NBC Universal continues to invest in new series inspired by current films. Now it’s time to shape up Generation X (Reality Bites), a well -known romantic comedy that marked the debut of ben stiller as directors, and where they worked Winona Ryder Y Ethan Hawke.
The film featured a funny impressive cast, including Stiller himself, Janeane Garofalo Y steve zahn. This is the second time NBC Universal has tried to give new life to the film, following plans for a series in 2013 that were never fulfilled.
According to the expert site Moviesthe new series will bring original author Helen Childress into the ring, and it is assumed that it will try not to deviate from the emblematic film, only releasing a “rethink” of the original realization.
Troy and Lelaina, or Ethan Hawke and Winona Ryder, are the film’s protagonists. Clarin Image File
Let’s remember that the story revolves around youthful and charming Lelaina Pierce (Ryder) and her group of friends moved into college life in the mid -’90s, when that decade was a change I understood. social, cultural, political and technological change.
According to the same source, Stiller would not have been invited to participate in any chapter, while it was confirmed that Childress was also included in the production along with Danny DeVito (DeVito appears to be signing identical credits to the original film.)
Ben Stiller directed TV, but in “Generation X” (1994) he jumped into filmmaking. Clarin Image File
Reality Bites (like “Pieces of Reality”) is one of the most important films for a generation that grew up in the ’90s listening to Nirvana.
the journalist Maria Fernandez Mugica wrote: “The secret of Generation X is that, despite being a film from a major studio, designed from the marketing department to attract young audiences, its creation was based on the true experience of those in their twenties in the ’90s”.
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Screenwriter Helen Childress dropped by the University of Southern California to write a screenplay based on what happened to her friends. “His work fell into the hands of Stiller, a young comedian with directing ambitions who became part of the cast of Saturday night Live and had its own sketch comedy show then, The Ben Stiller Show. Both Childress and Stiller is less than 30 years old when the film was released, in 1994 “.
Everyone was dancing in the supermarket, while listening to “My Sharona”, by American power pop and rock band The Knack. Clarin Image File
– You see, Lainy? This is all we need. A few cigarettes, a cup of coffee and a little conversation …
“What are we going to do now? How can we repair all the damage we have inherited? The answer is simple. The answer is … I don’t know ”. so that begins Reality Bites.
It was shot at locations in Austin and Houston, Texas, within 42 days. Wikipedia says that Generation X is what happens to baby boomers and the preceding millennials. The estimated birth years of its members are from early to mid from the ’60s to the early’ 80s.
Some of the cultural influences on that youth, in addition to rugged and the hip hop, are the independent films. The term Generation X it has been used on several occasions to describe the last “aligned youth”.
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Source: Clarin
