I have learned the hard way not to get myself excited for Todd Solondz's next movie called Love Child, because Love Child has been his next movie for going on a decade now and the football keeps getting yanked away from me. In 2017 I posted that it was going to star Penelope Cruz and Edgar Ramirez, then in 2021 I posted that it was going to star Rachel Weisz and Colin Farrell. The last update was this past December when Elizabeth Olsen became attached to the lead female role -- well today comes word that Charles Melton, hot off working with my other favorite Todd (Haynes), has found himself attached to the male lead opposite her. I've heard variations on the plot over the years but this is its latest update:
"The story follows Misty who is stuck in a loveless marriage to a brutish husband. Junior, her precocious 11-year-old is her only consolation. When Easy, a handsome vagabond stranger, appears, Junior hatches a plan to get rid of his father so that his mother can marry him instead. But things end up backfiring, so Junior comes up with yet another plan, this one even more devious, and with more disastrous—and unexpected—consequences."
So obviously the casting of the eleven-year-old is pretty crucial, but if Todd Solondz has proven anything over his career it's that he's fucking excellent at casting child actors. Then there's also the role of Junior's father, which seems to be a less important role given that every iteration of casting we've had to date has only been for the Misty and Easy characters (and yes, those names are giving me life). Anyway! I am enforcing a strict wait-and-see approach, a barbed-wire-barrier around my heart, before I allow myself to get excited on this movie once again. That said whatever your religion or lackthereof please whisper something hopeful in its name today. Here is how I pray:
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