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Gustin Nash to Grade ‘Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test’
Gus Van Sant has landed Charlie Bartlett and Youth in Revolt scribe Gustin Nash for a rewrite job on the much anticipated Fox Searchlight title, The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test. The original screenplay was penned by Milk writer Dustin Lance Black. Once the final pages are complete - we should expect a fruitful casting process - with stoner-faced James Franco as an ideal candidate for Van Sant to re-team with.
Marsden and Akerman Offer Each Other ‘A Little Something For Your Birthday’
27 Dresses pairing of James Marsden and Malin Akerman have apparently signed onto star in Michael Engler's directing debut - the rom com A Little Something For Your Birthday. The former Overture and now Relativity project should begin lensing sometime this year with Steve Golin and Alix Madigan-Yorkin (whose had quite a year with Winter's Bone) producing.
Xavier Giannoli Reveals All on a ‘Talk Show’
Xavier Giannoli, the commercials and film director behind the 2009 Cannes Main Comp selected In the Beginning has re-teamed with Quand j'étais chanteur (2006) acting pair of Cécile de France and Mathieu Amalric for his latest project, a film that actually began filming last month - we just now we got wind of it. Talk Show should be readied for a Fall release.
IONCINEMA.com’s Live Oscar Blog
Here's our LIVE Oscar Blog for what was a fairly predictable and uneventful night that will go down in the books as the failed "Franco and Hathaway" experiment. ABC might want to start planning the format for the 84th sometime next week.
Black Swan Swooned at Indie Spirit Awards
I went 10/13 with my predictions of the Indie Spirits today -- my misfires came in the Best Picture and Best Actress categories thinking that Winter's Bone had the edge over Black Swan. Not that Winter's Bone didn't have a good night (it won in the Best Supporting categories - I thought that Bill Murray had the edge over John Hawkes is where I flubbed as well) but it was indeed a Black Swan event -- with additional wins for Directing (Darren Aronofsky) and Cinematography (Matthew Libatique). You can find the winners in bold below.
