Faithful to their controversial docu films, Th!nkFilm has picked up worldwide rights Lake of Fire. Featured at last year’s Toronto International Film Festival, the self-financed black-and-white film is Tony Kaye’s long awaited follow-up to his debut feature length film American History X.
Definitely one of the more hyped films that played this year at Sundance, Black Snake Moan is the third feature film from writer/director Craig Brewer, who broke out in 2005 with Hustle and Flow (and helped make history when the Best Original Song Oscar went to Tennessee-native rappers Three 6 Mafia and their song “It’s Hard Out Here for a Pimp”).
Folks remember this name: Carter Smith. Now try and find a way to see his short film that premed at last year’s Cannes and Sundance. It’s called Bug Crush. The video-hemler & famed photography will now direct his first feature length film. Production Weekly reports that he is on board to helm The Ruins.
Splitting the bill at Berlin, Samuel Goldwyn Films and Netflix's Red Envelope Entertainment have boarded Julie Delpy's romantic comedy and feature-length film debut. 2 Days in Paris (Deux jours à Paris) will roll out sometime this summer.
In the wake of the 9/11 attacks, speculation and innuendo reigned. Some of those theories made into the realm of the tome. Jess Walter’s satirical political tale The Zero won critical acclaim when it hit the bookshelves, and now Warner Independent has tapped German director Christian Alvart to bring the tale to the big screen.