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Jason Reitman to Direct "Up in the Air" Next
Published 5/15/2008 at FilmWad
"Juno" director Jason Reitman has potentially chosen his third feature film to direct, an adaptation of Walter Kirn's novel "Up in the Air." Reitman's father Ivan optioned the film back in 2004 along with Tom Pollock under their Montecito banner and Jason wrote 30 pages before reading Diablo Cody's teenage pregnancy screenplay and the rest is history. According to Variety, "Story centers on a ruthless human resources exec whose only joy in life comes from the prospect of notching his millionth frequent flyer mile, a goal he pursues with zeal as the rest of his life falls apart because he is constantly on the ...

May 15, 2008
Published 5/15/2008 by findthefunnywire at findthefunnyWIRE.com
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Reitman’s Future Is Up In The Air
Published 5/15/2008 by Kirsten Anderson at At The Movies - Film News and Reviews
Looks like Jason Reitman is up to that directing thing again.  After Jason Reitman casually mentioned that he was planning on adapting a novel for his next project, there was much speculation about what it would be. People frantically tossed around titles from the cool and hip library–two that come to mind that I heard mentioned a lot were Jennifer Government and And Then We Came to the End. Worthy works, no doubt, but not Reitman’s choice, as Variety reports today that the real project in question is an adaptation of Walter Kirn’s novel Up in the Air. Montecito, which is run ...

Up in the Air
Published 5/15/2008 by john@themovieblog.com (John Campea) at The Movie Blog
Reitman has resumed work on a film adaptation of Walter Kirn’s novel Up in the Air. We get wind of this news and the following story thanks to the professionals at Variety: Jason Reitman will write and is attached to direct Walter Kirn’s novel “Up in the Air” for Montecito. Story centers on a ruthless human resources exec whose only joy in life comes from the prospect of notching his millionth frequent flyer mile, a goal he pursues with zeal as the rest of his life falls apart because he is constantly on the road. In 2004, Montecito optioned the book, which had previously been in development ...

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Published 5/15/2008 by Seth at Defamer
... · Jason Reitman's next movie will be an adaptation of Walter Kirn's Up in the Air, about a frequent-flyer-mile-accrual-addicted HR worker. [Variety] ...

Jason Reitman Is Up In The Air
Published 5/16/2008 at Cinema Blend News
... Jason Reitman will be, well, writing and directing a movie for Montecito Pictures. Who is one of the two principals at Montecito? None other than Ivan Reitman, Jason’s father. This is nepotism at its very worst. On second thought, since Jason just wrote and directed Juno , a big Academy Award nominated hit that made $130 million or something, and Ivan’s most recent hit, despite several subsequent efforts, was in 1994, maybe Ivan is the one in need of a little help. In either case, Variety says that Jason will adapt and direct Up in the Air , based on Walter Kirn’s book. ...