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Plot Details for Haneke’s ‘These Two’
Earlier mentions of Michael Haneke's These Two being a tad too close to Sarah Polley's Away From Her can officially be put to rest. Essentially, both films focus on twilight years aged couples dealing with symptoms/consequences of growing old and subsequently coming to terms with it, but while Polley's film works with degenerative disease text, Haneke's film will strike his featured couple with a stroke - making a victim of not one, but two people.In other news, These Two will be shot in February and last for about 40 days, meaning we could see the film released by year's end. Big question is: who will handle the score?
Resnais Regulars Dussollier, Azema, Amalric and Consigny Part of Ensemble Cast
Note: this is not some casting news headline from a couple of years back. Wild Grass featured ensemble of André Dussollier, Sabine Azéma, Mathieu Amalric and Anne Consigny are joining Alain Resnais' next feature, which will begin lensing in January of next year.
Cedric Kahn Seeks ‘A Better Life’ for Guillaume Canet and Leila Bekhti
One more nugget of French film production news from this report, Roberto Succo and Red Lights filmmaker Cedric Kahn is setting up his next project for the month after the holidays. Reported a couple of days ago, Guillaume Canet and Leila Bekhti are toplining Une Vie Meilleure which certainly addresses many of the concerns that couples of currently facing - credit card debt, late home payments et al.
Lohan Out: Malin Akerman is Linda Lovelace
The ship has officially left the port on the Linda Lovelace biopic, and Lindsay Lohan's name isn't on the passenger list. Personal issues have foiled Lohan's involvement with what a couple of us in the blogger universe thought could have been a potentially great career re-launch, the Lovelace role will instead go to the still unproven actress who was recently featured in aptly titled The Bang Bang Club in Malin Akerman, who producers were apparently smitten by in the casting process.
2011 Sundance Bonus Predictions: Sarah Polley’s Take This Waltz
We got all excited when we saw a whole bunch of stills from the AFM, but will Take This Waltz be ready in time for Park City? Wishful thinking perhaps, but Polley has a strong Sundance connection, as an actress, former juror and director - she did show Away From Her. If ready in time, fest programmers would have rolled out the equivalent to a red carpet a while time back especially with Seth Rogen, Michelle Williams, Sarah Silverman and Luke Kirby in the line-up. If invited, this would take up inventory space in the Premieres section and stir up a strong bidding war.
