Back in 1997, Jake MacDonald wrote a book called Julianna and the Medicine Fish, about a young girl who discovers a 15th-century secret in the fishing waters near estranged father's troubled fishing lodge up in Canada. My son had to read it a few years ago for school when he was in the 6th grade, and while he wasn't too keen on having to read a book about a girl, he did concede that she seemed "pretty cool" because "she knew a lot about fishing."
Deuce Bigalow, Mr. Rob Schneider, agrees... which is why he has decided to star in the film as Julianna's father, Mike, and have his brother John Schneider executive produce the film, according to the Hollywood Reporter.
Now... this news has me torn... on the one hand, it was a really nice story, pro-active for young girls, which is something very important to me, dealing with a serious subject with much personal conflict for Julianna. On ther other hand.... Rob Schneider?!? Please oh please oh please oh please don't Deuce this one up, Rob.
I'd be willing to bet that Jenny from Canada has probably read this book, although she's in dutch with her parents right now and I haven't had a chance to IM her about it... something about her parents saying that Flixens is a "negative influence" on her or something and that she needs to focus on her schoolwork. Summer school was a real bitch apparently.
But I digress... Production is expected to begin this week in Lake of the Woods, Manitoba.
