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"If you can get past the idea that an American company 45 years in the future created a killing machine with a thick Austrian accent, The Terminator holds up amazingly well for a 27-year old film."

In give or take 364 days from now, the 65th edition of the Cannes film festival will be upon us. I know it's absurd, but there are some bonafide films in the works from some Cannes vets and according to these prognostications I supply below, we'll have one more heavyweight event with the possible participation from the likes of Abbas Kiarostami, Olivier Assayas, Paul Thomas Anderson and Hou Hsiao Hsien being joined by recent Palme d'Or winners (2008 and 2009) Laurent Cantet and Michael Haneke.

You can brand them as peddlers of Brad Pitt, as U.S based Inferno Entertainment have got some highly anticipated titles in their sales line-up and one matches Pitt with Andrew Dominik in Cogan's Trade (they worked together on Jesse James) and James Gray should be rolling out the cameras one of these days for The Lost City of Z with Pitt attached in the lead. Joe Carnahan's The Grey is on the map as well.

It looks like the people who brought us the indie-smash hit Little Miss Sunshine are looking to recreate some of that same magic with their next film and they plan on doing so by rounding up ‘Sunshine’ alums anywhere they can find them. According to 24 frames, the directors, producers, distributors and as of right now, one cast member of the 2006 Oscar nominated flic are on board for the upcoming dramedy He Loves Me.

The lead part was created with Helena Albergaria in mind, she is an actress that we admired since college and we knew and respected her work at Companhia do Latão (theatre company in São Paulo). We have the same mindset for Gilda Nomacce, Lilian Blanc and Clarissa Kiste, actresses we like and became important collaborators.