DAILIES: Von Trier, Innaritu, Woody, Lynch and More

Each day in Cannes, insiders pop into the lobby of one of the many grand hotels here to pick up one of the many festival dailies printed here at the festival. Screen International, Variety, The Hollywood Reporter and other papers distribute morning papers with buzz and news. Here's highlights from the first three editions of the various fest dailies published so far in Cannes, including news of new projects from Lars Von Trier, David Lynch, Alejandro Gonzalez Innaritu and others.

Lars Von Trier's next movie will be a Dogme film, postponing "Wasington" the third installment of his trilogy. The Dogme movie is titled "Managing Director of It All," according to Screen.

David Lynch's latest is the already in-production INLAND EMPIRE (capitals are part of the title), according to Variety. Few details have yet to emerge, other than a cast that is said to include Laura Dern, Justin Theroux, Harry Dean Stanton and Jeremy Irons.

Alejandro Gonzalez Innaritu's new film is "Babel," the third in a series of films with intertwined stories. Shooting began in Morocco this month. Brad Pitt and Cate Blanchett star, along with Gael Garcia Bernal and Adriana Barraza, Screen International reported.

Details of The Weinstein Company's plans are emerging. The brothers will show 20 minutes of Terry Gilliam's "The Brothers Grimm" today at the Olympia. The film stars Matt Damon and Heath Ledger. Variety reports that they will make the sci-fi film "Outlander."

Ed Pressman is leaving ContentFilm, according to a report in Screen International.

Also in Screen International (and confirmed at Thursday's press conference), Woody Allen is set to make his next movie in London. The filmmakers returns to work with BBC Films. The new movie is a comedy and will again star Scarlett Johansson. Allen will also have a role he told the press.

Strand has acquired Tim Kirkman's "Loggerheads," which debuted at Sundance this year.

The trade also reports that Fortissimo Films has nabbed international rights to Wong Ching-Po's "Mob Sister" from Hong Kong.

Fox Searchlight will make the new film from brothers Alex and Andrew Smith ("The Slaughter Rule). Variety says the movie is based on the graphic novel, "Son of the Gun," a modern retelling of "Oedipus Rex."

The company also has Richard Eyre's "Notes From A Scandal" with Judi Dench and Cate Blanchett," the movie was written by Richard Marber, according to the trade paperr. It is based on a book by Zoe Heller.

Longtime Screen International editor Patrick Frater is leaving the paper to report on Hong Kong for Variety.

The trade also says that the William Morris Agency to has hired a lawyer to fight ongoing allegations published recently in The New York Post.

IFC is pursuing "The Festival," a six-part parody, "Hopeless Pictures" an animated show about an indie studio, and the return of "Greg The Bunny," according to Variety.

Variety reports that Sundance Channel has acquired TV and DVD rights for Russian director Mikhail Kalatasov's "Soy Cuba, The Siberian Mammoth."

Posted by eug on May 13, 2005 at 04:57AM | Categories: Biz