Plotlines About the Wealthy Hastily Rewritten
If golddiggers of all persuasions are having a tougher time right now, that includes fictional ones like Janey Wilcox, the Victoria's Secret model whose pursuit of a very rich husband forms the story of Candace Bushnell's novel Trading Up. The book was in the process of being adapted into a Lifetime movie but suddenly, rues a network exec to the Times, "it was like the script had been written two years ago." Talking animals, however, are doing great: Beverly Hills Chihuahua has been killing it at the box office, which Hollywood studios will likely take as proof that audiences want anything but reality right now—as tempting as it might be to rush out films featuring villainous businessmen.
As for TV shows about the wealthy, Dirty Sexy Money was doing badly anyway, but the CW confirms that the plot of Gossip Girl "will continue to be as soaked with Wall Street money as ever." What a relief—although the producers must be glad that the riches-to-rags storyline of poor Nate Archibald can strike a convenient chord.
