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2012 Sundance Predictions: Rola Nashef’s Detroit Unleaded
Based on the 2006 short film, helmer Rola Nashef has managed to find backers of all sorts for her feature version dating from the support 2007 Sundance Institute Screenwriters Lab in Jordan to a great 2011 with the IFP Feature Narrative Lab Fellow, Film Society of Lincoln Center, Emerging Visions Fellow and being selected as one of Filmmaker Magazine "25 New Faces of Independent Film".) Politics aside, this immigrant experience drama is the type of film that Sundance will always program.
2012 Sundance Predictions: Craig Zobel’s Compliance
Craig Zobel might have been bombarded with projects/offers since his 2007 breakout Sundance hit Great World of Sound, but somehow this smaller, quickly financed and filmed project (which also sees thesp Pat Healy) appears to be the solid sophomore picture fans of the filmmaker might be waiting for. Locked earlier in the year, Compliance was among the coin recipients of the Cinereach Project at Sundance Institute in 2011 - we expect a U.S Dramatic Comp slot.
Exclusive: Xan Cassavetes Counts Towards ‘1000 Days of Rage and Hope’
It'll be back to back production years for the Xan Cassavetes. The eldest daughter of the indie maverick is putting the final touches on her vampire love triangle Kiss of the Damned, a film that should preem at a major film festival in 2012 and now she has lined up her next project entitled 1000 Days of Rage and Hope which will begin lensing in NYC next April.
2012 Sundance Predictions: Stephen Elliott’s Cherry
After James Franco picked up Stephen Elliott's memoir The Adderall Diaries for a screen adaptation, somewhere along the way the author got to go behind the camera and cast Franco along with Heather Graham, Lili Taylor and Dev Patel in Cherry, an indie pic about the porn biz that was shot last May. Fest programmers are already warm to Franco's work, and if they take kindly to the film then a little sizzle might go a long way in the crisp month of January. A Premieres showing seems likely.
2012 Sundance Predictions: Lee Toland Krieger’s Celeste and Jesse Forever
Lee Toland Krieger made his Sundance debut with the drama The Vicious Kind back in 2009, and we think this rom com Black List script mentioned screenplay by thesps Rashida Jones and Will McCormack has a good chance at nabbing a Premieres showing. Celeste and Jesse Forever features a parka friendly ensemble of Elijah Wood, Eric Christian Olsen, Ari Graynor, Friends with Benefits & I Love You, Man co-stars Jones and Andy Samberg along with Park City staple Emma Roberts in the lead.
