Up In The Air

Status: Pre-Prodcution
Realease Date: 2009

A professional who specializes in “career transition counseling” (a euphemism for firing people) looks to accomplish his two main goals in life: to accumulate 1 million frequent flier miles, and to land a job at a mysterious management company called MythTech.

George Clooney is in talks to star in “Up in the Air,” an adaptation of the Walter Kirn novel that Jason Reitman adapted and will direct for DreamWorks.

Clooney will play a ruthless human resources exec who becomes fixated on notching his millionth frequent flyer mile. It’s a Pyrrhic victory, considering that his time away from home has left him with no life.

Cast and Crew

• Director: Jason Reitman
• Writers: Walter Kirn (novel) , Jason Reitman (screenplay)
• George Clooney …. Ryan Bingham
• Anna Kendrick ….
• Vera Farmiga …. (businesswoman)

Vera Farmiga Goes Up in the Air

Vera Farmiga (The Departed) will star opposite George Clooney in Jason Reitman’s Up in the Air for Paramount Pictures and Montecito, reports Variety. The story centers on a human resources executive whose only joy in life comes from the prospect of notching his millionth frequent-flyer mile, a goal he pursues with zeal as the rest of his life falls apart because he is constantly on the road. Farmiga will play a businesswoman who develops a romantic relationship with Clooney’s character through meetings in airports and hotels around the country.Reitman adapted the screenplay from Walter Kirn’s novel of the same name.

Shooting starts in late February in St. Louis, Miami and Las Vegas.

Source: Variety

‘Twilight’ scene-stealer Anna Kendrick to costar opposite George Clooney

Twilight scene-stealer Anna Kendrick (she plays Bella’s boy-crazy friend Jessica) has already earned the notice of more than just the series’ die-hard fans. The 23-year-old actress, who until now was best known for the indie comedy Rocket Science, has caught the eye of writer-director Jason Reitman (Juno) and his next leading man: George Clooney. Kendrick will star opposite Clooney in Up in the Air for Paramount Pictures, which is based on the 2001 novel by Walter Kirn. Clooney plays Ryan, an unapologetic corporate downsizer with an obsession for collecting frequent-flier miles, while Kendrick tackles the role of an an up-and-coming employees who threatens to ground Ryan’s quest for airline miles by automating his job. Looks like Kendrick’s career is taking flight.

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George Clooney up for ‘Air’

George Clooney is in talks to star in “Up in the Air,” an adaptation of the Walter Kirn novel that Jason Reitman adapted and will direct for DreamWorks.

Clooney will play a ruthless human resources exec who becomes fixated on notching his millionth frequent flyer mile. It’s a Pyrrhic victory, considering that his time away from home has left him with no life.

The project is set up at the Montecito Picture Co., which has its first-look deal with DreamWorks.

Ivan Reitman, Pollock, Joe Medjuck and Jeff Clifford for Montecito and Hard C’s Daniel Dubiecki will all be involved in producing capacities.

Kirn’s novel was previously set up at Fox 2000 and Jay Roach’s Everyman Pictures.

Montecito has controlled the book since 2004, when it was bought and packaged with a spec script by “The Longest Yard” scribe Sheldon Turner, with Ted Griffin producing.

Reitman came aboard later as writer and potential director after helming “Thank You for Smoking,” only to put down his pen when he read Diablo Cody’s “Juno” script. Reitman returned to the project in the spring (Daily Variety, May 15).

The director just completed the Cody-scripted cheerleader-from-hell comic thriller “Jennifer’s Body” for Fox Atomic.

Clooney will next be seen in “Burn After Reading” and is voicing the title character in “The Fantastic Mr. Fox,” Wes Anderson’s animated adaptation of the Roald Dahl novel.

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