It seems that now Jason Reitman is Hollywood’s golden boy following the success of Up In The Air, he’s decided to expand his producing credential with a film from the Duplass Brothers. Jay and Mark Duplass, directors of The Puffy Chair, Baghead and the upcoming improvisational movie, Cyrus (starring Jonah Hill, John C. Reilly and Catherine Keener, amongst others), are set to make the Jeff Who Lives At Home, with Reitman producing.
Jay Duplass told Movieweb that the film is “Our take on a quest movie. It’s like a Sword in the Stone movie. But it’s starring a stoner who is looking for wood glue. We are always going to mess with genre and use it to our favor… We are shooting in the spring. This is the movie we were born to make. We are more than ready to jump into this one.”
At the moment they’re not letting slip on any casting details, although deals are said to be close on the lead role. If you’ve seen any of the Duplass’ other movies, you’ll know this probably won’t be your typical stoner movie, and will have a far more thoughful and indie flick feel to it, while still being very funny.