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Firstly, Hoffman saddles back in PTA land and will be given more screen time than Hard Eight, Boogie Nights, Magnolia, and Punch Drunk Love put together. Secondly, the tech crew is comprised of Mihai Malaimare Jr. who is using 65mm, Radiohead's Jonny Greenwood is laying the track, Production Designer David Crank (Tree of Life) and Jack Fisk are fitting this with a 50's look. I'd have a hard time finding a more proficient working director than PTA (David Lynch needs to come out of retirement) - I'd measure his impeccable track record next to anyone out there. There will be plenty of award season kudos for this one and once a premiere date is announced, the buzz should be of biblical proportions.

While they made several pick-ups at the festival, Focus Features aren't in the habit of premiering films in Park City, so we can call Being Flynn, the adaptation of Another Bullshit Night in Suck City, my hail mary pass pick on this predictions list.

At the beginning of every month, Ioncinema.com's "Tracking Shot" features a handful of projects that are moments away from lensing and that we feel are worth signaling out. This October 2011, we are keeping tabs on a five projects including an Arnold Schwarzenegger, 30 million dollar action project which we would normally never include on such a list. Last Stand has I Saw the Devil's Kim Jee-woon directing which means this could be bad-ass in terms of tone and style.

Rising Star: Rowe Serves Lukewarm Dish

At the beginning of every month, IONCINEMA.com's "Tracking Shot" features a handful of projects that are moments away from lensing and we feel are worth signaling out. This february we only have a fivesome of films worth mentioning that are definitely going to be major studio titles to watch out for in 2012ish.