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Cannes Like It Hot; Marilyn Monroe Graces 2012 Festival Poster
Not sure if last year's My Week with Marilyn sparked any renewed interest in the icon, but the Cannes people certainly think that a plastered image of the actress on the Croisette would make for some great eye-candy this coming May.
He’s Having a Baby; Film Movement Adopts Mélanie Laurent Starring ‘The Day I Saw Your Heart’
Fans of Mélanie Laurent can count on the Film Movement folks to import one of her French title items a little bit past the midday point this year (third quarter), as the mini label picked up The Day I Saw Your Heart - a Jennifer Devoldère signed dramedy featuring Laurent, Michel Blanc and Florence Loiret Caille.
Film in Pictures: Sergio Castellitto’s Twice Born
I couldn't help but cringe at the notion of a reunion project between director Sergio Castellitto (see final pic below) and muse Penelope Cruz - but then again, anything can top the dismal, 2004 relationship drama Don't Move. Expectations are indeed low for Twice Born - as it appears to be a big reveal in the final 15 minutes type of flashback-forward sort of drama, but it has got Emile Hirsch and Cruz going for it.
Film in Pictures: Lou Ye’s Mystery
Though I thought Lou Ye's last picture, the 2011 Toronto Film Fest preemed Love and Bruises was a grating, basically unpleasant piece of art-house cinema, I'm indeed curious as to how the auteur went about creating this murder mystery. After his five year ban, Mystery is his film shot in China revolves around an investigation into the mysterious death of a young woman involved with a married businessman.
Stranger than Fiction; Jonah Hill and James Franco to Both Play Finkel in ‘True Story’
Brad Pitt's prod co. Plan B appear to have pulled True Story from the back-burner - the book that is described as "a spellbinding tale of murder, love, and deceit with a deeply personal inquiry into the slippery nature of truth" hit store shelves in 2005 has (according to Deadline) found its cat & mouse/victim & victimizers in a pair of A-listers.
