Sam Raimi To Direct ‘Love May Fail’, From ‘Silver Linings Playbook’ Author
After spending most of the past decade putting out one fantastical big-scale spectacle after another,Sam Raimiis going for something a little more grounded with his next project. He’s now in talks to directLove May Fail, an adaptation of a novel bySilver Linings PlaybookauthorMatthew Quick. Hit the jump for more on the Sam RaimiLove May Failmovie.
Love May Failwill be a change of pace for Raimi. His best known projects in recent years have been the originalSpider-Mantrilogy and the Disney fairy taleOz The Great and Powerful. In between, he directed the incredibly entertaining horrorDrag Me to Hell. But it does reunite him with producerMatt Tolmachand studio Sony, with whom he worked on the Spider-Man films.
WhenLove May Failwill get moving is unclear. Raimi has not said what his next project as a director will be. However, Raimi’s to-do list as a producer currently includes anEvil DeadTV series, aThe Grudgereboot, and a cinematic adaptation of the video gameThe Last of Us. And let’s not forget the persistent rumors of anArmy of Darknesssequel.
Quick’s books have been incredibly popular with Hollywood ever sinceSilver Linings Playbookturned out to be a smash success. Also in the works are an adaptation ofForgive Me, Leonard Peacockfrom James Ponsoldt (The Spectacular Now) andThe Good Luck Of Right Nowfrom Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris (Little Miss Sunshine). Quick’s latest release, the YA novelEvery Exquisite Thing, was scooped up by The Weinstein Co. last week.
Here’s theLove May Failsynopsis fromQuick’s website:
An aspiring feminist and underappreciated housewife embarks on an odyssey to find human decency and goodness—and her high school English teacher—in New York Times bestselling author Matthew Quick’s offbeat masterpiece, a quirky ode to love, fate, and hair metal.
Portia Kane is having a meltdown. After escaping her ritzy Florida life and her cheating pornographer husband, she finds herself back in South Jersey, a place that remains largely unchanged from the years of her unhappy youth. Lost and alone, looking to find the goodness in the world she believes still exists, Portia sets off to save herself by saving someone else—a beloved high school English teacher who has retired after a horrific scandal.
Will a sassy nun, an ex-heroin addict, a metal-head little boy, and her hoarder mother help or hurt her chances on this madcap quest to restore a good man’s reputation and find renewed hope in the human race? Love May Fail is a story of the great highs and lows of existence: the heartache and daring choices it takes to become the person you know (deep down) you are meant to be.
