Ethan Hawke is to direct an adaptation of his own novel
The Hottest State, says Production Weekly.
The story is a boy-meets-girl, girl-dumps-boy saga and is set in a grungy New York of aspiring actors, writers and singers. Chronicling the desperate, consuming rush that accompanies young love from its first hints to its ultimate disintegration.
The story focuses on two young aspiring performers grappling with questions of self-identity and emotion that neither is equipped to handle.
Michelle Williams will be joining Hawke on the project, which starts shooting in late January.