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Strickland Begins Lensing on His ‘Studio’ Film
Toplined by Toby Jones who finds himself in the engineer's chair, Berberian Sound Studio is going to be a hot title for 2012 as it is being produced by some interesting names in Keith Griffiths (he works with Thai Joe) and Mary Burke (who is coming off the extremely popular festival title, Submarine).
Lars von Trier’s Next: The ‘Nymphomaniac’
If the stars do align for certain Cannes V.I.P member filmmakers, 2012's festival might be one steamy event. We have Gaspar Noe who wants to return to the world of X and if Lars von Trier has it his way, his next project would cause a bigger media storm than the one we are already highly anticipating less than two months from now with Melancholia. Screen reports that the director might go with the idea/title of The Nymphomaniac over Dirt in Bedsores for "a film about a woman’s erotic birth, a woman who discovers her eroticism.”
China Lion Embraces ‘A Beautiful Life’
China Lion have picked up the rights to A Beautiful Life - a damn expensive drama romance from a director we normally associate with action/crime thrillers. With a May 20th release date already set (this includes 30 plus screens spread out in key Asian friendly markets in the U.S, this Andrew Lau directed pic stars the eternally gorgeous Shu Qi alongside Liu Ye...
More 2011 Cannes Projections: Antoniak, Kwon-Taek, Zvyagintsev and Hong-jin Na
WKW is definitely not ready. Pedro isn't feeling the pressure to deliver and according to Screen Daily, Terence Davies, Andrea Arnold and Philippe Garrel would apparently still be stuck in post and would be tipped for a Fall premiere.
Weekend Watch: Not Necessarily a ‘Win Win’ Weekend
This week gives us few potentially watchable flicks but nothing great. It’s mid-march, which means nothing will be very exciting (to be fair, the noteworthy Greenberg did come out same time last year, but there’s a particularly large amount of mediocrity going on. If you want a decent dramedy that has something for everyone, Win Win, starring Paul Giamatti, is probably your best bet.
