Movie to be filmed in Ann Arbor.
In the news
- The Weinstein Company May Not Have the Cash to Market Inglourious Basterds. But Does it Even Matter?, Paste Magazine, June 2009
The perennially delayed Youth in Revolt may also be pulled from the fall altogether while the Weinsteins decide what to do with it. To be fair, we haven't seen the movie, but it's a romantic dramedy that stars Michael Cera, Justin Long and Zach Galifianakis and is directed by Miguel Arteta (The Good Girl). Sounds like a no-brainer, and yet it's been treated as if it's impossible to sell, the kind of movie that eventually turns up on video and disappears without any real shot at success. Now that’s the way to build buzz.
- Downtown Ann Arbor goes Hollywood as filming starts for "Youth in Revolt", Ann Arbor News, July 2008
For the duration of the shoot, the former Schlenker Hardware building has been rechristened as Little Grocer: The Ghetto's Premiere Coffee Shop. Pizza Pino has been renamed the Black Oak Cafe. The recently-built facade butting up to the county headquarters for presidential candidate Barack Obama sports a sign proclaiming it Too Frank Sausages; that structure is expected to be involved in Thursday's crash scene, Sleet said.
- Weinstein Co. confirms that "Youth" will shoot in Ann Arbor, Ann Arbor News, April 2008
Based on a novel by C. D. Payne, "Youth" tells the story of a 14 year old boy who fixates on the girl of his dreams while his parents head toward divorce.
References
- Youth in Revolt on IMDB
While his trailer trash parents teeter on the edge of divorce, Nick Twisp sets his sights on dream girl Sheeni Saunders, hoping that she'll be the one to take away his virginity.