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Heitor Dhalia and Dakota Fanning Pact for ‘If I Stay’
I might have found the Un Certain Regard Heitor Dhalia's Adrift slightly heavy-handed, but in the same measure, saw that the Brazilian filmmaker certainly knows how to use a filmmaker's toolbox. Hollywood's beck and call has gone out to the director with Summit Ent. placing him in the director's chair for If I Stay, a seat that was once filled by Catherine Hardwicke. Also joining the supernatural thriller, is Dakota Fanning (a Summit favorite) who is now in the young adult roles portion of her career.
Magnet Slays Three Titles in One Week: Grab Medieval Set ‘Black Death’
Magnolia's Tom Quinn becomes the go-to guy if you want your fantasy-horror genre films to make in-roads in the U.S. This week, Magnolia's Magnet Releasing label are padding up their 2011 slate and have made three pick-up announcements landing them a "Blair Witch" like horror film from Norway (The Troll Hunter) , a dystopian, where did everybody go? type from TIFF (Vanishing on 7th Street) and now, they landed a medieval period film from Brit helmer Christopher Smith with who they previously teamed with on 2007's Severance.
Honoré’s Les Bien-Aimés Begins Lensing in Paris and in Prague
We reported on Christophe Honoré’s quickly putting together his 8th feature film moments before putting a premiere date on his 7th film, the Locarno presented Man at Bath. That was back in July. Now with shooting underway, we have a title correction, identified location settings and a fuller synopsis which helps us pinpoint which characters Catherine Deneuve, Ludivine Sagnier and often used alumni Honoré actors Louis Garrel and Chiara Mastroianni will end of playing.
Magnet Locates ‘Vanishing on 7th Street’ and Sets February Release
There's no question as to which section Magnolia Pictures' Tom Quinn was checking out during TIFF last month. Fresh from a world preem in the Midnight Madness section in Toronto last month, Magnet Releasing have grabbed the rights to Brad Anderson's Vanishing on 7th Street and are setting it up for a February release.
Roadside Attractions Dusts Off ‘Garden Of Eden’
A film to screen adaptation of Ernest Hemingway's novel that hardly made a blip on the radar apart from an appearance at the Rome Film Festival in 2008, I think Roadside Attractions might have found their bargain bin equivalent in their latest pick-up.
