The Lords Of Dogtown

[MacGuffin]

Catherine Hardwicke Lord of Dogtown
Source: The Hollywood Reporter

Thirteen director Catherine Hardwicke is in talks to rewrite and helm the Columbia Pictures skater drama Lords of Dogtown.

Written by Stacy Peralta, who penned and directed the 2001 documentary feature Dogtown and Z-Boys, "Lords" is a fictionalized version of the documentary and is based on a Spin magazine article that explored 1970s skateboarding culture.

It follows a group of young California surfers who take their style to the streets as skateboarders, thereby launching a whole new sport that defined a generation.

[Ghostboy]

Swelllll. She's pretty cool.

[mutinyco]

Yeah, she'll have a TOTALLY different approach to the material.

[MacGuffin]

Hirsch, Ledger, Robinson & Rasuk in Dogtown
Source: The Hollywood Reporter

Emile Hirsch (The Girl Next Door), Heath Ledger, John Robinson and Victor Rasuk will star in The Lords of Dogtown for Columbia Pictures and Thirteen helmer Catherine Hardwicke.

The film is a fictionalized version of the 2001 documentary feature Dogtown and Z-Boys and is based on a Spin magazine article that explored 1970s skateboarding culture. It follows a group of young California surfers who take their style to the streets as skateboarders, thereby launching a whole new sport that defined a generation.

The film is set to start shooting in April.

[Duck Sauce]

has anybody here seen


http://www.apple.com/trailers/independent/stoked.html

[MacGuffin]

Trailer here.

Release Date: August 12th, 2005 (wide)

Cast: Emile Hirsch (Jay Adams), Johnny Knoxville, Heath Ledger (Skip Engblom), Victor Rasuk (Tony Alva), John Robinson (Stacy Peralta), Michael Angarano (Sid), Ned Bellamy (Tom), Eddie Cahill, America Ferrera, Elden Henson, William Mapother (Donnie), Joel McHale (Paul Moyer), Jeremy Renner, Sofia Vergara (Amelia), Steve Badillo (Ty Page), Chelsea Hobbs (Caroline), Paulette Ivory (Sandra Miro), Reef Karim (Angelo Gamboa), Vincent Laresca (Chino), Samantha Lockwood, Benjamin Nurick, Nikki Reed, Laura Ramsey (Gabrielle), Pablo Schreiber, Eric West (James Smith), Shea Whigham (Drake Landon), Brian Zarate (Montoya)

Director: Catherine Hardwicke (Thirteen)

Screenwriter: Stacy Peralta (cowriter of Riding Giants, Dogtown and Z-Boys; both of which he also directed)

Based Upon: This movie is based upon the true story of the young surfers from the "Dogtown" neighborhood straddling the border between Venice and Santa Monica, CA who in the early 1970s adapted their rebellious style to skateboarding, turning it from a forgotten 1950s fad into a new form of individual expression and daredevil-like sport. Their story was previously told in the award-winning documentary feature film, Dogtown and Z-Boys, which was also (co)-written by Stacy Peralta, who is also a central character in both movies.

Premise: This is the story of a group of teenagers from the (then) dangerous "Dogtown" neighborhood who in the 1970s adapted their rebellious surfing style to skateboards, so they could practice their moves when the tide was low, which included raiding empty Hollywood backyard swimming pools and using them as impromptu skating ramps. In the process, they revolutionized what was until then an obscure hobby, and skateboarding became an international sport popular with the rebellious and disenfranchised, and the core group of "Z-Boyz" became stars in their own rights.