Were you excited to work with his protege’ Chris Columbus, a fine director in his own right?
LD: Yeah. Chris has done this kind of movie before. Recently, he has been doing some much bigger movies such as Harry Potter. He started out doing movies like “Adventures in Babysitting,” that have that same feel. The movie that he is shooting has the same kind of feel as a “16 Candles” and “The Breakfast Club” type movies. I think Chris is, whatever John Hughes’ talents were as a writer — he wasn’t the greatest director in the world, and he’ll agree with that — Chris is a much, much better director and he’s much more in control of his vision. I think that with Chris at the helm, we are also going to get something that is visually stunning. PRCM: When is it slated to be released? LD: I think that we are looking at a Spring 2009 release because it’s a graduation movie. It will probably be finished by October of this year, but there’s not really a good time to release it before next spring. It would be weird as a Christmas movie or a Valentine’s Day movie. PRCM: Which movies of that genr
