The Sitter (Jonah Hill)

[GreenScar]

Jonah Hill has signed to star in The Sitter, a comedy described as Adventures in Babysitting meets Superbad. The story follows a suspended college student named Noah who gets talked into baby-sitting the eccentric kids next door — two boys and a wild 8-year-old girl.

Last year I had a chance to read an early draft I read was pretty great. The Adventures in Babysitting comparison is good, as it is basically an R-rated version of that film. For example, Noah drags the kids along while he stops at a drugdealer’s house to pick up some coke for a girl he is trying to get with. One of the boys ends up stealing something valuable from the drug dealer’s house which sets up a chain of events which just keep snowballing in scale and hilarity.

The spec screenplay by Brian Gatewood and Alessandro Tanaka, a duo who made a name for themselves with a college comedy script titled Who the Hell is Sanjay Patel, which landed on the 2006 Blacklist (a list of the best unproduced screenplays in Hollywood that year) and is set up at Universal. The Sitter was the subject of a heated bidding war and was snapped up by Fox Atomic in January 2009.

The bad news is that Jonathan Levine, director of The Wackness, appears to have been replaced by David Gordon Green, who is in talks to helm the film. I was a huge fan of The Wackness, and I believed that the project would have been perfect for Levine to stretch his legs and make a name for himself.

[WyldeMan45]

One of the boys ends up stealing something valuable from the drug dealer’s house which sets up a chain of events which just keep snowballing in scale and hilarity.

Her i'd trust with my children, long as they hadn't hit puberty


Absolutely not, unelss of course I hated my kids and wouldn't care if they died

[OrlandoEastwood]

David Gordon Green did Pineapple Express. I have faith.

[Lord_Stewie]

Originally Posted by OrlandoEastwood

David Gordon Green did Pineapple Express. I have faith.

+1. Somewhat surprised that not many people enjoyed Pineapple Express.

This movie looks promising.

[TelkEvolon]

Let me guess, Jonah Hill playing Jonah Hill?

[Idioteque...]

Wait a minute? You're telling me the guy who wrote the original article is upset that the director of the horrible Wackness is saying it's a bad thing the director of movies like Snow Angels, George Washington, and The Pineapple Express? George Washington was a bore but it was a well directed movie too. Snow Angels is tragic and has one of Sam Rockwell's best performances. The only problem with that movie is the crappy source material. And Pineapple Express was fun.

I have faith.

[jadedeath]

Originally Posted by TelkEvolon

Let me guess, Jonah Hill playing Jonah Hill?

He's not a Jonah Hill, he just plays one on TV.

Logan

[Foggy]

Originally Posted by OrlandoEastwood

David Gordon Green did Pineapple Express. I have faith.

That's the first thing that came to mind when I saw it

[dcowboy7]

He's really fat....how does he get on planes.

[Foggy]

Originally Posted by dcowboy7

He's really fat....how does he get on planes.

He doesn't have a film coming out this week, thats how

[WyldeMan45]

Originally Posted by dcowboy7

He's really fat....how does he get on planes.

They just put him in the 46 Cargo Section B Deck

[Show spoiler]Sorry I used to build planes, in simpler terms he goes with all the luggage under the normal sized peoples feet

[jadedeath]

Originally Posted by OrlandoEastwood

David Gordon Green did Pineapple Express. I have faith.

Pineapple Express didn't have Jonah Hill...

Logan

[WyldeMan45]

Originally Posted by jadedeath

Pineapple Express didn't have Jonah Hill...

Logan

Yeah, and that's why it didn't win the award for greatest movie of all-time