Four-time Oscar-nominee Ethan Hawke and his daughter Maya Hawke (Stranger Things) are set to play father and daughter in Andrew Stanton's Beatlemania-themed rom-com Revolver, Collider has confirmed. Stranger Things scribe Kate Trefry wrote the script, which is set in 1966 and follows a teenage girl in Alaska who finds out The Beatles are staying at a local hotel en route to Japan, and tries to sneak in so she can lose her virginity to George Harrison. Variety reports that Maya Hawke will play the infatuated and determined lead, while Ethan Hawke will play her father. …
Andrew Stanton was Disney-Pixar's golden child. He co-wrote Toy Story, co-directed A Bug's Life, and solo-directed Finding Nemo and WALL-E. Then, in 2012, he made his live action feature debut with Disney's John Carter. It, um, was not received so well. Now, after a string of live-action TV directing (alongside Finding Dory), Deadline reports that Stanton is in talks to return to the world of live-action filmmaking. The project is called Chairman Spaceman, a sci-fi tale based on a New Yorker short story by Thomas Pierce. Pierce himself is …