If Andrew Levitas does crack the Sundance line-up, the trade headlines will mention his skill-set inventory (read his wiki page). In the film world,...
She's a Sundance staple and it would be logical to see Park Posey in a film that would help launch a filmmaker's career at a fest that does just that. The film works with a very "current" theme and if the tone is just right, I could see Andrew Meieran's dramedy, which has had a long time to prep for the festival (read this article on the shot in RED production). Look for Highland Park to be one of possibly a pair (the other being Detachment) of high school set pics that deal not with the students, but the staff.
Three Hong Kong films were selected for this year's Venice Film Festival. Teh 67th edition will welcome The Child's Eye, Red Earth and the most buzzed film which is also bound for TIFF in Legend of the Fist: the Return of Chen Zhen.
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...
The thrill of meeting Marjane Satrapi reminded me of being 6 years old at Disney Land when I met the living, breathing Cinderella. Except Cinderella was an actress with a blond wig and Marjane is the real woman behind her autobiographical graphic novel, turned movie, “Persepolis”. The distinctive mole on her nose and her dark sultry eyes rose off the page and appeared in front of me, smoking and speaking with a French accent.