It was just a month ago we brought you word that Amy Adams was set to star in a romantic-comedy entitled Leap Year to be written by Slumdog Millionaire scribe, Simon Beaufoy. Well, according to “Variety” today, the film is supposed to start shooting in March. It appears Beafoy’s involvement was purely as a script doctor in this instance.
The original script was written by Harry Elfont & Deb Kaplan (Made of Honor), and will be directed by Anand Tucker (Shopgirl). Who knows how much Beaufoy will have re-written, or even if he’ll get screen credit.
Matthew Goode has signed on to play the love interest to Adams. With his inclusion, the plot summary now reads: “Adams plays a young woman who travels to Dublin to propose to her boyfriend on Leap Day. When weather forces her to veer off course, she enlists a cynical Irish innkeeper (Goode) to join her on a cross-country trip.”
Oops. Maybe Goode doesn’t play the love interest. At least not initially. I’m sure he’ll come around to it, though.
"I will not be ignored!"
Goode is no stranger to love triangles or a love four-sided figure as was the case with the excellent Match Point. He can next be seen as Ozymandias in Watchmen.
When writing the headline, I couldn’t help but think of “The Simpsons” episode called “Two Dozen & One Greyhounds,” where Santa’s Little Helper falls in love with a dog from the track and they have puppies. Their first meeting at the track goes a little something like this:
Lisa: What’s Santa’s Little Helper doing to that dog?
Marge: Uh oh…
Bart: It looks he’s trying to jump over her, but he can’t quite make it. Come on, boy, you can do it!
[Marge covers the children's eyes]
Sadly, no video clip, nor photo can commemorate this event, so a transcript is all I could give.
