Zooey Deschanel is making a rather shocking move, if you ask me! The cute artsy, indie movie actress is leaving the big screen behind for the time being, and moving to TV!
She created a sitcom, which was picked up by Fox. “The New Girl” will star Deschanel as “an unlucky-in-love elementary school teacher who moves away from her former boyfriend and in with three unruly guys.”
Zooey Tweeted her excitement last night saying “I am thrilled that our show got picked up & so excited to work with this great group of people!also know I’m getting humblebragged. whatevs.”
Often cast as the sarcastic best friend or quirky object of affection, Deschanel has made her biggest on-screen impact thus far in the 2009 romantic darling “(500) Days of Summer,” which paired her, a hard-to-get dream girl, with an earnest Joseph Gordon-Levitt. She played a small part as Belladonna in the recent stoner fantasy “Your Highness,” starring Danny McBride, James Franco and Natalie Portman, and she’ll play one of Paul Rudd’s three beleaguered sisters in the upcoming “Our Idiot Brother.”
Zooey Deschanel is suing Steve Madden for two million dollars, claiming that they’ve never paid her for an endorsement deal that she worked out with them in August 2010.
According to a lawsuit filed today in Los Angeles Superior Court, Deschanel and SM made the $2 million deal … but Madden came back to Deschanel saying they couldn’t get retailers to back the deal, so they re-negotiated for $1.5 mil.
Zooey says she held up her end of the deal — including turning down other deals — but Madden never forked over the $1.5 mil. Deschanel also claims SM promised her a percentage of the profits as well — if sales reached a certain level.
It’s gearing up to be quite a busy year for actress Zooey Deschanel. Along with the arrival of her and M. Ward’s She and Him ‘Volume 2′ next month, Deadline Hollywood confirms that she’s foraying into television by starring as a groupie in a pilot for HBO. Taking a page from Cameron Crowe’s ‘Almost Famous,’ which she also had a role in, Deschanel is starring in an adapted version of professional groupie Pamela Des Barres’ memoir ‘I’m With the Band.’
The book chronicles sexual conquests Des Barres had with the likes of Mick Jagger and Jimmy Page. There’s no word yet as whether or not this adaptation will be placed in the ’60s or a more modern, fictional account that uses the original book as a guide. We’re pretty positive Deschanel can use her and husband — and Death Cab for Cutie frontman — Ben Gibbard’s insider tales from the business.
She and Him recently gave fans a taste of what’s in store for their new album with the song ‘In the Sun’ and announced dates for a quick spring jaunt, which sold out immediately. They’ll also be hitting Austin next month for SXSW 2010 as well as Coachella in mid-April.
Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Zooey Deschanel star in director Mark Weber’s wry, non-linear romantic comedy about a man who falls head over heels for a woman who doesn’t believe in love. Mark (Gordon Levitt) is an aspiring architect who currently earns his living as a greeting card writer. Upon encountering his boss’ beautiful new secretary Summer (Deschanel), Mark discovers that the pair have plenty in common despite the fact that she’s seemingly out of his league; for starters, they both love The Smiths, and they’re both fans of surrealist artist Magritte. Before long Mark is smitten. All he can think about is Summer. Mark believes deeply in the concept of soul mates, and he’s finally found his. Unfortunately for Mark, Summer sees true love as the stuff of fairy tales, and isn’t looking for romance. Undaunted and undeterred by his breezy lover’s casual stance on relationships, Mark summons all of his might and courage to pursue Summer and convince her that their love is real.
I went and saw (500) Days of Summer over the weekend, and I absolutely LOVED it! My friend and I had it narrowed down to this movie, or Katherine Heigl’sThe Ugly Truth. I’m so glad we didn’t go see that one! (It’s been bashed by critics!)
It’s such a great, funny movie! I love Zooey Deschanel, and she was amazing in this movie! It’s nice to see more of Joseph Gordon-Levitt, and in such a cute – hilarious movie. He’s definitely come a long way from 3rd Rock From the Sun! And when did he get so hot? (The whole movie, I couldn’t help but think he could be Heath Ledger’s twin!)
