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More Swank for Fox Searchlight: Betty Ann Waters is Oscar Bait for 2011?
The Fox Searchlight titled tanked at the B.O., but an important lesson was learnt - the "beat the system type" characters can be positioned for Oscar - I'm citing The Blind Side and Crazy Heart, another Searchlight film that was thrown into the hat late, and managed to grab a pair of acting noms as an example. Something tells me that today's deal for Betty Ann Waters - a David vs. Goliath biopic will ensure that the indie division remains relevant/profitable/award-proof in market.
NeoClassics Meddles in L’Affaire Farewell
NeoClassics Films has acquired the rights to a political thriller that if marketed right, could be the profitable title that this indie company is been waiting for. A Telluride and TIFF selection, L'Affaire Farewell has a gripping narrative that'll remind viewers that thriller elements don't need to be exaggerated into a Bourne domain - it's a thinking person's post-cold war storyline with an intriguing, not so splashy perf from filmmaker, sometimes actor Emir Kusturica.
Roadside Makes Quick ‘Ca$h’ Grab with Indie Thriller Title
Before signing up on Star Trek and the forthcoming Thor, Aussie actor Chris Hemsworth took on a low budget indie along with Sean Bean -- Ca$h, a film destined for greatness on the homevid front is going to receive a theatrical release via Roadside Attractions in late March.
SPC Goes Dutch with ‘Winter in Wartime’
With the 4.4 million dollar haul Black Book (Zwartboek) made back in 2006, Sony Pictures Classics are hoping that lightning strikes twice grabbing one more Dutch pic set during the war in Martin Koolhoven's Winter in Wartime.
Jill Sprecher Convinces Kinnear, Arkin and Crudup for ‘The Convincer’
Scripted by the "Coen-sisters", Jill and Karen Sprecher (sister and creative partner), The Convincer will feature a trio of vet indie actors in Billy Crudup, Greg Kinnear and Alan Arkin (who was also featured in Sprecher's 13 Convos...) in a story about a desperate insurance salesman who devises a plot to obtain a rare violin.
