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Rourke to Flex More than His Acting Muscles in ‘War of the Gods’
I'm not sure if it was this Iron Man 2 still that reminded casting directors that Mickey Rourke is still hitting the gym, but I'm fully expecting for the actor to flex more than his acting muscles as the villain of choice in Tarsem's War of the Gods. With his inflamed trapezius muscles, Variety reports that he'll be joining the already set Henry Cavill and Freida Pinto, in the role of King Hyperion.
Sundance Selects Plays with Barbie in Kevin Macdonald’s ‘My Enemy’s Enemy’
I caught a screening of the doc, a couple of years back at the Toronto Film Festival, and if I remember correctly, this became a Weinstein co. title that never got released - it's finally receiving a release on VOD via Sundance Selects on March 10th. A must see for WWII history buffs and Macdonald fans.
Film Movement Clashes with Yedaya’s ‘Jaffa’
Film Movement have grabbed the rights to the Cannes preemed, TIFF presented sophomore feature from Keren Yedaya. Working once again with actresses Ronit Elkabetz and Dana Ivgy - both were in her 2004 Camera D'or winning feature Or (Mon trésor), Yedaya's latest film titled Jaffa (the name of an old port city that is part of Tel Aviv) once again goes the turbulent route - with a storyline on the difficulties of being a woman in love, in a city where the cultures clash - I think you can guess which ones.
Kino Lorber Makes a Pass at ‘Mademoiselle Chambon’
Kino Lorber (the new venture from Lorber Films and Kino International) have made an EFM pick up, grabbing the theatrical rights to Stéphane Brizé's Mademoiselle Chambon - a recent winner for Best Adapted Screenplay at the Cesars this past weekend.
30th Genie Awards: Denis Villeneuve’s Polytechnique Leads Canada’s Oscars Noms
It's one of those years where the great Atom Egoyan's contribution to cinema is totally insignificant (Adoration received 2 noms) and where Denis Villeneuve's Polytechnique, in my books the best Canadian film of the year, grabbed the high count total of eleven nominations for the 30th Genie Awards.
