His last two movies, Labor Day and Men, Women And Children, might not have been as rapturously received as some of his previous efforts, but Jason Reitman isn’t ready to turn to crime just yet. Except, that is, for his next film, where he’s planning to adapt a real-life story of a family trying to rob a bank{
In actual fact, Nick Hornby will be the one doing the heavy lifting on the adaptation, turning Skip Hollandsworth’s Texas Monthly magazine article I Would Only Rob Banks For My Family into a script.
The piece tracks a seemingly ordinary family who fall on hard times and turn to heists to make money. They manage to pull off two daring robberies before they’re caught attempting a third. Reitman is aboard to produce and direct the film, though he’s currently busy making online series Casual for Hulu.
Hornby has also been active, adapting the screenplay for Wild, which is already gathering Oscar buzz and writing the script for 1950s romantic drama Brooklyn.