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Neil Jordan’s To Tackle Dark Comedy with ‘Skippy Dies’
A fan of book to film adaptations, after previously being tipped to direct Neil Gaiman's The Graveyard Book and Joe Hill's Heart Shaped Box, Neil Jordan has now set his sights on a feature adaptation of Paul Murray's Skippy Dies, a set in Ireland, dark comedy that will be set up by Number 9 Films' Stephen Woolley and Elizabeth Karlsen and James Flynn's Littlewave Film Productions.
First Look: Athina Rachel Tsangari’s Attenberg
Greece's Attenberg might be part of the lesser known titles among the twenty-two hopefuls for the 67th Venice Film Festival's Golden Lion, but for those keeping a watchful eye on national cinema trends, already know about about the film's author in filmmaker Athina Rachel Tsangari and the film's producer in Giorgos Lanthimos' (filmmaker behind Dogtooth) contributions to a new brand of destabilizing Greek cinema.
Venice Horizons: Jose Luis Guerin, Paul Morrissey and Sion Sono
Deemed as re-branding of the section, a more eclectic melange of titles mixing short, medium length pics, documentaries film and feature length items, of the items that will generate the most interest are the opening and closing titles which were revealed the week before, but we should see media coverage mentions on Paul Morrissey's News From Nowhere, Jose Luis Guerin's docu Guest (I've yet to see 2007/2008's In the City of Sylvia) and Sion Sono's Cold Fish and short film offerings from Guillermo Arriaga, Isaac Julien and Clara Law.
Tracking Shot August 2010: Café De Flore, On the Road, La Piel Que Habito, The Moth Diaries
Rodrigo García is looking to direct Glenn Close's Albert Nobbs project, Mark Pellington's low budget I Melt With You will get the greenlight soon and Mary Harron will film a horror film (The Moth Diaries) in Montreal.
Interview: Sandra Nettelbeck (Helen)
I think that is the greatest gift to any director – when it is as meaningful and significant to an actor to embody a character, become part of a story, as it was for Ashley to portray Helen.
