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Wang Bing’s Last ‘Ditch’ Effort for Cannes
As I mentioned last week, Wang Bing was most probably getting ready for Cannes with a project that was going by the name of Hometown, but I may be two versions wrong with the name of the project as Wild Bunch's slate is actually going by the title of The Ditch and was formerly known as Wind and Dust.
Moverman re-teaming with Harrelson and Foster on ‘Rampart’
It appears that the very busy Oren Moverman will be adding one more project to his writing/directing slate, a film that originally had Stephen Frears attached to direct. Production Weekly reports that Woody Harrelson & Ben Foster may reunite with their The Messenger director on what could be an explosive commentary/crime drama.
Poster One Sheet for Nowhere Boy: Weinsteins Want Kick-Ass Fans to Take Notice
It's no accident that the poster one-sheet for Aaron Johnson's starring vehicle was shipped out to film news publications late yesterday, and while I'm not sure what one film's success can do for another film's awareness (I've seen worse examples with the home vid market), it'll do good for the young actors' push forward.
No Longer a Dream, Corbiau Brings Unfinished Orson Welles Project to Life
After a mention that an unproduced Kubrick project was going to see the light of day, another filmmaking legend might be making a comeback from the dead. After a mostly dormant film career over the past two decades, Gérard Corbiau, best known for 1994's Farinelli, is according to Production Weekly, going to direct Susan Sarandon, Martin Sheen & Cliff Curtis in The Dreamers (expect a title change) - which is according to recent legend, Orson Welles' unfinished last project.
Un Certain Regard: Kerrigan, Muntean and 102 Year-Old Manoel de Oliveira
I'm not sure where I was with my Cannes predictions (50 percent sounds about right), but I'm most glad about the predix that pan out on actual titles that I look forward in seeing - e.g. Lodge Kerrigan's French-produced next feature. I also got my predictions right on Radu Muntean's Tuesday, After Christmas and I had reported on David Verbeek's showing up in Cannes with R U There.
