"The Wettest County in the World" Is Attracting Hollywood A List
“Wettest” is a sweeping, historical crime drama of the American South, based on the author Matt Bondurant’s grandfather and two great-uncles — three brothers who made up a fierce criminal gang at the center of the country’s moonshine trade (it's that kind of wetness). The book also tracks a parallel story involving a writer named Sherwood Anderson who was on the trail of the bootlegging story, reporting on the moonshine trade and researching his 1936 novel "Kit Brandon."
Shia LaBeouf, Scarlett Johansson and Ryan Gosling are among the actors whose names have been presented as associated with the project to reps and execs around town (though none is yet on board). The names of Paul Dano and Michael Shannon have also surfaced in connection with the project.
Between them, the group has seven Oscar and Golden Globe nominations (thank you, Gosling, Johansson and Shannon) and three of the ten highest-grossing movies since 2007 (thank you, Shia LaBeouf). None is over the age of 35.
The colorful setting and mystery elements — not to mention the meaty roles — have kept the actors' appetites, well, whet, even as the project lacks financing or a start date. Which shows something interesting, a few observers pointed out: that even as studios take fewer risks, worthy projects will be sustained by the talent that seeks them out, actors who desire prestige parts no matter who’s making the movie.
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