In John Cooper's first year as head honcho, we'll get to see a new sidebar going by the name of "NEXT". Whether this is just a more organized, fresh coat of paint to distinguish films of the festival that don't receive the major buzz (for reasons x, y and z) or a new view a newly shaped mandate, the festival offers "independent" films that provide the star quotient and stick to their roots.
More comfort food in th form of female-driven storylines, Nicole Holofcener and her muse, Catherine Keener, are looking to partner in a NYC-based drama that would go...
The week before the beast known as Sundance gets unleashed, 12 projects and their writers/directors will hit the Sundance Resort in Utah and get to work with such names as Lisa Cholodenko, Nicole Holofcener and Joachim Trier on what they hope will one day become feature film projects. This year appears to have more stories that go beyond U.S. borders and worth noting several of the mentioned lab attendees have a bit more "clout".
Known for having great taste in film and for producing Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Thumbsucker, Synecdoche, New York, and Nicole Holofcener's three last works, Anthony Bregman's Likely Story has optioned the rights to Top Shelf Productions' Alex Robinson's graphic-novel "Too Cool To Be Forgotten."
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To those who think the possibilities of heartfelt romantic comedies dried up in...