You may have noticed even more activity than usual at Dancing Goats this morning. Film crews, Decatur Police and catering trucks have set up shop in and around the coffee shop.
We reached out to the city’s Shirley Baylis – the city’s special events and community outreach coordinator – and she told us Fox 2000’s “Simon Vs The Homo Sapiens Agenda” is filming there today.
According to Deadline, the “coming of age” novel – which the film is based on…
…focuses on Simon Spier, a 16-year-old not-so-openly gay student. When an email written by Simon falls into the wrong hands, his secret is at risk of being made public. Change-averse Simon is forced to find a way to step out of his comfort zone before he’s pushed out — in a way that won’t alienate his friends, compromise himself or ruin a shot at happiness with the most confusing, adorable guy he hasn’t even met yet. “coming-of-age pic based on Becky Albertelli’s debut novel.”
Deadline noted in a follow up post that the film stars Katherine Langford, “the Aussie newcomer who is co-starring in Netflix’s upcoming YA series 13 Reasons Why“, Nick Robinson and Logan Miller.
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Becky Albertalli, author of Simon vs. The Homo Sapiens Agenda, will be at Little Shop of Stories on Tuesday evening (April 11th) at 7pm to launch her brand new YA novel, The Upside of Unrequited. She will be joined by YA authors Sara Zarr (Gem & Dixie) and Katie Cotugno (Fireworks) for a moderated discussion of All Things Young Adult. And maybe she’ll say a few things about this movie!
http://littleshopofstories.com/april-events/
Cool! Thanks Dave.