‘Revolver’: Beatles-Themed Comedy Will Star Maya And Ethan Hawke
Real-life father and daughterEthan HawkeandMaya Hawke will star together inRevolver, a comedy about a young woman trying to getveryclose to the Beatles after a plane carrying the Fab Four unexpectedly lands in her hometown of Anchorage, Alaska.WALL-EandFinding Nemo/Finding DorydirectorAndrew Stantonis set to helm the film from a script byStranger ThingswriterKate Trefry.
PerVariety, Ethan Hawke and Maya Hawke will star together inRevolver, which has quite the premise:
Set in 1966, Maya Hawke will play Jane, a teen resident of Anchorage, Alaska. When the impossible happens — a flight to Japan carrying The Beatles is forced to make an unexpected stop — all hell breaks loose as the unsuspecting residents are consumed by Beatlemania. Jane devises a plan to lose her virginity to George Harrison, discovering that adventure (and romance) are actually a little closer to home than she thought.
This sounds similar to Robert Zemeckis' 1978 comedyI Wanna Hold Your Hand, and that’s fine. I do wonder ifRevolverwill take the same approach as that film and keep the Beatlesmostlyoff-screen, or if they’re going to go all-out and cast actors to play the band. If they’re going with the later approach I suggest they use the cast that played the Beatles inWalk Hard, because you have to admit that would be very funny.
Andrew Stanton, who played a part in writing or directing several Pixar titles includingToy Story,Ratatouille,WALL-E,Finding Nemo, andFinding Dory, as well as directing the underratedJohn Carter, will helmRevolver, with a script by Kate Trefry. Trefry’s credits includeStranger Thingsand the upcoming film adaptations of R.L. Stine’sFear Street.Ross JacobsonandJen Danawill produce through their 3311 productions label.
Maya Hawke seemed to become an overnight sensation after joining the cast ofStranger Things, and the idea of her starring alongside her father is pretty neat. This won’t be the first time the pair worked together, though. Father and daughter also appear in the new Showtime seriesThe Good Lord Bird. Maya Hawke will next be seen in Gia Coppola’sMainstream, and she’ll be returning for the next season ofStranger Thingsas well. In addition toThe Good Lord Bird, Ethan Hawke was recently in the excellent, unconventional biopicTesla, and is currently filming Robert Eggers' Viking revenge dramaThe Northman.
