There are certain directors who are living legends walking among us: The Coens, Scorsese, Spielberg. Then there are the fast-risers who will likely be entertaining us for decades to come: Zack Snyder, Judd Apatow. And to that list, we officially have to add one Jason Reitman. And now, the Oscar-nominated filmmaker has revealed exclusively to MTV News what his next project will be. Well, kinda.
"Yeah, I'm writing something," he grinned, cryptically. "I'm going to direct it at the end of the year. And no, I haven't told anyone what it is yet." After a few minutes of poking and prodding, we finally got the Oscar-nominated "Juno" and "Thank You for Smoking Director" to cough up a wee bit more.
"It's a comedy and a drama [book adaptation]," he revealed. "Think 'Thank You for Smoking,' but instead of political it's corporate." Read More...
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