Remains of the Day: Mamet Does Anne Frank, Sly Does Venice, Avatar Does August 21st

A bizarre kind of news day highlighted by House of Games/The Spanish Prisoner/State and Main/Spartan and Redbelt helmer taking on Anne Frank, followed by Rocky/Rambo director Sylvester Stallone joining previous winners Takeshi Kitano, Agnes Varda and Abbas Kiarostami for the Glory to the Filmmaker Award at the upcoming edition of the Venice Film Festival. Here is a look at eight and 1/2 news items that we didn’t have enough time to cover but are worth mentioning here for the 12th of August.

1. The 2nd Best Selling Book Heading Back to the Big Screen 
Disney has set David Mamet to direct The Diary of Anne Frank. No joke. (Via Variety) 

2. Thrifty “Beeswax”  
Reverse Shot’s Eric Hynes interviews filmmaker Andrew Bujalski in a unique setting. (Via IndieWIRE)

3. Now You See them, Now you Don’t
Control + Left Click for Atom Egoyan’s Chloe. Via ThePlaylist)

4. After the Run 
David Schwimmer (Run, Fat Boy, Run) will direct Trust in Chicago this October. 

5. No Money, No Problem 
Article based on the perils of indie filmmaking. (Via NYTimes)

6. From the Director of…
Fox Searchlight will milk the Napoleon Dynamite reference even in Jared Hess’ Gentlemen Broncos‘ poster one sheet. (Via Firstshowing.net)

7. Plane Poster
Hilary Swank’s Amelia poster one sheet. (Via People.com)

8. Sweet Sixteen 
Get your 16-minute Imax trailer tickets for James Cameron’s Avatar. Click here.

1/2. Venice Film Festival Celebrates Sly. 
I’m not making this up. Read here.