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Scherfig to conduct Music
Anchor Bay takes Catch .44
BY JEREMY KAY Anchor Bay Films has picked up rights to Annapurna Pictures’ Las Vegas thriller Catch .44 starring Bruce Willis, Forest Whitaker and Malin Akerman. The story is about three women
who get involved in a stand-off when their enigmatic crime boss sends them to intercept a drug deal. Aaron Harvey wrote the screen-
play and makes his directing debut. Annapurna’s Megan Ellison pro- duced with Michael Benaroya of Benaroya Pictures and Randall Emmett. The fi lm is now in post. Cassian Elwes brokered the deal
with Bill Clark and Kevin Kasha of Anchor Bay on behalf of the fi lm- makers. Sierra/Affi nity holds inter- national rights. The deal marks Anchor Bay’s
third of the month, while Anna- purna acquired rights to the Termi- nator franchise last week.
Other Angle
gets Vérité 3 Other Angle Pictures will handle world sales on La Vérité Si Je Mens 3, the third instalment of the hit French franchise. A 1,000- print release is planned for February 2, 2012 via Mars Films. Jose Garcia, Vincent Elbaz,
Richard Anconina and Bruno Solo star for director Thomas Gilou and producers Manuel Munz and Vertigo Films. Meanwhile, Other Angle’s
Nicostratos The Pelican has sold to Germany (ZDF), Benelux (U Dream), Scandinavia (Cinema Mondo), Switzerland (JMH) and Greece (Feel Good). All Our Desires has sold to Australia (Palace) and Switzerland (Agora) with more offers pending, and The Lords is generating interest. Nancy Tartaglione
Johnny Depp and Penelope Cruz at yesterday’s photo call for Pirates Of The Caribbean: On Stranger Tides.
BY MIKE GOODRIDGE Lone Scherfi g, the Danish director of An Education and newly com- pleted comedy romance One Day starring Anne Hathaway for Focus Features, has signed to direct Dan- ish historical epic Music And Silence. The English-language fi lm will shoot in early 2012 for release in 2013. Martin Sherman (Mrs Hender-
son Presents, Bent) has written the script, which is based on the Whitbread award-winning novel by Rose Tremain.
Lone Scherfig Dan Lupovitz and Alexandra
Stone are producing while BBC Films co-developed and is co- fi nancing the fi lm. The film is set in the court of Danish King Christian IV and tells
the story of the monarch’s fi ght to save his kingdom and his mar- riage. In a parallel story, two young servants who are falling in love find themselves torn apart when the king’s wife is banished from the court. “This is a unique project,” said
Christine Langan of BBC Films. “Rose’s book is symphonic in its range of emotions, sexy, funny and passionate. It’s a treat to be work- ing again with the exquisitely tal- ented Lone Scherfig and Martin Sherman.”
Kumar targets
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SCREENINGS » START PAGE 39
Le Pacte heads to Amazonia
Shootout Amit Kumar, director of hit short The Bypass, will shoot his debut feature, The Monsoon Shootout, as a co-production between the UK, India, Netherlands and France. Set during the monsoon in Mumbai, the thriller revolves around a rookie cop. Production is due to start in July. UK producer Trevor Ingman’s Yaffle Films developed the film with support from the UK Film Council. It will co-produce with India’s Anurag Kashyap Films and Pardesi Films from the Netherlands, in association with Arte France. Liz Shackleton
Hanley’s Muse offers literary powerhouse slate
BY MIKE GOODRIDGE Chris Hanley of US production outfi t Muse Productions and Jor- dan Gertner of sister financing company Hero are in Cannes talk- ing up a slate which includes fi lms of novels An Expensive Education by Nick McDonell, Lunar Park by Bret Easton Ellis, The Shakespeare Riots by Nigel Cliff and London Fields by Martin Amis. In addition, Hanley and Gertner
are close to attaching a director to the original Ellis script Golden Sui- cides, on which Muse is partnered with PalmStar Ent ertainment. Gaspar Noé is one of the fi lm-mak- ers considering the fi lm. Hanley’s credits include Buffalo
on Lunar Park and London Fields, which previously had Michael Winterbottom and David Cronen- berg attached. Cliff is adapting his own novel,
Jordan Gertner and Chris Hanley
’66, The Virgin Suicides, American Psycho and The Killer Inside Me. Hero was created solely to invest in fi lms, and The Killer Inside Me and 360 are the fi rst two benefi ciaries. Monster’s Ball and Birth screen-
writer Milo Addica has written the script for An Expensive Education about a rogue US operation against a Somalian freedom fi ghter. Muse is searching for directors
The Shakespeare Riots, about the rivalry between two actors in 1849 New York City. Muse is a co-producer on Fern-
ando Meirelles’ 360 and will go into production early next month on Nick Cassavetes’ Yellow. Wild Bunch is selling both. On July 17, production is due to
begin on Matthew Wilder’s Inferno, starring Malin Akerman as Linda Lovelace, with Matt Dillon in talks to join. No sales agent is yet attached.
BY NANCY TARTAGLIONE White Planet director Thierry Ragobert will commence the 3D nature extravaganza Amazonia, beginning in September with Jean Labadie’s Le Pacte handling world sales and French distribution. Produced by France’s Biloba
Films and Brazil’s Gullane Filmes, the project was developed by Gedeon’s Stéphane Milliere who is producing along with Fabiano and Caio Gullane. Laurent Baujard is executive producing. With Brazil’s support, the $15m
fi lm now plans a 25-week shoot in the rainforest and at studio facili- ties near Manaus. The dramatised story follows
Sai, a capuchin monkey raised in captivity who survives a plane crash in the Amazon jungle. The fi lm will be delivered in spring 2013.
Shoreline gives Nemo harbour
BY LIZ SHACKLETON Shoreline Entertainment has acquired worldwide rights to Pearry Teo’s 3D action adventure Captain Nemo, which is scheduled to start shooting in Beijing in August with Hugh Bonneville heading the cast. Following on from 20,000
Leagues Under The Sea, the fi lm fol- lows Captain Nemo as he battles the evil genius behind a string of naval disasters. It will be partly fi nanced by Chi-
nese investors and will shoot on stages in Beijing. Los Angeles- based Illuminate Hollywood will oversee the 3D visual effects.
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