Cult filmmaker and trash cinema icon John Waters is finally making a new movie, a big screen adaptation of his 2022 novel, Liarmouth. It’s his first film since 2004’s A Dirty Shame. World of Reel reports that Liarmouth is set to start filming this summer in Waters’ hometown of Baltimore with Aubrey Plaza starring in the lead role.
The novel is subtitled “A Feel-Bad Romance” and is about a woman named Marsha Sprinkle who is described as this: “Suitcase thief. Scammer. Master of disguise. Dogs and children hate her. Her own family wants her dead. She’s smart, she’s desperate, she’s disturbed, and she’s on the run with a big chip on her shoulder. They call her Liarmouth—until one insane man makes her tell the truth.”
The Liarmouth film was announced in 2022 and Plaza actively campaigned to get the role. “I emailed him immediately, and said, ‘You better let me audition for you. I even look like the girl on the cover [of Liarmouth],” Plaza told Dazed at the time. “I exclusively only audition for John Waters. He told me I’m on his list, but I want to be top of the list. I want to be the only person on his list. They’ve told me I’m this generation’s Kathleen Turner. I mean, come on – I’m a shoo-in. I need that movie.”
Start of work on the film was delayed due to the 2023 WGA & SAG strikes. Stay tuned.
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