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True Grit Needed to Grab the Role of Mattie Ross
Apart from having to cast an infant in Raising Arizona and boys with braces in Fargo and A Serious Man, having to cast a teenage girl is an official first for the Coen brothers. Earlier today, Deadline Hollywood put out the news that Hailee Steinfeld has effectively been plucked from obscurity and can add a Coen bros. film to her career resume.
Cannes 2010 Predictions: Complete Recap
I spent all of last week divulging some of films that I expect to be in Cannes this year, and Screen Daily happened to do the same. There are a good number of films that are mentioned of both sites' lists, but I mention about twenty films that the trade makes no mention of, and of course they have got a long list as well of films that I either passed on as potential selections or I was totally oblivious as to their existence.
Cartel now Called ‘Waterbug’, Brolin Set for May Shoot
Universal Pictures are effectively pushing the eventual theatrical release of Asger Leth's debut in feature filmmaking to a highly probable 2011 date. Production Weekly's twitter update states that the project formerly know as "Cartel", and that'll see Josh Brolin toplining, is now called "Waterbug" and has a shooting in the sweltering month of May in the cards.
Deborah Francois and Abe Hiroshi are in Audrey Fouche’s ‘Corner’
Déborah François, Abe Hiroshi (Still Walking) and Nishijima Hidetoshi (Dolls) just completed principle shooting for Audrey Fouché Memories Corner -- a Canadian-France production that just wrapped up shooting in Japan.
First Independent Throws Dice on ‘Holy Rollers’
Masochist indie distributor First Independent Pictures will once again have their work cut out for them, as they board a coming-of-age tale about an Hasidic Jew who turns into a drug mule. I use the term masochist, because last year Gary Rubin's FIP took on the difficult to market Big Fan (the story of an obsessed stay-at-home NY Giants fan) and Gigantic (a bed and mattress salesmen in Paul Dano who desperately wants to adopt a child).
