While he’s more recently been known for horrors and collaborating with Richard Linklater on the likes of Boyhood, Ethan Hawke has decided it’s time for a few more laughs. He’s joined the cast of Rebecca Miller’s new film Maggie’s Plan alongside Bill Hader, Maya Rudolph, Travis Fimmel, Julianne Moore and Greta Gerwig.
Miller, known for films such as Personal Velocity, The Ballad Of Jack And Rose and The Private Lives Of Pippa Lee, has here adapted a story from an unpublished novel by Karen Rinaldi. Gerwig is starring as a young woman trying to make her own way in New York City and all the emotional peaks and troughs that come with it. It’s aiming to put a new spin on the well-worn romantic comedy idea.
Though she’d originally wanted to kick off shooting late last year after Gerwig joined the film in January, casting and financial delays mean that the cameras will at last start to crank later this month.
Hawke has several films set for release, including time travel thriller Predestination (due on February 20), drone drama **Good Kill (**out April 10) and psycho-thriller Regression, which arrives on August 28.