this project:
According to a person who was briefed on the project but not authorized to speak about it publicly, the studio and “Up In the Air” producer Montecito Picture Co. have acquired rights to the novel “Through to You,” a youth-themed science fiction romance, which it is planning for Doremus to direct, Jones to write and Schwartz to produce (those deals are still being negotiated). A Paramount representative was not immediately available for comment.
Through to Youisn’t scheduled for release until Fall 2012 and will be published by HarperCollins. Here’s the official description fromHainsworth’s official website:
There are a few films coming out that have a similar themes toThrough to Yousuch asAnother EarthandUpside Down, but if Doremus and company bring some of the subtly and emotion they did inLike Crazyto this film, it has a chance to be something special.
