Lizzy Finds Love

I've been posting about Todd Solondz's next movie for a very long time now -- six full years, since right after Weiner-dog came out (and sidenote, can you believe it's been seven years since Weiner-dog came out?) So I admit I'm a bit hesitant to allow myself to get excited on this new news, even though if it comes to pass it will be very exciting indeed. The Film Stage is repoirting that Love Child, the long-delayed movie in question, will be shooting come spring and it will now star Elizabeth Olsen. We love Elizabeth Olsen! And we're very excited to have her back, free from the Marvel machinery. And diving into a Todd Solondz movie is about as far from the MCU as you can get. Anyway our last update on Love Child was in 2021 when Colin Farrell & Rachel Weisz were going to do it -- before them it was Penelope Cruz & Edgar Ramirez. No word yet obviously on a male lead for opposite Olsen but given the way Solondz has seemed drawn to previously connected pairs for the roles I wouldn't be surprised to hear the name Paul Bettany. Or maybe John Hawkes! John Hawkes is always good. Here's the plot description of Love Child since we all probably need a reminder at this point:

"The story follows 11-year-old Junior, a delusional aspiring Broadway star with an inappropriate obsession with his mother (Olsen). After orchestrating an accident that nearly kills his abusive father, he encourages the handsome man living in the family’s guesthouse to court his mother and become his new dad. But when the two fall in love, Junior becomes so jealous that he is no longer the subject of his mother’s attention that he hatches a plan to frame the man for his father’s murder."