Once again, you've got to hand it to most of the Twilight stars. Taylor Lautner might be doing everything he can to become the next Tom Cruise (without the couch hopping, we hope), but the rest are filling their non-Twilight time with a whole range of indie projects -- and Jackson Rathbone's is surely the most challenging to date. Variety reports that he will star in an indie drama called Truckstop with Jennifer Lawrence.
Written by Tony Aloupis (with revisions by Steve Grabowsky and director Rotimi Rainwater), the indie focuses on a man with cerebral palsy who works at a truck stop while caring for his dying father. There, he befriends "a troubled young prostitute," because in the land of movies, almost any woman, especially one at a truck stop, has to be a prostitute.
The use of the tired cliche aside, I'm eager to see what Rathbone can...
Written by Tony Aloupis (with revisions by Steve Grabowsky and director Rotimi Rainwater), the indie focuses on a man with cerebral palsy who works at a truck stop while caring for his dying father. There, he befriends "a troubled young prostitute," because in the land of movies, almost any woman, especially one at a truck stop, has to be a prostitute.
The use of the tired cliche aside, I'm eager to see what Rathbone can...
- 3/12/2010
- by Monika Bartyzel
- Cinematical
Jackson Rathbone ("Twilight," "The Last Airbender") and Jennifer Lawrence ("Winter's Bone) are will toppling the indie drama "Truckstop" says Variety.
The story follows a man with cerebral palsy who takes care of his dying father while working at truckstop. He soon becomes friends with a troubled young prostitute.
Tony Aloupis, Steve Grabowsky and Rotimi Rainwater penned the script. Rainwater will direct with filming kicking off in September.
Graham Taylor and Kevin Iwashina will produce.
The story follows a man with cerebral palsy who takes care of his dying father while working at truckstop. He soon becomes friends with a troubled young prostitute.
Tony Aloupis, Steve Grabowsky and Rotimi Rainwater penned the script. Rainwater will direct with filming kicking off in September.
Graham Taylor and Kevin Iwashina will produce.
- 3/12/2010
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
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