She was last seen singing and dancing with Kermit and the gang in The Muppets, and now Amy Adams wants to make us all think about art. She’s signed on to star in and produce an adaptation of Steve Martin’s 2010 novel An Object Of Beauty.
Adams will play Lacey Yeager, a young, beautiful and captivating young woman who has real ambitions in the New York art world. After getting her start at Sotheby’s, the driven entrepreneur enjoys a 15-year meteoric rise through her chosen career, buying a gallery in the process, travelling the world and getting into a string of relationships, including one with an artist who goes on to become famous. Lacey’s journey charts the enjoyable highs and dark lows of the artistic community and the world at large. And since Martin himself knows a thing or two about art, it’s naturally loaded with authentic detail.
There are no real details about who will handle the writing/directing sides of the movie yet, but producers Trudie Styler and Celine Rattray of Maven Pictures are now on the hunt to find the right team. Given that Martin adapted Shopgirl for the screen, we wonder if he’ll get the first crack at this one…
Adams will next be seen in Paul Thomas Anderson’s The Master, Jack Kerouac adaptation On The Road, Clint Eastwood drama Trouble With The Curve and Superman saga Man Of Steel. And if that isn't a good slate for a girl to boast, we don't know what is.