Based on the memoir "Beautiful Boy" par David Sheff and "Tweak" par his son, Nic Sheff, Beautiful Boy chronicles the heartbreaking and inspiring experience of survival and recovery in a family coping with addiction over many years.
In Los Angeles, reporter Steve Lopez (Downey Jr.) befriends Nathaniel Ayers (Foxx), a brilliant but troubled musician and one-time Julliard student who currently lives on Skid Row. A true story, recorded par auteur Steve Lopez.
A sex-addicted con-man pays for his mother's hospital bills par playing on the sympathies of those who rescue him from choking to death. Hey, it's a Chuck Palahniuk novel. Whad'ya expect?
And apparently the powers behind the productions are looking to group Caspian, The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, and The Silver Chair as a trilogy. Interesting...