Hugh Jackman And Rooney Mara Set For ‘Collateral Beauty’ From Director Of ‘Me And Earl And The Dying Girl’
By Germain Lussier/May 13, 2015 2:00 pm EST
Variety broke the news of the film, which does not yet have a distributor. It’s an original story written by Allan Loeb (Here Comes the Boom, 21, Rock of Ages, The Dilemma) and it follows a man at a New York ad agency whose whole live changes after a major tragedy.
Gomez-Rejon is also developing a few other movies but it sounds like this film will be his next, especially with a completed screenplay and two huge stars attached.
Though he’s going to be known for Me and Earl and the Dying Girl, Gomez-Rejon really made a name for himself on TV, doing a bunch of episodes of Glee and American Horror Story. His first feature, the recent remake of The Town That Dreaded Sundown, wasn’t particularly well received, but he was the second unit director on Ben Affleck’s Argo, so he’s also got a bit of Oscar-credibility.
What do you think about Collateral Beauty, written by Allan Loeb, directed by Alfonso Gomez-Rejon and starring Hugh Jackman and Rooney Mara?
