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Sad Story Turned into Funny Story for Fleck
Ryan Fleck and Anna Boden (Half Nelson, Sugar) are moving into the bigger leagues, striking a deal with Focus Features to produce a project that they originally had set up with Paramount Pictures.
Collector’s Choice: The Class, Katyn, London to Brighton, Apres Lui, Gigantic
Tuesday August 11th sees some Euro titles worth renting out (Katyn, London to Brighton and Apres Lui), a Palme D'or winner worth buying (The Class) and an American indie film starring Zach Galifianakis as a life-threatening menace that was critically panned but in my books: is an oddity worth seeing.
Remains of the Day: Jodie Foster’s Cockeyed and Todd Rohal’s Scoutmasters in the Works
Jodie Foster's “Cockeyed,” The Guatemalan Handshake's Todd Rohal’s “Scoutmasters,” produced by Lisa Muskat, Fred Schepisi’s “The Secret River”, “Earth Camp One” by Jennie Livingston, “Fame High” by Scott Hamilton Kennedy, and “Hungry in America” by Kristi Jacobson & Lori Silverbush are among 116 selected projects for Project Forum of IFP’s Independent Film Week.
Young Victoria Joins Apparition’s Throne
Something tells me that Bob Berney and Bill Pohlad have a couple of more tricks, or should I say, titles up their sleeves. Today they announced the inclusion of Quebecois filmmaker Jean Marc Vallee's period drama to Apparition's inaugural slate. The 30-million dollar period pic, shot in the U.K., preemed at Berlin's film market and will show at TIFF next month as the festival's closing film. The Young Victoria will open November 13th.
Alexander Payne Looks up Fox Searchlight’s ‘Descendants’
Among the favorites from the most recent the 2008 Blacklist, scribes Nat Faxon and Jim Rash (The Way Back) can open a bottle of champagne or merlot. It's looking like the longtime actors will see Alexander Payne direct their first screenplay to make it past the in-development phase with The Descendants.
