Dark Horse is an upcoming film written and directed by Todd Solondz planned for release in Summer 2012. Romance blooms between two thirty-somethings in arrested development:
an avid toy collector and a woman who is the dark horse of her family.
Director: Todd Solondz
Writer: Todd Solondz (screenplay)
Stars: Jordan Gelber, Selma Blair and Christopher Walken
Based on news reports and a press release from October 2010, the film
is about Abe, a 30-something male living with his parents, reluctantly
working for his father while pursuing his hobby of collecting toys. To
lose his "dark horse" status in the family, he's also trying to spark a
relationship with Miranda, who recently moved back home after a failed
literary/academic career. Miranda agrees to marry Abe out of
desperation, and things go awry from there.
Thirty-something guy with arrested development falls for
thirty-something girl with arrested development, but moving out of his
junior high school bedroom proves too much. Tragedy ensues. Writer and
director Todd Solondz examines the irretrievability of youth and the
mercilessness of time passing in Dark Horse, a melancholy and
idiosyncratic comedy starring Justin Bartha, Selma Blair, Mia Farrow,
Jordan Gelber, Donna Murphy, Christopher Walken, Zachary Booth and
Aasif Mandvi.
