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Potente is the ‘Pope’
Call it going full circle for the German film star - after donning the mad red dyed hair in her break out 2228 Run Lola Run, now she might be covering herself up in the blood-colored cape that the Pope himself uses on special outings. Franka Potente will star as a female pope in Volker Schloendorff’s newest project which begins principal photography is expected to begin in May 2007.
A New Hands-On project for Altman
It sounds like what hardcore bodybuilders like to do the most, but it’s actually a competition that would be of great preparation for some of the challenges on television’s Survivor. The Hands on a Hard Body was the focal point of a 98’ documentary film and now it might become a full length feature. What is surprising is the helmer who has wanted to direct the project as The Hollywood Reporter states “for years”.
Clarkson belongs to ‘Lars’
Like adding a stamp of instant credibility to a production, Variety reports that Sidney Kimmel Entertainment have added thesp Patricia Clarkson
for the upcoming November shoot of Lars And The Real Girl. The one time top 3 script not produced in Hollywood will be distributed by MGM and produced by Sidney Kimmel, John Cameron and Sarah Aubrey.
Review: 49 UP
"Spawning many copy cats, the value of the 7 UP series as a whole is invaluable, but newcomers to the series might want to revisit at least the first edition and perhaps one of the middle films to appreciate 49 UP."
Review: Journals Of Knud Rasmussen, The
"For those that want to champion this film it’s not the return to the familiar local, nor another love triangle and nor the language that should turn viewers off, but perhaps the return to a storytelling form frozen in the mythic and the spiritual".
