Here is your first look at Paul Dano in So-Yong Kim’s family-drama “For Ellen” which is set for delivery in the spring of 2011.
The film follows an aspiring young rock star who decides to become a bigger part of his six-year-old daughter’s life in the midst of a divorce and embarks on a road trip back to his Midwestern home town to do so. Also starring will be the likes of Jena Malone as the kids’ mother along side Jon Heder, Margarita Levieva and Dakota Johnson.
Dano previously described his character as a “selfish, sort of narcissistic prick who’s kind of a hard rocker: tattoos, jewelry, leather jacket” which definitely sounds like a massive gear change for the actor who has a big 2011 lined up with Kelly Reichardt’s Western “Meek’s Cutoff” and Jon Favreau’s comic-book adaptation “Cowboys & Aliens” also slated to hit theaters.
“For Ellen” is being produced by Jen Gatien and Bradley Rust Gray (the upcoming “Jack & Diane”) with lensing reportedly still underway.