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Iron Man 2 Pair of Johansson and Rockwell Might Travel Towards ‘Lunatic At Large’
Sam Rockwell might take on a perfectly suited role of ex-carnival worker with serious anger-management issues and Scarlett Johansson will play a specialist in suds and the nightlife in a project that is based on an original story by novelist Jim Thompson and the great Stanley Kubrick. The Iron Man 2 mentioned duo are the first signs of life in a while for this project, we can now suppose that commercials director Chris Palmer is edging closer to an eventual start date on Lunatic At Large.
Cronenberg’s ‘A Dangerous Method’ Set for An European May Shoot
PW reports that A Dangerous Method, the new title replacing the not much better one of "The Talking Cure", will commence filming next month and be set in German, Austrian and Swiss cities of Berlin, Vienna and Zurich.
Cocksucker Blues to Resurface in Cannes?
A docu film that shares the same underground prestige as Todd Haynes' Superstar and has been called one of the best documents on Rock & Roll by Jim Jarmusch may finally be making a premiere this year, almost 38 years or so after the fact. Photographer Robert Frank's cinéma vérité styled Cocksucker Blues was a docu on the Rolling Stone's 1972 American tour which never saw the light of day because the band perhaps thought it too honest of a portrait to be released (the camera does not lie), but in today's world comes across as trivial rock star antics.
Vincent Gallo’s ‘Promises Written in Water’ Heading to Cannes
I wasn't in Cannes the year that Brown Bunny drew more jeers, than cheers, but I imagine that last year's Quinzaine screening of Tetro might have made Vincent Gallo warm up to the idea there are other "venues" for experimental pictures. Hence, Gallo is looking to premiere his latest endeavor, Promises Written in Water in the sidebar section next month.
Wang Bing Might Make Cannes His New ‘Hometown’
The good news is that Cannes might be the lieu for Wang Bing's first foray into fiction film, the bad news is, at least temporarily, we know next to nothing on his next film project except that: it was first mentioned in 2007's Pusan Promotion Plan during the 2007 Pusan International Film Festival and will probably be produced by Lihong Kang. If Bing continues with the same themes of interest, Hometown should relate back to the subject matter the Chinese filmmaker explored in his previous documentary films such as China's own industrial revolution and new economy or the Cultural Revolution.
