Katherine Heigl Attached to New Movie

[amandajoyce]

While I was doing my morning browse for news for Portrait's blog, I came across this on HitFix:

Reese Witherspoon's loss is Katherine Heigl's gain. For years, a big screen adaptation of Janet Evanovich's novel "One for the Money" has been in the works with Witherspoon attached, but the project never got off the ground. Now, things are heating up with Heigl on board to bring the beloved character Stephanie Plum life.

Variety reports Heigl will play the former lingerie buyer turned bounty hunter in the Columbia Pictures and Lakeshore Entertainment produced "Money." The studio was eager to get back in business with Heigl after the worldwide success of "The Ugly Truth." With "Ugly," "27 Dresses" and "Knocked Up" under her belt, Heigl has a very impressive box office streak going. Columbia hopes to fast-track "Money" by hiring a director soon enough to shoot during Heigl's "Anatomy" hiatus this spring.

More intriguingly, Evanovich has written 15 novels centering on the Plum character and has a 16th on the way this summer. So, yes, Heigl may have a comedy action franchise on her hands.

In the meantime, besides her work on "Grey's," Heigl has two films in the can: "Killers" with Ashton Kutcher and "Life as We Know It" with Christina Hendricks, Josh Duhamel and Josh Lucas.

Anybody else actually read any of these books? Cause I have, and I really can't see Heigl for this part. Of course, I don't know if Reese Witherspoon would have been right either. Of course, this could be because the main character is a New Jersey woman with huge red hair who still dresses like she's from the eighties and she's supposed to be really short. Normally I'm not picky about appearances, they change, but her appearance actually figures into the plot often. It's just an interesting casting choice.

[onlymystory]

I've read a couple. Not a lot because I usually figure out the plot too fast and that bores me but you're right, I don't see Heigl or Witherspoon for the part. That might be why Reese never really got into the role.
Although I always remembered Plum as a curly brunette? I thought Evanovich mentioned Sandra Bullock & Anne Hathaway as her choices for the part. I like the idea of Anne. Just because it would be nice to see her do the popular film but not the ugly duckling romantic comedy (even if I do love Princess Diaries 2--Chris Pine, yum.)
I could also just be biased because I am not a big fan of Katherine Heigl.

[amandajoyce]

Actually, as soon as the rights for the film were purchased I thought Sandra Bullock would be a good acting choice for the role. I think she would be hilarious. But, I think Anne being younger would be the better choice if they decided to go the sequel route. But yes, I remember them being mentioned by the author. Both of them would be a much better choice than Katherine.

I've read all of the books, mainly because several of them were bought for me since I love mysteries. Haha. They aren't really mysteries in the traditional sense though, and they are incredibly easy to figure out, but they are really funny. I like the sense of humor the author has, and I think that would come across well on a film as long as they have a good screenwriter.

[onlymystory]

Yeah I remember thinking that I liked the characters, just the plot wasn't enough to keep me hooked in most of the books. I'm really picky on my mysteries. But I do think the right screenwriter could make a really interesting movie.