‘High Fidelity’ TV Series On Disney Streaming Service To Star Zoë Kravitz
Disney’sHigh FidelityTV series has found its lead:Zoë Kravitz. TheRough Nightco-star will executive produce and star in the series, a re-imagining of the 2000John Cusackcomedy now told from a female point of view. The series will be for Disney’s upcoming streaming service. There’s a full-circle element to this casting: Kravitz’s mother, Lisa Bonet, had a significant role in the original film.
Deadlinehas the news regarding Kravitz joiningHigh Fidelity. Per their report, the actress “will play the ultimate music fan, a record store owner who’s obsessed with pop culture and Top Five lists, a female take on the character played in the movie by Cusack.“High Fidelitywas adapted from the novel by Nick Hornby, and starred Cusack as a bitter record store owner with an “encyclopedic knowledge of pop music and…the music scene.” After his girlfriend leaves him, Cusack’s character starts to reflect on his past relationships. One of the women Cusack’s character gets involved with in the film is a singer, played by Kravitz’s mother, Lisa Bonet. The film was well-regarded, and featured a scene-stealing performance from Jack Black, right before his career really blew up.
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The new 10-episode series will be written byVeronica West&Sarah Kucserka. It’ll be interesting to see how this plays out. The music scene has changed drastically since the film came out. On top of that, both Hornby’s novel and the Cusack film are very male-driven – in fact, a big theme of the film is about Cusack’s character coming to terms with his toxic masculinity. Flipping the gender of the character alters that considerably.
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