Pre-production has begun in Hawai’i for The Descendants, based on the book by Kaui Hart Hemmings. Academy Award®-winning writer/director Alexander Payne teams up with Clooney for the first time in what should have the audience saying “mahalo” by the time the end credits roll. The Descendants is Hawai’i native Hemmings’ first novel; the production marks a return to the director’s chair for Payne, whose last full-length feature was 2004′s award winning Sideways. Payne has been busy, writing 2007′s I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry and producing HBO’s Hung starring Thomas Jane. In theaters right now you can see Clooney starring in Jason Reitman’s Golden Globe-winning Up in the Air. It should be noted that The Descendants will have company in the 50th state, as Pirates of the Caribbean 4 will also be filming there. Anybody else curious as to whether Clooney and Johnny Depp will shoot hoops or rock out together while sharing the same chain of islands?
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides 2011 Pirates 4 Johnny Depp’s Captain Jack Sparrow and father Keith Richard’s Captain Teague hunt At World’s End 2007 Pirates 3 for Dead Man’s Chest 2006 Pirates 2 while aboard The Curse of the Black Pearl 2003 Pirates 1. The Dead Man’s Chest At World’s End On Stranger Tides lies beneath Geoffrey Rush’s Captain Barbossa’s pet dragons’ claws. Martin Klebba’s Marty may be small of statue his courage and sword is what draws. Johnny Depp’s Captain Jack Sparrow surfer mates hunt for Dead Man’s Chest At World’s End On Stranger Tides on board The Black Pearl watch the Pacific Surf crash. Keira Knightley’s Elizabeth Swann, Stellan Skarsgard Bootstrap Bill son Orlando Bloom’s Will Turner, follow Bill Nighly’s Captain Davy Jones and Jack Davenport’s Admiral James Norrington splash into the Pacific. Pirate surfers have no fear The Curse of the Black Pearl On Stranger Tides is mooring safely in Hanalei Bay. Hear the Pacific Surf roar Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides 2011 Pirates 4 watch surfer pirates Matt Damon of Hereafter and George Clooney of The Descendants soar and roar into the Pacific Surf when Pirates 4 cast crew and set, sail for the Island of Kauai with Johnny Depp on board. POTC 4,3,2,1 a poem by Denise Hoglund 1/24/10
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides 2011 Pirates 4 Johnny Depp’s Captain Jack Sparrow and father Keith Richard’s Captain Teague hunt At World’s End 2007 Pirates 3 for Dead Man’s Chest 2006 Pirates 2 while aboard The Curse of the Black Pearl 2003 Pirates 1. The Dead Man’s Chest At World’s End On Stranger Tides lies beneath Geoffrey Rush’s Captain Barbossa’s pet dragons’ claws. Martin Klebba’s Marty may be small of statue his courage and sword is what draws. Johnny Depp’s Captain Jack Sparrow surfer mates hunt for Dead Man’s Chest At World’s End On Stranger Tides on board The Black Pearl watch the Pacific Surf crash. Keira Knightley’s Elizabeth Swann, Stellan Skarsgard Bootstrap Bill son Orlando Bloom’s Will Turner, follow Bill Nighly’s Captain Davy Jones and Jack Davenport’s Admiral James Norrington splash into the Pacific. Pirate surfers have no fear The Curse of the Black Pearl On Stranger Tides is mooring safely in Hanalei Bay. Hear the Pacific Surf roar Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides 2011 Pirates 4 watch surfer pirates Informant Matt Damon of Hereafter and American George Clooney of The Descendants soar and roar into the Pacific Surf when Pirates 4 cast crew and set, sail for the Island of Kauai with Johnny Depp on board. POTC 4,3,2,1