Crackpot (by Elaine May, starring Dakota Johnson)

[Cremildo]

Dakota Johnson, there with her Peanut Butter Falcon co-stars, told me she plans to do a movie for Elaine May, a recent Tony winner who is getting behind the camera again at age 86 to direct Johnson in a movie called Crackpot. [source]

[Hazel Motes]

I know she and her spouse Stanley Donen tried for years to get a film off the ground before his passing, I hope this yields better results. Elaine May is great.

[Gacivory]

Hope this comes to fruition! I wanna see a new Elaine May directed movie!

[Cremildo]

Dakota Johnson says they're still trying to get this off the ground.

[Gacivory]

Good! I hope they succeed in getting this made!

[Cremildo]

This project is in need of an insurance director to move ahead.

[craigbarr2003]

That's not surprising. They mention PTA/Altman, but it's not always because of age that insurance directors are brought on board. Sam Raimi was the insurance director on HARD TARGET because everyone was unsure that John Woo would be able to stay on schedule because of the differences between US/Hong Kong productions. That one worked out for everyone, Woo stayed on schedule and Raimi got a two picture producing deal for signing on (the other one ended up being TIMECOP).

[Cremildo]

Dakota Johnson hopes this will shoot in the Fall.

Originally Posted by LA Times

Having now been an active producer on a number of projects — including one to be directed by 93-year-old comedy legend Elaine May that Johnson says she hopes could be shooting in the fall — has made it different for her when, on a film like “Materialists,” she is an actor only.