Sam Mendes helming Dave Eggers film

While Sam Mendes is still finishing up Revolutionary Road, his next project has already been announced in Variety. This is a nice change of pace for Mendes, who has released only two films since his stunning debut (1999's American Beauty). Better still, his next film was written by Dave Eggers and his wife Vindela Vida.

Originally titled This Must Be the Place, the film will focus on a couple's search for a place to settle down and raise a family. Unlike Mendes' previous films, the movie appears to be a lighthearted comedy. The film will also have a relatively small budget and will be released by Focus.

This does mean at least a postponement of Mendes' planned project, an adaptation of George Eliot's Middlemarch. It's reported that he switched projects because he wanted to do something a little less dramatic for once, but it's unknown whether the film has been canceled altogether or if he will get to it eventually.

Eggers is best known as the author of A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius and the editor of McSweeney's, while his wife co-edits The Believer. Eggers also co-wrote Spike Jonze upcoming adaptation of Where the Wild Things Are, which will see release later this year.

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