Diablo Cody
After completion of her book, Cody was encouraged by Mason Novick to write her first screenplay. Within months she wrote "Juno", a coming-of-age story about a teenager's unplanned pregnancy. The Jason Reitman-directed comedy stars Ellen Page and Michael Cera.
Diablo Cody
In July 2007, Showtime announced that it would be producing a pilot of Cody's DreamWorks television series, "United States of Tara". Based on an idea by Steven Spielberg, "Tara" is a comedy about a mother with dissociative identity disorder, starring Toni Collette. The series began filming in Spring 2008, and premiered on January 18, 2009.