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While the top of the 2008 list does have some exceptional projects that have already gone under the lense, Quentin Tarantino's war epic is the only film in this section that hasn't had trouble monetizing on it's Black List "status". Just behind picks 1 to 15 we find The Descendants, Going the Distance, Nowhere Boy and Kevin Smith's Couple of Dicks (Cop Out).

Tons of high-profile film items for sale with star casts are, as I predicted, making the cut this year in the Premieres section. If I'm not mistaken, Fox Searchlight will use the fest to not only go shopping, but they'll be using Park City to launch Cedar Rapids and Win Win. With yesterday's Comp titles announcement, there appears to be a breakout commentary of an anti-church and anti-religion statement. We have Higher Ground, Martha Marcy May Marlene and we could add George Ratliff's Salvation Boulevard and Kevin Smith's Red State to the same discourse.

I distinctly remember George Ratliff's Joshua being a well-received buyer title in Park City. Currently in post-production, Ratliff might make it two for two with what appears to be a high value title for pick-up. Salvation Boulevard which packs several Sundance alumni in Jennifer Connelly, Ed Harris, Pierce Brosnan, Marisa Tomei, Isabelle Fuhrman, Greg Kinnear and Jim Gaffigan, should be in the cards for the fest, that's if Sundance don't have a problem with the anti-church wave of films where, this, Farmiga's Higher Ground and Kevin Smith's film might form an unlikely thematic trio.

Kevin Smith once said the series was “more fun than going to the movies”, and finally after a decade of development deals going nowhere, false starts, and even a proposed television series, it looks like Columbia Pictures are serious about Preacher tapping Oscar-winning director Sam Mendes to helm the graphic novel to big-screen project.

While it could be a long shot for a festival submission seeing that the production took place in July, Adam Egypt Mortimer could sneak...