Milk director, Gus van Sant, is interested in developing and directing Restless, an original screenplay by first-time screenwriter Jason Lew.

The story line is hush-hush right now, though it is explained as contemporary and distinctive take on young love.

Lew first wrote the story as a play where Ron Howard’s daughter Bryce encouraged him to write it as a screenplay.  

This is a Hollywood story, which goes like this: 

Bryce Howard brought it to her father Ron who, taken with Lew’s perspective and originality, wanted to further develop it for Imagine. Lew kept on working on the screenplay with Imagine executives, who ultimately showed it to Van Sant.

The word is that Lew’s screenplay has originality (that’s refreshing) and raw emotion, which was the catalyses for the producers to pounce on it. They intend to shoot the movie in Oregon for around $15 million.

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