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Kim Takes English Debut to the “Max”
StudioCanal and Lion Rock Productions have tapped Kim to direct a remake of Claude Sautet’s 1970s noir classic Max and the Junkmen. The film is the first of a three-picture deal between StudioCanal and the John Woo/Terence Chang shingle Lion Rock intended to mine the former’s vast back catalog of French and American films for modern remakes.
Icon Finds Loach’s ‘Eric’
British outfit Icon Film Distribution has picked up the UK home and theatre rights to acclaimed director Ken Loach’s latest Looking for Eric, currently in production in Manchester. The film is being repped by the fine folks at Wild Bunch with Sixteen Films, Canto Bros., and Why Not Productions adding to the British/French co-production.
MacKenzie to Make “Stain in the Snow “
Fans of crime literature no doubt recognize the name Georges Simenon. Creator of the much-loved Inspector Maigret, the late Simenon is considered one of the greatest crime fictionalists in modern history. The oft adapted author’s work is again heading to the silver screen with Stain in the Snow, directed by Scot filmmaker David MacKenzie (Young Adam) for Studio Hamburg International.
Sorry Ladies, Clooney Likes to “Stare at Goats” With Heslov
It’s official: George Clooney likes his farm animals. Okay maybe not, but he has just signed on to star in the adaptation Brit journalist Jon Ronson’s 2004 non-fiction curiosity “The Men Who Stare at Goats.”
It’s “Christmas” in May for IFC
Well that didn’t take long. The 61st Festival de Cannes is just underway and the first major pickup has already been made. IFC Films has ponied up for the domestic rights to Arnaud Desplechin’s A Christmas Tale (Un Conte de Noel).
