Movie Make-out

This isn’t exactly an earth-shattering "scoop," but I just got word directly from Scott Pilgrim cartoonist Bryan O’Malley that the title of Scott Pilgrim’s Little Life as reported in HR was incorrect. The full title of the book is, of course, Scott Pilgrim’s Precious Little Life — but not only did they inadvertently leave out the "Precious," the title of the screenplay is even from different volume in the series.

No word on which one it is, but the other volumes (to date) are: Scott Pilgrim versus the World, Scott Pilgrim and the Infinite Sadness, and Scott Pilgrim Gets It Together. There is, of course, the possibility that it’s from an upcoming volume, but my money is on "versus the World."

Those of you who haven’t met Scott Pilgrim yet can get a taste by reading the main story from the Free Scott Pilgrim Free Comic Book Day issue over at Newsarama.

Oh, and watch this video for Plumtree’s "Scott Pilgrim," which the character was named after:

Update (3/21/08): Bryan Lee O’Malley has posted about the Cera casting at his LiveJournal, saying he "can ‘confirm’ that Michael Cera is going to play Scott Pilgrim in this movie adaptation." (Whether this means negotiations have concluded or are as sure as sure can be without being concluded yet, I’m not sure.)

He also adds that the movie is "based on the entire story arc, not just the first book," and that he and co-writers Wright and Michael Bacall "talked a lot about what should happen in the later parts of the story, but at the same time we have already diverged significantly. It is a complimentary story, not an exact copy."

Updated (3/31/08): Bryan Lee O’Malley has confirmed that the title for the upcoming "done-in-one" adaptation is indeed Scott Pilgrim vs. the World. He states, "It may change in the future, but I’m pretty sure every draft I’ve seen has had that title on it."

Related post: Michael Cera in talks to play Scott Pilgrim