Sukses dengan Up in the Air (2009), karya terbaru Jason Reitman yang mempertemukannya kembali dengan penulis naskah Juno (2007), Diablo Cody, Young Adult, tentu saja akan begitu dinanti oleh banyak penikmat film dunia. Setelah beberapa lama diliputi misteri mengenai apa sebenarnya cerita yang ingin dibawakan Reitman pada film tersebut, Paramount Pictures akhirnya merilis secara resmi sinopsis dari Young Adult seperti yang dikutip dari Slash Film dibawah ini:

“YOUNG ADULT”
Paramount Pictures and Mandate Pictures Present
A Mr. Mudd Production
In Association with Right of Way Films and Denver & Delilah Films
A Film by Jason Reitman
“Young Adult”
Executive Producers Nathan Kahane, John Malkovich, Steven Rales, Helen Estabrook
Produced by Lianne Halfon, Russell Smith,
Diablo Cody, Mason Novick, Jason Reitman
Written by Diablo Cody
Directed by Jason Reitman

Cast: Charlize Theron, Patton Oswalt, Patrick Wilson, Elizabeth Reaser

Synopsis: Academy Award® winner Charlize Theron plays Mavis Gary, a writer of teen literature who returns to her small hometown to relive her glory days and attempt to reclaim her happily married high school sweetheart (Patrick Wilson). When returning home proves more difficult than she thought, Mavis forms an unusual bond with a former classmate (Patton Oswalt) who hasn’t quite gotten over high school, either.

“Young Adult” reunites Jason Reitman, Academy Award© nominated director of “Juno,” and Academy Award© winning screenwriter, Diablo Cody.

Release: TBD

This film has not been rated.

CREDITS ARE NOT FINAL AND SUBJECT TO CHANGE

Belum ada pengumuman mengenai kapan film ini akan dirilis, namun banyak yang memperkirakan Young Adult akan menjadi salah satu kontender kuat di ajang Academy Awards tahun depan.