Jeff Probst has made a pretty solid career of being the host and producer of Survivor over the past eight or nine years. However, before he had to tell people they’d been voted off the island, he directed the film Finder’s Fee, a film about a man who finds a winning lottery ticket. That film starred Ryan Reynolds, James Earl Jones, and Matthew Lillard. Now, with Probst‘s return to the director’s chair comes a whole new cast, of which Jenna Fischer (The Office) and Rita Wilson (Sleepless in Seattle) are the newest members.
This new film, Kiss Me, which Probst is also producing, tells the story of Zoe (Sarah Bolger), who is trying to navigate an especially turbulent time in her life. Forced to wear a back brace to combat her scoliosis, Zoe must also deal with her strict mother (Wilson) and her growing and complex relationship with the father of the children she babysits (John Corbet). Fischer will be playing Corbet‘s wife, who is understandably put off by the relationship between her husband and the teenage Zoe.
Now, to me this film sounds a lot like any other run-of-the-mill indie drama. Seamy side of suburbia, forbidden and taboo love, a teenager at a crossroads in their life. The film is written by Elizabeth Sarnoff (Lost), so make of that what you will. Never having seen Finder’s Fee I have no idea how he is as a director.
We’ll find out what the world of cinema has been missing since Probst got stranded on an island when Kiss Me is released, supposedly sometime in 2013.
In the mean time, what do you think about the idea of this film?