John Krasinski - Away We Go (formerly the Untitled Sam Mendes Project) - News & Updates #1 - Page 3

Sara23 · 04-22-2008, 03:48 PM

Anyone want to be in the movie? Looks like it's called Farlanders now.

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FARLANDERS aka Untitled Sam Mendes Project
Directed by Sam Mendes, starring John Krasinski and Maya Rudolph, filming in various locations NW CT, Stamford, Bridgeport, and New Haven. Casting for college students and faculty, high-end & wealthy shoppers, National Guard (men & women), strip club patrons, etc... Email a recent picture and contact information to sam@gwcnyc.com or stop by during open registration hours.

girl in a cardigan · 04-22-2008, 03:54 PM

Cool, Sara! I wish had more free time cause that would be fun!

**blue sky blues** · 04-22-2008, 04:56 PM

Oh man, I am so geeked that you showed me that. I am definitely going to send in a picture!

***Enigma*** · 04-22-2008, 09:33 PM

That would be awesome if you got to do it Jory.

girl in a cardigan · 04-24-2008, 07:46 AM

Oh, that would be very cool! Are you planning to be in CT this summer?

ETA: Movie news from the locals:

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Big names in town as unnamed movie holds shoot on Mountain Road
By Brian Shea

Actor John Krasinski and an unidentified woman sit on set at the filming of an unnamed Sam Mendes movie on Mountain Road Monday.

Hollywood made a visit to Wilton this week, with tractor trailers parked along Dorado Court and Berch Court and the actual filming of an as yet untitled movie at 274 Mountain Road.

Residents who had been informed of the movie prior to the filming said it is currently named Untitled Sam Mendes Project, with Oscar-winning director Sam Mendes at the helm. Filming is also expected to take place in area towns, including Darien, Redding and Easton in the coming weeks.

Mr. Mendes was the director of the films American Beauty, Road to Perdition, and Jarhead. Pat Sidas of Dorado Court said the movie was about a couple trying to find the best place to raise their child.

A representative for the production company, Focus Features, said she could not comment on the details of the film nor how long the film would be shooting in the area. Ms. Sidas said she had been told the movie would be shooting until Thursday, and a member of the crew said they would be filming in the area for the next six weeks.

The house where the crew was filming was visible from the street. A Wilton police officer who was watching over the set said this part of the movie was intended to take place in Colorado, and there was a green Volvo with a Colorado license plate sitting on the property.

The project, according to the Internet Movie Database, will be starring John Krasinski, Allison Janney, Toni Collette and Maya Rudolph, among others.

Mr. Krasinski was seen on Monday at the shoot, and is known for his role in the television show The Office and in the movie Leatherheads, also starring George Clooney and Renee Zellweger. Ms. Janney was on the television show The West Wing and was most recently in the film Juno. Ms. Collette has been in the movies Little Miss Sunshine and The Sixth Sense. Ms. Rudolph has been seen on Saturday Night Live and the movie 50 First Dates.

The filming marks the third time in the past year that Wilton has been a location for a major motion picture.

In August, Disney filmed scenes for Old Dogs, starring John Travolta, Robin Williams and Kelly Preston at Passage East Kennels on Danbury Road. Scenes for the movie, What Just Happened, starring Robert DeNiro, Sean Penn and Bruce Willis were shot at a home on Ridgefield Road earlier in the summer.

Connecticut has seen a spike in movie filming since the state passed tax incentives in 2006 for production companies filming in the state.

girl in a cardigan · 05-07-2008, 05:09 PM

New casting news from Variety:

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Mendes swaps in Maggie Gyllenhaal
Actress replaces Toni Collette in Focus comedy
By TATIANA SIEGEL

Maggie Gyllenhaal will replace Toni Collette in Sam Mendes' untitled relationship comedy for Focus Features.

Film, which stars John Krasinski and Maya Rudolph, is about a young couple who travel around the U.S. searching for a place to put down roots. Dave Eggers and wife Vendela Vida penned the original screenplay.

Gyllenhaal will play a bohemian college professor who is an old friend of the character played by Krasinski.

Collette dropped out of the film due to scheduling delays on the shoot, which recently got under way in Connecticut. Gyllenhaal begins lensing her role next week.

Gyllenhaal next appears in Warner Bros. summer tentpole "The Dark Knight" as Rachel Dawes, Batman's love interest.

She is repped by CAA, Benderspink and attorney Alan Hergott.

Similar story in the local paper, Hartford Courant, but with some filming details (for those who live in the area):

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Casting Switch In New Haven-Shot Movie
Toni Collette is out and Maggie Gyllenhaal is in for the filming of Sam Mendes' untitled romantic comedy to be shot in the Wooster Square area of New Haven beginning this week.

The film stars John Krasinski (TV's "The Office") and Maya Rudolph of "Saturday Night Live" as a young couple, pregnant with their first child, and their search for an ideal place to settle down and raise a family. Mendes directed the Oscar-winning film "American Beauty" as well as "The Road to Perdition" and "Jarhead."

Dave Eggers (the memoir "A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius") and wife Vendela Vida ("And Now You Can Go") wrote the original screenplay.

Variety reports that Collette dropped out of the film because of scheduling delays on the shoot. Gyllenhaal will play a bohemian college professor who is an old friend of the character played by Krasinski.

The original title of the film was "This Must Be the Place."

Did I first read that the Toni Collette character was a friend of Maya's character or am I making that up?

***Enigma*** · 05-07-2008, 05:58 PM

Hmm, I can't remember.

Thanks for the news. I love Toni, but I'm a Maggie fan too, so I'm happy.

girl in a cardigan · 05-07-2008, 06:43 PM

Yeah, I think Maggie is great and though I'm sorry to see Toni leave, I think Maggie will be an awesome addition

**blue sky blues** · 05-23-2008, 04:51 AM

I'm moving this up so we can talk about the upcoming movie!

**crazycait714** · 05-27-2008, 11:25 PM

I think this movie should be good. I love John of course, and Maya is awesome.

girl in a cardigan · 09-13-2008, 10:26 AM

So, obviously the film wrapped earlier this summer - probably in time for the June 30th contract deadline. Have we heard any further about release dates?

**Cris** · 12-15-2008, 09:35 AM

I checked IMDB.com and apparently the movie title is "Away We Go" now.

**blue sky blues** · 12-15-2008, 11:45 AM

I haven't heard anything about the movie, but interesting new title for the movie.

girl in a cardigan · 12-15-2008, 08:42 PM

Interesting - how many different titles is this thing going to have?!

**Cris** · 12-15-2008, 09:28 PM

I have no idea