A rash of books on a particular subject often presages a related spate of films. So it was no surprise that the mini-genre (genrette?) of disgruntled-assistant lit spawned film versions: The Devil Wears Prada, The Nanny Diaries, and now The Frog King.

Bret Easton Ellis adapted Adam Davies 2002 debut novel about an Ivy League graduate in his first post-college job, at a New York publishing house, which is – shockingly! – not as intellectually fulfilling or financially rewarding as he might have hoped.

Joseph Gordon-Levitt (Mysterious Skin, Brick) will play the main character, Harry, who according to reviews of the book is a pretty annoying guy. As to who’s directing, it depends where you look. IMDB (among many others) says Darren Starr, well-known for Sex and the City and the upcoming television series Cashmere Mafia. Gawker (among no others) says Asif Kapadia, a British director with an impressive number of awards for his not so very many films. But Gawker also notes “the remarkable similarities a certain character in it bears to a famous recently-deposed publishing tyrant.” What say you?