Ron Livingston certainly does not have a case of the Mondays. According to Hollywood Reporter, the star of Office Space has signed on for a role alongside Rachel McAdams and Eric Bana in the film adaptation of the bestselling book The Time Traveler's Wife. Here's more:
The book tells the story of a dashing librarian (Bana) at Chicago's Newberry Library who has a gene that causes him to involuntarily time travel. He must help his wife cope with the many complications of his disorder as the two are often out of sync.
Livingston will play the man's friend, a liberal attorney who works for nonprofit organizations.
Well, that's nice. I'm tentatively excited about this project so far, since the cast does seem solid. On the whole, I'm still a little wary of adapting this powerful, beautifully written novel into a movie. Yet as far as the casting news goes, it's been pretty much so far, so good.
I'm pretty wary about the book as well. As exciting as it sounds, with the cast lining up, I'm just a little scared to find out how this is translated to film. Like you said, it's a very powerful and beautifully written story and with that comes a certain difficulty in putting that on the screen. There is SOOOOOOO much going on in the book that, knowing it all can't be put in the film, it'd be hard to pick and choose what's important enough to incorporate.
1I guess we'll just have to see once the movie comes out...