Colin Hanks just got lucky with his latest gig. According to Variety, next week he will join actors Ari Graynor, Ann-Margret and Jeffrey Tambor on the set of Lucky in Iowa, where Gil Gates Jr. will direct the promising indie comedy. The script for this film must be pretty good if it got the legendary Ann-Magret to come out of semi-retirement.
When I went to see The Great Buck Howard, I was fortunate enough that Sean McGinly, the writer/director of this movie, did a Q&A afterwards. Though this is not his first time with both writing and directing responsibilities, he seems to be really in his element with this film. According to McGinly, the first 15 minutes or so, of the movie, are based completely off his own experiences, which completely blew my mind.
The story is about young Troy (Colin Hanks) who is unhappy with his situation in college, so he decides to ditch it. He knows he wants to be writer, but doesn’t know how to go about making it a reality. He hunts for jobs and lands upon an ad in the paper that promises work with a celebrity. This is when he meets Buck Howard (John Malkovich). The rest of the story revolves around Troy’s relationship to Buck and the roller-coaster career that Buck fights through.
John Malkovich plays a “mentalist” who is quickly on his way out of the business, without him even knowing it in, The Great Buck Howard. You would like a psychic could see something like that coming. Hmmm… The film stars Colin Hanks, Tom Hanks, Emily Blunt, Steve Zahn, and of course Malkovich. They got everyone from Conan to Martha Stewart to make a special appearance in this. Looks like it’s going to be awesome!
Check out the trailer below…
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