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Clip: Winterbottom’s The Trip Featuring Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon as Woody Allen
Without any info on the run time, I'm not entirely sure how much Michael Winterbottom will strip away from The Trip. The six episode BBC sitcom starring Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon will be shown at TIFF probably in a two-hour form, allowing it to be shopped to the same territories that may have picked up Tristram Shandy: A Cock and Bull Story.
Neil Marshall Places ‘Underground’ on the Menu
Currently promoting Centurion, which receives it theatrical release in the U.S today, Neil Marshall isn't wasting much time "cooking" up his next project. Titled Underground, no this is not a remake of Emir Kusturica's 1995 film, this is based on a David Cohen script that would probably make chef Anthony Bourdain feel queasy.
Julian Fellowes’ Scripted ‘The Girl on the Landing’ Slate for 2011 Production
There'll soon be a casting call for young Brit and Aussie actors and actresses looking to board a psychological thriller/love story signed by an Oscar-winning scribe. Robert Jones' Jonescompany Productions will produce the Julian Fellowes adaptation of Paul Torday's The Girl on the Landing, and the pair are now on the look out for a director who can work in duel genres. Production would be set for Spring of next year.
Anne Fontaine Offers a ‘Nightmare’ Scenario for Huppert and Poelvoorde
Anne Fontaine, a filmmaker who hasn't had many problems exporting her films to the U.S. (Nathalie..., The Girl From Monaco), has began shooting her 12th feature film this week. The unlikely rom com tale about the fusion of two families stars Isabelle Huppert and Benoît Poelvoorde, who was in Fontaine's last film, Coco Before Channel.
Olive Films Getting Ready for Theatrical Birth of Benedek Fliegauf’s ‘Womb’
Olive Films will be presenting not one, but two films at TIFF next month, they've got the rights to Rafi Pitts' The Hunter, and have grabbed the highly anticipated French-German-Hungarian co-production that just preemed in Locarno. Prospects look good for Benedek Fliegauf's Womb - it stars Eva Green and works with the basic cloning/sci-fi premise.
