Woody Harrelson and Laura Dern will star in the film of Daniel Clowes’ Wilson
After nearly five years in development, the film adaptation of Daniel Clowes’ graphic novel Wilson may finally be under way. Woody Harrelson has signed on to play the title character, a grouchy, pretentious man who constantly spouts his negative opinions of others, somehow without the benefit of a keyboard or Internet connection. Harrelson will be joined for the film by Laura Dern, flexing her old Enlightened muscles as Wilson’s estranged ex-wife, a recovering addict. The film’s plot kicks off when the grumbling misanthrope reconnects with Dern’s character, learns he has a daughter he’d never learned about, and tries to force the trio into some semblance of a family.