Rain Falls
Ian signed on to be in Rain Falls with Christian Slater, Patricia Arquette, Thomas Jane, and Amanda Peet. Rain Falls is a dark comedy about suburban couple swapping. Patricia Arquette and Thomas Jane play Evelyn and Arliss Price, your average upper middle class couple with children, a big house and the perfect lawn. Christian Slater and Amanda Peet play Matt and Kelly Glass who propose swapping partners. The Price's perfect world starts to crumble when, after initial hesitation, both couples get closer and go through with the erotic experiment. Intended as a brief adventure, the situation gets complicated when Matt falls in love with Evelyn.
Production was scheduled to start in late October 2001 at locations around Austin and Los Angeles on a $9 million budget. Rain Falls was tentatively scheduled to be released in theaters in September 2002. On November 7, 2001 Upcomingmovies.com reported that production had not started as scheduled, but did not state a reason for the delay.
On May 29, 2002 Variety reported that Myriad Pictures has dropped Rain Falls. Fine Line Features will now produce the movie and is rumored to be recasting the lead roles. Production is still set to begin in July 2002.
From HSX.com:
Rain Falls is a romantic comedy starring Christian Slater, Patricia Arquette, Thomas Jane and Amanda Peet. The attractive cast star as two couples in suburbia who are into swapping partners. The film comes from debuting writer/director Marlene King, who previously worked on National Lampoon's Senior Trip and the television special If These Walls Could Talk. The comedy comes from Myriad Pictures.
From the Austin Business Journal:
'Rain Falls' begins in October
A $9 million independent film starring Christian Slater, Amanda Peet, Patricia Arquette and Thomas Jane will begin shooting in October in Austin and Los Angeles, Daily Variety reports.
"Rain Falls" is a comedy about marital relations in suburbia.
Marlene King, who wrote HBO's "If These Walls Could Talk" and New Line Cinema's "Now and Then," will make her directing debut.
"Rain Falls" is the second movie filming in Austin in October.