Ben Pearson:
Gus Van Sant (Good Will Hunting) is set to direct Ferrell in The Prince of Fashion for Amazon Studios, a drama based on a magazine article from award-winning writer Michael Chabon about the time he took his 13-year-old son to Menâs Fashion Week in Paris, and âand all I got was a profound understanding of who he is, what he wants to do with his life, and how it feels to watch a grown man stride down a runway wearing shaggy yellow Muppet pants.â
This is a confluence of three things, which sound very different, but of which I think could actually go very well together.
I donât know much about Van Sant, but both Milk and Good Will Hunting are competently made movies, and they capture heart.
Will Ferrell doesnât do serious stuff very often but I think this is the type of role he can use some of that humour while showing heart.
Lastly, thereâs Michael Chabon. I havenât actually read any of his novels, but I did read a piece about him in The New Yorker as well as the article in question. You get humour, good prose, and lastly, if you havenât caught on yet, a lot of heart.