Who wouldn’t want Scarlett Johansson in their next film? Cameron Crowe certainly does in his upcoming drama We Bought a Zoo. For the director’s first film in over half-a-decade, he already has Matt Damon lined up. He now needs to find an opposite lead. Aside from Johansson, Crowe has also been looking at Amy Adams (Enchanted, Junebug) Mary Elizabeth Winstead (Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World, The Thing) and Rachel McAdams (Wedding Crashers, Red Eye). [Deadline]
Zoo is based on the Benjamin Mee memoir about “a widowed father who buys a dilapidated zoo in hopes of making a fresh start. He and his children, along with a small but loyal staff, work to get the zoo reopened.” The script comes from Crowe and Aline Brosh McKenna, who wrote McAdams’ upcoming rom-com Morning Glory.
We Bought a Zoo hits theaters December 23rd, 2011.
Who would you like to see play opposite Damon?