MONDAY, MAY 16 2011
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Swinton, Fassbender bite as Jarmusch’s vampires
Juno Temple warms Teapot
BY JEREMY KAY Juno Temple and Michael Angar- ano will star in The Brass Teapot, a darkly comic morality tale pack- aged by Gersh which TF1 is selling internationally and is being fast- tracked for a July start in New York. Gersh’s Northern Lights Films is
fi nancing Ramaa Mosley’s feature debut. Gersh represents North American rights and the com- pany’s P Jennifer Dana packaged the project with Jay Cohen and re- unites with her production team on Fox Searchlight’s Sundance hit The Art Of Getting By. Northern Lights president Kirk
Roos produces, with Dana’s pro- ducing partner Darren Goldberg and James Graves. Diane Nabatoff will serve as executive producer. Tim Macy wrote the screenplay. Roos said: “It was a super bonus
to land an amazing cast on top of an already sexy and smart dark comedy.” TF1’s Gregory Chambet added:
“It’s been a long time since there’s been a fi lm with that mix of dark comedy and fantasy, and we feel Juno is the next big thing.” Temple stars in upcoming US
releases Dirty Girl and Little Birds and will also appear in The Three Musketeers.
Amazonia heats up
Le Pacte has concluded a series of deals on its 3D rainforest epic Amazonia. As announced, the film will be distributed in France by Le Pacte. In Brazil, co-producer Immovision will handle distribution while Korea’s Mars Entertainment, Russia’s Luxor, Switzerland’s Filmcoopi and ex-Yugoslavia’s MCF have all acquired the film. To clarify an earlier story, the budget for the film is indeed $21m (€15m). Nancy Tartaglione
Jean Dujardin and Bérénice Bejo at the photocall for Competition title The Artist. See review on page 14.
BY GEOFFREY MACNAB Jim Jarmusch is set to make a vam- pire movie starring Tilda Swinton, Michael Fassbender and Mia Wasikowska as his vampires, with John Hurt in a featured role. Jeremy Thomas and Reinhard
Brundig will produce through Recorded Picture Company and Pandora Film. HanWay is han- dling international sales.
Jarmusch describes the project
as a “crypto-vampire love story” set against the romantic desolation of Detroit and Tangier. The as-yet-untitled film will
shoot in Germany, Morocco and Detroit in early 2012. The deal was brokered by Rich-
ard Mansell on behalf of RPC with Bart Walker of Cinetic, on behalf of Jarmusch. RPC CEO Peter Watson
and Jarmusch’s business partner Stacey Smith will executive pro- duce. Jarmusch said: “I’ve been imag-
ining this fi lm for years. I can’t wait to now realise it with these remark- able collaborators.” Thomas said: “As a friend, I’ve
admired Jim’s films from the beginning, and I’m glad we’re fi nally working together.”
Wild Bunch’s masterstroke
BY NANCY TARTAGLIONE Wild Bunch has confirmed to Screen that The Weinstein Com- pany has acquired Michel Haz- anavicius’ hot Competition title The Artist for the US as well as the UK, Australia, South Africa, Latin America and Eastern Europe. Japan’s Comstock and Gaga are partnering on the fi lm there. Meanwhile, German distributor
Delphi Film has made a two-pic- ture deal with Wild Bunch to buy The Artist and War Of The Buttons.
Independent lines up Mann, Dibb pictures
BY WENDY MITCHELL UK production/fi nance/sales com- pany Independent — riding high in Cannes with We Need To Talk About Kevin — has confirmed Michael Mann will direct its adap- tation of Bernard Cornwell’s Agin- court. Benjamin Ross is currently adapting the script, and Independ- ent CEO Luc Roeg said it is too early to predict a shoot date for production in the UK and France. Independent plans to fully
develop Agincourt with Mann’s Forward Pass before talking to a studio partner to come on board. “It’s a great example of what we
want to achieve,” Roeg told Screen. The company also has Saul Dibb
directing the Tony Grisoni script Codenames Only. Jill Green of Elev- enth Hour produces. It will have a
Michael Mann
start date in early 2013. The fi lm is about police who blur the lines between their undercover work and personal lives. “It’s got a thriller tone to it but good charac- ter development too,” Roeg said. Also on Independent’s develop-
ment slate is Ronan Bennett’s adaptation of Skeletons On The Zahara. The fi lm is being readied to go out to finance and possible directors. “It’s an epic story that
doesn’t have to be made on an epic budget,” Roeg said. Independent’s Andrew Orr will
produce contemporary London-set thriller Clean Face, which is described as “Run Lola Run meets Taken”. Gary Young (Harry Brown) wrote with Daniel Dale, and Mo Ali (Shank) will direct. The shoot will start in the autumn and the project is now being discussed with poten- tial cast and UK distributors. Independent is also finishing
Bernard Rose’s Tolstoy adaptation Boxing Day for delivery in late sum- mer. Another Independent sales title, Hunky Dory, should be ready for an autumn festival launch. Roeg said that in addition to
joint sales with New York’s Cinetic, the companies are exploring “other opportunities to work together”.
NEWS Blood simple FilmDistrict buys Jolie debut » PAGE 8
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BREAKING NEWS Sundance Selects has acquired US rights to Sleeping Beauty, sold by UTA
IM Global hits Crime wave
BY JEREMY KAY Stuart Ford’s IM Global has sold the Sam Worthington actioner The Last Days Of American Crime to Momentum in the UK, Icon in Australia, Aurum in Spain, Alliance in Canada, Bloomage in South Korea and Cinemax in Russia. Welcome To The Punch has sold
to the UK (Momentum), Germany (Square One), Russia (West), Spain (Aurum), Canada (Alliance), Scan- dinavia (Nordisk), Australia (Pin- nacle) and Latin America (Swen). James Wan’s horror project Spec-
tre has closed in the UK (Momen- tum), Germany (Koch), Russia (Top), Spain (Aurum), Australia (Icon), Canada (Alliance) and Latin America (Gussi). The Inbetweeners has gone to the
UK (eOne), Germany and Switzer- land (Square One), France (French Connection), Spain (Aurum), Aus- tralia (Roadshow), Scandinavia (Nordisk), Italy (Eagle) and Can- ada (Maple).
Bouchareb finds A Woman
Oscar-nominated director Rachid Bouchareb will start shooting the largely English-language Just Like A Woman, in June, with Doc & Film International handling sales. Sienna Miller, Golshifteh
Farahani and Roschdy Zem star in the story of women who travel to Las Vegas for a belly-dancing contest. Bouchareb’s Taghit produces, with Cohen Media Group co-producing and distributing in the US. The UK’s The Bureau will also co-produce. Doc & Film is selling Quinzaine’s The End Of Silence and UCR’s The Minister, which sold to Benelux (Cinéart) and Switzerland (Xenix). Nancy Tartaglione
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