With a face made for radio, Ira Glass has to be very careful about what visual projects to embrace. Lately, Glass has taken to noting at the
This American Life website, "I've been waiting for this weekend for months. This is the weekend that our film
Sleepwalk with Me opens around the country, in over 25 cities. We had a record setting premiere weekend in New York last week, tons of sold out
shows. A higher per screen average than
The Avengers. Though
our main goal with the film, as I've said many times now, was to make a
movie that feels like the best stories on the radio show. I'm proud
that we managed that." While it sure is nice of US taxpayers to allow Ira to use the
This American Life website to hawk a film he produced, Ira's got bigger fish to fry.
Yes, America, Ira wants to be a movie star and not since Michael Jackson had the same desire has casting been such a problem. But Touchstone Pictures thinks they've found the perfect property for Ira: A remake of
It's Pat!
Ira reportedly sees it as a role he was born to play and, for once, we're in complete agreement with Glass.