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McGregor and Mulligan ‘Slide’ into Patterson’s Debut
I don't know you Tristan Patterson. But congrats for hanging in there. After having his screenplay optioned all the way back in 2003, it looks like Patterson will finally get to make his directorial debut with non other than: the next best thing in Carey Mulligan (read my top 10 faces of Sundance) and veteran Scot actor Ewan McGregor.
Strand Makes the Most out of ‘Berlin’ Film Fest
Strand Releasing has commenced the Berlin Film Festival in style, grabbing a TIFF title, well-selling Euro war drama feature from the same helmer that gave us Aimée & Jaguar a decade back. Max Färberböck's A Woman in Berlin will receive a release sometime this summer.
A Shot of ‘Rum’ for Amber Heard
Producer's behind the film-to-screen realization of Hunter S. Thompson' The Rum Diary are going with an appealing choice for their bikini clad female co-lead. Thanks to similar roles that saw the actress in matching attire or in intoxicated states, I guess the choice to go with an Amber Heard is a sound choice considering that this is a small production already benefiting from an A-lister in Depp.
Niccol’s Passion for Sci-Fi is Full ‘Bloom’
Currently being packaged at the Berlin's Film Market, The Cross would include the likes of Orlando Bloom, Vincent Cassel and Olga Kurylenko, Niccol is looking for an international cast of players who also happen to be popular in English speaking territories.
Barnz moves from ‘Wonderland’ to Beauty and the ‘Beastly’
The name of Daniel Barnz may soon become synonymous with contemporary adaptations of traditional fairy tales. His previous effort (which gets released on March 6th by Thinkfilm) borrowed from Alice in Wonderland, and now CBS Films are asking the filmmaker to both write and direct a project that takes from a Beauty and the Beast template and reconfigures it into a possible Twilight-like film.
