Apparently growing weary of the stifling expectations of massive-budget action and
science fiction films, mega producer Steven Spielberg announced his plans Wednesday to make a feature-length epic based on
pop-siren Katy Perry's once
Buzzworthy I Kissed a Girl music video.
With the story's deft, confident beats, bold female protagonist and timely message of making out super hard with another chick in front of your boyfriend while not even remotely being a lesbian, the Amblin helmsman may be plunging towards another Academy Award with this cheeky, melt in your mouth re-imagining of
Fuse TV's #11 video of 2008.
"My lovely (and significantly less talented) wife
Kate has been tugging at me to do an
E.T. reboot for years, but I see
that's not necessary anymore, so I looked at the sexless gomers that live and breathe
prostrate at the feet of my science fiction library and thought to myself, 'forget those fucktards. Papa Spiels is doing what feels right.' And this feels so right."
Variety is reporting that talks are underway with
Boys Don't Cry's
Kimberly Peirce to direct the
Larry McMurtry-tomed script. Said a source "Steven is searching for the right voice to bring this elegant but fragile same-sex chef-d'oeuvre to life, and he thinks Kimberly's unique eye for muff would be ideal."
For her part, Perry seems to be on board. "If anybody can take my artistic vision for that haunting and elegant coming of age anthem that I wrote on a killer ski trip Junior year to the screen, it's George Lucas."
Executive Producer,
Denny DelVecchio
