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6 November, 2008 By Patrick FraterSource: Variety Milla Jovovich will star as an alcoholic former stripper in “Keep Coming Back,” a coming-of-age comedy that marks the directorial debut of veteran actor William H. Macy. Story sees a young man with a sheltered upbringing join an Alcoholics Anonymous group in order to seduce the woman of […]

9 February, 2008 By By ALI JAAFARSource: Variety “The Killing Room” is about four people who sign up to a psychological research study only to discover they are the subjects of a brutal, top-secret government program. Peter Stormare (“Minority Report”), Tim Hutton (“The Good Shepherd”), Nick Cannon (“Bobby”), Clea Duvall (“Zodiac”) and Shea Wigham (“Tigerland”) […]

8 November, 2008 By Wendy MitchellSource: Screen ContentFilm International has taken on international rights to Yojiro Takita’s Departures, which is Japan’s submission for the foreign-language Oscar race. Departures (Okuribito) is already a box-office hit in Japan, taking more than 3m admissions ($25m) and it also won Best Film at the Montreal Wrold Film Festival in […]

21 August, 2008 By VarietySource: http://www.variety.com/blog/1390000339/post/430032043.html Peace Arch as acquired North American rights to the Jean-Claude Van Damme action/comedy, “JCVD” ahead of its North American preem at Toronto, where it’s opening the Midnight Madness section. “JCVD” stars the Brussels Muscles as himself, who returns to his hometown licking the wounds of a tanking career. He […]

10 February, 2008 By Wendy Mitchell in Berlin Marc Forby will direct. The shoot starts March 14 on location in Hawaii and in the UK. The crew includes Oscar-winning composer Stephen Warbeck, production designer Steven Lawrence, DOP Gabriel Beristain and editor Robb Sullivan. The Hawaii-set story, based on true events, is about an unlikely heroine […]

7 February, 2008 By Wendy Mitchell in Berlin Source: ScreenDaily Diego Luna, Luis Guzman, Adriana Barraza, and Benito Martinez star, with Annie McCarthy handling casting and more actors to be announced soon. Deals have been done for Germany & Austria (Telepool), Latin America (Sun), the West Indies (Caribbean Film Services), Croatia, Serbia & Slovenia (Continental), […]

21 July, 2008 By Wendy Mitchell in London Source: Screen Daily Glendyn Ivin starts shooting Last Ride today in South Australia’s Flinders Ranges. The film stars Matrix and Lord Of The Rings veteran Hugo Weaving as a dad on the run with his son (played by Tom Russell) as they venture “deeper into the outback […]

8 February, 2008 By Wendy Mitchell in Berlin The Daisy Chain has gone to France (Wildside), Greece (Spentzos), Poland (Monolith), Portugal (Lusomundo), Brazil (Playarte), The West Indies (Caribbean Film Services), and Romania (Media Pro). Aisling Walsh directs, and the film is now in post-production. ContentFilm’s Jamie Carmichael said: “The sensational performances from both Samantha and […]

28 July, 2008 By Stuart KempSource: The Hollywood Reporter Michael Fassbender will star opposite a cast of newcomers including Katie Jarvis in Andrea Arnold’s sophomore movie “Fish Tank,” the backers said Monday. Arnold’s latest celluloid outing — after her debut “Red Road” picked up the Festival de Cannes jury prize — is backed by BBC […]