Punk In The Suburbs
Friday, January 16, 2015 at 11:40PM 
JA from MNPP here taking a look at some very exciting breaking news for those of us who've worn out our copies of Beginners -- director Mike Mills has finally announced his next project! I guess he couldn't let his wife Miranda July hog all the press this week (her book The First Bad Man just came out on Tuesday). Mills' new movie will be called 20th Century Women and he says...
"The film is an ode to the women who raised me; my mom, my sisters, the girls I was in love with or looked up to at school and in the punk rock scene where I really learned about the world."
It's set in Santa Barbara in the year 1979, and it sounds like there are leading(ish) roles for three actresses; the three women who form the young boy at the film's center - well who doesn't love a good actress triptych? The Hours! The Witches of Eastwick! And Three Women, of course.
You can get a few more details about the plot at the link -- there aren't really enough specifics about the roles to dream-cast this thing but seeing as how I could come up with a thousand answers to the question "What three current actresses would you want to see play off each other in a movie?" and I'm sure you guys could too... what three current actresses would you want to see play off each other in a movie? Just have at it.
Related from the Archives: An interview with Mike Mills about Beginners
Reader Comments (8)
a) Because I've never seen 3 Women written as Three Women, I though you mistook the name of the Chekhov play. Mike Mills tackling Chekhov is something I now need to happen.
b) The three names that came into my head: Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Emma Stone, Cate Blanchett (though the last name rarely leaves)
Isabelle Adjani
Marisa Paredes
Fanny Ardant
Monica Belluci
Sophie Marceau
Charlize Theron
Jenny Slate
Ellen Page
Rose Byrne
Taraji P Henson
Uma Thurman
Salma Hayak
Viola Davis
Tilda Swinton
Nicole Kidman
Carmen Maura
Judy Davis
Glenn Close
Hours......I could do this for hours.......
From what I read in the linked article he is setting a time period in 1979, and wishes to assemble an Altmanesque ensemble for the roles of Mother, Aunts, sisters, and punk rock girl friends.
Mother & Aunts - Julianne Moore, Emma Thompson, Christine Baransi, Mary Louise Parker
Sisters - Emma Stone, Shaileen Woodley, Emma Watson
That's just a start, I hope he can get this off the ground, there is so much talent to choose from.
Felicity Huffman, Hailee Steinfeld, Kristen Stewart
The Davis/Swinton/Kidman suggestion just made me pass out.
Mike hire Kathy Bates!
Fonda, Huffman, Lohan... Let's try this again.
Kristen Stewart
Emily Blunt
Rosamund Pike