Gus Van Sant has landed Charlie Bartlett and Youth in Revolt scribe Gustin Nash for a rewrite job on the much anticipated Fox Searchlight title, The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test. The original screenplay was penned by Milk writer Dustin Lance Black. Once the final pages are complete - we should expect a fruitful casting process - with stoner-faced James Franco as an ideal candidate for Van Sant to re-team with.
Cannes presented themselves with a 60th birthday present called Chacun son cinema, the city of lights sent itself a postcard with plenty of X's and O's with Paris, je t'aime and more recently, NYC served as the backdrop for bite-sized morsels of life in New York, I Love You.
Today’s TIFF Vanguard section add-ons are primarily comprised of Cannes selections, directorial debuts (girls watch out for a certain Mexican actor turned director) and international fair...