Jamie Lee Curtis is talking up about local weather change — and the disasters on our doorstep.
During a Friday panel for her new graphic novel, the “Halloween” star warned Comic-Con audiences that the planet’s rising temperatures are a right away disaster and have already wrought chaos.
“We’re fucking the world,” Curtis told the crowd, per The Hollywood Reporter. “There is a possibility of change, but we’re going to have to do it.”
Curtis was adamant the local weather isn’t a political challenge.
“I’m not proselytizing,” stated Curtis. “I don’t care what side you’re on. It’s happening, and there are things we can do to ameliorate it and to try to stem the tide, excuse the pun.”
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Her graphic novel, “Mother Nature,” co-written by Russell Goldman and illustrated by Karl Stevens, facilities on a younger activist who’s determined to avenge her father’s demise and believes an unscrupulous oil firm is in charge. The lady eventually stumbles upon an experimental new extraction venture that unleashes untold horrors.
At the panel, Curtis emphasised the speedy relevance of the novel’s themes.
“Shit is happening, and so it feels absolutely on point right now,” she stated.
The proverbial shit presumably contains this yr’s hovering temperatures across the globe, which precipitated historic floods in Vermont, three warmth information to be damaged within the span of 1 week ,and a California man to break down and die in 121-degree warmth.
“It’s happening today!” Curtis advised the group, per THR. “We are the hottest we’ve ever been in this country this week. I mean, talk about good timing. Seriously, we couldn’t be talking about something more important.”
Curtis initially pitched the concept for the novel to her husband, filmmaker Christopher Guest, as a possible film, however he recommended a extra literary method. Curtis, who’s already a bestselling author of numerous children’s books, finally settled on graphic novel kind.
“We may well make this into a movie at some point,” said Curtis, per EW. “That would be fun. Maybe I’ll direct it, maybe I’ll co-direct it, maybe I’ll be in it, and maybe I’ll do all of it. You know, I’m 65 years old this November, but my point is that I have no time to waste.”
“I joke about it, but I’m going to die way sooner than later, and therefore, I have shit to do!” Curtis continued. “This is one of the things that I needed to do, and I’m excited about it.”
“Mother Nature” hits cabinets Aug. 8.
