No its not a docu pic on George Miller’s many attempts at getting the Mel Gibson futuristic film off the ground, instead this newest doc likely to be purchased by Magnolia looks at how the credit industry plunges you and me into disastrous debt.
As reported last week, Sony Pictures Classics and Participant Productions were backing the new Errol Morris doc. Today, we have the tentative title - S.O.P. - which is a military acronym for Standard Operating Procedure”.
She made a splash back with her debut The Dreamers and will make even bigger waves with the to be released this coming Friday Casino Royale, now Production Weekly reports that Eva Green will skip down to Argentina this winter for In the Country of Last Things.
It is award season in Australia again and the time for the small number of people in the Australian film industry to come together and pat each other on the back for a mostly mediocre job well done. The most prestigious of the three major award ceremonies that occur over the next month is the L’Oreal Paris Australian Film Institute (AFI) Awards. It is the ceremony that attracts big names and they like people to know that. Russell Crowe hosted last year. Who cares if he isn’t actually Australian?
Aggressively buying up what shall be a very healthy slate of films for 07’, The Weinstein Co. have got themselves perhaps the (early prediction here) crown jewel acquisition. Variety reports that the company has bought all U.S. rights to Wong Kar Wai's newest feature which he co-wrote with Lawrence Block.