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It’s official: George Clooney likes his farm animals. Okay maybe not, but he has just signed on to star in the adaptation Brit journalist Jon Ronson’s 2004 non-fiction curiosity “The Men Who Stare at Goats.”

The story of a north-eastern man named Raimundo Nonato (actor João Miguel, from “Movies, Aspirin and Vultures” and “Mutum”) who tries a better life moving to the south of Brazil is touching a cord among local audiences. Arriving with almost nothing, the protagonsit starts to work at a small pub,

Set in the early years on silent cinema, The Fall tells the story of a young stunt man, Roy Walker, who injuries himself to the point of paralysis. Suicidal and depressed he begs little Alexandria, another patient at the hospital, to provide him with Morphine in exchange for a fantastic story.

Indie shingle ThinkFilm has picked up the domestic rights to Marina Zenovich’s polarizing documentary Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired. The picture made quite a stir at Sundance this past January with its objective exploration of its mercurial subject.

A Thousand Years of Good Prayers, winner of 4 awards at the San Sebastian Film Fest, has been picked up by Magnolia Pictures. Directed by Wayne Wang, the film is a return to his indie roots following a succession of sappy commercial fair including the Queen Latifa starrer Last Holiday and J-Lo’s Maid in Manhattan.