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Niki Caro and Keisha Castle-Hughes Team Up Again for a Little 'Vintner's Luck'
Filed under: Drama », Independent », Casting », Scripts », Religious », Cinematical Indie »
After spending time with large, water-dwelling mammals and ticked off, sexually harassed female miners, writer/director Niki Caro is going to sit back and delight in some fine wine. The latest news from Cannes is that she is set to direct a screen adaptation of Elizabeth Knox's The Vintner's Luck, which Caro co-wrote with Joan Scheckel. Along with an impressive cast of actors that includes Jeremie Renier (In Bruges), Gaspard Ulliel (Hannibal Rising) once again delighting in wine, Vera Farmiga (The Departed) and María Ruiz, the production will reunite the helmer with Keisha Castle-Hughes, who she directed in Whale Rider.Unlike Sideways, which focuses on the wine tasting with a side of dysfunction, Vintner's is just a smidge more fantastical. The book is set in 1808, and talks about Sobran (Renier), a young man who discovers an angel with "an appetite for earthly pleasures -- wine, books, gardening, conversation, and, eventually, carnal love." For the next 55 years, the angel Xas is his friend and adviser as he experiences everything from love and marriage to war and death. The Hollywood Reporter's description adds a few more grapes: "The film revolves around a peasant winemaker in 19th century France as he grapples with the sensual, sacred and profane while searching for the perfect vintage." It sounds like a pretty interesting story -- angels, sexiness, wine and the turmoil of life -- what else could we want? (And heck, any production with young actors that doesn't include the tabloid-crazy is a plus in my book.) Unfortunately, we'll have to wait a while for this interest to be fulfilled. The film isn't slated to shoot until next year -- February for shots in Auckland New Zealand and March for the Burgandy region of France and then Belgium.
In Bruges Grabs its Cast
Filed under: Action », Comedy », Drama », Casting », Scripts »
I think I can safely say that Martin McDonagh is well on his way to long-term success in both the theatrical and cinematic worlds. On the one hand, he's the film world's answer to Anderson Cooper, with ashen hair and bright blue eyes, having the goods to give Clooney a run for his money. On the other hand, he's also immensely talented and increasingly successful. He's gone from being nominated for a Best Play Tony Award for both The Beauty Queen of Leenane and The Lonesome West to having his first foray into film, a short called Six Shooter, land him an Academy Award.As Martha Fischer reported in March, hot off his Oscar win, Focus Features signed on to produce and distribute McDonagh's first feature effort -- In Bruges. The film follows two hitmen, who will be played by the interesting pair of lust bunny Colin Farrell and Professor Alastor 'MadEye' Moody, aka, Brendan Gleeson, who also starred in Six Shooter. After a hard job in London, the pair hide away in the town of Bruges, getting wrapped up in their own ideals, the people who surround them and a film shoot. Casting must have scoured the Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire's cast list as both Ralph Fiennes and Clémence Poésy (Fleur Delacour) join Gleeson. The only other non-alum listed is Belgian actor Jérémie Renier. James Schamus, Focus CEO, claims that the script is "both killingly funny and dramatically affecting." Somehow, I'm feeling inclined to believe him.
New Pics Get (European) Government Cash
Filed under: Drama », Foreign Language », Thrillers », Casting », Newsstand », Cinematical Indie »
Among the four films recently handed about $1.7 million each by The German-French Film Funding Commission are a couple that include fairly big names. (As an aside, how freaking awesome is it that the rest of the world has programs by which government money goes to funding film production? And why don't we do this? Or do we, and I'm just missing it?) The first, entitled Capri 1934, will star German actress Julia Jentsch, best known in this country for her blindingly powerful performance in the title role of Sophie Scholl - The Last Days. The film, which will be shot in English, is based on a novel by Italian writer Alberto Moravia, whose works were the basis for both The Conformist and Jean-Luc Godard's Contempt, and will be directed by Benoit Jacquot. (I'd tell you more about the story, but the book doesn't seem to be in print in English, at least not here or in the UK.)The second project featuring a familiar name is La Chambre d'ami, a psychological thriller set on the northern coast of France. The film will star Jérémie Renier (who recently gained international attention for his starring role in festival/arthouse hit L'Enfant) and the lovely Fanny Ardant under the direction of Christian de Chalonge.
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