Freaks, sickos, and perverts the world over breathed a sigh of relief when it was announced in October 2022 that John Waters would be adapting his novel . For one thing, the film would be his first since 2004's Then, it was later revealed that Aubrey Plaza wanted to star in the film, and Waters wanted her to do it, too. It seemed almost too good to be true.
And it turns out, maybe it was. In an interview published today , Waters fielded a single question about , and the answer is, frankly, saddening. “Every time I comment on that, some article comes out that causes me , saying we’re making the movie,” Waters says.
In short, Roadhouse Pictures optioned a script from him, and he wrote one. “Aubrey [Plaza] likes the script, wants to be in it, I want her to be in it, and every person said, ‘No, we don’t have a penny of the budget.’ That is where it is today.
Hopefully that will change. But the answer as of today? That’s it. In short, there has been no actual movement.
” Disappointing, but not wholly surprising. For the financially minded, a John Waters flick is hardly a safe return on investment; in the same interview, he mentions how , his 1990 Johnny Depp-led film and one of his more mainstream, has never turned a profit. Beyond that, even a director like Francis Ford Coppola, a man with five Oscars and the director of two films often considered among the greatest of all time, sold his Granted, some elements of that film sound downright Waters-esque, but if a d.
